The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-08
fellow. whose chief fault was that he
was the best counterfeiter that ever

fellow. whose chief fault was that he
was the best counterfeiter that ever
lived"
Clrich had a checkereS career be-
fore he fell foul of Burns and settled
down in Jail. He had been a govern
n1ent %engraver, and one of the best
the government ever had. lie got in
to trouble with his talents, went to
Jail for a short time. went to Ger
many. got into more trouble, served
another term. and came to America,
where he speedily was in prison again
in Columbus. Ohio. Burns lived there
then, a boy. He used to see Ulrich
a good deal, after he was pardoned
and. given a job in a little engraving
shop. Burns had heard the famous
forger's history and had even seen a
bit of his work while in prison, a head
engraved on a steel saw blade. Then
rlrich went back to Germany and it
was many years before Burns heard
OF him again.
In the meantime Burns became a
detective. One day he was set to
watch the same Ulrich, who had re-
cinnati. where it was suspected he was
up to something. But nobody could
get the goods on him." They tried
Burns on the job.
Burns rented a little fiat across the
street from Ulrich's cottage, His
wife lived there with him. Burns
took on the character of a workman.
Every morning at an early hour he
departed In ovcralls, swinging Il din
ner pail. He walked a few blocks and
then returned by a back street to his
" apartments, where he watched
and watched through the window. He
discovered that Ulrich was in an up
per room much of the time, working
at something. Five ~months-by his
own statement-Burns got Charley
tlrich up in the morning and put
him to bed at night"
Then n day it broke. UIricr
came out of the housc-after Burns
a been watched on his way ia
"work'-and walked down the street
with a little satchel in his hand. Burns
followed. ulrich went in the direction
of the depot. When Burns got there
he was not in sight. Burns went to
the ticket Office.
Did my uncle get his ticket?" he
queried. innocently. "He was a big.
tall man. a foreigner. and / was Ia
look out for him, but he got ahead
Of me-"
oh, yes" the ticket agent replied,
h got a ticket to New York"
Give me one. too" Burns said. and
in a few minutes they were on the
same train.
Two hours later Ulrich went into the
smoking car for Il pipe and Burns over
hauled his luggage. In it was a com
piete outfit for engraving banknote
plates. The game was But
burns Travelled along with his unsus-
pccting victim until New York was
reached. Clrich went to a telegraph
office and began to write a MESA &c.
writing the body of it first, without
the name of the person to whom II
was addressed. He had got as far as
Have just arrived" when he
realized somebody was looking over
his shoulder. He looked ND and ga "
Burns.
Are o Interested in this?" Ulrich
asked Burns.
Il am Burns replied.
Then maybe you had better write
1t Yourself Tlrich reioined.
Certainly" said Burns and taking
tho pen. he filled In the name and adj
dress of the man Ulrich was sending
the message to n added Ulrich's own
name at the bottom.
We'll You r interested aren't
you?" was Ulrich's next remark and
that was all he said as Burns took him
in charge.
That was one of Burns earliest big
cases. In 1S9 he was put on a con-
spiracy to start q revolution in Costa
Rica part of the plan being to upset
the currency system of that country
by flooding it with 100-pesos notes, ST.