THE KING OF
WESTERN COUNTERFEITERS,
"PETE McCARTNEY."
The notorious, adroit, and wondrously successful rogue whose likeness faces page 51, and who is most familiarly known by the name of Pete McCartney—though he has borne half a dozen aliases, "Joe Woods" being one of his more prominent temporary titles—comes of respectable parentage, and is a fine looking man, of pleasant address, who possesses natural talents of no mean order, as his truthful history, as far as it has been gathered, abundantly indicates. His real name is John P. McCartney.
He is nearly six feet in height, strongly framed, of good features, with black beard and hair now slightly tinged with gray, and at this writing, he is about forty-five years old. His grayish blue eyes and cold expression of countenance mark him as a subtle cunning personage, when scrutinized by the careful observer; but his quiet, gentlemanly manners among strangers, and his even though taciturn habit, render him an object of interest, frequently, when he is apparently least aware that curious eyes are studying his character.
Pete is of Irish descent, attractive in conversation, of
