Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-26

expert had been giving the contract to
this concern and getting a commission
of 10 cents a pound, while the compa-
ny made an enormous profit, for bet
ter ink was afterwards contracted for
at Is cents a pound, one third of the
price previously charged.
| In another instance an officer in the
American navy was off on leave and
had failed to keep the department
posted as to his whereabouts. The Sc
cret service was asked to find him,
and did so, reporting to the depart
ment. 1t happened that the midship-
man had committed the irregularity of
eloping with somebody's wife in the
cret service were construed as being
directed toward making out divorce
cases for government officials. This
was the criticism of some enemies of
the service, but 1t found the man and
he became q convict.
| After evidence of an offense has
been secured and recorded, other Of
ficers arrest the man who has been dis
covered by the secret service agent
and proved guilty: but the final task
Is to put him through a rigid investi-
CATION which is called sweating" For
hours he Is subjected to questioning.
This is on the theory that when man
has committed a crime the knowledge
of 1t Is always with him. His mind
dwells constantly upon 1t and hungers
for an opportunity to talk of it. He
knows that he has committed the
crime, and usually he Is aware that
the detectives know 1t. The advantage
Is all on the part of the detective, and
If the man is led the right way he Is
sure to tell all about it.
A case in point occurred during the
exposition in st. Louis. An engraver
named Graham was arrested at the
race track for passing counterfeit
| money. On him were found twenty
nine 500 bills that were limitations Of
lawful currency, and large amount
Of good money. He explained that he
had found the bad money in an envel-
ope, and as a proof Of his contention
said he had advertised for its owner.
This proved to be correct. He said
that he had seen no reason why he
should not use money out Of this en-
velope in making his race bets, as he
had plenty of his own with which to
replace it. He was locked up and his
case investigated. A fatal error in the
mans story was found In the fact
that the advertisement had been in
serted two hours before the time he
claimed to have found the money. At
the end of a week Chief Wilkie took
the prisoner in hand. He started by
asking the man to keep perfectly quiet
until he had finished his talk. Then
he outlined the manner in which Cra-
han had become a counterfeiter. The
chief told him that he had been an en-
graver In Washington, and an artist
at his work. He had been studious
and intelligent, but above all an artist;
and the excellent examples Of the en-
graver's art as shown on the govern
ment money had appealed to him. He
had finally traced those designs and
had been interested in developing their
perfections. He had printed the mon
ey in black and it had looked well. He
had fallen to wondering how 1t would
| look If put into the colors that are used
| by the government. He had tried 1t,
and the results had been pleasing to
his artistic sense and gratifying to
him as a workman. He had wondered
If the bills would pass for real money.
This would be the best test of his
workmanship. He had tried to pass
them and their acceptance had proved
the merit Of his work He had not
started out with the idea Of being a
cOunterfeiter, but had drifted into 1t.
AS the story advanced the man assum-
ed an attitude of acquiescence. The
explanation of how he had drifted into
crime had never occurred to him, but
he in the end told the whole story.
Later he used Chief Wilkes story OF
his fall as a plea for cormutation OF
his prison sentence, and had 1t reduc-
ed from fifteen to eight years.
The secret service never forgets and
never stops work on a case that 1t has
once taken up. 1t is said always to
get it's man" sooner or later. An es-
innate has been obtained from bank
ing institutions all over the country,
and upon 1t is based the percentage OF
the amount Of counterfeit money In
circulation. In paper money it Is es-
timated that there Is but one counter
felt dollar for every 100000 in cur
rency. In coin It Is figured that there
are probably SO Of bad money to every
100000. This Is regarded as being as
near an approach to an absence OF
counterfeit money as can be reached.
Hunting down the counterfeiter, how
ever Is one of the most important du-
ties of the secret service. The bank
managers familiar with the various Is
sues of currency used for money are
usually the first to detect a suspicious
note. If the managers can not deter
mine who has passed 1t, he posts 1t to
the secret service Immediately. Here
the money Is carefully examined with
a microscope, and a note made Of it's
defects and it's differences from the
genuine dollar, five-dollar or whatever
bill 1t may stand for. Then steps are
taken to get the maker. Counterfeit
ing is mostly done by printers, and
often 1t is necessary to employ the
method known as "roping," which
means learning the facts Of a mans
manner of life and habits by getting
job, working with him and forming a
personal acquaintance with him.
Shadows" as they are called, are
like poets-they are born. not made.
The shadow" must have just those
qualities that make him the least con-
spicuous man in the street. He must
be man who is absolutely regular and
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