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Detective Burns a Famous Worker

to write. Ulrich was taken completely
abaok.
This is a pinch, Ulrich,'' said Burns.
I'VE know what you were going to do.
Now you ear help us round up the crowd
or you can go to jail"
Ulrich agreed TO work with Burns, and
the latter sent him to join the gang and
through his assistance they got the whole
lot In a building at 542 Ann street, West
Hoboken. There the secret service men
found more than $2,OOO,0W In gold GER
tificates and a lot of Canadian 500 notes.
This was the first time that the authorities
had been able to convict B~rockway. He
went to Trenton Jail for a ten year sem
tenee with DR.. Bradford. who died in
prison, and Courtney. The last was a
celebrated forger who had been In coun-
terfeiting schemes for thirty years.
After this Burns was sent to Florida to
stop filibustering, and he took Ulrich with
him to protect him from friends of the
Brockway gang, who had threatened his
life. ulrieh died two years ago, having
reformed and became a useful citizen and
leaving a much respected family.
Burns came back to New York in 1895
to look up that counterfeiting case which
was undertaken to promote a revolution
NNf N"N RaA NANAHaAANG AAdhlhB
100 peso notes, with the double object of
buying arms, and discrediting the none
tary system Of the country. General Fred
enco de Mora, grandson OF the first presi-
dent OF Costa Rica, and another man
served two years In Sing Sing as a result
OF Burns Investigations, and then they
went down TO Nicaragua and started one
OF the predecessors OF the present diff
ficulty in those parts,
The case OF Taylor and Bredell in 1899
was one Of the most extraordinary I'm the
annals OF counterfeiting. The two men
were hit upon by a process Of deduction
and elimination. for there were no clues
that could be used. The fact that the
counterfeit note was absolutely perfect
indicated that a camera had been used.
Then the unusual excellence of the print
ing gave the Inference that a steel plate
had been used In the engraving and tina
whoever did the work was able to eteh
on steel.
Every man in the whole country who was
able to do this sort Of thing was taken
up and considered, and then the elimlna.
ton went on until the list narrowed dowr
TO Taylor and Bredell. Then II was found
that their process was to transfer a photo
graph to a steel plate. etch the latter
enough to bite the lines, and then engrave
by hand-a feat that had hitherto beer
considered impossible. The scheme eventu.
ally involved fifteen persons. Two OF
them Philadelphia lawyers. tried to bribS
Burns but were sent TO Moyamensine
penitentary with Taylor and Bredell.
While the latter we're waiting In Moya,
msnsins 70 testify against the lawyers
they we're called upon by a man who had
visited Broekway in Trenton jail. Brock
way had advised a proceeding that he hat
used on numerous occasions. which wa
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railway system which in one respect has no
rival. In fact, Benjamin +. Dulaney, a
coal operator, who owns Black Mountain,
Va, which, aside from its mineral possi-
bllities, has achieved fame by being Sc
lected by JOhn Fox. jr., as the scene OF
two OF his novels, asserts that the railway
is the most remarkable In the world.
Bristol Tenn, ia whore the road Is stu
ated, and some people out there call II the
Matrimonial Belt Lin For a. rule and a
quarter the track straddles the Virginia
state line. so that a man may be riding in
two states at once.
ParsOn Burroughs. a clergyman. owns a
hotel and meets every car, and neighbors
say that II two strangers OF opposite sex
arrive together the parson promptly asks
them II they wish 70 get married Ere
quently they do; so the parson gets In With
them and conducts them 10 his hotel,
though not infrequently tho ceremony takes
place In the open, the bride standing ia
one state and the bridegroom IN both,
while the officiating clergyman ~straddles
The line. Parson Burroughs admits having
Joined more than 5000 couples Ia wedlock.
One may drink on the Virginia side Of the
line. but not in Tennessee, and IL often hap
pens that one side OF a street car Is Darch-
ing with thirst while the other is very wet.
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trip for the government when he got a
wire from Chief Wilkie to report in Wash
ington.
Wilkie had been sent for by Secretary
Of TIE Interior Hitchcock. who informed
him that extensive land frauds involving
millions OF dollars had been discovered.
