Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

into the Dao Heng Bank anc
somebody had lost money. OBJ
viously, Filipinos aware of the
Chinese quest for American
dollars had gone into the coun.
terfeiting business.
When Ogden told his Philip.
pine contacts what he wanted
to do next. they regarded him
with worried frowns. This crazy
American, they told each other
not only wanted to take or
the Communist conspirators but
the Manila underworld, too
They made him promise II
carry a gun, to move out of hi
hotel into safer quarters in the
American Embassy compound
to get off the streets by 4 pm
and under no circumstances Il
leave the city without an es.
cort. They warned him to bt
on the lookout for ambush.
Ogden decided to bait a trar
for the counterfeiters. He let il
be known that he was an af.
fluent American with plenty Of
pesos he wanted to convert into
money orders to get his loot Out
of Manila. But when the traI
was sprung on the grounds Of
the Manila hotel, the Philip.
pine agents closed In too soor
to get the counterfeits, which
the willy ringleader had passed
to a confederate to hold unit
he was sure the coast was
clear. They did get the coun.
terfeiters, however.
Curious About Note
The counterfeiters were
about to be led off to jail wher
Ogden became curious about 9
note he had seen an agent tax.
ing out of the shoe of one o.
them. At his request, the agent
translated:
MIR. Lara. Please don't fai
to see him at the Boulevard
tomorrow December 81, 1850
at IL am. Hope everything
are all good results. Greg"
Ogden asked to see the pris
oner away from the others. I
was the first of many meeting
with Luis Llora.
you want to- stay out o.
jail?" Odgen began.
The young mestizo nodded
his head vigorously.
Would you like to make
some money working for me?"
Llora looked dubious but the
combination of money and the
inspectors friendly smile grad
ually sold him. The Spanish
Filipino and the Irish-Ameri-
can formed an alliance that
night that lasted throughout
Ogdens stay in the Philippines
Ogden lost no time making
use of his underworld Man Fri
day. He began with the note
that had brought Llora to his
attention. Greg" Llora told
him, was Gregorio Lopez and
the note had to do with coun-
terfeit money orders Lopez was
arranging to sell.
Llora agreed to accompany q
Philippine agent to Lopez To
buy counterfeits. The pair re-
turned two hours later, trium-
phantly flashing a counterfeit
money order and announcing
that Greg had 500 to sell. o.
den looked at the sample and
groaned. 1t wasn't drawn or
APO 239. This one presumably
was issued at Cayuga, New
York. Another counterfeit ring
had started operating.
ogden told Llora and the
Philippine agent to 60 through
with the meeting Greg had
agreed to set up with the coun-
terfeiter where final arrange
ments were to be made for
/ printing the 500 counterfeits
When the counterfeiter left the
rendezvous, Ogden had him fol-
lowed TO his printing plant.
Plant Is Roided
With six Philippine agents
Ogden raided the plant. They
not only failed to find a single
counterfeit. they didn't even
find the counterfeiter.
While the search was goine
on, a Filipino youth came ir
with a bunch Of small enamel
pots used by Filipinos TO carry
food. With his usual curiosity
Ogden lifted the lid OF a pot tC