Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-11

icrfeitInr case IN New York. which
was undertaken to promote n rcvulu-
ton IN Costa Hica. the participants
making i0o-pcso notes. with the dou-
bl, purpose of buying arms and dts
crcditing The monetary system of the
country. General Fr"d.rico de Mora
grandson of the first president of
Costa i,ica. and one of his accom-
pliccs served two years IN sing sing
az a result, Of Burns ipvestiGutions.
The case of Taylor ana Broden I'm
1898 was ono of th' most ,Ntraordi-
nary IN the annals III countcrfriting.
The two men were found by pro-
cess 81 deduction aud elimination. for
thor" were me- CLOVIS that could be
used The fact that theit counterfeit
note was perfect indicated that
camera had been used II was found
that their process was Ia transfer Il
photograph to u steel plate, ctch III"
latter cnuugh tu bite the tines, aud
then cngravc by hand "a feat that
had heretofore been considered i'm.
possihl,
The two men were arrested, but
while they were ia pi.son Taylor =
smother snugglcd ~ the necessary
tools and materials, and The Nv" men
engraved tho plates ~ their cell I'M
der blanket with the aid OF an al
cohol lamp Il took them two months
To- complete the work. bot they actual
~ printed the monos. sent II out and
had ~ passed When som. of the
money was shown To- Burns h. ~
once said that oulN TaNior aud Ere
dell could have made II He went
to the prison. charged them with IT.
and thoS confessed
ono ui the Burns last big pieces
~ work for the treasury department
was TIA. arrest of bimmica. Who
robbed the san Francisco mint ot
t3nt .O0n. binimlck VAS assistant su-
pcrintondcnt of the min, ana sue
cccd,d In mmiliarizinp himself with
the locks ct the vaults. So that h"
could stand At tho locks With the
works exposed and determine what
combination another person was set
ting Here iiurns again did some
eliminating and dcduCting. but " took
time To get the evidence.
BARNS left SAN Francisco ana came
east. and VAS preparing I" take -
European trip for the government.
when hc got wire from Chicf Wilkic
to report ia Washington Wilkio had
been sent for by secretary uf tn. In
tcrlor Hitchcock. who informed him
that extensive land frauds involving
millions Of dollars had been discov-
cred,
They started Burns uut on May !.
1903. and n was not until september
1905. that his task Nas finished. re-
shifting Ia the conviction 81 United
states senator Mitchell of oregon
and number of very prominent mil
houair"s. husin-ss aud professional
men of the Pacific coast
Burns played large part In ;hc
labor troubies Ia the Occur d'Aicn"
district. Idaho and was Instrumental
n obtaining a confession rom HcnrN
Orchard a confession of murder and
outrage similar tu the confessions al
legged IT, have been obtained from
Or;ic McManigal IN the present Los
Angeles dyrnmiting case.
Tho warfare Wag.d ga Sau Fran
cisco against the graft OF Bose Nhr
tuvf MANOR Schuiitz and others " =
conducted throIgh Burns efforts
backed ny the strong arm of the law
as administered Day FranCN j. h"nr}
Burns Was allowed to -o 10 Sbu Fran
c,s,u d. order OF President Roosevelt
and for thycc NDnrs Doc, dug nruur'
that city. whore he ubinincd enough
,.,'dtnc, go scud a gondN ruuib'r ~
eraft,fs 10 sail tot IONS f,ntcncos
BURNS never carries - revolver -
lylng ON his diplumacy aud expert
skin a. - prize fighter tu set him out
w an; scrapc that he mas encounter
Threats ct assassination hc tr'nts
with contempt. ana h, has hlt Ms
portion ui them.