Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-09-24

''Oh, see!" cried the other. having
glanced through the last line once
more. Its the word Iabour;" that
should be spelled labor"
That's what Webster says"
Il noticed 1t at first, but didn't
think" continued Mitchell. u suppose
that shows the counterfeiter is INIT
crater"
"On the contrary, 1t shows he is
pretty well educated" replied Poe.
Mitchell looked at him blankly. his
lower jaw hanging loose. "Oh! he re-
marked.
Guess the Others overlooked that,
too" said Poe.
''It's not one of the usual ways of
detecting a counterfeit l wouldn't
ever think OF reading the printing on
bill"
The little things count"
But surely you can't see any clue
In that misspelIing?"
Il certainly have an inkling to the
counterfeiter from IT," was the abrupt
reply. as Poe rapidly thumbed through
the stack OF fye-dollar bills, looking
first at one side and then the other.
and paying no attention to Mitchell's
importunate questions.
Finally he folded the roll carefully
and placed it in his breast-pocket.
'I'll take these with me, II you
don't need them" he said. Tell me,
where have those things been passed?"
Mostly around New York. It's
funny. the counterfeiting band doesn't
seem to have many agents outside,
most of At has cropped out in Brook
Ign; but then, this Is the first batch,
and suppose wen soon be getting
others from the interior states
Poe secured a list of the banks that
had been caught ON the bills and de-
parted.
He went mt once to his rooms, where
he spent several hours closely exam
ing each bin. Finally he separated
one from the lot, the only one which
showed a slight difference from the
others. This he put beneath the mag
nifying-glass, and studied it at great
length. Only one portion of the bill
interested him; IL was the white spot
on the back, at the left. balancing the
frame which contained the printed
On that blank spot was the light
impression of finger. Poe bent close
over 1T. and followed the light ridges
which had left their Impressions. Evil
IDENTIFY he was classifying the kind of
mark 1t was, in accordance with the
system of finger-print Identification.
He studied away, mumbling quick
phrases TO himself, according TO a
habit he could not break:
First finger, right hand. Loops ap-
pro3. tented arches eleven ridges
ulnar-onter terminus-accidenta
gallus- engraveT- grayer, Hmmmm-
curious = twins - needles, moi = aht
East India. Fakir. Paper. L."
Christopher Poe dropped the mag
niler, and swung around to the tele-
phone at his elbow In a minutes
time he was connected with Mitchell
How about the Coneg Island bank
ne asked How much of the queer
VAS showed on there9"
They took In seven Thousand or IT
nearly. Got In heaviest there. Doesn't
seem possible; but it's this cleveresi
counterfeit ever made
And the Brooklyn Nationaa?"
Stuck Tor nearly five thousand"
Good" Poe started to hang al
when MitehelIs voice broke in axious
| ":
Have you got anything to worl
on?"
Yes. n good DEAL
/ Il hope you're not trusting entirely
TO that miaspelied word7 i don't seS
anything In that"
No. rye got a fRger-print to worl
ON now. Just discovered It on one o.
the notes"
~But 1t might be anybody's finger
mark the bills have passed through
lot OF hands since they were made.
There's something different ahou
this mark that assures me II vas lef
by the counterfeiter himself
rs that so?" the voice became anx
ious. Suppose run over and have 4
look at it,
Better hurry. them" replied Poe
Its after three now, and I've got Il
get out to Coney before supper" Il,
paused. started to hang up. and thel
called, Bring Burns with you"
The pair of bankers arrived shortly
and Poe showed them the finger-print
he had discovered. Both looked at I
carefully. but neither believed that
was an important discovery,
Why" insisted Mitchell, that I'm
, ger print could have been left by an.
! of hundred people who might hay
: handled the bill It's just a light i'm
preston: any man with dirty finger
> who touched the bill could have lef
D it. Besides, how could you trace
!. man from this f1nger-print. even II tn
eounterfeiter himself left it,"
: There are the print-tiles in the GRIN
{ inal records.' put in Burns 1.-The du
plicate of that finger-print might b
found among those"
i rsOh, no. smiled Poe. You are ava
! on the track. This lie only the print @
one finger. and 1t would be next to In
possible to find the print matching
!. II II were in the criminal records
? They only use those for identificatio
J, with all ten fingers. Besides. haven
. a notion this fellow has ever bee
+ caught"
/ Then how on earth are you goin
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