Newspapers throughout the nation devoted columns to the story of the captured counterfeiters. In Philadelphia, however, the daily journals carried other accounts that were of high local interest. Two baffling crimes had reached an automatic solution, following the news from Massachusetts.
The murders of Harvey Griffith and Frank Jarnow were definitely linked. Birdie Crull’s complete confession left no room for doubt. Henry Windsor was released, a free man, dumfounded at the turn of events which had saved him from trial.
Isaac Coffran was now a hunted man. No longer would he be free to plot his fiendish schemes. His latest crimes had been revealed. He had departed for some unknown place.
Sooner or later, it was believed, he would be found. He was wanted for counterfeiting, and for complicity in the murders of Frank Jarnow and Harvey Griffith.
Both Vernon and Jerry proved to be men with criminal records. The former had been released from a Federal prison some years before. He had made engravings for counterfeits when he had been a young man.
The man known to the gang as Jerry had been in jail several times for minor offenses in New York City. He had not been seen for a considerable time; but the police recognized him.
Blair Windsor was the only one of the gang who was not sentenced. There seemed to be no tangible evidence against him.
The paper which he had signed could not be found in Isaac Coffran’s room in the farmhouse. No mention of his name was made in Bert Crull’s confession.
Vic Marquette had captured him with the counterfeiters; hence it was evident that Blair Windsor had known of their activities. But it was not proven that he was a member of the gang.
It seemed that he had discovered the place, and had investigated it, only to be captured along with the counterfeiters. Vincent was never called to court to testify.