Evening star., 1937-01-17

terfeiting.
Nine nights later, two men stood
watch in the back room of an engrav-
ing plant in Duluth, Mimi. while a
young photo-engraver etched set Of
plates-ten- dollar notes on the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
AS the engraver worked. late into
the night and early morning, one Of
the men covered him with revolver.
The other man directed the work.
When the plates were finished, the
two men bound and gagged the en-
graver. pasted his mouth with adhe-
sive tape, locked him in dark closet
and went their way.
Two nights after that, robbers broke
into a printing plant in st. Paul. put
engraved plates on the presses and ran
off a series Of bogus notes. They stole
nothing, but in the haste of a get
away they left behind them q par
TALLY printed ten-dollar note-a proof
print. This print was later found un-
der press.
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western National Bank in Minneapolis
reported to the Secret Service that
counterfeiters were circulating spuri-
Gus ten-dollar bill. Two of these
turned up at the bank. Uncle Sans
men started an investigation.
Unknown to the crooks, the Duluth
engraver turned a trick on the men
who imprisoned him. While they had
him in their power, working under the
muzzle of a gun, he made one extra
negative. This he slid under q pile OF
steel engravings. 1t was the face Of
the note. When released from his
workshop prison on Monday morn
ing, the engraver turned the negative
over to the Secret Service.
With only this slim evidence to go
on, Secret Service men started on the
trail of the counterfeiters, coupled
them with the engraving and printing
Jobs and robbery. That was In late
August and early September, 1894.
At noon on February Is, 1885. in st.
Paul, the manager of large printing
establishment notified the Secret Serv-
ice that he had received mysterious
telephone call from an unknown man
who wanted some particular work
done-the printing of utility bond.
An emergency job. Saturday after
noon the plant was closed, only the
management on duty.
The Secret Service agents were sent
to the shop-Grady Boatwright and
his assistant, Lauren Jackson. They
formulated a plan of action. Instead
of one man, two men arrived. They
made bluff about getting some stock
certificates printed along with the
utility bonds. Wanted certain brand
of green ink; like that used on United
States currency.
ROATWRIGHT and jackson had
stationed themselves in the COM
panys office and posed as oficials.
When the two men arrived Boat
wright was behind a desk in his shirt
sleevs. February, 1t was cold OUT
side; but the plants offices were
heated.
The men had on overcoats. Boat
wright, supposedly manager Of the
plant, invited them to take OF their
overcoatS. They said mo"
While one man talked business, the
other sat in chair, in the middle Of
the room, both hands thrust deep in
his overcoat pockets. Boatwright
suspected the man was armed.
Then the visitors asked to be shown
through the plant-the deal consum-
mated. Boatwright sensed this was
the moment for q planned hold-up.
He asked them to wait q minute
Everybody in the room stood. As
Boatwright brushed by the larger of
the two men q pistol was felt through
his coat pocket.
BY a prearranged signal, jackson
from another room ordered q radio
police car to come quietly-withou
blowing sirens-to the assistance of
the Secret Service agents. The call
was put in, but no time to wait for the
responding officers. The duo demand
ed action. They were in o hurry.
Wanted to see the plant, and see 1t
right away. Also. stage their hold
UP. They had thar eyes on . safe.