Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1901 — Page 9

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3IAflYi:i.OlS AYOHIv OP t'XITED STATKS SECHKT-SEnviCB 3IEX. How the riotter of the riitlndelphlaLnneanter Counterfeiting Connlrncy AYere Ituu Down. SHREWD AND BOLD CRIMINALS WHO STAHTI.EI) 1 HE COfXTUY AYITII THClIt XE FATUOUS SCHEME, Anil "Who Were So Cunning nnd Expert They Even Manufactured Itovus Money in Prison. Srccial to th Inrtianarolls Journal. I'll IL ADEL I'll I A, July .-There Is a i.cld mine of dramatic Inspiration in the rerr.arkable climax just enacted In the greatest counterfeiting conspiracy of criminal hi.-tory. The exploits of Scotland Yard and Conan Doyle's heroes arc re legated to the background und the famed Yidoci of France appears like an amateur in the light of the amazing disclosures laid bare, after the United States Fecrrt- rvlcv men had turned their unerring- searchlight upon the bold operatiors of the principals in the Philadelphia-Lancaster counterfeiting conspiracy. The decree of ac-uteness claimed for the American detective hr never hid better vindication than was furnished by hU work in this astonishing chapter of the iomance of crixe; nor sas a sharper rifture ever drawn of the wonderful shrtwdress of the men engaged in the lawless trailic of counterfeiting. The first coup of the Secret Service Bureau brought to b.;y the crisinators of the biggest conspiracy ever attempted aguln3t tho Integrity of United States money. The finale of the drama just enacted di.clo?es the plans of another scheme which outrivals in boluncs-s and Ingenuity anything of the kind ever conceived. No sooner had the officials of the secret service attained the security of m.aU which comes of deeds v :ll done and congratulated themselves on the fact ti.at they had destroyed the great conspiracy by running the conspirators to earth and placing them behind prison bars, than they were astonished by the appearance of new counterfeit money that was palpably the work of the same hands which had fashioned the former certificates. "When the Treasury Department discovered that a new twenty-dollar certiücate was upon the market and communicated the news to the Secret Service Bureau, it created intense excitement. Chief Wilkie and his associates had been so confident that everything- connected with the Philadelphia conspiracy had been stamped out of existence that the new sensation Fcomed to drop from the clouds. They had gathered into that merciless embrace the secret service net every offender In any manner connected with the crimes. Numbered among the guilty -under sentence were: Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bredell, two of the boldest counterfeiters ever snared; Ell try. P. Ingham, the exUnited States district attorney for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania; Harvey K. Newitt, his assistant in office and associate In legal practice; Messrs. Kendig and Jacobs, of Lancasttr, two wealthy cigar manufacturers of social prestige and moneyed Influence; a United States revenue official and a policeman. When it was about time for the dull curtain of a prison life to fall on the criminals and shut them from the outer world and from liberty, the climax of this superb situation was sprung. The new sensation threw the main plot into relief and reopened the book at a page which fairly thrilled with action. Taylor and Bredell, the two principals in the drama, while awaiting sentence, had conceived and executed a plot against the government absolutely unheard of engaging in the making of counterfeit certificaies in their cells In Moyamcnsing Prison, under the very eyes of their Jailers. And their product was of a surpassingly fine quality. When this bolt from the clear sky of apparent security dashed upon the authorities they were startled into believing that some of the dangerous crowd had slipped through a mesh in the net and started In afresh on a counterfeiting career. Chief Wilkie, after a conference with Secretary Gage apd other treasury ollicials, Immediately turned his forces into the field of investigation. There were about thirty secret-service operators pressed Into this work. They were unknown even to e-aoh other, and came from Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, New York and California. For weeks they were ba tiled at every turn. They chased shadows and clews until It looked hopeless. Finally the honors of the case again rested with the Philadelphia operator. Burns, who, with his chief, made the unheard of discovery that th? counterfeit had been made within the walls of Moyamcnsing Prison. Such an astounding revelation was almost too much for human belief. It was finally scouted and ridiculed by the prison authorities. When It was finally proved to be true by the confessions of Taylor and Bredell, there was almost as big a sensation at the fastening of the facts as there was at the discovery itself. The plot disclosed this much that in Taylor and Bredell and their coadjutors, the United States government was fighting the most daring counterfeiters It had ever attacked. If the making of bogus money in a prison cell had no other quality than that of boldness it might stand as an example of that trait. Taylor and Bredell had e verything to gain by the most rigid adherence to prison discipline and apparent regret of, their crime. But their plan of action was drawn upon a very different chart. With the timely aid of their friends who were allowed to visit them at intervals their ingenuity and skill evolved, from