The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-21
ONE MORE COUNTERFEITER.
OFT. Printer, Uirich, Engrnvcr, and Cole, Man
with Money, Now Locked Up.

With the arrest late last evening OF Jacob
OF, n ithograph printer Of this city. the Secret
Service OFF ccrs claim that all OF the gang TO
whom Hre traced upward Of 100000 OF counter
felt money are In custody. OFT was arrested
without trouble by Detective David II. Giker-
son. having been "shadowod" for many months
by officers of the division. United States Com
missioner Deuel. was sent for. and the accused
was committed without bail for examination.
Charles Ulrich. the engravcr and Horny G. Cole
the moneyed man. are in custody In Newark.
N. j., and they are 10 be taken before United
States Commissioner Keashy therc on Thurs
day. and the charges against them aro 10 be
taken Immediately before the Grand Jury now
in session at Trenton.
OF was employed nt his trade in Cincinnati
at the time Urich and the deputy Warden
Of the Columbus Ponhcntiary went into legiti-
mate business In that city. He was engaged by
Urich. and he worked for him for six or scvcn
months. When Cole persuaded Ulrich TO 20 to
Philadelphia, his partner. not knowing any
thing about tho business. was obliged to close
up. and OF was left without emplOgSsant. The
new nrm hnd hardly bsrlccted 9rrangcmenls. ne.
for active work in Phladelphia when OIt
that when he came East he had no
knowledge Of the work expected OF him,
OF staocd in Philadelphia until March last. and
1t is ALLEGED thni IN tho moan time he printed
nll the $50 and 81 notes that were circulated
lnfOuEn Nole. mon llfl'n ana Nol' 'lpS'u up
business in Philadelphia. OF came 60 this city.
and with his accumulated earnings opened q
barroom. but 1t was nm unsuccessful venture.
and he was soon sold out. He had no DIM.
Guilty in finding employment At his trade, and
he has continued at that up to the time Of his
arrest. He was lost sight of after quitting Phil
adclphin. hut through Ulrich's frequent visits
To New York he was again put under espionage,
merely for the purpose of keeping him In sight
ior tnere WIS nothing in his actions at that time
to crcHte suspicion.
BY detectives tho arrests are looked upon ns
the most important that huye been male by tho
secret Service onlco In many years. Tor they
hnve not only succeeded in arrcstng proprietor
cngravvr ana printer. but only last week sue
cccdcd in ccnVicting and sending 90 long terms
of mursonment Bur khardt Perkham. and
Conncrs. the heaviest dealers in the counterfeit
money made by them.
Ulrich. who Is IA Prussian by birth. and about
43 years old. has served two terms ~ imprison:
meut for cOuntcrfeiting-one Mt Sing Sing and
the other at Columbus. OHIO. Cole, under
who's" direction Ulrich has been employed. Is
about Gi years of age. He has a large family
and he has lived in good style in Philadel-
and n valuable farm few miles from
that city. He served a term in the Clinton
N. " Penitcntiary. and WAS pnrdoned out by
Gov. Hoffman early in 1871. In Octoher OF the
same year he was again arrested IN this city
having q few minutes previously sold $4,000 in
counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bank notes
H. was placed under $40 600 bail and the case
against him was subsequently nolle prOscd on
his giving in u'ormation in regard TO the opera
tions Of an alleged counterieiter named Miner.
he has said that the sending Of the counterfeit
iitty-dolnr notes on the National Broadway.
and Tradesmens National Banks OF this city
were the most successful OF his ventures.