El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-19
.ITI-=-The MOnrOe-Head Counterfeit

, in order but for a weeping little lad
and a broken window.
1T went through" he sObbed: shut
III pay for the glass if I can have my
ball"
The revenue crooks told the boy not
to mind. and let him come in n find
the ball.
I was having my hands full in Phil
a~delphia now; the secretary OF the
treasury was insisting that there must
be some proof that Taylor and Bredeu
were doing the work at Ninth and
Filbert streets. Somehow or other. I
had to get into that engraving estab-
lishmenI.
Breaks Into h COunterfeIters Plant.
The counterfeiters had a young boy
in their employ who swept u and
cleaned ID the office in the morning.
1 went to a cOstumer's n rented a
velvet masquerade suit that'd about fit
the boy.
Next. a secret service man accOsted
the boy about five blocks from Taylor
and BredelPs place:
Want to make a half dollar, son9-
Yes" said the boy.
'Then take this bundle up TO Guys
hotel and give il to Mr.. Matthew'S"
The boy did sO-nOt knowing that
Mr. Matthews was also Mr.. Burns.
What do you DO nights, SOM" I
asked
Nothing" he replied, and I asked
him how'd he like to be a super" at
the Walnut Street theater. L then in
Vited him Up TO see the manager, an
other secret service operative, and told
the boy TO try on the clothes.
The boy was taken into another room
where he put on the clothes, and was
then taken to see the manager. While
he was gone I extracted his keys from
mis- pocket With them / Whirled away
in a carriage, when had been waiting,
TO a lock company, about six blocks
away, handed the proper key to the
nan in nhnEua nna aELraa 90 ~ IrnnTF
cate, which was promptly given,
Whirled back, z returned the boys
keys to his pocket without his know
ing.
tied the offices Of the cOunterfeiters,
armed with a key and TWO operatives.
When 1 opened the door we were
nearly scared 10 death by some sort
vestisation, we found II TO be only a
buzzer set Oft by opening the door. a
cOnJr1YGnce for notifying the cOUhter-
letters when anyone was coming. so
they could hide away any contra /
band articles that were in sight.
A Thrilling Midnight Experience.
AFTER that, every day at noon, when !
and Bredwen went TO lunch, I
Of Ninth street, I got my cue
from the way the windOw-shade was
arranged where he operatives were
watching; if it as pulled down very
the EUdSL was E4GaE. anu i WOuLQ ]
go 10 the cOunterfeiter's plant and ex-
anime the situation
At Moons 1 always found a small
locker locked, but at nights unlocked
and empty, from which j dedUced that
the plates were carried home at night, |
but left in this locker when the men
went to lunch 1 secured a blank key, 4
and worked at Moons on the lock, and
finally succeeded in making a key 10
ut TIE locker. Inere 1 found a cOun- i
terfeit plate for a L~incOln-head hun ;
.5red-dollar note, almost completed.
Another time, when 1 mad my usual
midnight visit, chief Wukie and Oper-
j. b Murphy We're acting as \
.ookouts. 1t was my custom TO flash
an electric searchlight, "AI is we'll"
when 1 reached the plant. They
watched for the light but il didn't
come Time went by and they specu-
-ated fearfully on what might have
happened. They were just on the point
starting for the plant, when the j
lash appeared When I came down, I
iOund them waiting in breathIess eX-
element for my explanation.
It was a thriller. 1 had raped when
reached the door, as was my custom;
was always cautious. There vas 10
and I opened the door and
in, approaching cautiously. I had
% go through four rooms to reach
room where the actual work Of
;ounterfeiting was carried on.
I vas well into the fourth room
When 1 saw the form Of a man lying
IN q couch. The one question that
laShed across my mind was whether
he were really asleep or feigning
leep. If he were awake, the thing to
10 would be to arrest him then and
and raid the place at once. If
Re were asleep. ] would go out as
Tuietly as possible, without disturbing
7 stood stIu for some time. watch
ne, but couldn't determine. The mat
er was of so much Importance that it
vas necessary to know positively
whether or not he was asleep. So.
~.aUtiously, on my hands and knees. I
rept across the floor to hear him
lreathe. 1 knew IL would be impossi-
lie, if he were awake, for him to
.reathe naturally. I reached the sleep
ng figure, and strained my ears. TO
~ horror, ] couldn't near any breath
ng at all, I wondered if I'd scared
i'm to death.
Driven to desperation, I lifted my
and r felt of his body. What I
cit brought me to me feet in a hurry.
t was an old working coat
But, nevertheless, this was the night
made a big find-even though il
cut not to be a man. At the
Of Engraving and Printing in
Washington, before the money is
the paper is subjected to a
recess Of dampening by placing it be-
wet sheets of muslin. The U
had been carrying out the 1
of the bureau. A bolt Of mus