Arizona republican., 1911-04-01
(Continued From Yesterday)

I
 ized the stranger was physician.
 A strained silence ensued. In ten
 minutes time Christopher Poe had be
 come quite himself, though he still
 passed his hand over his bruised neck
 mechanically, a curious half-smile illu.
 minating his otherwise drawn face.
 He finally reached into his vest | pocket and brought out the bit of pre-
 pared paper (evidently overlooked by
 Horton) containing the counterfeiters
 right fore-fnger imprint. He handed 1t to Burns and watched him musingly.
 In answer to his friends anxious questioning and enthusiastic praise
 over the capture Poe finally managed
 to sketch the whole thing to him. just
 what had happened when he was alone
 with Horton.
 How the devil did you spot the fel- low?" burst out Burns.
 It was easy from the minute I
 spotted that misspelled labour.' and
 saw the duplicate of that finger-print
 you hold in your hand" he explained.
 If you'll stop to think you'll remem-
 Der that Englishmen stick to the old
 form of spelling honor, 'armor, labor and the like. They always put
 in the letter 'u; making it hon our armour and l-a-b-o-u-r.'
 Well, the minute I saw that word spelled l-a-b-o-u-r' l knew an English han had done the work and evidently had been an engraver on English stamps or securities of some sort in
 which the word labor also appeared, and that the spelling of it had become second-nature to him.
 Then I came across the finger-print on the bill, you and Mitchell didn't seem to take account of the fact that the finger-print showed in light green ink, identical with the ink used on the back of the note. That proved that the counterfeiter himself had touched it while it was still wet. or while he had little of the fresh ink on his finger; he smeayed his light mark on it without noticing. On examining that finger-mark under the microscope l was doubly sure the counterfeiter was the one who had left his mark. for I found that the ridges on the fin ger-print which were loops approxi- mating tented arches. as they classify them in the print Identification sys. tenn, showed callouses, heavy callouses. As these were on the fore-fnger of the right hand l immediately knew tha' the man was an engraver, for only the continuous use of the graver could have left such a mark"
 Poe paused for breath and Burns prodded: But that didn't give you the identity of the man"
 "No. Then I found the two scars. close together on the flnger-print ] figured out, by the process Of elimina- tion about the only thing they could have been caused by. Then l suddenly recalled seeing twin scars on the fin ger of a snake-charmcr, left by a cobra's fangsH I immediately felt these must have originated the same way Having the facts that the man was English, had been bitten by cobra. and that the snake was a tame one with his poison sacks removed, or the man would have died before the bite became scars, began putting two and two together. The counterfeiter must have associated with East Indian fa- kers to have been bitten by a show cobra, as they are the only ones who tame them. I recalled. too. the fact that fine paper is manufactured in In- dia and that some of the bonds uttered by the British Government there have silk threads in the paper, similar to our currency I conceived the notion that clever young Englishman might have worked in the engraving house for the government there and come to America with this wonderful new coun- terfeit, and few East Indian fakers, his friends and servants. to help him get rid of the stuff without suspicion falling on him."
 That's just what he confessed" put in Burns.
 So called up Mitchell and asked about the Coney Island bank, remem- bering that he had said it was a lig loser. Finding that most of the notes had been circulated in Coney Island and upper Brooklyn, became certain that some young Englishman. aided by 8 few clever East Indians, was doing the work. and passing the stun off To- cally. I felt sure he couldn't have any American associates or one of them would have caught the error in spelling labor We'll, you know the rest; we found only two prominent English managers this afternoon; I couldn't find the one on Surf Avenue when I called. but luckily the other fellow happened to be the right one. I sup pose most of the East Indians were in he trick, some helping to make the money and the others disposing of it. 1t was good scheme; Coney makes a good distributing point. suppose the money is pretty we'll spread over the country by travellers now. He must rave brought a stock of paper with Jim from India" Yes" answered Burns. We found t. Horton confessed everything, but he East Indians thought the money vas good; except those who helped nake it. He's shrewd fellow, and a reacherous one. He nearly did for ou. We found you lying head first in he dumb-waiter shaft downstairs; left or dead, I guess. Here's the silk cord he fellow garroted you with; want it or souvenir" Thanks" smiled Poe. taking the tout thread. He fingered it for few separated several f1bers from !, and then looked up with a curious xpression.
 What do you know about this. urns?" he exclaimed. Its the same ind of Indian silk they used in the paper that attracted my at- sntion from the first It's just trlfe .ronger than the silk we use in our aper money and more delicately