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MADE BOGUS COIN FOR VENEZUELANS
MADE BOGUS COIN FOR VENEZUELANS Captain Boynton Arrested by Secret Service Men in New York Chief Wilkie, of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department, has filed with State Department a formal report of the recent arrest by his officers of Capt. George B Boynton in New York, on the charge of counterfeiting coins of the Venezuelan government so that the latter government may be fully Informed of the action taken by the United States in the affair. Chief Wilkie says that the probabilities are that they have Captain Boynton on the road to the penitentiary as the penalty for counterfeiting foreign corns Is not more than five years in the penitentiary and not more than $1000 fine. Captain Boynton was caught with the goods on him in the shape of some finely executed dies of the five-bolivar piece of Venezuela which is equivalent to the American dollar. At the time of his arrest he claimed that he was promoting a war measure and he will put up the same defense when he faces a Jury on September 11. He produced credentials signed by A S Salinas purporting to be the head of a revolutionary movement against the government of President Castro, and Boynton to act as its agent in the United States One cf his duties was to prepare for an Issue of Venezuelan coin which was to be floated in Venezuela no finance the revolution. These credentials, it has been discovered were forged
HE MADE MONEY SO FAST THAT HE WAS ARRESTED
HE MADE MONEY SO FAST THAT HE WAS ARRESTED DETROIT. Feb. 7.—Frank Mosora was making money so fast that neighbors sat back and marveled at his wealth. Today Federal officers arrested him for counterfeiting.
HELD AS COUNTERFEITER
HELD AS COUNTERFEITER. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Louis Kline, an Austrian, forty-two years old, of Brooklyn, was arrested here today by Secret Service men charged with being Implicated In counterfeiting $5 bills at Marlborough, Conn.
CAPTURE ALLEGED BADGER GAME HEAD
CAPTURE ALLEGED BADGER GAME HEAD Police Assert That William Butler Was Principal in Cairo Affair. William Butler, said by the police to be the master-mind of the conspiracy which resulted in the "badger game" extortion of $1,750 in cash and a diamond ring valued at approximately $250 from George V. Whittle, of Seattle. Wash., was arrested In Baltimore yesterday and will probably have to face charges of counterfeiting of War Savings Stamps. It is said that Butler counterfeited a number of War Savings Stamps when he lived in Newark. N. J. Butler was turned over by the authorities of the Monumental City to Detective Sergeants Sweeney. Wildron, and Murphy, of the Central Office. Questioned by Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, Butler refused to make any statement that in any way would incriminate him. The police say Butler is a notorious "badger game" operator, and they expect J. Franklin Austin, his wife, Florence, and John M. Brown, of Philadelphia, who are the principals in the badger game pulled off at the Cairo Hotel, to give damaging testimony against Butler when he Is booked for trial.
TWENTY AMERICANS HELD AT TAMPICO RECENTLY ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE
TWENTY AMERICANS HELD AT TAMPICO RECENTLY ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE LAREDO. Texas, July 20. Dr. R. R. Davis, an American, arriving here from Tampico, said that at one time recently twenty Americans were In Jail In that city charged with counterfeiting Carranza money. He said Americans with any considerable amount of money In their possession are under suspicion, and are annoyed.
TWO ARE ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITERS
TWO ARE ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITERS The Secret Service Bureau announced the arrest of James and Joseph Vltrano, at Boston, for counterfeiting. When arrested the men were In the act of money, Several molds and other counterfeiting paraphernalia, along with 141 quarters and four dimes were taken. The Secret Service agents In the central and middle West are for the makers of a $20 gold certificate that has been placed In circulation to amount of several thousand dollars during the past six or seven months.
CANNOT FIND CHIEF OF BOGUS COINERS
CANNOT FIND CHIEF OF BOGUS COINERS Officers Unable to Locate Men at Head of Gang No trace has been had today of the men the Secret Service officers, and Detectives Messer and Howes, of the First precinct say are the brains of the gang of counterfeiters raided by the Detective Messer yesterday. Charles Wright, the negro who the authorities declare they apprehended while in the very act of casting spurious coins in a plaster of Paris mold, in his home, 1416 Church street, yesterday morning, was brought to the Central Office today and photographed. Wright will be taken before United States Commissioner Anson S. Taylor tomorrow for a preliminary hearing on a charge of counterfeiting. The gang of which Wright is supposed to have been a member, operated at first in a shack on the Virginia short of the Potomac, but moved their headquarters to the Church street house some time ago. The coins made by them from puter scraps, are good representations of twenty-five and fifty cent pieces.
