The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-20

1.-THE hue and cry about the cour-
terfeit 500 note had so famed them
that they discontinued work in that
direction for a time and employed
the interim in turning out counter
felt revenue stamps.
"Now, no matter how secretly a de-
tective may work, there is always Il
chance Of the quarry getting an ink
ling that some one is on the trail. It
was so in this case. A deputy col
lector of revenue told the counter
feiters that detective was after
them. They supposed, and the dep
uty supposed, that the detective
none other than myself-was after
them for counterfeiting cigar stamps.
"The deputy after a while got an
inkling as to my real mission, and
there was panic among the counter
letters when he told them. The re-
suit was that they asked him to see
me and to offer me $4,000 to drop
the investigation. The deputy at
first refused; he said that I would
probably receive the money and then
arrest him. They argued that l would
fall for it; that it was more money
! than had ever seen, and that I
would be sure to take it. But the
deputy still stood out. and event1-
ally they decided to have me APP
preached by man whom they
thought I would not dare to arrest.
"He tackled the job"
What happened?" asked the re-
porter.
He and the rest of the gang
Twelve of them) were arrested and
convicted" said Burns. Up to this
point the reporter had not yet seen
how Mr.. Burns argument about com.
mon sense as the be-all and end-all
OF police duty could come in. Nov
Burns was going to illustrate it.
These men were Taylor and Bre.
DELL said he. The reporter recog
n1zed the names as Of those who
were foremost in the biggest counter
feiting case in American annals. out
side OF that of Kendig and Jacobs.
While these two men were in
prison awaiting trial." said Burns. "a
lawyer advised them to employ their
skill as counterfeiters ir turninc
out their Dlates-plates formidable
enough to bring about a compromise
/ with the Government. The LAWYER =,
idea was that if other dangerous
counterfeits could be gotten out rroN,
this prison cell the Government IN
all probability would be unable ?,
convict the counterfeiters. Certainly
IL would never think of searching a
prison cell for a plant. Then 80
prisoners might say to the Govern
ment, release us and promise us i'm,
munity, and we will tell you who VINO
these counterfeiters are and where
their plant is located
J. Brilliant scheme. wasn't it? But
Just think Of the proposition a mo.
ment; consider the task Of turnipg
out in a closely guarded prison cell.
and under the constant vigilance Of
guards, counterfeit notes that were
to battle detection and also battle
search for the plant!
Believe me, they did it. Taylor,
through his mother, who was a con,
slant visitor to the prison. managed
to have Struggled to him the nipple.
ments that he wanted, also tse
plates. He and his fellow prisoner
worked at such odd moments as thew
could snatch from the watchful eyes
Iof the guards, and actually turned
out one hundred counterfeit notes OF
$50 denomination-and the counter
felt so perfect that another big
scare was thrown into the Treas
ury Department.
when Chief Wilkie sent for me
and asked me who had made these
notes, advanced the theory that
they were made in Jail, and told him
who were the men. oh that is non
sense!' Chief Wilkie said. They are
both in Jail, and how could they be
turning out counterfeits in 'cell?'
Taylor's confession proved that was
right"
When the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION let the Pinkertons go and
employed Burns to take their place.
the attention of the whole country
was fixed on this great detective, as
1t never had been before. Yet he
was not in any sense a new man. It
is fully twenty-five years since he
began his career-a career which in
sober truth makes Lecocq and Old
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