Lincoln’s Grave Robbers By:Steve Sheinkin Counterfeiting was a major dilemma in the 1870’s,so much so that even grave robbing got involved. In the book Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by:Steve Sheinkin,one of the main characters, Pete McCartney, started the adventure, with him riding a train to The Old Capitol Prison, where he escaped. Soon enough though, they refound him and he escaped yet again.
Patrick Tyrell, a Secret Service Agent, was sent out to get a man named Benjamin Boyd. Benjamin was a major part of the counterfeiting money empire because he was an engraver, a man who engraved a detailed picture of a paper bill onto a metal plate and then transfer it onto a piece of paper. Benjamin was such a huge deal to the counterfeiting empire that once Patrick Tyrell captured him, the whole counterfeit business was over for “Big JIm” Kennally, a man who basically owned counterfeiting. He set up a fake horse business and …show more content…
To Kennally these men were the best for the job, so he allowed them to choose their third man. When Tyrell figured out there was going to be a grave robbery, he found a man by the name of Lewis Swegles to work undercover to see what was really going to happen. Tyrell would send Swegles to “The Hub”(the place where Mullen and Hughes hung out)to slyly work his way into their group. After two to three weeks they finally accepted him into their group and they told him the whole plan. While everyone was at election night, they were going to sneak into the LIncoln Monument and steal Lincoln’s body and hold it for ransom. Almost immediately after Tyrell heard from Swegles about this, he informed the Lincoln Monument’s caretaker, John Power, and he began to form his own gang to help him catch the counterfeiters in the act. His crew was combined of himself, Power, John English, John Green and John
Patrick Tyrell, a Secret Service Agent, was sent out to get a man named Benjamin Boyd. Benjamin was a major part of the counterfeiting money empire because he was an engraver, a man who engraved a detailed picture of a paper bill onto a metal plate and then transfer it onto a piece of paper. Benjamin was such a huge deal to the counterfeiting empire that once Patrick Tyrell captured him, the whole counterfeit business was over for “Big JIm” Kennally, a man who basically owned counterfeiting. He set up a fake horse business and …show more content…
To Kennally these men were the best for the job, so he allowed them to choose their third man. When Tyrell figured out there was going to be a grave robbery, he found a man by the name of Lewis Swegles to work undercover to see what was really going to happen. Tyrell would send Swegles to “The Hub”(the place where Mullen and Hughes hung out)to slyly work his way into their group. After two to three weeks they finally accepted him into their group and they told him the whole plan. While everyone was at election night, they were going to sneak into the LIncoln Monument and steal Lincoln’s body and hold it for ransom. Almost immediately after Tyrell heard from Swegles about this, he informed the Lincoln Monument’s caretaker, John Power, and he began to form his own gang to help him catch the counterfeiters in the act. His crew was combined of himself, Power, John English, John Green and John