The evening world. Newspaper, August 10, 1912, Page 9

‘‘S’Matter, Pop? ev DETECTIVE WRGC23**) SHERIDAN A Series of Articles Exposing the Every-Day Deceptions of the Powers That Prey. (“Camera-Eye” Sheridan te regarded as one of the deat detectives that ever existed outside of fiction, The feate of memory which gave him Ais nickname, when F he was head of the Bureau of Identification of the New FerR Police Department, are proverdial. It has been said there te no man dn the United States with a0 thorough a knowledge of criminate and their (Copyright. 1013. by WW. W. Aulick.> ble person, any gentleman properly equipped can make his own money and waye as Detective Sheridan. In thie series he gives the pudlic many val able pointers calculated to save them loss by swindling.) NO. 3.—“‘THE MONEY MAKING MACHINE.” 'LMOST everybody wants to make money. Accepting this as @ good working basis, a certain sort of ingenious crook has invented, tm- Proved, and will in ail probability perpetuate, @ device to induce the covetous to beleve that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington is an unnecessary institution. According to this pla enjoy @ life of ease and elegance. the present writing the money machine is in the highest favor among the folk who live by thelr wits and ehoot at human folly as it files. Like Most other ewindles in everyday practice, the money machine game is susceptible Of wide variations, but the main consideration is the same in all instances, and that 4'man with a money machine can make money. Nothing could be One of the favorite forms of working the steal ts for the patr of schemers @re on the play to visit a small town or wburban locality and make Gcausintarice with the most promising citizen in sight. A little inquiry ‘Wil develop who is likely to be the easient picking. A prosperous butcher os gvocer ‘or other tradesman makes a good risk, as they aay in thief insurance. le Mendship may de ‘gained at the local saloon or bowling alley—usually « combination of both places—and there by a display of cordiality and good fel- bay 7 the awindlers may gaifi his ‘confidence. © : “t# Gustomary for the grafters to pay for all drinks and other entertain- ‘ment tn behalf of an intended victim with brand new bills, preferably of differ- ent: Génominetions. Their roll should contain stiff ones, fives, tens and twenties, ‘They ‘manage to display the roll to the best advantage, and it doesn't take long for them to attract the attention they desire from the grocer. As the evening wearg on they consume enough drinks to make them ¢alkative and generous, and after skilful working up they confide to their new acquaintance that they have discovered a process of manufacturing money. Carefully leading the victim on, they finally take him to their room and show him a machine not unlike a miniature printing press of the sort the youns- aters amuse themselves with. Then {t is carefully explained that this machine ig a triumph of inventive genius; that it ts #0 arranged as to reproduce on spe- clally prepared paper money which cannot be told from the Government output. A wealth of technical, scientific and chemical terms are introduced, to the end that the victim may be puzzled and impressed by thelr superior knowledge. One of the swindlers adjusts the machine, inserts into certain parts of it a ‘ew drops from a mysterious bottle, then takes from @ carefully gyarded box a 4p'of paper cut to the size of a bill. This paper ts alld into @ slot and a crisp bill from the crook’s roll 1s attached to the press to give the Impression. Then a crank is turned, there {s a buzging sound, and in @ few seconds @ brand new bill of the same denomination as the origina! drops out onto the table, Another, adjustment, another turn of the crank, and another new Dill fails out. By this time, of course, the eyes of the victim are bulging. Then the fun desing. The victim !* all eagerness to have one of the machines, The crooke at first refuse to sell. Then it occurs to them that they need in their business a more, improved machine capable of turning out $100 bils, whereas thts particu- lar mechine is biult to produce nothing higher than s ®& bil. Or any other ae C4 Z The Evening World Daily Magazine, Sa August 10, ¢ ote es ae ra 4 Saturday's come at last! excyse they can think of, no matter how obviously absurd, will serve in the excited condition in which they have thelr victim, In the end, of course, they sell him the machine for whatever gum in cash he can, produce, They give him a supply of paper and “chemicals” and instruct him how to work the miniature mint, Then they tell him the machine ts time eet and will not operate again until a certain hour—far enough away to give the crooks time to make thelr getaway, When the hour arrives the gull attempts to gperate, and of course cannot. In most cases he fails to discover that the machine bad been packed for his epecial benefit with @ stack of new bills, one of which dropped out after the manner of a sauars of chewing gum from the penny’ slot device. And it takes him a long time to become convinced that he hes not made a mistake Jn tho adjustment and that, properly manipulated, the press would not turn'out,a daily fortune. By the time he realizes what has happened the awin- dlera are many miles away working thelr graft on other credulous persons who don't scruple to take a ohance on profiting by dishonesty. . The Day’s Good Stories | “Then ye're wrong," quoth the countryman, Who bad never come scram the long word before, ‘tor me name's O'Flaherty, and I don't care who knows {t,""--Youth's Companion, _—_S Made Him Feel Old. ATS the matter?” on, potting" no, don't tel! me that, thing disagreeable Gr “discouraging has’ bapysocd, Your look shows it,"* Well, if you ineist on knowing. 