GRAND JURY TO GET COUNTERFEITING CASE
GRAND JURY TO GET COUNTERFEITING CASE William Wright, a negro, was today given a preliminary bearing on the charge of counterfeiting before United Status Commissioner Anson S. Taylor and held for the grand Jury under a bond of $1,500. George F. Foster of the United States Secret Service, and members of the Washington police force told how they found Wright with eleven counterfeit quarters in his possession at 1416 Church street on Saturday night. Wright admitted having the corns in possession. He declared he did not make them. Charles Turner, assistant United States District Attorney, appeared for the prosecution.
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DOROTHY TIDD RIDLEY, known throughout the country as the “Counterfeiting Queen,” who has been arrested with her husband, Joseph E. Riley, in Portland, Ore. Mrs. Riley is but eighteen years old. Both of her parents were members of a gang of counterfeiters.
ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF COUNTERFEITING
ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF COUNTERFEITING WIKESBARRE, Pa., May 30.—Thomas Lewis has been arrested here on the charge of counterfeiting. For some time this part of the State has been flooded with counterfeit silver pieces, chiefly dollars, halves, and quarters. A clue the police obtained two weeks ago led to the arrest of Lewis, who was overcome after a fight with three of the officers. The police say they found molds and metals in his room, together with about $60 in silver, believed to be counterfeit. The man said he was developing a new process of making molds for fine work. He worked as a molder at the Sheldon Axle Works.
CORSICAN ARRESTED; FAKE MONEY FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION
CORSICAN ARRESTED; FAKE MONEY FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION American Vice Consul at Haiti Implicated and Is Dismissed Secret Service agents in New York have arrested Joseph M. Giordani, a Corsican. fifty-four years old, and New York representative of the Haitian and Santo Domingo revolutionists on a charge of counterfeiting. More than $800,000 of spurious Haitian money which was to have been paid the revolutionary troops 2,000 Remington rifles and 230,000 rounds of ammunition as well as all of Giordani’s correspondence with the insurgent leaders, were confiscated by Chief Wilkie’s men. In this same connection Secretary Root today cabled the United States minister at Haiti to dismiss immediately Vice Consul Charles Miot. Giordano’s papers showed beyond contradiction that Miot was one of his co-conspirators. This information is imparted to Secretary Root last evening and he ordered Miots dismissal as soon as he reached his office this morning. Miot’s alleged offense Is not punishable here but the Haitian officials may deal with him for entering in a scheme to disrupt the government.
WALTER GINGELL TO BE GIVEN A HEARING TODAY
WALTER GINGELL TO BE GIVEN A HEARING TODAY Walter Gingell, in a rear of whose home in Twenty-eighth street the police say they found an outfit for counterfeiting small coins, will be given a hearing before United States Commissioner Anson S. Taylor late today. Gingell, who the police say is a metal worker and electrician, was arrested by Sergeant J. Willard Greene, of the Third precinct, at the moving picture house, where Greene says Gingell had passed spurious coin. Secret Service operatives called into the case, declare they found the counterfeiting tool at Gingell’s home yesterday.
TICKET COUNTERFEITERS HELD IN HEAVY BAIL
TICKET COUNTERFEITERS HELD IN HEAVY BAIL NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The five men and the seventeen-year-old boy charged with counterfeiting tickets to the Dempsey-Firpo fight have been held in heavy bail by Magistrate Frothingham in the Tombs Court for examination September 19.
AMERICAN HELD ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE
AMERICAN HELD ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE GALVESTON. Aug. 26.—Charles McLean, American, was arrested by Federal authorities here today charged with counterfeiting Carranza currency. It is alleged that $61,000 was found in his possession. United States Commissioner Walter doubts the legality of McLean’s arrest. The United States Attorney General refused to render an opinion in a similar case.
