Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/barrelmystery00flyniala THE BARREL MYSTERY by WILLIAM J. FLYNN Chief of the United States Secret Service Author of "The Eagle's Eye" New York The James A. McCann Company 1919 Copyright 1919, by the James A. McCann Company All Rights Reserved Printed in the U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BARREL MURDER 1 II. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER? 18 III. ORGANIZED TERRORISM 23 IV. COUNTERFEIT BILLS APPEAR 31 V. THE GREENHORN'S STORY 44 VI. DON PASQUALE, BLACK-HAND SKIRMISHER 51 VII. THE PLANT OF THE COUNTERFEITERS 65 VIII. THE COW THAT CAUSED A DOUBLE MURDER 83 IX. THE SOCIETY 85 X. MEETING THE ARCH-BANDIT 88 XI. THE BLACK-HANDER'S POLICE PROTECTION 97 XII. A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AT 2 A. M. 110 XIII. THE BLACK-HANDERS IN SESSION 117 XIV. PRINTING THE BAD MONEY 130 XV. SOME "AFTER-DINNER" CONFESSIONS 140 XVI. EVADING THE GANG IN VAIN 148 XVII. CAUGHT AGAIN! 157 XVIII. PINCHING THE GREENHORN 169 XIX. THE "BLACK-HAND" DOCTOR 172 XX. THE "BLACK-HAND" TESTAMENT 199 XXI. "THE VERMILION FLOWER ON THE BIG TOE" 203 XXII. THE GENTLE ART OF WRITING "BLACK-HAND" LETTERS 206 XXIII. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A BADLY WRITTEN LETTER 215 XXIV. METHODS OF BLACKMAILING 221 XXV. TRACING A LETTER 226 XXVI. "BLACK-HAND" PROPAGANDA 239 XXVII. THE WATCHWORD OF THE "BLACK-HANDERS" 262 THE BARREL MYSTERY CHAPTER I THE BARREL MURDER