Secret Service Agent Socratic Sting in Chatham Square
A 1909 reminiscence describes Daniel McSweeney's undercover stint in New York's Chatham Square to infiltrate a counterfeit ring. He posed as a lovd loafer, lodged in a shabby room, and collected evidence by shadowing pool halls and gambling dens to identify the gang behind English Billy Burns.
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Brummond
A. L. Benson
William Burns
Billy
Stamford
Conn
New York
Blackwell’s Island
Shields
Burns
Daniel McSweeney
McSweeney
Chatham Square
Dan
Daniel Mee- Sweeney
United States Secret Service
Dugan
New Orleans
Daniel ‘Bullivan
King
Wilson
International Hotel
Counterfeit ring busted after undercover man befriends thief
Detective recounts luring gang members into traps at Chatham Square and the International Hotel. McSweeney coerced thefts while the crew manufactured and moved counterfeit coins. arrests followed with Leonard and Burns among the convicted.
Caldwell’s Autumn Daydream at Union Square
Caldwell, an “autumnal ground hog,” longs for a day off in the soft air of a holiday mood. He fantasizes a leisurely bicycle ride from Union Square through Washington Square, Fifth Avenue, Madison Square, Gramercy Park, and Stuyvesant Square, before returning to his office.
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Dan
Scotty
Baker
Washington
Garfield
McSweeney
International Hotel
Park Row
Martin Leonard
Leonard
Martin
Ann McCormack
Saunders’ Apartments
Second Avenue
Nion Square
Caldwell
Phillips
G&quare
Fifth Avenue
Madison: Square
Gramercy Park
Stuyvesant. Square
Union | Square
Mr. Calds
Mr. Phillips
Washington Square
Madison Square
Stuyvesant Square
Prior Square
Man Uses Bicycle Ride to Match Wages and Pride
Caldwell pressures Phillips to join a noon bicycle ride for 39 cents an hour. The scene moves from the office to Washington Square and Madison Avenue as Caldwell mentors Phillips, but a fall tests balance and pride.
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A. L. Drummond
U. S. Secret Service
Scotty” Sullivan
William Saunders
Drummond
Saunders
Secret Service
Sullivan
Bill Saunders
Bilf
Gan
Poe
Fellows
Edward King
Charlies J. Wilson
John Farrell
Jack Barrett
Christopher McDonald
Samuel Baker
Robert Kelly
James R. Hyde
James F. Murphy
David Angelo
Houston Street
Danny Dugan
Bill
Forsyth Street
Rivington
Wing
Connecticut
Dennis Glennon
Joseph Delehanti
Biff
F. W. Eddy
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