MAN AND WIFE ACCUSED OF COUNTERFEITING COINS
MAN AND WIFE ACCUSED OF COUNTERFEITING COINS PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11.—With the melting pot at white heat and the molds waiting for the liquid metal, Giancianto de Carrio and his wife, were arrested today in their home in Bradock, by Secret service operatives, charged with counterfeiting. The officers allege the prisoners operated a private mint and say the woman cast spurious 50-cent pieces while her husband passed them on street cars, in bar rooms and on merchants of the Turtle Creek Valley.
NOTED OLD OUTLAW IS SENT TO JAIL ONCE MORE
NOTED OLD OUTLAW IS SENT TO JAIL ONCE MORE SALT LAKE, Utah. Nov. 25.—Milton M. Lee, sixty-seven, notorious as the “bandit of the Yosemite,” who confessed holding up more that 100 stages in southern California and numerous train robberies, and who has spent the greater part of his life in prison, must again go back behind bars, After pleading guilty to counterfeiting he was sentenced to five years and to pay a fine of $100. Lee was arrested in Salt Lake by Secret Service men, who traced counterfeit half dollars to him. His lodgings were raided and a counterfeiting set was found.
FALSELY IMPRISONED FOR FIVE MONTHS
FALSELY IMPRISONED FOR FIVE MONTHS Suspected With Counterfeiting Money Is Later Found to Be “Good.” BRISTOL, Va., Oct. 6,—John Preston, who was arrested here by United State officers last spring, suspected of being a counterfeiter and having in his possession a quantity of money at that time pronounced spurious has been released by the grand jury of the United States Court at Abingdon. It develops that officers have made a serious mistake and the money is all genuine. However, Preston has been in jail for about five months, unable to give bond. The money was pronounced genuine and the grand jury failed to make an indictment. Preston’s home is in Johnson City.
TWO MEN INDICTED ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE
TWO MEN INDICTED ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE BOSTON, June 3.—The grand jury returned true bills against Louis and Joseph Berkowitz and Morris Levinson, who were arrested in Worcester, on charges of counterfeiting. Frank O. Pierce, formerly a mail clerk on New York-Boston trains, was indicted for alleged embezzlement from the mails.
FOREIGNERS INVOLVED IN RAID ON COINERS
FOREIGNERS INVOLVED IN RAID ON COINERS French Police Sweating Suspects in Chinese Counterfeiting Scheme. SHANGHAI, Aug. 31.—That very prominent men, including foreigners as well as Chinese, were interested in the counterfeiting plant seized recently in the French settlement, was rumored here today. The French police are sweating the sixty Chinese workmen arrested in connection with the raid. They promise an international sensation if they succeed in making out cases against the suspects “higher up.” Since the revolution China has been flooded with counterfeit republican notes to an enormous amount—probably millions of dollars. They cannot be told even by experts from the genuine money, which is rather crudely executed.
HER SHARP EYES TRAP 'MONEY' MAKERS
HER SHARP EYES TRAP ‘MONEY’ MAKERS Detroit Girl Gets Credit for Unearthing Band of 100 Counterfeiters DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 28.—The observing eye of nineteen year old Miss Jean Siegel, Detroit, resulted in disclosures which led to the sensational arrest of the gang of international counterfeiters in New York recently, it became known today. Miss Siegel, who works in her father’s store, noticed that Mrs. Linnlan Rossi, who with her husband, Angelo, were recently sentenced to a Federal prison for counterfeiting, failed to count her change when she tendered a $20 bill for a small purchase. When Mrs. Rossi failed to count her change. Miss Siegel told her mother, who examined the bill and, after taking it to the bank, discovered it was counterfeit. Miss Siegel and her mother notified Inspector Gustave Schink, who made a tour of the neighborhood stores and learned that several Other spurious bills had been passed. A watch was set for the passers of the worthless money and a few days later John Strompeck, a grocer notified the inspector that a girl had passed a worthless $20 bill in his store for a small purchase of groceries. Police arrested the girl, who was Freda Rossi, eight years old. She took the officers to her home, where Mr. and Mrs. Rossi were arrested and several counterfeit $20 bills taken. The prisoners were questioned by Inspector Schink and Joseph A. Palma, of the New York and Detroit secret services. Freda Rossi told them her parents made frequent trips to a small town near Buffalo, N. Y. She said her parents had given her and her brother the notes to pass. Working on this information, Chief Palma and other secret service men staged the New York raid and arrested nearly 100 persons, who are now charged with being members of the gigantic counterfeiting ring.