Can you do anything for us?" the secre-
tary asked.
ri give you the star man of our SER
vice. Wilkie replied.
"But can he Co anything" said Mr..
Hitchcock.
"'Well, he had never failed yet" wikie
replied.
So they started Burns out on May L.
1903, and it was not until September, 1906,
that his task was finished. resulting in
the conviction OF United States Senator
Mitchell of Oregon, Hyde & Benson,
wealthy landowners of California, and
numbers of Others, In addition to this
work Burns was at the same time in
v~estigating other matters.
Before these land cases had been dis
posed OF Francis j. Heney, who was at
torney for the government in November.
1907 In the municipal campaign In San
Francisco, had made the declaration that
II called upon by the people of San Fran
cisco he would undertake to prosecute
Abe Ruef and the other grafters in the
graft ridden town. Ituef's candidate.
Schmitz. was elected. Later on Freemont
Older, editor Of a paper that had fought
Ruef and the boodlers, came on to Wash
ington representing a committee of citizens
headed by Rudolph Spreckles and James
ID. Phelan. and asked Heney IL he would
come back to San Francisco and carry out
his promise. He said he would on condi-
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Quaint Features of Everyday Life

was arrested at Admission, Ariz., and locked
up in a cell for calling a policeman an
encyclopedia" When taken 20 Jail,
charges of being drunk and dlsorderly were
preferred against DR.. Stage, but subse-
auent developments showed that the pa
trolman was the man who had done the
drinking.
DIR. stagg took his arrest good humoredly.
The people Of Admission, however, held an
Indignation meeting and demanded the i'm
mediate dismissal Of the policeman and
also the warden who had charge of the
jail. Mayor Wikle suspended both and or
dered the charges against DF. Stage ex-
plunged from the record.
DR., StaEg was waiting for a street ear
and asked Pstrolman Shepherd when it
was due. Sheppard said he did not know,
and the minister, with a quizzical smile.
said; why. 1 thought all policemen were
walking encyclopedias OF information, :"
This was too much for the policeman, who
thought he had been insulted and he took
Or. Stagg to the station.
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that occurred In connection with this series
Of battles. The Indians were well armed
with the most improved American rifles,
bows and arrows, and their usual stone inn
plements OF war.
After Reno, in his forward movement,
reached the river, forded it and watered his
horses, he advanced across the valley, and
attacked the Indians. He was repulsed
and driven pack to the cover Of timber.
where he remained with his forces all day,
and retreated during the night to the orig
iral base, where Colonel Benteen was in
charge of the reserves. Why the Indians
did not clinch their victory over Custer
by annihilating Reno's command, which
they could easily have done, is one Of the
unsolvable mysteries.
The route pursued by Custer after he
left Reno has been the subject of much
dispute. There seems little doubt now that
III followed at first a draw" or depression
that ran behind the river bluffs. He was
hidden from the Indian village and was
from one-half mile to two miles from the
river. He finally came out on a higher
and second line of bluffs, parallel to the
first or river line. He knew nothing of
what was before him and we know
precious little OF what he did or what hap
pened in detail. save as wa get 1t from the
Indians, and they seem to be about as
diverse in depicting events as white men.
According to Goldin, the fight with Gus
ter began soon after he turned westward
from the high point on the back ridge.
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Custer Monument ~

wood, Central and other camps, now only
memories among the old timers. And this
invasion was the pretext under which the
hatchet was dug up and the war trail
again taken.
All the pioneers who penetrated the Hills
lid so at imminent peril from the Indians.
