The Washington herald., 1910-05-01

! expenses TO hunt down the crooked de-
! tectives. He met me at a hotel next
morning and I took him 10 Marshall
Mcdonald FOR a conference. An hour
later. Rudd and were in FurIong's Of
| fce-McDonald going along and solemnly
/ introducing US. French was tried con-
victed. and sentenced TO five years in the
/ penitentlary. Carrying the case UP, he
! gave bond and disappeared. He was
/ caught afterward and sent to prison for
| robb!ng safes. Since then he has been
/ in and out Of jail internationally. And
since then. also, have been a profess
! sional detective. Before I was through
with Jim French, friends In Ohio OBJ
tained a place for me in the Secret Serv-
! ice OF the government"
"WiH you tell me about the most SEN
sauonal case in your experience as a
detective?'
Perhaps my most spectacular work
was done in connection with the Phila-
delphia and Lancaster counterfeiters all
Of whom were caught and locked up in
the Atlanta penitentiary. I had been
thinking for a long time that photO-en-
craving. then new process for max
ing pictures, would cause US trouble
The old method Of counterfeiting was TO
copy a bill on steel. cutting it by hand.
of course. with infinite pains and long
labor. Photo-engraving. however. IS
mathematically exact and almost instan-
taneous.
Called to Washington.
zone morning. while In Southern In
diana. read Of a spurious $1CO silver GER
tifcate that had been discovered at the
subtreasury in Philadelphia. It was so
well executed that il was detected by
accIdent-the Ink on the seal was not
quite as red as II ought TO have been.
Ny theory. grounded on the facts read in
the printed description. was that the coun-
terfeiting had been done by photo-en-
craving and steel used instead Of zinc
for the etching. I was called to Wash
ington and given the management of the
case
Going to New York and pretending to
to be a business man. visited numerous
establishments for the purpose Of getting
prices on a job OF photo-engreving, say
ing, as a test. that steel seemed to be
more durable than a softer metal Most
engravers declared that steel was utterly
impracticable. Convinced that the coun-
terfeitng had not been done in New York.
I went to Philadelphia and in several
days was certain I had found the men
l wanted. Their names were Taylor and
Bredell. They had an engraving shop
on the upper floor Of building and were
ostensibly doing business for all who
came. but their prices we're purposely
so high as 70 be prohibltory.
For a better understanding OF the
story. let me say that rich and re-
spectacle cigar manufacturer at Lancas-
ter. Pa, named Jacobs had first hired
Taylor and Bredell to counterfeit internal
revenue stamps. The stamps being per-
feet limitations and passing official scru-
tiny. Jacobs determined to become a
manufacturer Of counterfeit money.
While he was building a paper mill. Tay-
Tor and Bredell were to make plates for
bills Of various denominations. The plan
was TO print 100000 and then to DESTROY
the plates and likewise the paper mill
All the evidences Of guilt having been
ehectuany oblterated, the money was TO
be put IN circulation-even exchanged at
the governments subtreasuries for gold
certificates. Jacobs spent $4,000 in ex-
plotting his criminal enterprise.
Go Into COunterfeItIng.
Naturally the work dragged. The pa
per mill couldn't be put up In day
Taylor and Bredell became impatient, and