The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-30
SPURIOUS BONDS.
u,1 Counferfeiters Ragged.
n,nd's Crooked" Man in Trouble
fUl 'i' Again.

Of 'l''-ar ar rather one of the characters ofour
@Tu' On Tuesday evening @. Ii. Winter
to"n' who has lately figured in several
n~,r, ,-snes in this community, was arrested by
I.,o sS,ot detectives of the Secret Service and
tnF'o bv the night line to Philadelphia
taAS" eI charge upon which he was arrested
II0 .Lot of being one of a gang Of counter
~ s.' From such information as We can
N'.I, + anpears that sometime during last
Si,no, S.n.t > man by the name Of George G..
ag5a ;r:5ons was in Portland and sole to Win
~ '''., so,na kind of a machine for the sum
';Iee aeGa1 or $500. Wintermute, it appears,
@l ,.i yTy MT the necessary funds, but gave a
h1a nth the name of one Of our citizens
NV: os security. This was known at the
er ,:.,. - Init nothing was thought of it until
~ s'1I IIT;rtermute) was arrested on last Tues
H' One of the detectives who arrested
H., H.: had been stopping at Heistands for a
NJ rreyious to the arrest, one OF them
r,on wa an Monday and the other on Tuesday
|,on Quite a number of rumors are
.. w.. ~csnocting tie case and it is difficult
.,,~ss --, reliable information. The following,
- Van from the Philadelphia Press Of the
s.b inst IS perhaps as near correct as can
b, sseertained at the present time:
Assistant Chief Benson, Of the United
s,atss Secret Service, yesterday made some
,,o,. astounding discoveries of the perfec-
,en to which the art Of counterteiting has
L,., b-ouaht, and at the same time sue
,,,Iol IN bagging several Of the most dan
Irons crooked money men in the coun-
- fnot the most dangerous III the world.
S.r,rel weeks AGO one OF the agents OF the
C..-st Service succeeded in buying Z s GOO
s.7} cold bearing bond which he had rea-
en- to believe, from the character of the
,,.sassa-. must be q counterfeit. Although
even the closest inspection by experts failed
.,cs.ab1ish =, the fact that it was not genuine,
lP;af Wasburne. Of the Secret believing
from knowledge gained Of its possessor that
the rarer was spurious, determined to probe
-,o case to the bottom, and this, with the
s,s,tgace Of lIr. Benson, he has been en-
s5,el to DO. The bond was purchased ofa
man named WiHtermute, who afterwards
admitted that he bad paid $500 i0r The Sc
ere. Of producing 5i6c-Simi5es. By unre-
uain. excr;ions Assistant Chief Benson
finally succeeded in finding that the art was
invented ana being practiccd by one, George
q. Niaans, who had two offices, one at No.
22j South Third St. (Philadelphia) and
The other at No. 222 Lackawanna avenue,
S.ranton. \ detective was Immediately de-
s9a.chsd to Scranton another vas sent to
Portland, Pa. where Wintermute was So
ioarrinC, and yesterday pull was made ST.
uaI.aueousIy at the three headquarters. In
order to facilitate matters warrants were
obtained from Magistrate Carpenter for
thearsst Of the crooked Philadeiphian, and
late III the afternoon Assistant Chief Ben
son, accompanied by Detective, Wood paid
auost unexpected visit to the South Third
street Office. and Unccremoniously ''collared
Randolph Winaus, q brother Of George
aud man named Charles Allen. The
rooms were searched, and several strange
looking plates. number OF the impressions
Of the lathe work Of bonds, a battery,
AID other evidences were secured. Among
The articles obtained were half dozen pro-
dact.3ns Of Old engravings so perfect in
every particular that had it not been for q
difference in the paper experts could not
haye separated the copies from the originals.
Randolph Winans protested his innoccne of
al charges in regard TO counterfeiting, and
Sa that though his art was secret, he
had only used it in the reproduction Of en-
srT"gs. The process, he said. consisted
n first mol kiy.,r . .Jr,, ,y,-;ti,- ,.n
Eior taT moments Of the consistency Of
PASTE In tbs the engraving to be repro
eao7l IS immediately placed, when an exact
Impression Is made The plate quickly
aafdens, 1t IS then electrotypcd and ready
lof printing any number Of fac-similes of
The original. WmsHs admitted that bonds
could be 50 perfectly reproduced that the
copies would DEFY the scrutiny Of an expert,
1at tins he added, 70 his knowledge had
no. been done. He further stated that
geea5acss could not be copied, as they,
unlike the bonds, are subjected to such
s;'eFe hydraulic pressure after being printed
0~t not even the coarser lines would leave
q. an impression The prisoner, however,
.o-71 70 account for the presence Of elec-
GIo.yIes Of the 'Iathe work" on United
o.a,es bonds, and it is needless to say his
FUsstat,0ns' Of innonce were accepted
e-[ q gaao rails with some allowance) J.
3',1 Re and Allen we're locked up to await
,-''.ef ~ VI deyol pmen;s About an hour later
.1'' Benson received dispatches from Scran-
,sc ,GI aud Portland advising bin Of the arrest
y ~, Geofss Hinans and Wintermute, the de-
SsIs S,,Il'e At tie first named place adding that
s-.1 :, u'4 secured q $500 counterfeit bond,
5,.',S' l.. c c.'mpositioa plates, battery, a mum
n. impressions, and ether evidences.
i,.,Fo 'So prisoners from the country were
eio ',sa', % this city last night and the 'crook:.
5,r {{oa'tstte {e will probably have hearing to-
MI: osoIe the United States Commissioner.
a., IN . REGARDED as by far the most import
s5,, la" yet made, for the process is such
5s,, 5''5'fo0s Imitation that few months
foai fi would have been sufficient to have
e-;;., y;tsa not only this country, bat the whole
rsrra5 r,ll world with spurious, so perfectly
r. ,;r'Olueed from tie originals that Getec-