therfark recesses of their cells, an output of counterfeit money wellnigh perfect In design, execution and quality. It Is this brief In the chronicle of the wonderful case that Is unrivaled In boldness, and furnished the Secret-service Bureau with food for almost any sort of conjecture. UNEARTHING THE CONSPIRACY. Secret-Service OHlccr Aided hy an InKenious VounB Inventor. The discovery of the original conspiracy by the Secret Service Bureau and the splendid intelligence manifested by Chief Wilkie and his associates in the work, was one of the biggest feathers In the headdress of reputation worn by that branch of the government service. But It devolved upon them with double force to run this newer and apparently more dangerous attack to earth with all dispatch. They went to work with all the machinery o: their suitrb system In working form, and all credit

Is due them for trie result attained. But the power behind thtlr throne of Investigation was the co-operation and advice of a young genius whose participation in the drama, has never been suspected by the outside world, but whose counsel was sought at every turn. His amazing skill and his strong contentions in behalf of his own Judgment upset the theories of government experts and were in reality the loo.ns upon which were woven the net which enmeshed the conspirators. The first evidence of his connection with the famous case will be offered when he Is called to testify as an expert for the government in the new trials which will be given th1 counterfeiters, their legal counselor and other confederates now In prison. In almost every line of their investigation the services of this young unknown have been invaluable. Iiis discoveries as to the process of counterfeiting employed and the methods used were as valuable in detecting

the criminals as the work of the Secret Service Bureau Itself. Without his co-operation Chief Wilkie and the operators would have been at their ropu's end more than once. This young man Is himself the Inventor of a process which pretty nearly pei forms miracles In the art of engraving. In the imperfect imitation of his own process attempted by the counterfeiters lay the stumbling block to their success and the pathway to their detection. .When the operations of the secret service men had narrowed to the Philadelphia field and Operator Burns, with the aid of this unknown Investigator, had convinced Chief Wilkie that the counterfeiting was done in Moyamerising prison, a visit was made to the authorities of the jail and the facta laid before them. Their intelligence was treated like the ireak of a disordered Imagination. It was pronounced not only impossible, but absurd; not only unlikely, but unheard of. The world now knows that It was done, and the rnetiioos and process are here recordcu tor the hist time. That they displayed a boldness, originality and skill worthy any great work will not be questioned. Even up to the present moment the counterfeiters have still proven that they are quite as snrewu as the forces they are contending with. All the evidence that the treasury detectives were able to secure following their discovery is now in their possession. Much of It was destroyed by the counterfeiters. But the government again, through the agency of the young inventor (whose name is a seeiot. known eKily to the etlmlnals. tho treasury detectives. Secretary (Jage and the writer), Is In poss s.-ion cf the secrets of the process by which the only counterfeit money ever mj.de in a prison cell was manufactured. The plates are Pi Chief Wllkle's possession, and tho press from whieh the money was printed is al.T treasured in hi3 strong box of evidence. The whole story li one of such Intense interest, and the things accomplished sound so Impossible, that it reads like Jmprob iMiity. It only furnishes another unerring illuM-atlcn of tho saying that "truth Is stranger than fiction." Not the least remarkable part of the whole conspiracy Is the fact that genuine government paper was used to print the lmpreiIo-is from the bogus plates. This for the first ti:n .In the history of counterfeiting. How U was procure d is another chapter In this remarkable sensation to be related below. One of the strangest points of the subject is t'.ds: The discovery of the act .al methods employed by Tavlor and Bredell in making counterfeit certificates in Moyamenslng explodes every tlvorv expressed by the experts at the Treasury'Departmnt in Washington. Their energies were? allied with those of the secret service men In trying to fathom the darkness of the mystery. It tests almost thj last, stretch of Imagination to picture a din. lare-wai!ed prison cell as the background for a counterfeiting plant. A eel! at all times under the scrutiny at the keepers; its occupants t-carceiy e er renevea or meir sleepless surveillance. That it was dene at all is another triumph of the se. minglv Impossible. That it was done perfectly makes it akin to a miracle. Taylor and Bredell. while awaiting their long-term sentence, were allowed the uual privileges of such prisoners, in the shape of visits from thdr families, their friends and their counsel. As a lawyer the latter enjoyed the sp-cial Privileg s accorded his class In such matters. Through which of these agencies the prison rs received the materials necessary for the making of counterfeits Is not exactly known. But It is highly probable that the Inspiration of the deed came from conferences between the prisoners and their counsel. Chief Wilkie unhesitatingly hays so. and the latter K resting