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Embezzlement in the Evening Star, 1880 & 1900

FLOODING A COUNTY WITH COUNTERFEITS

Item

Title
FLOODING A COUNTY WITH COUNTERFEITS
Source
The Washington Times
Date
1903-12-24
page
9
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1903-07-18/ed-1/?sp=5&q=counterfeiting&r=0.382,0.281,0.27,0.161,0
Crime
Counterfeiting
Subject
bank notes
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Law enforcement involved
Secret Service, deputy marshall
Stage of the Legal System
Arrest
Location
Out-of-state, WV
Length of story
67
Description
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.