6 I ■■■.._■ f\3 ; STORIES OF THE SECRET SERVICE | BY j Capl. Patrick D. Tyrrell - £\t 112 STORY No. I j THE LINCOLN TOMB ROBBERS Being an Account of the Attempted Desecration of the Grave of the j Martyr President at Springfield in | 1876. and the Capture and Conviction 112 a Gang of Counterfeiters That receded It. y CAPTAIN PATRICK D. TYRRF.LL _ . .U PART I.—Continued. Mrs. Watson was apparently stylish ly and was agreeable in manner. Those who came into contact with them decided that Clinton had made a valuable business and social acquisi tion when the "Watson" family set fled there. The newcomer and his good wife chose the better and more otjntrally located of the two houses rented for their residence. Into the tfjier house, which was about a mile a quarter back from the river and tlje !ast house on the street, there moved about the time of the advent of the "Watsons" a family of four Ger rcans, the father, mother and grown son and daughter, giving the name of • Schafer. This new family, according to the gossip of the town, were in the employ or under the care of "Watson," the exact relations being ill-defined. Both families were unobtrusive, es- I>ecially the German family, and there was nothing in the known affairs of cither family to arouse uncommon in terest. It was shortly before this—a few days, in fact —that I had had my first look at the man I believed from the roeager description to be Nelson Driggs. After the trip to Nauvoo I had come up the river and stopped at Fort Hamilton, a small town across the river from Keokuk, where, one day, on the porch of the town hotel, I saw a man answering the descrip tion of the notorious dealer in the "queer." He was talking to a man whom I did not know, and I did not allow myself to be noticed by the pair. The man I believed to be Driggs was about 55 years old, heavy, with full beard and the air of a well to-do farmer. I did not allow him to get out of my sight, and when he went to Clinton I became convinced that I had not only found Driggs, but that my information from Nauvoo was correct. Therefore, immediately after the suspect had been fol lowed to Clinton a man registered at the Revere House, in that city under the name of "C. A. Demarest," an un communicative and unobtrusive chap, who attracted no attention. Soon afterward another stranger made his appearance and rented a room in a house directly across the street from the. one occupied by "J. K. Watson" KT.ti his wife. The following day still another stranger appeared in Clinton. Between "Demarest" and the last two arrivals there was apparently no Acquaintance nor communication; but under cover of the darkness at night and in the most cautious manner pos sible "Demarest" did communicate with the strangers, one at a time. In fact every item in the domestic routine in both the "Watson" and "Schafer" rc-sidences found its way daily to "Demarest." One day while this play was going on "Watson" made an ex cursion to La Clare, la., a distance of seven miles. He had taken his de parture without precaution against t»jng followed, for there is no reason ti> believe that he suspected there w«re in Clinton three men to whom his every move was of vital interest. At Da Clare "Watson" made his way to an old stone house on the river hank and spent some time in the com pany of a middle-aged man, who oc cupied the house with his wife. Leav -sng the "piping" of the "Watson" and "Schafer" homes to my assistants and fa my role of "Demarest" I had taken up the chase of "Watson" on his excur ition to ha Clare and of the man whom he had gone to meet. This was on August 11, 1875, and during tho months I had been working on the case I had not had the slightest clew to the whereabouts of Ben Boyd. After the visit of "Watson" to La Clare I had little difficulty in estab