SPURIOUS $300,000 HELD FOR INQUIRY
SPURIOUS $300,000 HELD FOR INQUIRY Three Men Captured In Chicago Deny Counterfeiting Nicaraguan Notes. CHICAGO. Oct. 23,—Secret Service operatives are today weaving a strong net around the three men arrested last night for printing counterfeit Nicaraguan notes. The spurious notes, amounting to $300,000 in United States money, are now in the hands of the detectives. There are eight big bundles. George B. Williams, president of the company which printed the notes, and Richard J. Trumbull, an employee, two of the prisoners, adhere to the statement they had been led by H. H. Secreest, the third prisoner, to believe that he was an agent of the Nicaraguan government, authorized to have the notes printed.
FOURTH ARREST MADE IN COUNTERFEITING PLOT
FOURTH ARREST MADE IN COUNTERFEITING PLOT WATERBURY, Conn., Jan. 11.—Paul M. Rosengarten is today under arrest on a charge of counterfeiting, as he was about to take a train out of the city. The arrest was made in connection with the recent arrest at Marlborough of Philip Leibermann, who had already served a term for counterfeiting, and three other persons. Others are being sought.
MACFARLAND SENT UP ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE
MACFARLAND SENT UP ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Allison MacFarland, once convicted of wife murder and then acquitted in a second trial, today was sentenced by Judge Hough, of the Federal court, to a year and six months in the Atlanta penitentiary. MacFarland pleaded guilty to a charge of counterfeiting. He admitted that his scheme was that of perfecting a method of duplicating silver ornaments by wholesale and at a low cost. He declared he used the 50-cent piece merely as a basis for experiment, and not with any idea of counterfeiting money.
POSTMASTER IN NEED; MADE MONEY HIMSELF
POSTMASTER IN NEED; MADE MONEY HIMSELF Now Under Arrest for Alleged Counterfeiting—Tried Green Goods Games First. Not the Presidential bee out the bee for making money without work has brought Postmaster John Roberson of McClung Ala to grief and disgrace according to dispatches that reached Chief Wllkle of the Secret Service Bureau this moijrting First Roberson Is said to have sought the road to riches along the green goods route but failed to reach his destination Thon he under took a counterfeiting scheme it Is charged and has again fallen short of his expectations Roherson has been running the post office and a general store In McClung About a year ago he received a green goods circular from New York It was couched in language that would have done credit to a Slavonic diplomat and looked is said to have borrowed from a bank and Invested It In green roods finding too late that he was 500 out of pocket The separation from the money ac to Mr Wilkics dispatches led Roberson to devise a counterfeitirg scheme In order to recoup his losses He is said to have persuaded hl brother George and a friend to go In with him The friend raising 2 notes to and 20s It is to the amount of or Operative McAdams of the Secret Ser force w set to work on the case when the bogus bills began to appear and the result was the arrest of Rober son and his brother The friend will be held as a witness for the Govern
CAROLINA FARMER HELD ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE
CAROLINA FARMER HELD ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE DURHAM, N. C., April 19—More arrests are expected today as the result of a raid late Wednesday, in which a counterfeiting plant was seized in the home of Tom Davis, a farmer, and his three sons. Plates for counterfeiting $50 United States Treasury notes, a small press, ink, paper, steel rollers and other equipment were seized. All the alleged counterfeiters are in jail under heavy bond. Charles Davis, son of Tom Davis, Is already under arrest in Chicago on a charge of counterfeiting.