1 started out this morning feeling as gay and chipper as a boy of twenty; bat a fttle while ago | met @ former eweetheart of mine and she told me that ber second daughter had just graduated from high Enough for Two. LBFT texiew man and another man minus A his right leg met recently in North Adama, Mass, ‘They were old acquaintanes after etchanding comments about the late cach qureed that they newied new shoes, “Lat'a get & pals of sboen and share *em,"" ead | Bee to men tort no time in going to & shoe store, "We wank pair of shows,”” bot chimed | and ine dealer saw visons of selling (xo palm of shows and rubbed tis anda in eatisfaction, But he peeeived a great shock when one took the gather the Tet, ; perfect fit," said both of them, as eac handed the dealer half sha peice of the pair of school. Gay, are the wrinkles smund my eis shoes: Retailer, very notioeabie?"'—Chicago Record: Herald, praia . pal Ris 'OHN DREW was interviewed by gab in a hotel in Chirago on Mast realized that he would ha getting rid of the visitor. The wr cy 4 to sit forever in spite of She sigue of exhibited by the sector. “T qugpoee I seem Ike @ night ot,” said the Visiter salen. the elook pointed to nearly 8 o'clock in the morning. "As a matter of fact I'm Just] 1 muffer intolera! 1 won th : aggeated Drew smoothly, ‘Ht| next room while I umiress, Magasina, England near at hniad weddled > the "ide at the aleet nd beeae to hiee One of the double-tn-brass actors turned to- wart the fowl and angrily exclaimed: "Don't be 09 quick to jump at conclusions, Welt +4) you eee the show." —Lippincoit’s, pal a a Poor Sophia’s Case. BR, RONALD A. OURTIA, the well-known soclogist, ssid in @ recent lecture in the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “1 take no stock in these yarng about the dis. Interested atfection of animals, An animal's af- fection ta pei rou because yon feed tt, you'll step into tl 1% ehow you how to do 1t."—-Popular ——$— Question of Names. N some of the country districts tn Ireland tt te Rot an uncommon thing to seo caste with the owner’ vem oly pense of painting, I'rnctical fokarw delight in rubbing out these alga to annoy the own ‘A consthbulery sergeant one das accosted @ ‘counteymen whose vame had been wipet out un- Charleston, relates CAN You BEAT THIS FoR! DEAD QU)ET-FAR Away FROM THE MAODENING THRONG— — GET OFF MY ne! (Hoo! ve ‘ 4 AFF-AFF-APF-AF TER ALL THESE TEARS “To THINN SHE'D KNOCK ME DOWN AN JUMP On me I KAA-WAA- KAA: KANT BELIEVE JTS Tue: Tye SMATTER RAY! WANTA) KETCHNY- THI } ING? And two bright eyes im each pretty head | dislocated by its jumping and bumping in her white thro strain for the first glimpse of black tratn smoke. Beasie's heart becomes | Bob's comdng for the week-end. Bessie’s Vacation #8 {pe teperse=g} BM By Eleanor Schorer oP at—all because Py oo (1 GorTapite-gortaate! 04 ssked tf I was going “Can't you one are, the piace, don't your’ mean thet you have forgotten itt’ ‘Oh, no; 1 mean that there has been # change over there.” “gna what sort of «change, please?” “Wall, Bear Mountain has ut (fied up Dem Vales. ood a re eee typed down and 4 mos sme moing ‘turbing of tus repos! S aaa di rer to look for Hank ‘Thompson wove! aud crowbar 1 ow: = stmermarsa GOOD NIGHT! Mow to Ala thro, anid for dis ‘he returned shoftly ws BY ws By C.M. Payne YH = TU H-TUWe 1912, by the Outing Publishing Co.) NG INSTALMENTS, Me cannot aboot ne crontahion there two officara 1 " arguing whet ra walt fight oF Va The Manon ihe Ridge. HUCKS," «J the wher- $6) if, His votce was a alow, contemptuous drawl, ‘The man in tho thicket stif= ad with a sudden, but Matened further. n't reckon that he's #o all tired angerous,” continued Allen, “I've aad him sized up for right smart while, If you'd call him a mean, kin’ cfward you'd have hit measui iim shootin’ Bud Hiller in the back proves It" ‘Allen moved away from the edge of the thicket; the man could hear dry twiks breaking sharply under ax he went, He raised hie hea rd twigs breaking at @ grea of the two men came ally dying away. The man stood Allen and the dep- pontes at the bottom them ride away ° cullar, dry buzsing reached his ears, and with a malevolent sneer he suddenly stooped, selzing a heavy stone and hurling It with unerring alm at the rattler, ‘The was shattered; the man stood ng bitterly was on hin side, red, his teeth clenching at the at writhed through thi He ybed to the summit of the jawed K that stood near the centre of the thicket and strained his eyes for « sight of Allen and hia deputy, He saw them presently, far out on the plains, ling toward the river. For