The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15

ger Imprint, He handed IL Ia pee.
watched him musingly.
IN answer 10 his friends snyt,,.-
t,oninG and enthusiastic praise a.
capture, Poe finally mana oad
the whole thing 10 him. iust ~.
happened when nc Was alone uts''
'HoW the devil did YOU snot !.
low burst out Burns. y
" was easy from the rnin,s !
ticed that misspelled Iaboir'' :,
Lna duplicate OF that finger nr5re
hold In your hand" he oxpla3nej
you u STOP TO think, you'll RENE rnr-
Enghsnmen stick TO the old form n
ing nI hohor. 'armor, labor and ii
they always put In the letter ~.
[ 'h-o-n-o-u-r.' 'a-r-m-o-u-r
b-o-u-r,' anu
well tho minute | saw tbst
spelled "a ,b~o-u-r' ! knew Ar n
man had done the work. and ~
nad been an engraycr on EnrjIs,,
OF securities OF some sort In u,h<
word labor also appeared nnd
spelling Of 1t had become secon5
TO him. 'nq
Then I came across the finesx
the BILL; you and Mitchell didn't
take account OF the fact that a.
print showed in light green ink. d
with the Ink used on the back ~ 3
mat proved that the counterfstf~
SELF had touched Il while Il Wns q
or while he had a little Of the n.
on ms linger. he smeared his III,
| on III without noticing. On eT<
| that ilngcr mark under the mIcrc
WAS donply sure the counterfel{I
| the one who had left his ,rov,@
| FOUND that the ridges on the firs~
which were loops approxlms tj,sr
arches, as they classify them in n
| identiiication system, showcd -
neavy callouses. As these were
| forefinger of the right hand
ately knew That the man Waa
grayer. for only the continuous M
graver could have left such ~
Foe, paused for breath, and Bur
sestcd:
But that didn't give you the
, OF the man" w
NO. Then | found the two sc.,
together on the finger print I'
out. by elimination, about ibe o,f
they could have been caused Inv
suddenly recalled seeing twin "a
inc ringer OF snake cha rmer 4.
COBRA $ fangs, | immediately fef
must nave originated the same ,r.,
ing tic facts that the man was
had been bitten by a cobra. and
snake was tame one with hfe
SACKS removed, or the man won
uleu peiore the bite became sea rsI
putting two and two together nj.
terfeiter must have a ASSOCIATED IA
indian taklrS TO have been hitte
show cobra. as they arc Ibc IN,
who tame them. | recalled, ton Z;
that fine paper is manufa ctured H
and that some OF the bonds utf
tne British government there h1
threads IN the paper, similar to
rencE. conceived the notion
cieVer GnSlishman might have wr
me engraving house for the gov,
tnere, and come to America with "A
derful new counterfeit. and n few
dian iakirs. his friends and scrp,
heip MIN get rid OF the stuff with
piclon falling on him" '''
That's just what ne confessed.
Burns.
so 7 called ZIP Mitchell and
about the Coney Island bank,
berlng that he had said ID vn,
loser. Finding that most OF m
mad been circulated in Couey
and upper Brooklyn. I becaii
certain OF my theory. I felt
couldn't have any American asi
or one OF them would have car
error in spelling labor. We'll. IA
Tie rest We found only two pr
English managers this aftefu
couldn't find the one on Sun
when I called, but luckily the q
low happened TO be the right orte.
pose most Of the East Indians
the trick. some helping 10 nj
I nj ho ~V-
IT was a good distributing point.
pose the money is pretty vel
over the country ny travellers ID
must have brought a stock o|
witt him from India" s.
Yes" answered Burns ~
II. Horton confessed everything,
East Indians thought the mon
good, except those who helped
Hes shrewd fellow. and q ire
one. He nearly did for YOU. "
You lying head first I'm the dun11
shaft downstairs. left for dead,
Here's the silk cord the fellow
YOU with: want il for souvey1I|
Thanks. smiled Poe. taking 4
thread. He fingered 1t for a 4
ments, separated several fiber8
and then looked up with a Gun
preston.
what do sou know abou
Burns?" he exclaimed, "It's q
kind OF Indian silk they usen
counterfeit paper that attrac<
attention from the first. It'9
trirIe stronger than the sillS
in our paper money and more
ly tinted-much more delicately,*
Copyright, 1913. by ". G. CHI
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