No matter from which direction the region
was approached, the way led through In
dian territory, and was beset by the
~fiercest fighters ever known among the
red races OF America. Every trail leading
into the country was marked By graves
OF men and women slain by Indians, and
the miners and freighters were ever on
the alert against attack. When the gem
eral uprising was determined upon, the
Indians made a preconcerted attack on
the white men in the Hills. While their
deep superstitious fear had prevented
them entering the mountains In pursuit of
game or for fuel, when it came TO hunting
down the white man. the red warriors pene-
trated even to the shadows Of Harvey
peak, supposed to be the dwelling place
OF the dreaded spirit. Early in June, 1876,
on the same day, mel we're attacked at
different points In the Hills. Many were
slain and others escaped after close calls
from the Indians, who seemed to have de-
cided upon this as the curtain raiser of the
war of determination. Whether any defi-
mite plan of campaign existed can never
be exactly known. 1t Is certain that all
the northern tribes of the Sioux nation,
with most OF the southern. were involved;
also the Northern Cheyenne. a fierce and
warlike nation, closely allied to the Sioux
and by some classed as a part of the
Sioux nation. In addition to these were
thousands OF renegade or dog soldiers"
Indians from all over the west, desperadoes
OF the red race. who gladly Joined in the
uprising. Red Cloud was the only i'm
portant foe OF the white man not repre-
scented. 1t has been said by some that he
got his fill of fighting the white man at
the time Of the wagon box affair. An
other view has been taken by others,
When General Crook was on his march
north to unite with Generals Terry and
Gibbons. he met up with Red Cloud some
where near where Edgemont is now located.
Red Cloud was accompanied by several
hundred of his young men, and said he
was on a hunting expedition. Crook agreed
with him that hunting was good in the
vicinity, but expressed the opinion that
Red Cloud and his followers might be able
to do all their hunting on foot, so he had
their ponies corralled and killed, to the
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ton that Burns could be got to investl-
gate and procure evidence. Burns was let
go by President Roosevelts own order,
and he dug about In San Francisco for
three years. Schmltz was convicted and
sent to prison for five years.
Ruef was sentenced TO fourteen years.
Louis Glass, vice president and general
manager of the Pacific States Telephone
company WIS sent to the pehitentlary and
numerous others, including Mike Coffee
one Of the supervisors who failed TO keep
his promise to testify; e, S. Blake, who
had attempted to fix the Ruef jury. and a
young Greek named Peter Claudianus.
who for a consideration of 5000 had agreed
to murder Rudolph spreckles, Heney,
Older, James L. Gallagher. the states
principal witness, and Burns, Claudianus
exploded twenty pounds of dynamite in
Gallagher's house, but not one Of tine eight
people in 1t at the time was killed. Then
he blew up three other houses belonging
to Gallagher. Claudianus was captured by
George +. Burns, a son of William j., who
has since died.
During his work in San Francisco various
attempts were made to get Burns off the
job. He turned down one bride Of $s5 900
and another OF s1OO,OOO They sent women
after him but didn't get him. His prin-
cipal indorsers for his present work with
the American Bankers association have
been Frank A. vanderlip, president Of the
National City bank, and James M. Beck.
who was attorney for the government in
the cases against Taylor and Bredell and
their associates In Philadelphia. Mr.. Burns
has a wife and four children. One OF his
sons is the superintendent of his fathers
office in Chicago though only % years of
:. age.
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Continued from Pag one.)
days was running down the principals in
the Brockway-B radford Courtney case,
hnere in New York and near by,
Brockway was a celebrated counter
fetter, and In his early days he had forged
Erie railroad bonds. His speciality was a
counterfeit note of a large denomination,
one favorite being a Sl,O0 compound inter-
est note. lie got hold of a girl in the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing at
Washington and had her run a sheet OF
tinfoil through the press and get an inn
preston Of the genuine plates, Then he
I'd an electrotype made from the tim
fdhN Impression, printed the notes and cir
culated them with such success that the
,~Agovernment actually accepted 10000 worth
OF them before il suspected that anything
was wrong. Later on they had to send for
! Charlie Ulrich. an old time counterteiter,
TO pick the good from the bad.
Ulrich is said TO have been the greatest
genius of his kind until the time OF Taylor
and Brodell, who made 500 Monroe head
silver certificates so well that experts in
the Treasury department declared they
were genuine. Ulrich had just been re-
leased from prison I'm Germany for a job
over there when he came to this country
to do SOM work fos BrookNay and \Brad-
ford, the same being to engrave a $40 note
fer them, Ulrich came over here and was
lost until two secret service men. Schuyler
. and Daniels, located him In Cincinnati.
