Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-09-20

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This news turnsa ..-t
down In Wells & co.s , $50. VI
The gold which thev ~. ao'l,,>.
been broken up into sma A. so y
ana pretty widely distribu, s, p :
the coin was found srS !. aN.
nounced genuine by bank s,, " ID
tne deep interest q 'vv v.ns''s
aroused the suspicion Of .o 's d
customers. and they sent ' sue. q
pies to the assay once ~ sa q,
This examination showed -, s''l,s
was practically only t,,s - a,'|
on the face of each coin. q. 81
metal was worthless. ga u
Then there was the dan.
The customers of Wells 4 ri
manded the return Of their me- "
the firm was forced to su.oss. q.
porarily. I was. called into ~ 4 'a<
at this juncture and I INNS, - sa|
that 1t looked like q Mounts. ri
vices from London showsa i
the papers which had been - - "
Nathaniel Storms in this Corr, -. VI
been forged, and the invs-''l 81
made by Wells & Co. was Iuss n
too late. The plot would No.. M
exposed II they had ma6s n.
concerning Storms at the st,,.
vate letter blanks and secrst ~. ~
Identification had been obtsiss, /.
Frink & Beamen in some w,v !. a.
Ing that some one in their emsi,. !. z
been giving information. Tksr'
nothing In this country but ! 80.
scription Of Storms. He wor - 3
beard. and I knew that he
shake this at the first opportr,,,,
that a description of him vss NJ, 3
1 was sent to London 70 ~.
that end with the Scotland Va.
pie. l brought them the iniorr.s
about the letter blanks and ~.
marks. and watch was m. ~
everybody in Frink q Beam,n,. - J.
nee. They had twenty clerks ro,,..
Tor them, and It took soma ~. |.
pick up our man. We found ! 49,
Fellow named Sinclair who had No.
to burn on SIS a week. and nI,.,..
him. He squealed without del., i,
- q
said that he had been induced 4 ~
up the secrets Of the business n u
men who claimed to be Enrll.s,..
They gave him $500 for his Worf :.
heard them call each other Andv i,
Wary, and this gave the arst n I.
the gang. I was satisfied that tke :,
men were Andy Bliss and war; h.
Gee, both crooks. I learned thr 4.
bogus coin had been brought ~
on the Cunard line N e,.s
Of white lead, and had been re.un.1
oy the same line.
AS it had been arranged that A.
money should be paid in New Yol
knew that 1t was certain that WAN
Ind Andy would be on board 70 =.
heir whack. and I came back. l eooIs
lot imagine who this Storms wa q,
ny only hold was to keen the u',.s
unning for Bliss and MCGEE, vs.
Iaturallyywould not be much alun.
'ver the robbery for the reason lit
very end was covered.
knocked around among men sn5
Vomen knew to be crooked for shouI
month before I got a good tIp. 1
7as In Nat Cunningham's saloon a
be Bowery that I overheard q ca.
ersation between a couple Of bsri
neaks. who were telling a frent
bout trip they had on Andy B.ln'
acht, and the sport at the fishing Cub
! Ravenswood.
1t took me a couple Of hours b
avenswood to locate the clu5hou,
was In an old deserted mansion. I
ent there after dark, and was aston
he'd to hear a regular and very ban
jumping in one Of the outhousea I
'uld not see into the place, but
card the sound Of several voices. snt
hen some one came out caught .
impse Of some moving MACHINERY
rough a door. ! waited TIL af,tf
lylight, and I knew that tasrs VS.
ooked work going on, for there Va
sign of smoke pipe anywhere
! made all my arrangements ior
Id, and the next night l had ist
cked men in Ravenswood. kept
b on the clubhouse and saw hsl
ere were at least FIVE men there.
About s o'clock four men left lft
1bhouse and went to the barn. Soon
. machinery was going. and went
the barn with five men, leaving b.
hers to watch the house. The me1
L so secure that the barn door BED
I been locked. l flung II open ant
mped inside with my men. Ever
box was covered by a gun and threw
his hands. except Frenchy Kline
10 was hit on the head and de
rom the injury.
Two men in the house, hearing 70
In the barn. rushed out 2
} what the trouble was. and Ns1
ptured by the guard. We got War7
Gee. George Keene. Frenchy Kline
ly Wallace, Darby Jones aud Andf
IS. and the best counterfeitsrs' on
IN fha WORLD