lishing in my own mind the identity <*f the man on whom "Watson" had called as Ben Boyd, the most expert plate-cutter in the United States and th« man on whose skill and activity there depended the success or failure of the entire band of "koniackera," •atUs and female, then operating in the middle west. The diseovery of the whereabouts of Boyd through the visit of Driggs, who was none other than "Watson ' of Clinton, was a long stride toward success in a search that had looked hopeless enough at the start. From that time the three houses were carefully watched and the movements of the inmates minutely noted. A little later Driggs paid his friend Boyd another visit, and soon after that Boyd returned the calls at the Driggs home in Clinton. This ex change of calls on the part of the two principals convinced me that they were preparing to get down to busi ness, and this conviction was con firmed by the assistant who had been watching the "Schafer" home. While this maneuvering was in progress an investigation had been prosecuted concerning the "Schafer" family, and the results of that in vestigation may properly be given at this point. The real family name was Stadtfeldt. Nicholas was the head of the family, the other members living in the Clinton house being Barbara, the wife; Charles, the son, and Mol lie, a daughter, who was married to Henry Clinton. Nicholas Stadtfeldt had been a counterfeiter in Germany before he came to the United States to ply the same trade. His wife had been his able assistant, while his son, Charles, a man of 30, had been trained to the trade of his father. Charles Stradtfeldt had been a candy "butch er" with various circuses, and in that capacity had had ample opportunity for working off the output of his fa ther's "mill." He was an adept at the printing and "shoving" of bogus money. At the "Schafer" house in Clinton this "mill" had been steadily grinding, the output during the resi dence of the family in Clinton being a batch of ?95,00j of the counterfeit five-dollar bills of the Traders' na tional bank of Chicago for "Pete" Mc- Cartney. By the mortising method, good counterfeits of the bills of 13 Blinois banks had been made from this plate. Nelson Driggs had married Ger trude Stadtfeldt, an older daughter of Nicholas, in Dayton, 0., in 1874, illus trating the tendency of men in this particular line of criminality, where the utmost secrecy is absolutely neces sary, to marry women from counter feiting families. Driggs had met Ger trudo when, as a good-looking young j woman, she wa3 serving a term in the ! Ohio penitentiary for passing "queer" money. She had become a printer of bogus money for her husband, and was an important member of the con- J spiracy. The establishment of the facts rela tive to the Stadtfeldt family and the \ clinching of the identities of Driggs j and Boyd had made the future of the I case much clearer. During the months j under which the principals to the manufacture of the Traders' national fives and other important counterfeits i were under surveillance at Clinton I and La Clare I was convinced, both i from theory and observation, that j neither Driggs nor. Boyd was actively j engaged in the commission of any | overt counterfeiting act; but I was i equally certain that the Stadtfeldts I had been running their mill and | grinding out bogus bills for circula- j tion among the unwary, and the sub- j sequent fact was developed, as pre- j viously told, that they had run off \ from their press $05,000 of the Trad ers' national fives for Pet» McCart- ! ney. Aside from any specific information on the subject, however, I would have j been firmly convinced that neither Driggs nor Boyd was at that time ac lil' VI tively cutting plates or "shoving" bogus money, for this reason: it had been my observation and