Ihen Burns took the Job. lie engaged a
flat across the street from where Ulrich
was living and for six months he took him
up every morning and put him TO bed, as
the detectives say, which means that he
kept on his trail all the time. Ulrich was
testing himself, that is to say he was
satisfying himself that the government de-
~tectivesl did not know where he was II
was not Until the March after the Novem-
Der in which he had reached Cincinnati
that he decided that the secret service men
had really lost him. and then one day he
left his rooms without any baggage and
walked 20 the depot. While passengers
were going through the gate TO the New
York train Ulrieh scanned the face Of every
one and he was the last man to board the
tHin.
Ulrich came over to New York by the
old Cortlandt street ferry and made
straight across West street for the tele-
graph office. He took up a form and
wrote the body Of mis- message without any
address, II have Just arrived he had
y scrawled, when he became conscious thai
somebody was looking over his shoulder
lie turned around to face Burns. whom hs
did not know.
Aha" said ulrich. you seem moocl
interested In vat am writing"
am" replied Burns.
Npen, suhbose YOU vinlsh IT," suggested
Ulrich.
al hight" said Burns. and he took ths
pen and wrote the name OF the confederate
In New Jersey that ulrioh had intended
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number of $50. This left Red Cloud
without means to join the h~ostiles.
and so he took no part In the cam
paign that lasted until in the fol. I
lowing spring. Twelve years ld.er n
the government paid Red Cloud
500 apiece for the ponies Crook
had his soldiers shoot.
The impression exists that the
spot where Custer and 80 many Of
his men laid down their lives is far remote
from transportation lines and difficult OF
access. This was certainly true on that
25th of June, 1876, when disaster overlook
the Seventh United States cavalry. Now
the and has been fairly transformed at
many places. Hundreds of thousands Of
dollars rave been expended by Grow In
dams alone in the construction of irriga-
ton canals under the very shadow OF the
Custer battle monument. The Custer bat
tlefield is only about forty miles from
Custer station on the Northern Pacific
railway. The battle ground may be seen
from the car windows on the Burlington's
Billings line.
Custer station is near the mouth Of
the Big Horn river and the ride,
by private conveyance. up the valleys of
the Big Horn and Little Big Horn rivers
" lio pdblLSllelu - one Oh eACeeulnB III
terest and, at places, Of beauty. 1t pre-
pares one to view the scene of such direful
consequences with feelings suitable to the
spot and what it suggests. From Billings
II is but a seventy-mile stretch via the
Burlington route, which there connects
with the Northern Pacific to the same
spot, If one chooses to go entirely by
railway.
In May, 1876, a triangular campaign was
~inaugurated against the Sioux and allied
tribes. From Fort Fetterman. Wyo., Cen
eral Crook, the greatest indian fighter Of
his day, marched north with 1000 men;
from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Oak, now
North Dakota, went General Terry west
ward with another thousand; from Fort
Ellis, near Bohemian, Mont, General Glib
bon marched eastward with about $50
men.
On June II. Crook had a tussle with the
Indians on the headwaters of the Rosebud
river, which was in reality a defeat for
him, and he withdrew southwark to Goose
creek, across the Wyoming line, to await
endorsements On the day that Crook
was fighting Major Reno with a portion
of the Seventh cavalry was scouting the
country between the Powder and Tongue
rivers, somewhat northeast from Crooks
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Doubtless this is to some extent true, but
from what the Indians say, and from the
discrepant conclusions Of officers them
selves, it is open to question whether the
battlefield reveals a great deal beyond the
fact that the men were killed at certain
points.
At the northern extremity Of this ridge,
where the Custer u now stands,
the officers and men seem to have become
punched, perhaps drawing nearer together
~instinctiveiy for companionship, as their
ranks grew thinner. Here fell both the
Clusters, Captain Yates and IAeutenants
Smith and Reilly. Nothing is known ex-
actly Of what happened at this point, as
the whites were all killed and the Indians
tell different stories. A considerable num-
Der of NTH Troop e were found in a
gully leading down to the river from ths
monument. Two Moon, a Cheyenne chief
who fought there, said in after years that
these men left the hill near the end OF the
fight, after Custer had fallen. The num-
Der Of Indians engaged in the fight was
never known exactly, but 1t is certain that
several thousand warriors were then in
camp in the Little Big Horn.
