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

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| III, statement was carefully prepared.
He wouldn't let an emotionIess clerk
| read H.
| Rucf held the center Of the stage in
| the court scene. he drank the JOY Of
| the pain IF II to the dregs. His voice
! choking, tears yelling to his eyes, and
| he slipping water after every sen
| tnce, Euef read his farewell address.
a Psychological Detective.
He told how he had started out in
life. what he. university man, had
| hoped to do for good government; his
I surrender 20 conditions. his fall; he
/ recited the claims of his family upon
| him their sickness since his arrest.
and how he had sworn TO heh them
! from now on TO destroy the system
| that destroys men
! That was a sample or Burns as a
| psychological detective He sowed
| the seed Of dlstrust among the mem
| bers ~ the ring with Consummate
/ SKID. then appealed to the fears that
! grew ont Of this distrust and Induced
/ the undcrlings to confess, then used
| their confessions to make his way on
| up 20 Ruef Later Schmitz wanted to
! confess, but Burns sent him to the
| penitentiary without letting him con-
/ fess
And here. cleaned from the pages
| OF Current Literature and McClure's
| Magazine is the interesting sequel OF
! Billy Burns and Charley Ulrlch, the
| counterfeiter who engraved the Gov
| prnors picture on an old circular saw
| he found IN the prison yard.
Ulrlch tried hard to settle down
/ but the counterfeiting fever got him
| Many years after he had given up his
| little shop and fallen into evil ways
| and was being sought for cleaning
| up 100000 on a fake commission
| company in Germany. Burns then Il
secret service agent for the Federal
| Government was assigned 10 look
after "old Charlie"
How He Trapped Old Friend
Burns and his wife took an apart
| ment across from Ulrichs 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
| 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
! whom 1t was TO be sent
| Have Just arrived he wrote, and
| then realized someone was looking
/ over his shoulder He looked up at
! me; | looked down at him.
care you Interested in this2' he
asked.
Yes replied.
Well he said, maybe you had
better write It,
All right, / win ! took the pen
and wrote In the name and address OF
the fellow the message WAS to, and
| signed il with Ulrich's name.
He Was Interested.
Charley sat back. looking at me
You ARE interested, aren't YOU?
That was all he said
Yes I replied and ! want YOU
to come with me
May I ask your Nance
Burns is my name
Burns?'
| Yves ,urns.
William ]. BurnsY
Yes, William J. Burns
Well Mr. Burns. ] am very glad
TO meet ou--but not under these CIR
| cumstances. | know of you, but have
never seen you before
:" Are you quite sure that you never
saw me before?'
Never in my life
Then Remembers Him.
Do you remember engraving a
| picture of Governor William Allen on
n circular saw blade in Columbus?
Yes, I remember that very well
very we'll
"'Wen ] used to live in Columbus
and useo TO go out to see you there
| And we shook hands"
Then Burns started in on Ulr'ch
with his psychological method:
1T was one betrayal after another
Charley. mere never has been man
who has protited by your work who
has ever helped you out. The mar
who let you do the work has always
got big money while YOU went t,
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
had worked hard and had brought "
your children well. You, like a bis
loafer, were willing to sit around an
allow your evil friends, who were no
friends al all 10 get you into trouble
again and put you In prison.
You never take a thought OF thoss
young girls, lust becoming women
that your wife has worked 50 har.
for. You don't mind their being point
ed out as the daughters Of Charley
Ulrich, the notorious counterfeiter.'
Moves Him to Tears.
Il ha.ded talk out like that I,
| Charley until tears began TO roll dowI
his cheeks" said Burns later
What's the use Of reminding m,