that of every other secret service man who had had to do with counterfeiting cases that professionals in the fine art of mak ing and passing counterfeit money never held any communication with one another during the time they were actively engaged in their work. The different processes of labor through which a counterfeit bill passed be tween the cutting of the plate to its j actual unloading on the public were ! devised purely for purposes of safety —in order to break the chain by which ' secret service operatives might follow them. In addition to this division of t the work the universal custom pre vailed for the men engaged in the is- I sue of "queer" money to place long , distances between each other after the plan was arranged. They made , rendezvous in one town or city, per fected the details of the plot, ami then scattered as a puff of wind would scatter the down of the dandn lion, to meet again at a place agreed on three, six or more months after, us the extent of the Job dictated, j CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1906. In the case in hand I knew that tfi» principals were men versed in all the approved methods of the "coney men," and that it was extremely un likely that the conferences between Driggs ami Boyd were for any purpose other than the arrangement of the de tails of some big job to be done. Therefore, in addition to maintaining a strict surveillance, the principal task before me was to watch for the puff of wind that was to scatter the "kon'ickers" to their respective places for work. While affairs stood thus, one of my assistants, during the course of his j daily report to me on the movements of Drlggs, said: "Mr. Demarest, this is a thing. Driggs has lots of money, and I ain satisfied you could make $ 15,000 by losing him." I had been somewhat doubtful of the integrity of this assistant for some time, but up to this point had had 110 tangible reason for thinking that he I would do anything traitorous toward j the secret service. I asked him how | lie knew the money could be made, I and he explained the circumstances : that led him to estimate the probable reward of treachery on our part at ! $15,000. I then said to him: "I am here to get these men, and |am going to do it. If you make one : move that spoils our game I shall kill you as 1 would a dog." He seemed convinced that I meant what I said, for there was nothing in his actions or conversation after that j time to indicate that he had not done ! liis full duty. It may seem strange that, when we knew $95,000 of counterfeit money was being made in the Stadtfeldt house we did not descend on the os | tablishment, arrest the inmates and | confiscate the plant, but it must be re membered that the Stadtl'eldts were | actors of secondary importance in the ; drama that was being played, lioyd, , as the cutter of plates, was the man on whom the operations of all the ' others depended, and Driggs, as a man | of great shrewdness and large means, was the most dangerous dealer In the country. Besides striving primarily ; for the capture of these two I had | hoped to be able to land Pete Mo- Carl ney, whose standing in his chosen profession was so high that he was known as the "King of the Koninck ers," and who was closely in league with Driggs, Boyd and the Stadtfeldta. To have raided the Stadtfeldt plant, therefore, would have flushed the big game and made them the move wury in a future chase. The capture of the plates in the pos session of Boyd and Driggs \vm of almost as much importance as the cap ture of the men themselves, ami ba side3, in order to convict and in?.- prison the principals, it was ncce» sary to catch ,thcm in the act '.hey weje charged with committing. These reasons 1 considered sufficient tc ?i --low the Stadtfeldts to leave Clintc. m unmolested, which they did on August 25. The moving of the StadifeUlt3 I took to be one of the signs of ti e af> proaching flight of the others, and in this my calculations proved ccr.