under this cloud before his It is believed by the' secret service authorities that Counselor Semple suggested the making of the counterfeits in prison as a means of proving to the government how dangerous his clients were, in the hope that by the disclosure of the process their sentences might be lightened and the government display some consideration for them. It is certain that Taylor and liredell assured their legal adviser that they could master the dilTlcuU.es of making the plates in jail If they only had the necessary material. HOW THE NOTES NYE TIE MADE. PInte ot Engraved, hut Etched 011 Steel hy u Nev Proccm. Now comes one of the big surprises of the conspiracy. These marvelously executed bogus plates which the treasury experts pronounced masterpieces of engraving, were not engravings at all. They were the imperfect result of a photographic process which Taylor had partially mastered through the means of his intimate friendship, some years ago, with the young Inventor whose invaluable knowledge has been above recorded. There were some lines cut In the plates by the keen gavel In Taylor's skilled hands, to overcome the Imperfections. But the plates are the outcome of the secret process. Through one or more of the friendly agencies they were allowed to communicate with Taylor and Bredell, under the very eyes of the prison oillcials, received the materials necessary for the starting of a counterfeiting plant in Moyamensing. They did not need everything at first. In fact, pretty nearly everything they did need could have been put in a two-quart pail, or hidden in a prison mattress with tho greatest ease. Their first requirement was a steel engraving plate, such as is used by every worker in ine steel etchings and engravings. Then came the necessity for the acids, chemicals and coatings to be ucd in the secret formulas mästend by Taylor or at least mastered to nearly nn absolute (legte 't he almost iniinitt sinui 1 lines cut by Taylors gavel led to the broader pithway of detection. The chemicals and adds were very carefully and graduallv smuggled to them in small quantities. After this came the mixing of the proportions and the first coating of the steel plates. Then a genuine half of the note to be counterfeited was laid upon the coating and the plate was exposed to a light. In the magic working of this process the action of the light upon the plate performed the oflice of photography, and a negutive was obtained of one-half of the bill. So fine is tho process and so nearly perfect Its action, that the most minute lines of the government note were accurately reproduced. There is no detail of the original and genuine that escapes the unerring werk of the light upon tne prooss. Human handiwork could not fashion lines so fine, unless aided by the best Instruments known to the engraver' art, with the assistance of the brightest daylight. The wonder of It all is that the perfect counterfeit was made In the dull hght of a prison. When the lirst part of the process had been put through successful operation on the plate th acids were mixed into the magic formula that was to bite out of the plate every line, every tracing and every Impression left by the action of the light upon the coating. A variation of the smallest tkgre-e meant the undoing of the work. The quality of skill required on the part of the men operating under such remarkable disadvantage can be better imagined than written. The acid was then applied to the Plate and time and patience assisted human J I J n the ork- Then cam- th bath which was to Ftop the work of the sold and render iu oiliees towards the finishing of Ik! r XN h'n. the 'Ute' emerged from the bath it was almost perfect. The difiVrence between "almost" and "quite" was the Ku, .wh .'V ade detection possible and which called for the rare skill of Taylor s engraving gavel. How the use of thw and the discovery of tho process led to then- undoing Is still another feature of the story lien Taylor had engraved th finishing touches upon the plate and It was ready for printing he carefully wrapped It In a toft cloth and hid it away in the t 11. That wa a comparatively easy matter, for no one suspected the existence of such an operation. Another plate was smuggled to them and It went through th furr.c process This time applied to the other half-the reverse side of the genuine bill. In the splitting of the genuine bill there was repaired an extraordinary amount of skill. But Taylor and Bredell had long since mastered this part of their art. After two plates were perfectly prepared and hidden away there -... t M . vai anginer move m me aancrous work,

This was the s-mucgllng Into prison of th Ink necessary to print the certhic at s. Then the printing" press eluded the igilance of the prison keepers, and lastly the nulr.e government paper. This maoe all n.oiy to complete the work. Finally came the printing of the bogus certificate-, whieh n-qulr'-d Infinite patience. b cause the w ork was done on the smallest hand press ohtalnab.e one barely large enough to exert an o-n pressure ov r the entire surface of the bill. There was a separate die used for the seals upon the f ill and for the r.urnb r as well. The preparation of these required the engraving skill of the operators, and thspceimer.s of their handiwork were as nearly perfect as it was possible for th.m to be. Tho extreme fineness of re. 1 action of which this secret proce-ss is capable is a matter of astonishme nt to all who s, e it. In that particular alone It was of almost incalculable danger to the government.

