Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-12-30
APanic Among COunterfeiters,
From the New York Times, Dec. IS. I


For some time past the officers con-
nected with the United States Secret
Service Division have been quietly
engaged in the task of discovering the
whereabouts of a certain band of cOun-
terfeiters concerned in the manufac-
ture and sale ofrevenue stamps. The
illicit operations of the cOunterfeiters
were conducted so cautiously as to
temporarily battle the skill of the most
expert detectives. But yesterday the
govern ment officers were rewarded
for their patience and energy by the
capture of two very prominent mem
bers of the gang, giving their names
as Conrad FatZer, sr., and Conrad
Fatzer, jr., the latter being son Of
the former. Both persons are litho-
graphers. They were taken prisoners
at their place of business, at No. 2l0
William Street, by Deputy Marshall
Christie, and Detective Nettleship,
belonging to the secret service. Do A
large quantity OfcOunterfeiters' mate
rials was found on the premises, be-
sides heavy piles of counterfeit two
cent internal revenue bank stamps.
A considerable portion of the stamps
checks. There was also captured at
the prisoners chop seventeen printing
presses, the latter being in full opera
ton, and making impressions of
counterfeit stamps at the time of the
raid. 1t is said that the greatest con-
sternatiOn was manifested by both of
the lithographers on aseertaining the
character Of their official visitors, and
at being caught by them in the very
midst Of their counterfeiting practices
with ample evidence of guilt in their
possession. The Fatzers were taken
before United States Commissioner,
Butts, and were subsequently held in
default of $50, 900 each for an exatnin-
atiOf1. Not being able to furnish the
requisite bonds, they were lodged in
the Ludlow street Jail. The detec-
tives are now looking after the dealers
who circulated the counterfeit stamps,
printed by the Fathers, and have
strong hopes of being able to find
them. -- ~. -9,r-.sy .--r-.
Otto H1rtZnan, proprietor OF q retail
cigar store at HOboken, and William
Baggs and Robert Parker, aged re-
spectfully 10 and 20 years, were
brought before Commissioner Osborn
yesterday, on charge of dealing in
counterfeit $50 notes purporting to
have been issued by the Market Ma
tional Bank of this city. The arrests
were made by United States Deputy
Marshall Crowley, who worked up
the case in a very admirable manner.F
1t appears that Mr.. Crowley learned
Kirtzman had been in the habit of
selling Baggs & Parker large quanti-
ties of this money for some time past,
and that he had on last Friday met
the boys in q private room at the Attain
tic Hotel, corner of BOwery and Oil
yer street, and sold them fifteen Ofthe
$40 bills a6f the Kind. Parker was
caught ON Monday. evening at aliquOr
store in West TWenty-seventh street
with twelve of the counterfeit notes in
his possession. KirtZman was arrested
at a restaurant on the Bowery.'a It is
claimed that he was arrested in Hobo
ken some time ago on the charge of
passing counterfeit money, but that
he got off on the plea that 1se acted
without criminal intent. Baggs and
Parker were committed in default of
$3, 900 bail. Kirtzman was held in
SIS 600 bail, which he was unable to
obtain. Assistant District Attorney,
Purdy will represent the government
in the prosecution of the prisoners 1I.