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

IT'S the word Ianonr that shouiu oe
:'That's what Webster says"
-, noticed II at first bu, J dSlat didn,i
that, shows the counterfeiser Is inter
ION the contrary. it shows he is pref
ty we'll educated replied Poe ~,
lower jaw hanging loose. "oh!' he re-
Guess the others overlooked That. too. y
ITS not one OF the usual ways OF de-
| tectinc a counterfeit I wouldn't ever
think OF reading the printing on a bill
"Tlfe little things count, l.,
that mlsspellinS?' a..
II certainly have an inkling to the the
sTG p}y ibunsed mss ne troush the
| sta ok of So bills. looking first at one
| side and tnen the other, and paying no
| attention TO Mitchelis importunate oues-
oI1i FINALLY he folded the roll carefully and
placed il In his breast pocket. 49,.
Tl take these With Ts, me- II me You where dUn
"MostIy around New York. It's tunny,
The counterfeiting band doesn't seem 70 ,f
have many AGENTS Is rooRiyn eges,RS; ip but then.
| this is the first batch, and ! suppose
wen soon be getting others from ''e
'h9e,oo, Ino secnred a list OF the banks that
had been caught ON the bills and de-
| parted ~, oo,,e where
he rae mani several hours closely exa min
Ing each bill. Finally he sepo Ta ted one
from fro the lot the only one which showGie 1S.ia
a slight difference from .eUn,fWinp snT pt glass.
I ne pus ptudied II AT great length. Only
one portion Of the bill interested MN
il was the white spot on 1t the @,,ch HeSNc con. a.
tiaJ tho nrIntcd notice With laDor
"'5T't On that blank. spot vas the the oIeaa Heas
oysr IMPRESSION IS and o. folowed Owed the light ridges
,y,eich had left their Impressions. EVl.
dently he was classifying the XII, Mhd the o
marx 1t was in aeeordanfitsi ,Snn,itirs Ti5n Son 1ne e
Studied away. mumblipg quick PHRASES
to himself, according 10 habit ne eo"'u
not break; II, ar5 Toops an
rroF ''se tented Acknowledgment ridges1ulnar
Nouter terminus-aIS1clden.s, iio cnrious-
twlns-needles. no'-ah' r'S'
Fah,r ophef gapfffp Poe dropped the magnifIer
and swung around to the ielepItone t ,ss
his elbow lin In Mifnheli 1ninIie '''"'
conneTs' nIIow about the Coney Island oanxo aMse-
he ask asked How much of the queer
was showed off there? .,,e,rs of It.
r,y rHeS Cot in heaviest there. Doesn't
sesrn near's snossibie but it's the cleverest couh-
terfeIt ever made; .,3u
"Snd the Brooklyn National
..stnc,, Snu for nearly five thousand
..SondI., Poe started 10 hang up When
MitchelI's voice broke In anNiouS,,s ."
"Fave you got ANYTHING TO worN OH
..1 eS, hon. yo,I are not trusting entirely
60 that misspeled word? don't sec
anything i'll that. ,o -,or,, on
mo. rye got "A finger-print to "ofh +Sa It
cd u u
"But it might be anybody.s Iinger,
lot Of hands since insy TSTe Gf[erent t' about
.h,, ,nar,c that assures me IL was lett
hv the counterfeter himself,
Is that so?' the voice became anN-
ious, Suppose I run over and nave
'''f "Reiter hurry then" replied Poe; It's It's
after three now, and I've got TO get OUT
GopeY T. 0sfS5s Sa1s sHppsr up and then called
s1sr5ea s.srins Buns sU ea5.f With Oyt You T''
The nair Of bankers arrived shortly,
and POE showed them the finger print
he had discovered: Both looked at !.
! carefully but neither believed that 1t
was an important discovery.
ssWby." insisted Mitchell, that finger
print could have been left by any OF
hundred people who might have ,,nsi handed eel
man with dirty fingers who touched the
| bin could have left it. Besides, how
&could YOU trace a man from this finger
Rrint, even If the counterfeiter himself
it,"
Shere are the print in the crimi-
Gcoris,-' put in Burns, The dupli-
that finger print might be found
those"
mo" Smiled Poe. you are away
Srack. This Is only the print Of
v. and 1t would be next to I'M
find the print matching IT..
I,,,In no1 or6G TI1ayr
hose for Identification with all
Besides, T. haven't notion
has ever been caught"
on earth are you going to
It's impossible You say
n old crook, and his work
that OF any one ] recog-
p't going TO look at every
bntil YOU find the one that
re you2" queried Burns.
smiled Poe. "Since you
keptica, ] won't trouble
lory at all, But, Burns.
over to Coney IsIa nd
moon. We may bump
Wrestling"
shrugged his shouI-
gpu dope things out
ht 7 haven't much
time. 1t leaves too
d in taxi for
leaving Mitchell
Iesolts Ine TAXI
Is the crowdlng
TO quivering
police station.
ke hurried In,
10 the captain
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