When the eertilicates w. re compi.-a u nnu passed into circulation. Taylor and ilredell rested on th ir oar.- and awaited developments. As time went by and no Intelligence of the notes being detected reached them they took on a new couhlenoe. Th y argued that it was almost beyond reasoning power to suspect them, being safety housed in prison. How many of the counterfeits of Moyamcnsing Prison manufacture were turned out is known or.ly to Tavlor and Brede 11. When the Treasury Department discovered them and the Secret-service Burt au again started on Its tireless work Thief Wilkie scarcelv knew In what direction to look for the solution of the new mystery, l'.ut his lii'-kv star was not lone bth'.r.M the clouds, and this new sensation of sensations 1? the r stilt. It Is now certain ::s anything except dath can be that v ry p rson concurred in this plot i- saiviv under government lock and k y. and that th. re H no one in this country, exempt the unknown, whose help has bt en th strong arm f the government In these eases, knows aui'ht of this most dangerous of all counterfeiting processes. Tin: oitKiiNAL ri.oT. Hoiv the fJrcntOKt of Counterfeiting Schemes Wut l'nco erel. Tho exact nuans of the discovery of tho original plot have never been givt n to the public. As they are of importance in the development of the present case, and dteply interesting on their own'aceount. hearing a vital relation to it.s successful proscctith n by the government, they will stand rdating. In fact, very little of the first discovery of the counterfeiting conspiracy has been given publicity, because the scheme was of such a far-reaching nature that it was thought best to res-, rve all the information possible. They are now s etng the light of day for the first time. Some years ago the young unknown, who Is now th.- principal cfhce r in an engralng company In Philadelphia, was employed in the same establishment wPh Arthur Taylor, the chief of the counte rl"e!t rs. Taylor was always considered ono of the finest engravers In the country. He and this young man became Intimate friends. Tho latter partly confided to Taylor his discovery cd a secret process of making stetl engravings by a species of photography. It was a system absolutely new to tho engraving and photographic world and considered almost wonderful by the experts in these spheres. The young men left their tmplojer about the haiue time Taylor to start In the engraving business for himself, and the other to perfect his discovery. Taylor formed a partnership with I. rede 11, but thev cue no evidence of prosperity for several years. Then they moved to Ninth and Filbert streets, in Philadelphia, and without giving the outward signs of any greater development of their engraving ousintss began to spend considerable money. The young inventor and Taylor kept up a passing friendship, but no longer were Intimate. Upon the occasion of several visIts to their oillce the former made a note of the fact thüt he was no longer pi rrnlttcd behind the rahing a privilege hü had always been freely given. SEEMED GOOD AS GENUINE. 1 It transpired that this was about the time that Kendig & Jacobs were buying revenue stamps for their Lancaster tobacco factory that were not made In the Bureau of Printing and Engraving at Washington. The material prosperity of Taylor and Bredell began to be so much in evidence that they even refused regular work at their engraving shop. This fact was the burden of another mental reservation by the young man. It was not a long time after this period that the Treasury Department was stirred deeply by the appearance of a counterfeit for J1U0. It was a counterpart of the famous Monroe issue of $1')) bills, of which there were Js.UK),(o0 authorized. This counterfeit was to every intent ami appearance just as good as the genuine. In fact, to distinguish the real from the false was almost beyond the ken of the experts. A note of alarm to the banks was instantly sounded and Chief Wilkie called into consultation with Secretary Gage. The secret service net was spread the length and breadth of the country, and the operators began to draw it In. Finally, after months of that tireless, ceaseless activity which has made the name of the United States Secret Service a synonym for the perfection of detective work, the bureau became convinced that the rote was made in Philadelphia. During this time they were increasing in number and were passing freely. The matter of the discovery lay not In the lack of any quality of the genuine, but from 'the fact that the Treasury Department discovered that two certificates bore the same number. How perfect was tho counterfeit when it is noted that it passed through the scrutiny of the subtreasury in Philadelphia without