Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04


He wouldn't let an emotionless clerl
read IT,
Il Ruef held the center Of the stage II
S. the court scene, he drank the joy oil
d HE pain oft 70 the dregs. His voice
8 choking, tears yelling to his eyes, and
he slipping water after every SEN
tnce. Ruef read his farewell address
W A Psychological Detective.
lie told how he had started out in
u life, what he. university man. had
o hoped to do FOR good government; his
surrender 10 conditions; his fall, he
recited the claims Of his family upon
him, their sickness since his arrest,
and how he had sworn 20 heR5 them
o from now on "to destroy the system
s that destroys men"
y That was a sample OF Burns as a
psychological detective He sowcd
the seed OF distrust among tho mem
. bers Of the ring with consummate
/ skill. then appealed TO the fears that
v grew out of this distrust and induced
~ | the undcriings 10 confess, then used
n | their confessions 10 make his way on
# up to Ruef Later Schmitz wanted TO
n confess, but Burns sent MIN to the
n penitentiary without letting him con-
- fess
o And here, CLEANED from the pages
e Of Current Literature and McCmre's
Magazine, is the interesting sequel OF
Billy Burns and Charley Clrieh, the
Coupterfeiter, who engraved the Gov
!. ernor's picture on an old circular saw
he found in the prison yard
\ Ulrich tried hard to settle down
r but the counterfeiting fever got him.
Many years after he had given up his
o. little shop and fallen into evil ways
= and was being sought for cleaning
r up 5000, 900 on a fake commission
I company in Germany, Burns, then
secret service agent for the Federal
Government. was assigned to look
after "old Charlie"
i How He Trapped Old Friend
5 Burns and his wife took an apart
: ment across from Ulrich's In Cincin-
natl and watched day and night for
; five months before Ulrich started to
New York to join the Brockway gang
Of counterfeiters Burns tells the
2 rest;
When we arrived in New York
Charley went into a telegraph office
to write telegram. commencing with
the body Of the message. without
writing the name of the person to
Z whom IT was to be sent.
Have just arrived he wrote. and
then realized someone was looking
over his shoulder He looked UP at
E me; | looked down al him
Are you interested in this?' he
5 asked.
:. Yes replied
a Well he said, maybe you had
l better write it,
"'All right. | win | took the pen
I and wrote In the name and address of
the fellow the message was to, and
signed 1t with Ulrich's name.
y ! He Was Interested.
!; Charley sat back, looking at ME.
u You ARE interested, aren't you o
That was all he said
Yes, ! replied. and I want YOU
" 10 come with me
% May ] ask your name?
Burns is my name
: 'Burns?'
I, "'Yes, .urns
William J. Burns
: Yes, William J. Burns
: We'll Mr. Burns, ! am very glad
to meet ou-but not under these or
q cumstanCes. / know of you, but have
never seen you before
/ Are YOU quite sure that YOU never
= saw me before?'
/ Never in NV life
Then Remembers Him
! Do you remember engraving a
I picture of Governor William Allen on
a circular saw blade in Columbus?'
I Yes, remember that very we'll
very well
q Well ] used to live IN Columbus
= and usea TO go out 70 see you there.
e And we shook hands"
Then Burns started In on ITlr,ch
S with his psychological method:
5 1t was one betrayal after another,
- Charley. ileTe never has been a man
who has protited by your work who
I has Ger helped you out. The man
- who let you do the work has alwuys
got big money while YOU went to
prison to live.
Your wife had to come from Eu-
rope alone, and wash clothes early
and late, When you came home. You
found that she had made good friends,
P had worked hard and had brought UP
your children Well You. like a big
loafer We're willing to sit around ana
allow your evil friends. who were not
friends at all, TO get you into trouble
again and put you IN prison
You never take thought of those
. young girls, just becoming women
. that your wife has worked 40 hard
for. You don't mind their being point
ed out as the daughters " Charley
Ulrich, the notorious counterfeiter.'
Moves Him to Tears.
II ha.ded talk out like that to
Charley until tears began to roll down
his cheeks" said Burns later.
What's the use OF reminding me
Of all tha-?' cried, Ulrich.
Because YOU iced ". | want 20
ask you "a question, DO YOU want to
go 10 New Jersey and take the fifteen
years th,ts coming To you, or do YOU
want TO come i'm with us-help MS
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