The sun., 1918-12-29
capt. HENRY, SECRET
SERVICE CHIEF, DEAD
Head of Bureau in New York
Succumbs Suddenly to
Heart Disease.
FAMOUS AS DETECTIVE
Traced Barrel Murderers and
Many Desperate Bands
Of Counterfeiters.

Capt. John ]. Henry, head OF the
United states Secret Service In New
York city, died suddenly yesterday morn
ing in his home, 335 Linden avenue
Flatbush. He had just risen from BED
when he suddenly collapsed. Heart dis
ease was the cause. according to DR.
Rosanlo of the Kings County Hospital
Only two lays before Christmas Capt
IIenry's ffty-second birthday had been
celebrated by his wife, two Il VIII
lam, %: Arthur, l6. and his daughte
Marion, %. At that time he had been
in high spirits and apparently In spIeh-
did health.
Secret service mon who have followed
Capt. Henry for years on swift raids
on oounterfelting dens, with the pros
pect of bitter fighting by desperate men
ahead of them, gathered yesterday in
the secret service offices In the Custom
House to discuss the exploits or their
chief. In the capture of many desperate
criminals ne never in the twenty-thTee
years OF his service fired a h u
Solved BarreI Murder Mystery.
Cant. Henry's life was devoted TO
secret service work. He belonged TO no
lodges or clubs. When not at MS desh
in the Custom House or out on "A chSe
he could always be found at his Ittle
home in Linden avenue. lie was porn
on Manhattan Island and was educated
In the public schools and a. a business
school. But business failed 10 interest
him. II lacked a tang OF excitement
and mystery that he found, While IN ms
EOS, In secret service work. His sKiu
as a detective was speedily recognized
hu, for wears John Hcnry's fame was
spread only within the narrow circle OF
the secret service.
lie first came into newspaper lime
light for his work on the barrel murder
mystery. Benedlto Madino's body was
found IN "a barrel on Avenue L. NO
solution was arrived al by the police,
but Henry ascerta.ned that Nadine had
been a member of the Murello gang OK
counterfeiters and talked too much
10 Government officials. Before a year
had passed Henry had caused the arrest
OF every member OF the gang. All were
convicted and some are still serving
terms Of life Imprisonment.
saved Girl From Prison.
When william j. Flynn succeeded
Z hlRI W HIKE as Altap Va AA'
vice five years ago. John Henry was APP
pointed in his place I'm New York. His
success as head Of the district IS best IL
Illustrated hy a chance remark or one OF
his men Yesterday.
For more than 4 year remarked
the observation-disclosures IN print ~ are
| most live secret seN.rc va
haven't a n really decent, lie size case
OF counterfeit'ng In the district. queer
seems TO he out o. fashion around mere
one little story OF licnry's work IS
that a man named Edward y. White
| came 20 Inn I'm 1914 ard confessed 20
counte-fei,irc $4,000 worth OF $40 bills,
He implicated TWO other men and a HiTI.
Il looked llkp a sure care. with four
prisoners bourd for a term In Atlanta,
! but Can't. Henry delNed a little deeper
into Il. He discovered mat the girI a.
cused by White WAS innocent She had
repulsed the attentions OF Waite when
| she learned that he was married. The
! only reason for Whites confession found
| by operatives was a desire to get the g!r'
! into trouble. Instead he was seot 10
Atlanta himself for five years.
RaIded ..sI.OOO.O 900" Plants.
An important recent case IN which
| CHEZ Flynn and Cant. Henry scored
1 Was mo SsIluAN tt4AtbAN AAl'AA'4c "a u AfA
| cottage in Grant city. Staten Island. ard
a tenement on East Ninth street. The
two dens net,ed eight mer, elaborate
connterfe!ilug plants and piles OF Coun'
.erfeits. A plan to Hood the country
with 100000 worth o: spurious bills
was nipped before a single bill had beer
PASSED.
The last Ng case handled by Capt
Henry was one for which he was com
nlimen.ed nv the French Government
Luis~As shelley. an expert chenis and
counterfcttcr, came 10 this country from
Paris in April. 1877. bringing with him
$4,000 ana specially contracted machin-
erv which no used later in a West End
avenue den 20 turn out 1000 franc notes
lie sold forty-eiGht TO the biggest
dealers IN foreign exchange IN the city
before they were discovered 70 DC 1ou"
terreits. The secret seryic" took up tNe
case ard Operative PctcC 4, Euoanc
arrested him tn August. 1877, after he
had been aho' ONilc irving 80 escape.
Later he jumped his hail and foi
Il was discovered later that his lawyer
Eugene l.. Paroil. had been in com.
mun,cation with him after ne had for,
reited his hail. Parodi was SENTENCED
to three months IN tire pNnitertlary
Can, Henry again took W the irail and
he and Ruhano arrested him IN Havana
last December. Hr il nov serving q
term Of ten yAa-s in Atlanta, while {
confederate. LNon Gross wald, is also ir
prison for seven years.
Guarded DistinEuished Men.
Cant, Henry was equally successful II
tho other branch OF secret service work
the protection OF the President and o'hel
high officials OF this and other Govern