The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-27
LET q e RI
special Agents pf the Department Of Justis
By Erederis JsIaskin.

SpeciHl7 agent had seen the cashiers
hama shake at breakfast, the. true
conditions We're discovered and theE
swindlcr, who altogether hEd misAp-l
pr0priated more thar a million fd0l-i
lars, went to the peritentiary for III Il
teen years. .s
II was late In 1911 that General
Bernardo Reyes attempted to ofgan-
ize, on American SOIL, a reyoittionl
that would overthrow Matssrol san
Antonio, Tex, Is the headq1arte tiers ,pf
refugee politicians from the sistert
republic and therefore an Important
station for the special agents who atl
tempt to prevent Violations OF neura
trality. There was much activity
ali along the border At this time
The special agents. having these mat
tiers In charge We're particularly busy
at Eel Paso and Laredo.
II was toward the end Of Septem-E
Der that General Reyes slipped out Of
San Antonio and across the border.
The special agents had all the import
ant Sinen OF the jtnta at 81 Paso un7I
der observation. An excellent piece
of work had been done by an Amer
lean special agent whose tlother Ind
been a Mexican, and who was there-I
fore able to pass himself OF as ma
tive in Mexico. He had fraternized|
with the revolutionists and learned
all of their secrets. Reyes was toll
have been. Joined by the Ell Paso and
Laredo leaders as soon as he crossed !
the Rio Grande. But as he passed
over the river the word went forth.
The special agents. with bands OIL
Texas rangers at their backs, begaftl
rounding up conspirators along the
border. All the leaders were arr
rested. The rank and file had no.
one to follow into Mexico. WhenE
Reyes got into his country he found
himself leader without a Following,
a revolution without support. All
the little desert town Of Linares heI
gave UP his vision and surrendered,
q broken-hearted old man.
Fugitive violators of federal stat
.utes often give the special agents Off
the Department of Justice chases'
that lead them around the world.
There was the case OF customsI
broker In New. York, who had de-
Hfrauded the government OF large,
sum on imports. He was; hand
some, Outstanding, gray-haired man.
He fled. but by shadowing a friend
of his. he was located in; Montreal
He escaped the special agent and
vert to London. Here he found that
the sleuths were on his trail and he
went to Paris. There his wife was
found, but the broker had gone. The
special agent on the case offered the
woman's servant girl twice the money
she was getting to take another job.
Then, when the woman went 10 the
employment agency for another seg-
Sant. n Partisan female detective SCI
cured the place. This woman eventu-
ally Intercepted a letter from the
broker. He was in Naples. There
the special agent found and recog-
nized him, and despite the fact that
he was disguised as red-haired
hunch-back. His conviction follow
\ ed.
of late. frauds in bankruptcy prs
lceedings have been numerous, otter
involving interstate questions and
|, therefore coming under the jurisdic-
tion OF the federal government. A
case has recently been completed,
and the Offenders jailed, which repre-
I scented operations extending all the
i way from Philadelphia to st. Louis.
| and backed by hundreds of thous.
\ ands of dollars. The plan was for q
merchant to opeE store. establish
] Il credit. buy large amounts OF
goods, transfer these goods to secret
! hiding places. go into bankruptcy
with little stock on hand. and conse-
auently open up at another place on
the goods that had been hidden
away.
There was an element OF humorsin
n similar attempt made by another
4 philadelphia merchant who sought to
store furniture for which he had not
4 paid, and then avail himself Of the
(; bankruptcy law. His accomplish was
Y a drayman who. hauled the stun
away. This ,drayman saw an op-
portumity TO make some money FOL
\ himself. When, he received a boX
\ from his furritpre dealer he would
Z go past his barn. take out the furni;
'lture, fill the box with straw and then
Y store it. When this had been going
on for half a year; the funiture dealer
went into bankruptcy. He decided
that he would make a trip to Europc
before opening up again.