Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES
Secret Service. Hen Never Release
Some OF the Best Ones.
POLICY IS 10 % ! sHIUN PUBLICITY
Interesting Insight Into The Work OF
the Government's Intelligence De
partment-Unele Sam Has Line on
Thousands of Suspected Crooks.

lnOuodiSS VI Sa~SfSNy~~-H~.
During one of Woodrow Wilson's
visits to the National Press Club where
news: writer's and editors from al
parts. OF the world get together, some
one asked what kind Of reading ne
liked the best. Smiling rather apollo
getically, Mr.. Wilson replied that te
realized the greatest enjoyment ON
reading rafting good detective story
not trashy dime novel but COM
plex-plotted. exciting interest stirring
production such as the true stories
about the activities of the United
States Secret Service and other plain
clothes men who ferret ous involved
national and International mysteries
relates writer in the Dearborn 1nde-
pendent. sseFh, -,
One OF the leaders of this service re-
marked during a yisitaI made to his
office in quest of information, How
long do you suppose this service would
be secret if we told, the press all about
what we are doing?%s The policy is to
shun publicity. sIt.is. as. easy to talk
to the Sphinx of Egypt as it is to OBJ
tain sanctioned and official. interview
with the leaders: :et pncle Sans detec-
tive service. 4cs8;.H:E;
1t is a catch as rAtch-can PROPOSE
ton as to how many members there are
at present in the Secret Service. Ask
the officials and tAeg will reply that
their oath OF office prevents their CIV
ing out such Interrogation. q Suffice It
to say thatllast yeaf5there' were enough
Federal detectives to1make, 1,025 ar
rests-this is 100 more captures than
ever previously have been consummat-
ed in single year.. Three. hundred and
twenty four note raisers and 25s check
forgers were included in this total, IN
dicating continued IactiVity among
these offenders, j, !Twenty--eight new
counterfeit note issues were discover
ed in circulation but, for the most part
they were crude. limitations and were
detected readily tby the national
sleuths. Many spurious specimens
were received intremlttances from Eu-
ropean countries. Indicating that the
counterfeiting of our obligations and
securities is more or less prevalent
abroad. .,,S,s.
Secret Service. operatives have had
to cope recently with a new crime
which has followed prohibition. 1t
features the counterfeiting of internal
revenue strip stamps gon , bottles of
bottled in bond" ..1iquor. Last year,
Secret Service agents. arrested Sc per-
sons and seized many truckloads OF
l;.bels of popular brands Of whiskies
and gins. In many instances these
counterfeit stamps were being used on
poisonous concoctions.
Counterfeit notes aggregating $780,
999 were seized or captured as well as
s12,239.33 in counterfeit coins, III
counterfeit note ,plares, IA engraved
dies and As 1-2 sets of molds for coin
counterfeiting, together, with a large
quantity of miscellaneous tools and
materials intended for use in counter
fefting operations, The years accom-
piishments also included the investiga-
ton of $500 forged check cases, 1880
altered and forged Liberty. bond cases
and $50 altered and stolen war-savings
stamp cases Although, only 259 ar
rests were made in the forged check
cases nevertheless, the Secret Service
agents were successful in nearly all tile
cases assigned to them in discovering
the forger, but majority. of these
cases presented circumstances suffi-
ciently extenuating to warrant the
United States attorney in dismissing
the cases after, restitution was made
In the altered and forged bond cases
approximately s75O,000 in stolen and
forged bonds were recovered to the
government and banks during the year
In cooperation with the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, the Division
of Loans and Currency and the Reg
istrars and Treasuer's office, the
Secret Service has also rendered valu-
able service in safeguarding the obli-
cations and securities of Uncle Sam.
The same fear which is engendered
among thieves and criminals in the
British Isles by the mention of Scot.
land Yard now develops among the un-
derworld denizens of the United States
when they LEARN that agents of tho
United States Secret Service are OF
their trail. The government plain
clothes men have won the reputation
of sticking to the trail until they ge
their men, If the inside story of Secre
Service could be made public, the.vas
majority Of our American homes woulC
be burning midnight oil night afte
night while their occupants read TIT
most thrilling tales Of crime, chase ant
capture that were ever printed.
Did you ever hear about the cGimina
who planned on stealing the orisina
copy of the Declaration of Independ
ence, of spiriting it overseas and o
holding it in concealment in Europ
until Uncle Sam paid, more than 81,
100000 for its safe return?, This parti
cular lawbreaker was successful Ii
locating 4 confederate in ., govcrnmcn