The Ordway new era., 1922-03-03

]. Flynn. then CHIEF Of the Eastern
division Of the United States secret
service. with headquarters in New
Ynk. was working on one nf the
numerous counierfeitins cases which
occur so frequently in the Italian see
tion OF ihf metropolis
Flynn himself was elected TO Tail a
pair Of Italians whom lie had reason
Ia believe were working for or with
The counterfeiter>. The trail led Ia
an Italian grocery. where from the
>hadoE ot a doorway across rh-
street the government detective could
see into lighted room in the suspect
ed house. A few moments later
covered wagon drew np in from ~
rhe house, n man got out. entered the
grocery. and made hiS way into The
very room thal Flynn was watching
The iighI from tie lamp fell directly
upon his face. ami The secrer service
operative realized that this must be i
new addition 10 the gang. for he was
car;ainiS no one that he had seen he
fore. Then the curtains Ia the win
dow were drawn, and Flynn ahan-
daned his chase for the tine heng
The text morning the murdered
man was discovered. nesrly h4li
mile from The place where Flynn had
hidden himself rhe night before #
was several days later thar Tie Opera
tive resd the Official aerouHI II tile
crime sra noted rllI The body lad
been found in a sugar barrel gzITIg
Iii!eil with blood -sLaiH=i >lE,il--. The
date ~ }A- murder coupled 0sr. il-
use rf 4 sugar b8rr-i. recalled ta L.-
Operative mind The lsci thai lie Haa
been watching al Italian grocery so
or about The Time thai Ih- foreigner
had br-n killed. Merely 10 satisfy
hiIns=lf thar there Ms no connection
between The counteIf-iIerS AMI The
murdered Iaan. Flynn went t" the
m"-zue and -xsmined rh- bDdy. Tie
peeniiar shape ~ Tie forehead Tie
manner il which The hair Sriay-l "ut
above lie PROMINENT ears and TIE
blo0ds5ainei green hat which had
teen found Ia rhe barrel Told tie S-0ry
beyond the shsslow "f Doubt If
was the stranger whom Flynn had
seen entering 'h- sfor-- which L. rad
heen watching,
Feeling cersain thar herr Wa- s- sign
which pointed toward the Operations
Of Fhe. gang which he VS. arre- Flynn
had the body photographed from
number of angles. while experts in
physlogn0Tny reconstructed ih- fea-
rur-s 10 something arnrnzching s LIE
like appearance. Then. ssm-d with
ihese posJ-mor-em pictures. FisnG
rSot "trip ta 0->iniaz TO s-r if aug
n ihe members of tr- Italian colony
In Sing Sing could Identify fh- dad
man.
The idea proved 20 be a good me
for cohvief whom Flynn Ensw-.,R
italian serving time Tor another eauI-
terfeiting caS--ilenlined the photo
graphs as being thosr of his brother
ia-las. Msruena R-hed-tiS. sha,n b-
described as i-rinz r-se-fuI hard-
working ciiizen Who had never been
Implicated iu sny u III crimes of lie
Italian setJlemehr.
Working backward from this clue
Flynn and RE otLes s=er=I service
operatives rFail-il the lTsIisuS when.
The CHIEF had seen ia The sr6c-ry
store on The night II he murder. SIN
ii was nor long before they had made
complete r1undEp of the gang A.
was 10 II expected IN crime u 1hls
nature. alibis were plentiful. bnt. -
was usual. these were none Io0 well
supported by fscr. and II vas { eoFn-
parafively simple matter FOR the p1-
lice 10 ger ar The bol5nTa 81 the case
once the i6enfiJy of the victim had
been established.
A judicious application Of rhe third
degree" brought ta light The fact that
Eeuedetro had be-n killed because h-
had gotten wind 0i The r6unlerfeit.ns
plot. and because he vas the brother
in-lsw Of rbe man who later identified
the body-a msn who had incurred
The nndying enmity OF his eompo-
friots BY turning srste's evidence The
infeYible laws of the society Ia which
they both belOnged--one OF th- 50
cieties which rules Lutte Iraiy with a
rule Of iron and hand Of blOOd-siz-'
mandad The sacrifice Of t;.- nexr Of
kin in the event OF information being
given 70 the police
But. II Flynn had not happened 10
he watching the grocery store. The
night Of the murder. The chances are
Thar the crime would sriil he uBsolyed.
The leader of the murder gang was
found 10 be Ignazio Lupo. Ole of the
very men Flynn was after. bur the
government allowed The counterfeiIins
charge to hang fire until the expira-
lion Of Lupo's term for manslaughter.
Another Lupe. brother 10 Ignagzio. es-
caped Ut the time. and wss not cap
tured until ten years later. although
Elynn and his associates were on the
lockout for him all that time.
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