The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
the same hand, for they were Just q


appeared In different parts OF the
country at about the same time show
ed that there had been concerted &C
ton In getting rid of them In large
patches by the gang. but this alone
did not give any clew to the opera
tors or their headquarters. SO far as
we knew they might have been locat-
ed in any one of Ave large cities. Sc
cret service operators were put to
work in these cities with the intention
OF working back from the time the
money was put out.
I'm every city where the thieves did
business they bought bonds and se-
curities which could be disposed OF
anywhere, from bankers and brokers
who were experts in detecting bogus
money In each city we got good
description of the man who bought
tho bonds, and II showed that 1t was
different man In each place. The
descriptions were good so far as they
went. Naturally the government print
ing bureau came under suspicion be-
cause OF the quality OF the work. and
every man at work in that department
was examined with searchlight.
Well, We wasted lot Of time proving
the innocence OF government employees,
but the work turned out TO be of some
value, after all
while | was working in Washing
ton I came across Richard osgcod.
an ex-secret service operator, and he
told me a yarn which came from his
mulatto servant girl. The girl, who
was good looking and bit of fiirt,
had formed the acquaintance Of a
white man whom she knew only by
the name OF Little Jack He had be-
come confidential with her and had
dropped q hint that he would soon
own part OF the government printing
office. The girl the next day reported
to 0sgood what she had heard.
"0sgood, not being very friendly
with the secret service people on &C.
count OF his dismissal, thought over
tho matter for a day before reporting
tho story. When the secret service
| OptTuIOTE went lOOh lOi LULU JuShs
he had flown the coop
This information might mean much
or little. Investigation showed that
this fellow, under another name, had
been in the company OF some OF the
| government engravers. While they
admitted this they said that they did
not know him, and that he had made
no dishonest proposals TO them. But
who was Little Jack?' This query
kept 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 Or
leans to see II he could get me his
picture. 1t might be only waste OF
time | thought, but ! could not tell
II never does to miss any chances In
my business. In about a week go'
a picture from New Orleans OF Little
Jack. and the mulatto girl said II waf
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 l took the picture
TO the broker who had seen him, ant
he said Little Jack was the man
without doubt. Then We Learned
from the south the names of some o
the gang that Little Jack trained
with, and that he had been In thu
couuterfeiting business during thu
war. But where were Little Jack
and his partners? A large rewarC
was offered for the capture Of thu
gang, and O description of some OF thu
bonds which had been bought wa
sent to all the financial centers OF thi
country and Europe. with a descriT
ton of Little Jack We got wor'
from London that a man answerin
| his description had disposed Of 10
} OF bonds in that city, and We con
{ municated with Scotland Yard
: I'VE worked steadily on the cas-
r here for weeks, and found out lo
3 of information about the gang. w
3 were reasonably certain that II
= Forbes was at the head Of 1t, but di
4 not have the positive proof or th
8 man. While racking our brains
n clear up the business, n cablegraI
i was received from Scotland Yard
I the effect that man who answere
y the description OF Little Jack ha
o taken passage on the Cunard Eteame
y Scotia, and was apparently alone. tn
n Cunard pier was then In Jersey Cit
!. and was there when the steamt
II arrived with several other operator
II recognized Little Jack in spite
a his full beard and English makeup.
d did not recognize any OF the oth'
If passengers as crooks. but those wi
looked the least bit crooked were fe
II lowed by an operator to their hots
It and left under surveillance until the
10 identity was cleared up.
% 81 Swallowed Little Jack, He hi
10 charge of some barrels of wine co
It signed to ]. M. KearnB. Flatbus
ID L. I. The gauger. in examining u
or wine, found that there was some fe
IL eign body in one of the barrels, oil
10 | had the barrel opened. with the co