-ect, for one day about three wee' s liter mysterious movements wcr° discern ible in the Driggs residence. That evening Driggs and his wife came to the Revere house, livery move made by him was cicely watched, and our surveillance was re warded in a few hours, for after most of the guests had retired Driggs and his wife quietly left the hotel and boarded the midnight train to Chica go. Without going into the details of Driggs' subsequent movements, it is enough to relate that he went to Chi cago, where ho stopped at the Hatch house for a day; then to Dixon, 111., from there to Decatur and thence to i Centralia. at each step of the journey j covering hi 3 tracks as carefully as pes j sible. Previously Charles Stadtfeldt, in the role of a St. Louis drummer, had j moved to Centralla and rented a I house. These facts, of course, cstab- ! lished Centraiia as the next base of I operations of Driggs and the Stadt- | ftndts, and for the time there was no | move to be made on the part of tho { government but to keep tho prey eon- | stantly under its eye. Kor that pur pose I sent my assistants to Crntralix. j {To He Continued. | Broke Him. "She returned all 01 mjr love letters in on.' paekaa*," ths jilted suitor. 1 hap," . yinpai hi/ed his friend, "that Inu.lt have nearly broken vt>u up." "It diil, indeed There was .5 cents postage due on the:n and 1 had only « dime to iuy nam*." —Otun*o Dailj New*. | Balcom & Lloyd. ( I ===! 1 I 1 i I I WE have the best stocked general store in the county I and if you are looking for re- | | liable goods at reasonable Ijj prices, we are ready to serve j I you with the best to be found, [p Our reputation for trust y? worthy goods and fair dealing |] is too well known to sell any y but high grade goods. I ij| Our stock of Queensware and jR Chinaware is selected with great care and we have some f|| of the most handsome dishes 7| ever shown in this section, I| both in imported and domestic makes. We invite you to visit [! us and look our goods over. t <0 | it j jj Balcom & Lloyd, j Mk it fc Mk A *XI JXfc Uttt *at * fc jOt*Xk JSk * * t, It it fc Mk £ J M 1 Jj LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT §II LaBAR SII M -I - H J We carrv in stock il the largest line of Car- I . ± .^buul ji.«y_gg ■ I ! *4 Pets. Linoleums and fi/ 'll ! CI Mattings of all kinds MV .4 i >! br °"« ht to [!> is . iDffIBMM ! £3 town. Also a big hue 8 of samples. MMM t Avery large lineol 'FOR THE ■'-Hlr * Lace Curtains that can- P I* COMRSBTABH LOD6IKG M 5 Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library Rugs of all sizes ai.d select the Ideal pattern of Globe- * *2 kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. & •us est to the best. Furnished with bevel French jjj: !£ plate or leaded glass doors. Dining Chairs, Fon =a-.= n» Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, £ fcjfl High Chairs. Sole Agent for Cameron County. A large and elegant £ line of Tufted and H Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. N S3O Bedroom Suits, (TTC §4O Sideboard, cuar- COD £ solid oak at $lO tered tak... JSOU * ! . S2B Bedroom Suits, tfni sll2 Sideboard, quar- CSC Pf solid oak at 4)£l tered oak bd k. ** $25 Bed room Suits, CSH $22 Sideboard, qtiar- ClO solid oak at tered oak, 4)10 Jj A largo line of Dressers from Chiffoniers of all kinds and $1 II $ s up. I all prices. ki * i ' ir* 77 ——————— { the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIEGE.' All drop- C] kg heads and warranted. A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in sets and by the piece. M As I keep a full line of everything that goes to H If make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to euutn- M n crate them all. M j){J Please call and see for yourself that 1 am telling j} * V ou the truth, and it you don't buy, there is no harm H done, as it is no trouble to show goods. >! GEO. J .LaBAR. » U]Vr)ERTAK.IISTG. iZ. Z Z 2112 212 CITS m w w m S J Pennsylvania RAILROAD. PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAILROAD DIVISION. In effect May 28. 