GEORGETOWN MAN HELD IN DENVER AS COUNTERFEITER
GEORGETOWN MAN HELD IN DENVER AS COUNTERFEITER Dr. Eggleston Charged With Fostering Swindling Scheme. DENVER, Col., Sept. 7.—New evidence has been accumulated against Dr. J. D. Eggleston, son of the President of the Pacific Express Company and graduate of Georgetown (D. C.) University, who was arrested July 27 by the local United States Secret Service agents charged with counterfeiting. It Is now charged that since 1902 he has fostered a plan among his friends to buy up Government bonds in connection with counterfeiting schemes. According to County Clerk D. H. Doughty, of Delta, Dr. Eggleston accompanied him on a camping trip on Grand Mesa, in Delta county, in 1902, and while in the hills, it is alleged, Dr. Eggleston suggested the following plan to Doughty. “A friend of Eggleston’s who was then engaged with the Government In the Washington offices was to furnish said to be an expert engraver was to furnish the plates Eggleston wanted Doughty to him in offices In New York for the ostensible purpose of buying Government bonds In large quantities The doctors for such a campaign was these arrangements as a “blind” the New York financiers would be deceived and the field of operations would be unlimited making eventual success of the venture Inevitable a long as the Government bonds were good and the counterfeiting scheme held together. July 21 Dr Hartley O Baker attacked Eggleston In the latter’s office. The trouble it appears occurred when Baker claimed that Eggleston retained the former;s surgical instruments after the two had dissolved partnership. As a result of row Baker in formed and secret service men immediately raided tons office negatives of United States bills negatives and molds with which to carry on extensive counterfeiting.
CROZIERS ARE HELD FOR MAKING MONEY
CROZIERS ARE HELD FOR MAKING MONEY Secret Service Men Arrest Father and Son on Charge of Counterfeiting. BUFFALO N. Y., Oct 15.—Thomas W. Crozier and his son Milton, of Toronto, Ont., and Gowanda N. Y., have been taken in custody by United States and Canadian secret service operatives charged with counterfeiting United States and Canadian certificates. On a small farm the authorities found the engraving tools, rubber letters and stamps, together with skillfully executed plates for printing the United States $5 silver certificate of the Indian head design, and various issues of Canadian $5 and $10 bank notes, also $3,365 in money. Crozier and his son will have a hearing next Tuesday afternoon before Police Magistrate Shields, of Oakville, at Milton, the county seat, where they were apprehended.
UNITED STATES MARINE FACES SERIOUS CHARGES
UNITED STATES MARINE FACES SERIOUS CHARGES Arrested Last Evening Charged With Counterfeiting. Suspected of counterfeiting United States money, John C. Eckert, twenty-five years old, a United States marine was taken into custody by the police last night. He denies all knowledge of the nature of money-making except working for it as a $16-a-month marine. The police have in their possession a quantity of zinc, a suspicious looking ladle, and a sieve. They also have prospects of recovering other counterfeiting paraphernalia today or tomorrow. They say these articles belong to the marine. He denies this. Policeman McTaggart received information from a woman last evening that she knew where a counterfeiter was, as well as the hiding place of his “layout.” After getting the zinc, ladle, sieve the police arrested Eckert.
ONCE PROFESSOR, NOW A CONVICT
ONCE PROFESSOR, NOW A CONVICT G. H. Stephens Guilty of Counterfeiting LAFAYETTE FIREBUG Burned College Building Out of Spite and Served Term. EASTON, Pa., March 24—The news that George H. Stephens has been sentenced to a term of two years in the Florida penitentiary for counterfeiting is of much interest to members of the faculty of Lafayette College. Stephens was an instructor in moral philosophy and rhetoric at Lafayette for two years after graduating from Princeton in the class of 1895. He came here under an arrangement by which if his services were satisfactory, he was to be made a professor. President Wurfield, after a year’s trial, found that Stephens was not doing as well as expected, and at the end of two years notified him that the college would have to dispense with his services. This angered Stephens, and though he left town he frequently came back, as he had many friends here. Mysterious Fire. Just as the first term of the college year was closing in December, 1897, Pardee Hall was discovered to be on fire. The cause remained a mystery, for it was evident that the blaze started In a portion of the building where there was no fire and nothing to cause one to start Just bore commencement In the following June It was noticed that various t predations were being committed on college property The scats In the chapel tarred the growth of Ivy which covered the structure was destroyed the vines being cut close to the ground and other vld rcc8 of malicious mischief were disclosed. The college authorities could not as certain that students were doing these things and the students felt outraged that the acts were committed The night before the baccalaureate sermon In June 1898 the authorities thought it well to place a watch In the chapel This led to astounding developments. Enter Bad Eggs. A man entered the chapel and approached the organ He set down a basket and then the watchman attacked him but he escaped The bas ket contained state eggs Tho of the visit was evident Stephens noticed on the campus next day and this caused ORe of watchmen to that Stephens bad a kqy to the chapel at one time and t that key was missing. It was learned that Stephens had loft a satchel in the room of a student friend This satchel when opened gave unmistakable evidence of having the eggs Stephens was followed to a distant city and arrested At first his Innocence of the allegation that he had been In the chapel he finally confessed to all the depredation and then confessed that he had set fire to Pardee Hall All of It was In revenge upon President Warfield for discharging him, he said. Stephens Convicted. Stephens was tried and convicted and sent to the Eastern penitentiary for eight years. While he was confined there a scandal arose over tho discovery that counterfeiting was being done In that institution It Is not known that Stephens was concerned In however He professed repentance for his crime and said that he was to lead a proper life The Lafayette College authorities contributed to a fund that was raised to send him to Florida to recover his health and him in the world again.
