The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-09
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WORKED AMONG
DETROIT POLES
Thomas Caspr and Sister rsees
Ignorant Foreigner BY Selling
Them Machines With Which To
Make Paper Money.
Pair Reap Rich Harvest and Flee
From City Before FAKE Il
Discovered.

On the wings OF gentle rsphyrs Of
the spring. Thomas Caspar, mAsicisn
and wonder worker. came 10 Dotroft.
With him was his beautiful sister.
May Caspar. Like birds OF passa9e.
they have flown together and m their
wake they have left q muttsring
throng OF Poles. victims Of their wflee.
For several days reports have been
coming into the vinewood police sta
ton Of the operation OF this pair Of
gentle seekers for cash. II b hard IN
deed to estimate Just how much they
got away with. One sturdy son OF
Poland has said that he would give &C
least 500 to lay his hands upon Cas-
par.
For the last six weeks they have
worked their game successfnlly In
store which they rented on Michigan
ave., near Hubbard-ave. Previous 20
that they had been at No. SIS Brush
ST. They hed together from their
Michigan-ave. habitat In time. Detec-
tives from the vinewood precinct went
on their trail, but the game was gone
and the police hunt was IN vain. They
left no trace OF where they went.
About six weeks ago the couple came
to the owner Of the little store on
Michigan-ave., and asked IL they could
rent the front OF the place for pur-
poses Of their own. They agreed to
pay fairly large rent and were ~
lowed to come. They Immediately
stocked the front window OF the place
with all sorts OF mysterious apparatus.
such as composes the magician's stock
In trade.
superstitious foreigners were imme-
diately attracted to the place. They
came In droves. They entered the
store and Prof Caspaf. an he called
himself displayed to them all sorts OF
wonderful tricks. They were fascinat-
ed and they even paid their rood.
hard-earned money to be shown how
70 do the wonderful things Prof. Gas
| par knew.
May Caspar. beautiful young wo-
man OF about 20 years. occupied an
apartment adjoining the room IN
| which the exhibitions were By given
by Brother Tom. and the afxiety OF
the foreigners to learn the tricks was
all the greater when they observed
Them In on the mysy9ries or me tmhg.
She was a willing tutor and they
were willing scholars at 80 much per
scholar.
All Of which may have been quite
legitimate. But Prof. caspar had q
wonderful instrument, by which mon.
ey could be coined In prodigious guam
titles. II was box-like little affair,
cunning In shape. On the top Of II
was printed, How to print your own
| money"
Those who sufficiently gained Cas-
par's confidence were let In on this
wonderful thing. He would take them
aside In a mysterious manner and
show to them how the thing worked
on rollers. There were two openings.
one at the top and one at the bottom.
In the top. one would place perfectly
blank paper Then there followed q
few mysterious twists of the rollers
and out from the bottom aperture
there came fresh, crisp bank notes.
the denomination Of which was usual
ly 81. Mr.. Caspar showed them how
to do IT, II was perfectly simple. He
sold them for various amounts. To
those he liked particularly well, he let
them go for 500. To others he charg-
ed as much as $3.50 and 5000.
Under no circumstances were the
| possessors OF these wonderful ma
chimes to tell government officials or
police officers about II. because IL was
against the law TO manufacture money.
He sold many OF them. The Poles
u ora 0ullthla Thav holfava1 avarv-
thing They believed IN him implicit
lily and they fairly worshipped Mile
May.
I Sundays were particularly fruitai
days for Caspar and his sister. accord
ing to the police Of the vinewood sta
tion. Caspar used to dispatch boys
around to the Polish churches. They
would be equipped with dodgers ana
these they would distribute to the con-
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