1905. TRAINS LEAVE EMPORIUM EASTWARD 8 10 A. M.—Sundays on)y for Renovo and Weekdays for Sunoury, Wilkesbarre, Hcran oii, Hazleton, Pottsvilie, Harri&hurg end interinediatcslations, arriving at Philadelphia 6.23 P. M., New York 9.30 P. M„ Baltimore 6Ou P. M., Washington 7.15 P. M. Pu'lman Parlor car from Wiluamspcrt to Philadelphia and passenger couches from K«ine to Philadelphia and Williarnsport tr, Haiti more and Washington. P- M. ( Emporium Junction) daily for Sun bur.v, llarrisburg and principal int> rmediate stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 7.32 p.m.; New York, 10:21 D. m.; Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.; Washington, 8:35, n. m. Vestibuled Parlor cars and passenger coaches, Buffalo to Phila delphia and Washington. 320 P. M. —daily tor llarrisburg and intermediate sti»t ons, arriving at Philadel phia, 4.23 A. M., New York 7.13 A.M. Baltimore, 2:2OsA. M. Washington, 3:30 A. M. Pullman sleeping carsfrom HarrisburgtoPhil adelphia and New York. Philadelphia pas aengerscan remaini n sleeper undisturbed un til7:3o A, M. 10 30 P. iM.—Daily for Sunbury, Harris burg and intermediate stations arriving at Philadelphia 7.17 A. M.. New York 9.33 A. M., weekdays, (10 38 A. M. Sunday;; Baltimore 7.15 A. M., Washington 8.30 A. M. Pullman sleep ing cars from Erie, Buffalo and Williarnsport to Philadelphia and Buffalo, Williarnsport to Washington. Passenger cars from Erie to Philadelphia and Williarnsport to Baltimore. '2:25 A. M. | Emporium Junctionl,daily for Sun bury, llarrisburg and principal intermediate stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 7:32 a. m.; New York, 9:33 a. in., week days; (10:38 Sun days); Baltimore, 7:2.5 a. m.; Washington. 8:19 а. m. Vestibuled Buffet Sleeping Cars and Passenger coaches, Buffalo to Philadelphia and Washington, WESTWARD. , 8:10 A. M.-Emporium Junction—daily j for Erie, Ridgway, and week days for Du | Bois, Clermont an 1 intermediatestations. 10 30 A. M.—Daily for Erie and week days for Dußois audi nterniediate stations. I 4 23 P. M.—Daily lor Erie and intermediate j stations. ' RIDGWAY AND CLEARFIELD R. R. CON NECTIONS. (Week days.) SOUTHWARD, Stations. NORTHWAKO P. M A.M. A.M. j IP. M. P. M. P. M. i 950 441 j.. .Driftwood... |l'2 50 11 85 i lO 25 5 10.Emporium June £l2 15 10 35 ill 18| 5 53j —St. Marys. . (11 20 9 53 i 4 s<> 10 10 5 551 Kane 112 25 3 CO .... j SOSIO 31 6 10].. ..Wilcox 112 02 240 .... ; 520 ll 88 o 2Sj. .Jotansonbarg..|ll 17 2 28 .... 5 40 11 55 6 soj...Ridgway I 9 20 2 10 8 25 | .... {..Mill Haven... 1.... I ...J | 600 12 15 7 10 .. Croyland I 9 00 1 49 8 04 ! 12 19 7 15 ..Shorts Mills.. | 8 55 S 09 I 8 07 12 23 7 19 .. .Blue Rock... I H 51 1 40 7 56 j61212 20 7 23j Carrier 1847137 752 I 6 22 12 36 7 .12]. Brock way ville. I 8 37 1 27 7 42 6 28 12 10 7 373. ..Lanes Mills.. j 8 31, 1 23 7 3S 6 30 7 lll.Mc.Minns Sni't. § 8 30: 7 31 64112 55 7 501. .Falls Creek... I 8 21 10 7 2.5 6 55 125 8 Oil ... Dll Bois 5 8 08,12 55 7 1(1 7 12 115 7 55j.. Kails Creek... I 6 88 lIS >1 30 7 58 1 29 8 08 Revnoldsville.. j 6 39 12 52 6 15 830 156 8 351.. . Brookville... 