OFFICIALS KEEP STRICT WATCH FOR BAD MONEY
OFFICIALS KEEP STRICT WATCH FOR BAD MONEY Secret Service Operators Prove Equal to Task of Preventing Duplication of Money. THEIR DEEDS GO UNSUNG During Past Year 1,025 Counterfeiters and Check Raisers Were Caught. By W. BRUCE MACNAMEE Universal Service Tucked away in a dark corner of the big Treasury building there is an inconspicuous little office whose occupants are entrusted with one of the most important tasks of the Government. There is no sign on the door, and the handful of executives and clerks inside give no outward indication of the tremendous responsibility of their work. Force Kept Busy. But their task is nothing less than preventing the spurious duplication of $6,000,000,000 of money in circulation throughout the country. The unprecedented activities of counterfeiters during the past year have kept this force of Secret Service operatives on their toes every minute, but so successful have been their methods of running down the men who "print their own" that the amount of counterfeit money actually In circulation amounts to comparatively few thousand dollars. Although replete with enough romance and thrills to fill a dozen detective novels, the Secret Service operations are so little written about that they are almost hearsay. The very nature of the service has heretofore prevented publication of its workings, which are probably the most interesting In the Government service. Everybody with a dollar in his pocket wants to know that it is genuine. That's where the Secret Service comes in, and, take It from those who know, "counterfeiting doesn't pay." Always the long arm of Hie law descends upon the counterfeiter, often with such disconcerting swiftness that his pile of fake notes or coins are "pinched" with him. Here's the way it's done: How They Work. John Smith, for instance, a teller in the Blankvllle Bank, reports the finding of a $10 bill that "looks bad." He immediately reports it to the Secret Service. An agent calls on John Smith as soon as he can get to him. The bill is examined. Its denomination and workmanship are studied, and a minute description and warning flashed to every bank In the vicinity. Sooner or later, for the counterfeiter must repeat, a second similar bill appears. If in the same town, the Secret Service knows that their man is stationary. If the spurious note is turned up elsewhere, it means that the counterfeiter is on the move. In the first case a tracer Is sent out, and the bad bill is inevitably traced back to its maker. In the case of migratory "passers," the Secret Service operative tries to get ahead of him and "nail" him when he arrives In a new town. These methods have stood the best of time, and the accuracy of detection is deadly. During the last year 1,025 counterfeiters and check raisers were arrested.the greatest number in the history of the service. Counterfeit notes amounting to $196, 993 were seized, $12,293.53 in counterfeit coins, 171 counterfeit note plates, 14 engraved dies and 48 sets of molds for coin counterfeiting. The Latest Scheme. Within the past year the activities of bootleggers has developed an entirely new criminal industry with which the service has been called upon, to cope—the counterfeiting of internal revenue strip stamps required on "bottled in bond" liquor. Secret service agents arrested during the year many persons engaged in this crime, and seized truck loads of these counterfeit stamps and labels counterfeiting the trademarks of popular brands of whiskies and gins. In many instances It was found that these counterfeit stamps were being used on poisonous concoctions which were being sold bv bootleggers as "bottled in bond" whiskies. An entirely new phase of the bootlegging situation has arisen within the last few months. Bootleggers along isolated stretches of the Canadian border are counterfeiting and using the bogus money to buy their supplies in Canada. This situation is causing the secret service considerable concern, because of the difficulty In reaching counterfeiting plants sequestered in desolate woodland. An instance of this kind recently took place in the mountain country of northern Alabama, but the "moonshiners" squealed and the secret service walked in and captured the men who were buying their supplies of hooch with had money: another illustration of the old maxim that when thieves fall out, honest men profit." The swift and effective detective work of the secret service is reinforced by the courts. Heavy sentences are usually imposed upon those who try to make their own money. Anywhere from eight to sixty years is imposed upon those malefactors. In order that they may have plenty of solitude to ponder their erring ways. The result Is that when the jail doors open, most of them are willing to agree with Chief Moran and his able assistants when they say "counterfeiting doesn't pay."
