El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03


5000 away from them, and let them
go. 1t was a smart job.
Makes New Plate.
Charley had his share of grit, though
lie set right to work and engraved q
hundred dollar note plate, printed
$4,000, gave the counterfeit bills %
Kate Gross and Mary Braun, and told
[ them to so out and pass them.
Instead of travelling about gettlne
/ the bad money changed for good money
IN various places they stopped OH IN
Philadelphia, and bought $4,000 worth
of bonds from a woman named Emma
Cole, who was the wife of the famous
1 Dutch Cole, a notorious 'ounterleiJ
promoter Mrs. Cole deposited the en-
tire $4,000 in counterfeit notes IN
certain bank in Philadelphia.
OF course, when the notes were dis
covered TO be counterfeit, they were
traced as coming from this bank, and
from there to Emma Cole, who ad-
mitted that she had bought them from
Kate Gross and Mary Braun. after
the girls had been caught and lOckeq
UP, they promptly confessed Iney Salu
the notes had been made by Charley
who was then in Cincinnati under the
name of Henderson. So the secret
service officers went to Cincinnati ana
one Of them was installed as clerk IN
the express office.
Caught in the Express Office.
When Charley came into the express
office to send some of his money, he
saw a strange clerk there He said 10
himself. Not for me" and turned and
walked out. He stayed away for 10
days. but when he came back the new
clerk was still there. Ulrich looked IN
at the office occasionally for six weeks,
and as the new clerk was always there,
he finally lost patience, and went up
to the desk.
Just wait a moment said the
clerk; I'VE would like to talk with you
about this shipment Of money"
Charley saw that the game was up
NJ
alton thoroughly"
He was Immediately taken to New
York, and placed temporarily in Crow
Hill penitentiary, BROOKLYN. where he
was put in cell with a Frenchman
Y no was also under arrest for counter
feiting.
Even in jail Charley didn't 90 to
sleep Every day he watched the turn
key lock and unlock his door, until he
got every notch in the key fixed in his
mind. Then. with a common shoe
makers awl, he cut out a piece Of iron
from around the wash place, made
key, opened the door, let himself and
the Frenchman out, and they both
skipped to Canada
In the meantime. his first pal, Jim
Colbert, was a fugitive from justice
and had already escaped to Canada
Charley found him there, and the three
sat around together in the saloons
every night.
Colbert wrote the chief to come on
over, which he Immediately did, tax
ing six or seven men. They rounded
Charley up while he was watching a
game of billiards Colbert pointed him
out. Charley gave them a good fight,
and the result was that the police came
running in and arrested them all
So there were Charley and the
Frcuchman in prison again. waiting for
their case to be heard. and Charley
figuring how he could beat the cell
He did it. They got up on the top cor
ridOr, and climbed from there to lit
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dropped into the yard
Then they found they had a wall to
scale There were d lot of buckets In
the yard. and Charley piled them up
got up. Then the Frenchman held them
down while Charley got up.
The soldiers outside were marching
back and forth and when they saw
at them But the escaped prisoners
got to the railroad track, and there
did a very smart thing They went
along the track a good piece. and
Charley threw his cap on the ground
to put the guards on the wrong scent.
Then they Sneaked around back the
other way and crossed the river in
rowb Dat they they stole just above
Niagara Falls-they didn't dream how
near they were to the falls.
They went to Buffalo, and there
Charley bade the Frenchman goodbye,
and wrote Jim Courtney at Cincin-
natl Courtney had been under arrest
for making the hundred dollar note.
but was out on bond, and had all the
papers made for getting back into
business. He wrote TO Charley to come
on and meet him in Cleveland They
met there, and Courtney arranged for
Ulrich to come on to Cincinnati and
get into the business with him
Betrayed BY Another Old Pal.
At Cincinnati Courtney took Charley
to the house OF q Mrs. Roberts, where
Courtney boarded. Courtney then went
O. fcrH1 IN Of fn q
service, and asked him what he would
90 to learn the whereabouts of Ulrich.
I'll let you off," said the chief.
So, at noon. when Charley and Jim
were sitting in a room at Mrs. Rob-
erts's, in walked the secret service Of
ficers. Before they got to this room,
Jim hid Charley in a chest and when
the chief came in he was told that his
bird had not been there. The officers
left.
Just as Charley reached the depot
he was grabbed He seemed to know
iustinctively that he'd been betrayed
again, and he was heartbroken.
If you'll let everybody else so. and
wipe the slate clean" he told the Of
ficers, I'll plead guilty and turn over
my plates" The officers agreed to this
Engraves Portrait on Saw Blade.
Ulrich was tried and sent to the
pcntitentiary in Columbus, O.. for 10
years. He was a model prisoner, and he
was allowed to have a little shop in
the prison yard One dav he picked
up an old circular saw blade in the
yard and engraved on it a portrait
Il William Allen. who was at that time
the Democratic candidate for governor.
Tt was one Of the most perfect pOr-
traits ever engraved.
When Ulrich had been in prison for
seven years. president Hayes pardOned
HIM through the intercessiOn OF the
warden, Col Innis, who thought It
shame that such a clever artist should
be shut up. Innis then set him up in
an engraving shop in Columbus
was hoy living in Columbus then,
and used to watch him go up and down
the street, for I'd heard his history
and it fascinated me.
Charley's Friends After Him Again.
When Charley was pardOned. I'm
convinced he intended to do what was
right. He married, and worked hard.
But after a while old Dutch Cole. OF
Philadelphia came to Columbus to coax
him to go TO Philadelphia and to en-
grave a hundred dollar note Finally,
Ulrich was persuaded to go. They
went to a place outside Philadelphia
called Oak Lane. and here Ulrich be-
gan to engrave his note.
One day Charley came into town TO
buy some supplies. A secret service
man recognized him, followed him
home, and made a report. The chief
sent man out to nail Charley; but,
as he was more anxious to get Cole
than Charley this time, they agreed to
give Charley a suspended sentence,
provided he'd help them catch Cole.