The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-08-23

storm Ia tia nnA II the - ~ 49,
of IL arm that lla had 49, = ain.
nel Is nosne ,of III Enxlish friends at
TIA Astof Houss ana relatad aons az
ths. stories vhich we're told ~ his
frisuds az American LIE. II va con
sadAr.d yery, strange that STORMS. vho
carried Al tha mark az honesty IL
his face ard speech. sAould have He'd
ahout such an unimnor,tant mater:
Ana considerfnr .Il ~ circum stances.
Z doubt va raised abot,t Ma veracity
n nther mattara e lrnportanoe.
several daya passed and nothing
~. heard nom a4nrms walIa I. Co
bacam ma Z lit uneasv "a tent I cahla
"a Frink = Reamen. asking for ii.
formation about the further shipments
Of sold. Frfnk 4 Beamen replied that
they did not know anything about
shipments Of the precious metal. and
would b delighted to ind any OF It
Then the direct inquiry was made By
wells q Co az Frink q Beamen II
they had not consfened 5000. 900 to
Wells 4 Co. The answer came back
that they had not
This naws turned thinrs nnside
down n walls 4 cos Embellishments.
The roId which thev had aha had
been broken mn into smaller nackarea
and pretty vidalv distributad- Some Of
+ha COIN wae, 1onnd .nd a. IN. mn.
nouncad genuine nv hank Arnarts Int
the dean interest ~ wells q "a.
aroused the susnicion ~ soma ~ their
customers and thew sent several sam.
Mes 70 tha assav once for analvs,a.
This examinations showed th.t thera
was practicalfv onlv : trace az rold
on the face Of each coin. and the
metal was vorthless.
rhar +hara mn. Tho Havoc - nov
Tho customars ~ wa,ls q. ~ DO.
mandad +ha return ~ +ha,, monev .nd
-. Arm waa forcad 10 .,,.nend tom.
norar,,v Iwaa caI,ad into +ha c..a
- thi. 4unctnra and mus+ COMES.
that a. ioolad l,ka a nounta,n "A.
yicea from Tnndon showad th.+ oil,
the nanera which had haen naed Nv
Nathaniel storms IN thia country had
hean forged and the ;nveatisot,on
made bv Wells q, Go. was met ton DAYS
foo late The n,ot wou,d hava he.n
AYnosad n thew had mada inc,ir,ea
concerning storms At the start pri.
vate letter blanks and secret marka of
identification had been obtained from
FrinI. q Reamen IN soma wav chow.
ing that some one IN their employ had
been giving information There waa
nothing in this country Int a pood de-.
acrintion of storms Ha vore . ,ul,
beard. and knew that ha vould
shake this at the first onnortnnitv an
that q description of him was useless.
was sent to London to work up
that end with the Scotland Yard peo.
pie. / brought them the information
about the letter blanks and secret
marks, and a watch was put upon
everybody In Frink g. Beaman.s Of.
fee. They had twenty clerks working
for them, and it took some time to
pick up our man. We found a young
fellow named Sinclair who had money
to burn on SIS a week. and pinched
him. He souealed without delay and
said that he had been induced to give
up the secrets Of the business bv two
men who claimed to be- Englishmen.
They gave him $3.50 for his work. He
heard them call each other ANDY and
Wary. and this rave the first tin on
the gang. I was satisfied that the two
men were ANDY Rliss and wary Mo.
Geo. both crooks. I learned that the
bogus coin had been brought from
America ON the Cunard line in Casks
Of white lead. and had been returned
by the same line.
IA a. had heen orrors.d +h,+ ~.
money shonld ha maid ;n Naw yorr
T knew that u mn. oartoin +het ns r- -,
and Andv uon,d ha IN ho.rd ~ o.
their whack ana = cana h.cr rco,,d
MT ina zinc who thia storns v.s .nd
INV onlv hold waa ~ Laan +ha - n,ras
running for Rlisa and Mcaee who
natnrailv would not ha much alarm al
over ths rohharv ,or tho raoson +ha+
ayerv and MAS covared $500 :
fnnctad Ground amoro man .,a
women 7 tnau, to ha crooEad IN ahn,,+
a month hafora : eo+ a 800 ~ t,n 80, r.