Since the Custer battle the Custer field
itself, enclosed by a wire fence, has been
made a national or soldiers cemetery.
From the OLD forts and battlefields scat
tered throughout the northwest bodies
have been removed to this point and now
occupy a considerable area of 1t.
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teacher, had him into the NUM-
cipal court in an effort to curb his tongue.
II never threatened me; he lust
talked and talked" said the wife.
What seemed to be the matter with
him." inquired Judge Fry.
II talked" replied the witness.
Talked"
Yes, your honor. he talked. / have
known him to talk continuously from 7
O'Clock in the morning TO Z o'clock in the
evening.
HE talked socialism. literature, reli-
gion. labor and sang some verses which
he picked up to the effect that work is the
curse OF the drinking man. He would not
allow me TO attend 10 my duties
Upon signing bonds to hold his tongue
Russell was released.
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OF age. He was the autocrat of the camp,
chiefly because he was the host. In council
his views had great weight, because he
was known as a great medicine man. He
was a chief, but not a warrior chief. In
the war councils he had a voice and a vote
the same as any other chief, A short time
previous to the battle. he had made medi-
cine" had predicted that the soldiers
would attack them and that the soldiers
would all be killed. He took no active part
in the battle, but, as was his custom in
time of danger, remained In the village,
making medicine" The principal warrior
chiefs Of the hostile Indians were Gall,
Crow King and Black Moon.
About twelve or fourteen miles from
the Little Big Horn, the was
divided into three detachments, the ad-
vance, under Reno; the second under
Custer, and the reserve under Benteen'
Every man, barring possibly a few OF the
scouts, was an utter stranger in a range
land; Custer expected to meet from 1'OO
to 1900 Indians, and against hat NUMBER
his combined force, scouts. Indians and
enlisted men, did not exceed 600. 1t has
since developed that the number of war
riors was several times the estimate OF
Custer.
1t must be borne in mind that the phrase
Cluster Battlefield includes three distinct
fields of battle: RenO's point OF attack
in the valley proper, the bluffs across the
river TO which he reiterated and where the
Indians attacked him., and Clusters own
battlefield, som miles down the river from
the scene Of Reno's engagements.
The number at that time camped in the
valley has been a fruitful theme for dis
putation, as indeedShas nearly everything
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Battle-Ground. while Terry, with the re-
mainder Of his command had just
made camp on the Tongue river about
where Miles City now Is. Efforts were
made to get couriers through from Crook
to Terry. but without success, although
Reno's scouting party and Crook were
within forty or fifty miles Of each other
at one time. Terry, Custer and Gibbon
knew nothing, therefore, about Crooks
fight. and Custer never knew of 1t. After
the battle with Crook the Indians with
drew northward to the valley of the Little
Big Horn.
On June q Terry's and Gibbons COM
mands formed junction near the mouth OF
the Rosebud river, Terry in supreme com
mand. At this point a plan of campaign
was adopted, and in pursuance thereof
Custer and the Seventh cavalry started at
noon of June % up the Rosebud river to
strike a broad Indian trail Reno had
found during his previous scout. On the
sd and oath this Indian road was followed
westward toward the Little Big Horn,
and early on the 25th the column was
drawing near the VALLEY of the Greasy
Grass" as the Indians called the Little
Big Horn valley.
Custer was in command of his regiment
on this march, having twelve skeleton
troops of cavalry, the number of men
ag~gregating about $50 or 800.
At the divide between the Rosebud and
Little Big Horn rivers. it was definitely
ascertained that the trail led to the valley
OF the latter stream and that the Indians
were encamped there. 1t was also supposed
by Custer and his men that their own
presence was then known to the Indians,
but there is some doubt as to this being
a fact.
Sitting Bull was a heavyweight muscular
man, about five feet eight inches in
stature. and at the time of the battle OF
the Little Big Horn was forty-two years