FLOODING A COUNTY WITH COUNTERFEITS
FLOODING A COUNTY WITH COUNTERFEITS CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 24.—Deputy Marshal Cunningham, assisted by Secret Service Officer C. E. Wright, of Baltimore, has arrested Albert Webb and W. V. Honaker, at Jarrold’s Valley in Raleigh county, upon the charge of counterfeiting. It is said these men have scattered broadcast throughout Boone, Raleigh, and Wyoming counties spurious $10 bills raised from bills of lower denomination, principally $1.
SAY COUNTERFEITERS SLEW BARREL VICTIM
SAY COUNTERFEITERS SLEW BARREL VICTIM NEW YORK, July 18.—By the arrest in Brooklyn yesterday of six Italians accused of counterfeiting, United States Service detectives believe that light may be thrown on the recent barrel murder mystery, as well as upon an elaborate scheme to swindle Brooklyn merchants. It is believed by the detectives that Bendetto, the Italian whose body was found in a barrel on the East Side last April, was closely connected with a band of counterfeiters who have for some time flooded this borough as well as cities in New Jersey with spurious bank notes.
WILKIE'S MEN ARREST ALLEGED COUNTERFEITERS
WILKIE’S MEN ARREST ALLEGED COUNTERFEITERS Clever Work in Making Notes on New England Banks Chief Wilkie has been advised that his agents in Boston have arrested James H. Wllson and Edward B. Wiggin, charged with counterfeiting operations in New England cities on an extensive scale. It is said that through a process of semi-color photography they were able to perfect the most successful counterfeits of national bank notes ever produced. The plant of the men was in Boston and their plan was to make but few notes on any one bank. After producing a small quantity of notes on a given bank they went to the locality, floated the notes and then returned to Boston and destroyed the plates. In this way, they evaded detection for months. Last Thursday, the men went to Nassau and Manchester. N. H., and disposed of eight $10 notes in the course of the day. They were followed by Secret Service men and were arrested there. They have counterfeited notes of banks in Boston, Lynn, Waltham and a number of other places.
COUNTERFEITS BETTER THAN GENUINE COINS
COUNTERFEITS BETTER THAN GENUINE COINS Millions of Silver Pesetas Floated by Powerful Spanish Gang. MADRID, March 13.—As a result of complaints recently made by Spanish bankers, government agents have discovered a gigantic counterfeiting scheme, backed by powerful influence. The spurious coin is chiefly silver, and has been distributed throughout Spain. It is estimated that fully 12,000,000 pesetas ($2,230,000) are already in circulation. They were coined mainly in Seville. The coins are perfectly made. A peculiar fact concerning them is that they contain more silver than the Spanish legal tender. Despite this, it is stated the operators have made an average of 30 per cent on their scheme.
GUARD AIDED CONVICTS IN COUNTERFEITING
GUARD AIDED CONVICTS IN COUNTERFEITING Secret Service men have arrested Alvin Struse, formerly a watchman in the Eastern Penitentiary at Philadelphia. He is charged with having aided convicts in the making of counterfeit silver coins in the penitentiary. He has been held for further hearing by United States Commissioner Bell, under bonds of $2,000. It is alleged eleven prisoners in the penitentiary are implicated. The counterfeiting was exposed some months ago and Secret Service men have been working on the case steadily since that time to learn all the ramifications of the plot.