a long time he @at, Watching them, He saw them ride down Into a gully near the river and they did not appear again. He smiled mockingly “Bo you're flegerin’ that way—just now.” He swung around, scanning the country on the other side of the ridge. A mile away a timber clump dotted the centre of «a Mttle basin, A small adobe hut 4 the edge of the timber clump: mm rose, with smoke curling upward out of It, befouling the jcle r blue of the sky, The man's eyes et, In two days not a morsel of 4 touched his lips, Me took an- or glance toward the gully Into which Allen and his deputy had disappeared. Ife amiled sardontcally. ‘Then he clamb- ered down from the rook summit into thicket sited for a moment to shake @ at at the sinuous, writhing body of the ituer, know ng that according to tradi- 1 not die until sundown. ed out of the thicket, mak- down the sloping std, of the cords t that I'm goin’ Ho moved olselensiv--Hke & shadow—but swiftiy, And his move- ents Were cautious, catiike, and he placed his feet carefully, lhe the hunt atoaling upon his prey. Occasionally aited, ‘ng hind a rock or a hush t at the cabin that anuge é the edge the timber clump, He | m long detours, keeping his body | 1a pos. Bul al- \y hed the cabin. | in the woman worked F 1 table, kneading four igh, ‘Be worked the us though kneading It ne task, Heside her @ . ' 1 » sighed table way of itloualy her her the table window b \K while she y wothe man the open doorway ' watonin She pres snd ¥aw He hia wolflah The woman did on faint nut allowed the dough to fall from her band’ as she turned with @ harply ! wn breath and faced him What do you want?" she said in a strained, Quavering volce. The man's js gitttored, . his cruel Lips, and the gun. ot er “Grub,” ‘The woman lett the kitchen table and 4 sare ? ‘The Triangle Cupid By Charles Alden Seltzer (Author of ‘The Two-Gun Man’’) ———_—$—$_————— + and fear into those of 18 THe Horeio, Mouse Gont bela (7 4 | t went to a bench near the door, very . clone to the man, where was a tin’ basin half filled with water. From this she washed her hands, the man watch- ing her with narrowed, alert eyes, She left the basin and went to @ cupboard taking out some cold mest, some bread, and vegetadles. These the placed on a table. Then she heel= tated and looked at the man. “Coffee? she queationed. The man nodded, a slow humer soft+ ening the wolfish gleam in his eyes, He watched her pour water from the kettle “to the coffee pot, still standing ide the door, Five—ten minutes Passed and steam rose from the coffee- pot In clouds, a strong aroma filling the man’s nostril, Hie eyes gleamed hungrilys : “That's enough,” he commanded, The woman poured coffee inte a ead the man left the door and paltea a chair to the table, motioning the woman to another which stood near. “Set down,” he commanded. we ‘The woman obeyed, but her eyes ahene @uskily through t moisture in them and her gaze went often to the, door that led to the adjoining room. The man hungrily, ravenously, without regard to form or custom, In such @ manner had th a dog eat—devouring that within reach, but me Li warning eye agninet » But the man finished presently and then turned abruptly to the woman who mood watching him. “You got @ horse here? An’ a ead- dle? An’ @ bridle?’ Th in nodded to each quastien. hind man's eyes flashed with satisfac- on. “I'm borrowin’ them,” he said. He rose and Pk ked to the door, standing you, ma'am,” be sald, nh the first full smile that she had face. “You've give me @ 1! see that the horse whieh ts back to you some time. rin’ to remember you for what + done for returned the woman. The man's lank figure slowly stifteasd and he averted his head ao that the woman could not see the sudden glitter that had come into his eyes. He turned =‘ and retraced his steps, standing beside the table Hoe Bante: upon it, hts body nding forwi from the hips, curving {ato @ derisive, ironic smile, “You the sheriffs wife he de manded, ‘The woman nodded. She watched him fully, her face alternately redden- and paling, There had come @ change into the man’s manner; some- thing had come | hin eyes which iM ae Referee mat umorous the which she could not hoot Z }o you know where your husband demanded, ell, I've seen him! n, hie lip curling venom at Purgatory Crossin’ now, it untin’ for me!” He laughed iroa- triumphantly. ‘‘An’ I'm here, Ip hie cabin, eatin’ bis grub an’ borrow! of hii jokon j j i] in the opening, alert, menacing. But the woman darted past him and was suddenly down on her knees beside o woot open and # ring with mingled homwer man. hands the boy's wasted cheeks. | a road. ‘het 1 dangled from his lowered Ithily he returned the plete) “I wasn't knowin’ anybody was siet,"* he sald In @ chastened voice, meoting ther's gaze, His face reddened. dnt have made eo much noise" acked away from the door, re the hat on his head, “Till be id. rently pattin, Hix own sud: 1 was away, huntin’ who had done something o} ttom."" ‘The womar 9 silence in a low, | ) | 1 but he eontinued confidenthy 1 dad to hurry right home—we need awful bad, He smiled. “Rut. first I think you ought to get the : tor, I've heard mamma eryt , wisning he'd come. (To Be Continued.) ‘