Women in the Treasury Rogues Gallery Counterfeiters
A long feature profiles female counters in the Treasury’s rogues gallery, detailing wives and mothers who pass bad currency, the Russo case involving 30,000 in counterfeit notes hidden in a skirt, and profiles ofNelson Driggs Pete McCartney and linked networks, with arrests, trials, and sentences across cities and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endor
Colonel Brooks
Secret Service
Jtusso
Paris
London
America
California
Treasury Department
Rogues’ Gallery
Anne Kelly
Treasury
Miss Guounpy
Menaces of Counterfeiting Tales and Hidden Skills
A detailed history of counterfeiting methods, key figures, and family connections. It describes McCartney as a famed yet repentant artisan in crime, his escapes, and bribery attempts. It notes engravers like Ben Boyd, the Ackerman family, and the role of women in producing and detecting bogus notes, with technical notes on composition and detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Driggs
Ohio
Chicago
Tressury
Pete McCartery
Driggs
Osgood
Ind
Sam Teld
Pete McCartney
Springfield
Secret Service
McCartney
Miles Ogle
Ben Boyd
Ackerman
Martha Ann
Almiranda
Almiranda Ackerman
A Washerwoman's Humorous Tragedy in Three Shirts
Howard Fielding spins a comic tale of a mischievous washerwoman who mixes up clothes across two bachelors. Sydney Dale winds up wearing the narrator's shirt in a doomed amateur play, leading to a dramatic curtain moment and a coroner’s inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Dale
Sydney
Stork
Capricorous Flats
New York
T. M. Jones
Innocent Fisherman and the Fountain Trout
A New York Herald narrator recalls a day of poor catches until a way side fountain yields bold trout. He retrieves a hooked fish, hides it, and returns to his room while fellow boarders envy his unexpected creel fill. The story ends with a lurid morning swear fest by the innkeeper mentioning thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Wayside
Amnesiac After Heat Stroke Confounds Philadelphia Vigil
A big burly Scotchman collapsed from sunstroke during the Centennial Exhibition. Doctors treated him with ice and cold water as he lay unconscious. For four days he could not identify himself, his friends and detectives seeking his name until memory returned and he could state who he was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 8. Wood
Philadelphia
A Romance of Russia and Siberia by Lubomirski
Prince Josef Lubomirski presents a narrative set across Russia and Siberia. The work follows adventures and character journeys, reflecting imperial landscapes and exotic locales through a romantic lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Siberia
Prince Josef Lubomirski
Conspiracy Unravels As Gendarmes Raid Petersburg Hall
In St Petersburg, Colonel Palkin and Schelm clash over a vast conspiracy linked to Count Vladimir Lanin. Jana Wernin accepts Lanin, schemes hinge on Miller and Popoff, and a theater meeting leads to arrests. The scene ends with Jana and Mme. de Dugarey seeking safety as gendarmes close in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Colonel Palkin
Soren Schelm
Count Perowaki
Palkin
Schelm
Count Lanin
St. Vladimir
Jana
Alexander Wernin
Vladimir Lanin
Wernin
Miller
Millertown
Elm
Vladimir
Nicholas Popof
Popoff
Popof
Helen
Nicholas
Nicholas Soe
Agene
Beim
Scheim
Lanin
Arimea
Count Palm
Freneltion
Madame de Dugarcy
French Legation
Muller
Agaime
Czar
Count Vladimir Laniat
Ten of Hearts
Visdimir
Vlladimir
Vernin
Mme. de Dugarey
Jona
Jane
Mme. de Dugarcy
Tae
Parkin
Jans
Thresbo
Thore
Bureau
Endarmes
Mme. Dagarey
Mme. du Dugarey
Legation
Mme. de du
St. Petersburg
Palkia
Winter Palace
Eee
Ion
Droschke
Count Vernin
Cameneny
Bes
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Rogues
Uncle Sam's Treasury
Distatch
Capitol
Mark Antony
Troy
Ann McCormick and
Annie Kelly
Russo
United States
New York City
Nelson Driggs’ Witte
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinoia
Cincinnati
Til
Malloon
Ill
Atl
Rom Catherine Biancalini
Lucy Ingersoll
Mary E. Hardin
Arewara
Indiana
Plaster of Paris
Annie McCormick
Liberty
Tom
Secret Service Department of Treasury
Witten
Anid I
Smitzberger
Sydney Alway
Yonov
Meta DE Vera
Popo
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