160512 21 539 9 30 2 38 9 20 New Bethlehem | 5 20 !1 44 4 50 ». M. p. M. p. M.I |A. M. A. M. P. M BUFFALO & ALLEGHENY VALLEY DIVISION. Leave Emporium Junction for Port Allegany, i Olean, Area le, East Aurora and Buffalo. ' Train No. 107, daily . ....4:05 A. M. I Train No. 115, daily, 4:15 I'. M. | Trains leave Emporium for Keating, Port j Allegany, Co'ldersport, Smethport, Eldred, ' Bradford, Olean and Buffalo,connecting at Buf falo for points East and West. Train No. 101,we.;k days, 8:25 A. M. Train No. 103, weak days 1:35 P. M. Train No. 103 will connect at Olean with Chautauqua Division for Alleg iny, Bradford, Salamanca, Warren, Oil City and Pittsburg. LOW GRADE DIVISION. EASTIiOIND. STATIONS. 109 113 101 105 107 051 I A. M. A. M. A. M. P. M P. M A, It. 1 Pittsburg,..Lv +6 22 t9 00 t!3O *505 ; 0 00 i Red Bank 9 30 11 05 4 05 7 55 111 55 I Lawsonham, 9 42 «UlB 4 18 8 07 11 OS ! New Bethle'm. 520 10 20 II 41450 837 11 40 Brookville,.... 16 05 11 10 12 24 5 39 9 22 12 26 I Revnoldsville,. 633 11 42 12 52 8159 50 12 59 Falls Creek 653 11 57 1 15 630 1005 1 14 ! I)uHois 7 0 0 +l2 05 125 640 1015 t1 20 I Sabula 7 12 1 37 7 17 ) Pennfield 7 30 1 55 7 35 j Bennezitte, ... 801 2208 09 1 Driftwood, 18 -10 |3 05 8 45 i via P. & E. Div j Driftwood.. Lv. '9 50 +3 45 Emporium, Ar. tlO 30 14 10 A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M P. M P. M, ~WESTBOL'ND. STATIONS. 108 100 102 114 110 952 Via P. &E. Div A. M. A.M. A. M. P. M. P. M. p M Emporium, Lv 18 10 +3 20 Driftwood, Ar.. f9 04 tl 00 Via L. G. Div Driftwood, Lv f5 50 11110 +5 50 Bennezette, 6 25 II 45 6 25 Pen illicit, 7 00 12 20 7 01 Sahuia 7 18 12 39 7 23 Dußois. *6 05 7 30 12 65 15 00 7 35 J4 00 Falls Creek 6 12 7 55 I 15 5 111 7 42 4 07 I Revnoldsville,.. 630 BOS I 29 527 758 420 Brookville 7 05 8 35 1 56 6 00 18 30 4 50 New Bt tlilc'm. 7 51 9 2 38 8 45 9 30 5 35 Lawsonham, .. 821 94713 06 7 11.. 6OH Red Bank,Ar.. 8 35 10 02 3 20 7 25 8 20 Pittsburg, Ar... II 15 11215 +5 30+100(1 ;9 30 A M. P. M P. M. P. M. P. M.P. M. i). ily. t'Jany except Sunday. (Sunday only. §F!ag htop. On Sunday only train leaves Driftwood 8:21 a. m„ arrives at Duß us, 10:0" a, m. Returning leaves Uullois, 2:00 p. in.; arr v 'S at Driftwood,. Ii:l0 p. in., stopping at inierineoiate stations. For Time Tables and I'u I tile I' information, ap» ply lo Ticket Agent. J. R. WOOD, Pass'gr Traffic Mgr. W. W. ATTERBUItY, GEO. W. BOYD, General Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agt. THE PITTSBURG, SHAWMUT & NORTHIR?J R. R. Through Passenger Service Between Bt. Marys, Brockwayviile, Shawmut, Smethport, Olean, Friendship, Angelica, Hornellsvill* Wayland, Buffalo, and New York. Effective Sunday, May 29,190* Eastern Standard Time. Time of Trains at St. Marya. DEPART. r.85 A. M.—ForKersey (Arr. 8.14 a. in.), Byrna dale (Arr. 8.56 a. in.,) Weedville (Arr. 9.03 «. m.:) Elbon i Arr, 8.16 a. ni..) Shawmut (Arr. 8.08 a. i 11.,) Brockwayviile Arr.9.42 a. m ) 12.33 P. M.,- For Clermont (Arr. 1.37 p. m 1 Smethpor) ' Arr. 2.20 p, in.,l connecting for Bradford Arr. 3.30 p. in , i Eldred Arr. 249 p.m.,) Olean (Arr. 3.40 p. m.,1 connecting for Buffalo Arr. 6.10 p. m.,) Bolivar Arr 8.33 t>. m..) Friendship (Arr. 4.08 p rn Angelica Arr. 4.34 p. nv.) II Tiiellsville (Arr б.lO p. 111., Wayland iArr. 7 23 p. in.,) con. nectingat Wayland with I). I. V \y |{ r and at Hurncllayillo with Erie It. R , for ai,' points East and West. 1.45 P. M. ForKersev Arr. 328 p. m.,1 Elboi (Arr. 4.00 p. m., Shawmut Arr. 4.22 l> m.,» Brock wavvilie i A rr. 147 p. ni.,) connecting wl.n P. R. R.. for Falls Creek Arr. 5.10 p in..' Dußois Arr. 5.26 |i. in ... Biookvilii (Arr. 6.00 p. m.,) and Pittsburg .Arr. A3» p. m.j ARRIVE. 11.05 A. M. | From Bris-kv ayville, Shawmut »..50P. M \ Klboti, Kersev and Bvrnedalc. 144 p M—From Wayland. Ilorueliavtlle Can aseraga. Angelic*. Frlmd-llip, Bolivar. But »aln, llr.idlortl, olean Kid red. Smith DIM and Clermont. All trains daily except Sunday. 4.1! LANE. C.J. KEN WICK Uan'l Bupt. Gen. p«« 9t. Marys, penn*. Kodol Eyspepsh Cure Digests what yo« «at.
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