The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-21

"This information might mean much
or little. Investigation showed that
this fellow. under another name, h4d
been in the company of some of tile
government engravers. While they ad-
mitted this they said that they did not
know him. and that he had made no
dishonest proposals to them. But who
going through my mind day and night
for several days, and then the name OF
Little Jack Vaughn, the New Orleans
card sharp. flashed upon my memory;
He had been mixed up with several
swindles IN the south, and ! sent TO the
chief of police IN New Orleans to see
if he could get me his picture. 1t
might be only waste of time /
thought, but L could not tell. 1t never
does to miss any chances in my bust
ness. In about week / got a picture
from New Orleans Of Little Jack, ,
and the mulatto girl said it was the
same fellow she had seen,
The next step was more important.
The description of the man who had
passed the bogus money in Philadel
phia referred to him as being under
the average size. I took the picture
to the broker who had seen him, and
he said Little Jack was the man
without doubt. Then we learned from
the south the names of some of the
gang that Little Jack trained with
and that he had been in the counter
feitine business during the war, But
where we're Little Jack and his part
ncrs? large reward was offered for
the capture of the gang. and descrip-
tion Of some Of the bonds which had
been bought was sent TO all the finan-
cial centers of this country and Eu.
rope, with n description of Little
nll- Il Al.
man answering his description had
disposed of a lot of bonds in that city,
and we communicated with Scotland
Yard
"We worked steadily on the case
here for weeks, and found out a lot Of
information about the gang. We were
reasonably certain that Ed Forbes was
at the head Of it, but did not have
positive proof or the man. While rack
ing our brains to clear up the business,
cablegram was received from Scot
land Yard to the effect that a man
who answered the description of 'Lit
tie Jack had taken passage on the
Cunard steamer Scotia, and was ap.
parent)y alone, The Cunard pier was
then in Jersey City, and ] was there
when the steamer arrived with several
other operators, / recognized Little
Jack in spite of his full beard and
ihSHou Hluhtups ulQ not recognize
any Of the other passengers as crooks,
but those who looked the least bit
crooked were followed by an operator
to their hotel, and left under sur
veillance until their identity was
cleared up.
81 shadowed Little Jack He had
charge of some barrels of wine con |
signed to ]. M. Kearns, FIatbush, J.. I. |
The gauger, in examining the wine, |
found that there was some foreign |
body In one of the barrels, and / had |
the barrel opened, with the consent of |
the collector. 1 found an herm etically
sealed box fastened to the bottom of
the barrel. On opening it I discovered
a dozen perfect counterfeit plates of
bank notes. The plates were returned
to the box and the barrel was shipped
to Flatbush. | went with it. and
found that Mr., Kearns lived at the
Eureka club When 7 delivered the
wine, / saw Little Jack and Ed
Forbes In the house, and concluded
that the gang had returned TO this
country to begin operations again with
4 new set of plates.
81 raided the place in the evening
and CAPTURED Ned ormsby, Ed Forbes.
Little Jack Vaughn, Sam Stetson anS
Curley Peters. All of tber1 received
ong terms in federal penitentiaTy. ',
copyright, 1912 by F. L. Nelsop