POLICE THINK THEY HAVE SOLVED "BARREL MYSTERY"
POLICE THINK THEY HAVE SOLVED “BARREL MYSTERY” Petto, Arrested After Desperate Fight, Has Pawn Ticket For Victim’s Watch in His Pocket. NEW YORK, April 25.—The long lane of police search into the murder of Bennetto Madonia, whose body was found stuffed in a barrel on the East Side has not been without its turning, and today damaging evidence against one of the thirteen counterfeiters, Tomaso Petto, an Italian clothing presser, was obtained. Petto is now in the House of Detention under charges of counterfeiting. He will be rearrested today on the charge of murder. When Petto was arrested he made a desperate fight. On his person was discovered a peculiar shaped knife or dagger. In his pockets was found a pawn ticket for a watch, which had been pledged in a Bowery shop. The watch had been pawned for a dollar. Petto was closely questioned about the ticket, which he said he had obtained from a man named John. He said he had known the man for years, but refused to give his address. Petto said he had slept with the man in a Brooklyn lodging house on Sixth Street and that he had obtained the ticket from him while there. The detectives found that Petto told an untruth about his presence in Brooklyn, and then went to the pawnshop, where the watch was obtained. A detailed description was telegraphed to Buffalo, and Inspector McCluskey received word from the Madonia family that from the description of the watch it belonged to the dead man. Detective Sergeant Petroshini went to Buffalo and brought to this city Salvatori Sagliebemi, the stepson of Madonia Sagliebemi said the watch had an engine engraved upon it, and this was found to be a fact. When shown the watch Sagliebemi, positively identified it as having belonged to Madonia.
MAFIA SUSPECT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FRAUD
MAFIA SUSPECT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FRAUD Tony Ross Threatened to Kill a Man Man Who Testified Against Him. BINGHAMTON, Dec 21.—The police believe that Tony Ross, an Italian, arrestedhere is connected with the Mafia gang which is charged with counterfeiting and several murders in New York. Ross is held on a warrant, charged with representing himself as the “Big Boss” of a railroad, and agreeing to get a green emigrant a place for $32. While being examined by District Attorney Clark, Ross made a peculiar sign to one of the Italians appearing against him, causing great fear in the. Others Italians present it was the Mafia sign, meaning: “I will kill you.”
BROTHERS ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITERS
BROTHERS ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITERS Their Entire Outfit and Some Coins Captured by Officers. Secret Service officers at San Francisco have broken up a remarkable counterfeiting mill and captured the operators—three brothers, John, James, and George Cummings of Elmhurst, Cal. Silver dollars manufactured by the brothers had been circulated in various parts of California. It is not believed that the men had confederates. The brothers were located Thursday at Stockton, where it was found they had been passing some of their spurious coin. All three were arrested. Papers on the person of one the brothers showed their home to be at Elmhurst. Officers were at once sent to the house. For some time the officers were unable to locate anything about the premises that looked irregular. They then ripped up the carpets in the parlor and thus disclosed a secret trap door leading into a cellar. A complete paraphernalia for counterfeiting was found, including twenty-five or thirty plaster of paris molds, metal, crucibles, and a furnace, and also nearly 200 finished silver dollars. The brothers circulated their own coin, riding over the State on bicycles.
PROBING COUNTERFEITING IN QUAKER CITY PRISON
PROBING COUNTERFEITING IN QUAKER CITY PRISON Secret Service agents are busy at work on the counterfeiting plot in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia. Arrests of two or more employees are expected at any time. It is now believed a night watch watchman brought into the prison the materials from which the coins were made, and another employee is suspected of having aided the watchman in putting the money in circulation. A close examination of the convicts alleged to have been identified with the counterfeiting is being made by Secret Service officials and prison inspectors.
COUNTERFEITING OUTFIT IS SEIZED IN TEXAS
COUNTERFEITING OUTFIT IS SEIZED IN TEXAS HOUSTON, Tex., June 13.—The The United States authorities here have arrested three women—Mrs. Perry, her daughter, Miss Perry, and Mrs. Robert Smith—in connection with the arrest of John Perry, Charles Prltchett and Robert Pritchett on charges of counterfeiting. The officers, after several days’ hunting in a big thicket in Montgomery county, located the spurious mint, where counterfeiting has been under way for years. It Is believed that a vast amount of the bad money turned out there has been distributed through the different States. Molds and dies were seized by the authorities.