letectlon. When the Secret Service Bureau was finally convinced that Philadelphia was the birthplace of the bogus Monroe certificate. Chief Wilkie concentrated his forces and turned the full strength of their work upon this city. Pretty soon every engraver In Philadelphia was under the strictest surveillance. This fact may be news to them at this late day, but a pretty close record of their doings, covering a certain period, is among the possessions of the bureau. By the action of the system the scrutiny of every engraver In Philadelphia narrowed down to the scrutiny of a few. Among these favored few were Taylor and Bredell. The very fact noted by the young inventor regarding their unique prosperity was noted by the secret service nun. They marveled that these men were able to live in comparative luxury while the Income from their workshop justified only starvation. THE YOUNG "UNKNOWN"." It was about this time that the Inventor began to figure in the operations f the bureau. Like the rest of the Philadelphia engravers, he had been under the eye of the detectives. He was e ven one of the favored few to be watched until the operations were narrowed upon Taylor and Breelell. This young man and his partner were in business at Tenth and Chestnut streets and made their deposits at ono of th-' trust companies located a few doors from thir establishment. In the' course of their regular business they became well ar.piainted with the tillers of the bank. Knowing the young Inventor's reputation, one of the tellers one day passed a $!' Monro.- c. rtiiicate through the wicket and asked him what ho thought of it, telling him it was a counterfeit and that the secret service iwn had discovered that It was mad.- in Philadelphia. After a keen examination of the till he said: "I would like to take this up to the office and look It over." "It belongs to the se-cr-t service peoplenow," said the teller, "but I'll it.tr.. d ice vou to one of their men and you can ask him." This was n greed to and he met operator Hum and said: "Maybe I can teil oa something about this, if 1 get a chance to put it under the glass und make sumo observations." Hums willingly .assented, for the secret service men were then at that point of their investigation when they were positive the note, was made in I'hiladelpti.i, but they could not locate the makers, although they strongly suspected that operations in the shop of Taylor and Bredell were not "on the square. " The inventor kept the note for twenty-four hours, am! the result of his examination was more- Important to the detectives than all the work they had heretofore accomplished. On his examination of the bill he was astonished to find that it was practically made by his twn secret process imperfect, of course, f,r between tin time he had parted intimacy with Taylor he had improved his invention until it did marvelous work without a ft.iw. Hut he saw that Taylor had remembered enough of the secret he had imparted to him to turn out a pretty ijood specimen. Then it all carneto him. The suspicion (CON TI N LTKD ÜN TÄG C 1 i. COlT 1)

A THIBETAN ORACLE

HE WORKS HIS INCNTTION BT tin: aii 01 a sheep's iiom:. I.I Uc All Primitive People, the Nntlve of Thibet Are Addicted to lan Superstition Prnetlce. A GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGE ItlCCEH AMI DESOI.VTE n Tiin WAY THE Ell. I S APPEAR. Yesetntion for the Mn1 Pnrt la Cobllncd to Yulleya and Sheltered spot A l'lnifuc of Insecta. l"Anior.c the Patthfst IVcrle." Copyright fc v. c. J. Uvi.:.! Tho nomad chief, who had shown himself so warlike, changed his tactics, and on hla uigent Invitation we visited him in his tnt. Once there, we sat down amid a heterogenous e-r.-w of his followers, children, women; groped among bed places, fire holes nnd dog Inters, discussed varlous questions of weighty Import, and. mlxe3 up with thc:e higher matters, touched incidentally upon rat. iV.ts and all kinds of vermin. I say "touched Incidentally" upen these things, but. to tell the truth, we talked so much about them that when we returned to our tents we fairly crawled. I may mention here that the curs provoked by Pharaoh on Egypt was by no means localized In its after effects, for rats, Heat and all those detectable creatures into which Aaron converted the desert sands are undesirable accomiKinlmcnts of travel in these regions. The sting of some of th Insects is offensively venomous, especially that of n rmnll black bug which the rati ve s call "kir." a species of cockroach that Infests t nts when they have not been moved for a long time. The bite, although not dangerous. Is very painful, the afflicted part swelling to an enormous size and seeming to cau?e a temporary paralysis if the arms or legs are bitten, that