The Press., 1914-11-04
The Counterfeiter
By JOHN TURNLEE

II
 John Roelf, detective, was called
 upon by the manager of the Third Ma.
 tional bank to ferret out the perpe-
 traitors of spurious ten dollar bills on
 their bank. He began by making q
 thorough examination of the bills It
 would seem that good engraver could
 make a duplicate of any bank bill that
 would be practically perfect. But no
 matter how much care he puts on it
 there will be differences. On these
 bills there was a miniature likeness of
 the then secretary of the treasury
 There was difference between the
 valid and spurious pictures ill the right
 nOstril, the left eyebrow and q line
 running between the nose and the left
 cheek.
 But this was of no moment to the
 detective except to enable him to spot
 one of the counterfeits when he saw it.
 It did not help him ill running down
 the counterfeiter He knew that cer
 tain persons were going about buyin"
 articles worth various sums from Ju
 cents to $2 or $3. offering one of tn"
 counterfeit ten dollar bills and receiv
 ing the change ill good money.
 Roelf interviewed several of the per sons on whom these spurious bills had
 been passed-a young woman cashier in an ice cream saloon. She said that il young man had brought ill d girl. or dering ice cream. cake and other arti cles for both of them; had paid for
 what he bought with q ten dollar bill and received $9.15 change. After the departure of the couple the bill was found to be counterfeit.
 The only person who saw this young man and woman was the cashier her self. who waited on them, no other per son connected with the saloon being present. but her description tallied with that of otherS-that is. the de scriptiOn of the young man. for this was the only time he was reported ill company with girl.
 ROe!f gave d telephone number to the proprietOrs of d certain store on the main shopping street of the town and asked them. if any one parsed the spurious bills. to call him up and hold on to the person who had offered it Then he took a novel, sat down by the instrument. read and waited.
 On the third day of his waiting he was rung up from d cigar store. young man had called. bought hand full of cigars. offered counterfeit ten dollar bill, received $S and some sil yer ill change. lighted cigar and gone out smoking. The proprietor had tele phoned Roelf and sent d boy to shad ow the young man. Roelf went to the cigar store, and when the boy re turned he showed the detective d house which the young man had entered.
 Roeif remembered that there were different possibilities connected with this young man The bill might have been passed on him, he being entirely innocent of the matter He might be passing the bills for the maker. The house he entered night be ill no way connected with the counterfeiting. It might be the place where the b1llS were made. It behOOved HOelf. there fore. to be careful ill h,S investigations lest he either come down on innOcSnt persons or friyhten the counterfeit$rS away with all their paraphernalia.
 What he did was to observe the house He loitercd near it for half day to see who came from and went 10 it. No one entered it. but a woman came out.
 The usual way for detectives to watch suspected house is to hire a room opposite Roelf did this and kept c.Osr observation on the house the young man had entered. Within d few days another case of passing the bills was reported to him. A young man-very likely the same person as beforehand bought q hat with one of them The bill had been detected. the | purchaser had been followed and had 1 entered the house Roelf was watching |
 This removed all doubt that the gull | ty person occupied the house in ques tion Roelf made arrangements to | raid it, but concluded to get what ad | ditional information he was able be \ fore doing so He kept up his watch. | but the only person he saw come Out | or go in waS young girl. It seemed | to ROelf that there was something fa | miliar to him about her. but he could | not tell what it was He never caught | a fair glimpse of her face. for when eyer she emerged from the house. if | the weather was fair, she put up naraSol and if if rained an umbrella.
 ROelf now gave orders among the shops that if any one passed one of the spurious bills and it was detected | before the person passing it got away he was to be detained. If this was not possible ROelf was to be telephoned of the fact and he would arrest the cOun terfeiter if he returned to the house.
 One afternoon he received teIe phone that young man of effeminate appearance had entered A drug store. bought pair of hairhruSheS and passed counterfeit bill ROef went put on the street and walked back and forth for some time. when he saw a young man who answered the descrip- lion of the counterfeiter making for the suspected house. As he was about 0 enter ROelr clapped a hand on n1s shoulder with a gruff II want you"
 He was startled by shriek such as night come from woman
 And it did. When the person ar 'ested was brought to face accusers she turned out to be the cashier of the ce cream saloon who claimed to have had one of the counterfeit bills passed lpon her
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