does not wear off for revral hours. Notwithstanding our assertion to the contrary, the chief evidently still placed abundant faith In our supernatural rowers of magic, for early In the morning, long before daybreak, he appeared before our tent for the purpose of recurir.fr professional advice, as the weather was still stormy and lute rfere -d with the departure of several e.f Ids men on a trndtng venture to the j settled villages north of the Ma-Chu. As we were unwilling to take the chance of making prophecies without there being a certainty of their fulfillment, we relteratecl with vehemence our serious handicap of earlier education in this respect, at the same time expressing our surprise that such a great chief, who had given his whole life up to the subtle mysteries of the black arts, should not by this time have arrived at perfection. This tickled his vanity ImmcnrelyTTlfiu' with a sly wink he informed us that he could change the wyther whenever he saw fit. but he had hJ that we were very wonderful magicians am he was frightened lest wc might steal some of his most potent secrets. Being reassured on this score, he proceeded after his own fashion to divine what the future might hold in store. Drawing from beneath the folds of his coat a sheep's shoulder blade, for the space of a quarter of an hour lie recited various prayers and magio incantations over it and then placed it In the embtrs of the fire that had been lighted at the commencement of the ceremony. Hero it was allowed to remain until thoroughly charted, when it was carefully laid on the ground and tho more serious process of divination commenced. A MAGIC SHEEP BONE. By examining closely the cracks made In the bone by the lire nothing was left undiscovered that the most curious mind could wi;di to know. A reputation for tkill iu magic and divination is the most coveted desire of all natives of Thibet and Mongolia; a successful forecaster enjoys an enviable position among his own people and sometimes becomes famous throughout a large district. The me thods pursued by each vary' widely, but the practice of divination by means of a sheep's shoulder blade is the most universal, and like wise the most popular, sinco it brings the posbibility of Indulging in the pleasant business of divination to the door of even the poorest man. Kockhill explains the meaning of the cracks in the bone, as read by the Mongols of Ts'aidam, as follows: The longitudinal ones show the duration of tho journey, the transversal ones the good or bad fortune that is to befall the traveler, the dee;cr lines representing evil omens and dangers, which will be t-mall or great according to the size of the cracks, the small lines denoting the amount of good fortune to be met with. Likewise, in addition. I have learned from tho natives that one side of the l.onc is reserved for human-beings, the other for animals, while the future state of the weath.-r is decided by the color of the bone, and that if by any chance it should break In two or more pieces during it In-cine-ration that the roost terrible results would befall the rash traveler who dared to fly in the face of this unml.-ta'iablc sign of the antipathy of the delths. This process f elimination Is by no means of n nt origin r growth since the earli'-st time it has been Jn vogue nmonj Tartars and kindred tribes and races, and this sort of fal.-e analogy may be well uneleritood by comparison with the similar art of palmistry, or livh.Jng by the lines of the hand. Attila, before the battle of Chalons, thus learned of Ids Impending defeat, and even In England at the present day, in some of the rural se-ttlons. h. similar practice, known as "reading the spralbone," finds ready disciple among the uneducated classes. Among the Mongols and Thibetans It a,n essential almost to cx-i.-t nee; no om would d.r to undertake a journey, however short, without consulting this potent oracle, or. as a Isbt resort, if a sheep's shoulde-r-bl ide !s not obtainable, without striving to secure similar results from their ro-ari. In the rtt!ed village, the lamas, who tak up"n Uimselves the performance of nearly all this kind of work for the laymen, sometimes have recourse to the common method that we hae ju?t described, but more oftn their divinations are secured by the throwing of dice vr small stone figures and tho omsultatioa of a book of prophet Jes at a place which th podtic.e .f the dice denedes. As the searcher for this iccult Information is obliged to pay liberally for the services ef these pnetlT genth nu n It Is only in extr iordlnaty cases that he finds ft nec.ry to desert the traditional aud "personally conducted" shoulder-blade. From this tncampment. n the ?9th. we aicfnJf J a itor.y ;!jUau rust i lew couei