Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-13
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York and BrOokiyn-DetsiIs of the Sharp
Work of the Secret Service Gang-Is il a
"PIant" fer Influencing Congress to Keep
Up the Secret Service with a Liberal
Appropriation?
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Times has an
elaborate story of the capture of a gang of
counterfeiters, and says: A number of
secret service detectives, under the direction
of Operator Perkins, of the Pittsburgh dis
trict, have been at work for two months in
this city In fixing the trail of a panty of
dealers in counterfeit money. Mr.. Perkins
has been aided in the search by men dstach-
ed by Operator Drummond from tie secret
service bureau in his city. Yes
terday the result of their work
became known by the arrest of almost
the entire gang. Some of them were cap
tured Thursday and Friday and held in pri-
vate quarters until more were arrested yes
terday. The men in custody are Perry
Russell, of Brooklyn; Chas. Marsh, who
lives on Fifteenth sire t; Thomas Johnston,
a truckman of No. 5 Corntie's slip; w. Bar
rett; B. S. Barnard, who says he lives at the
Bridgeport house on Water street; VIM.
Spike, of South Sixth street, Brooklyn;
Edwin P. Barrows, of this city, agent for a
tug line at Is and IA South street, and VIM.
Runyon, q saloon keeper at No. 81 Moore
street. Joseph Zinroth and Andrew Yates
were arrested in Brooklyn, they being
members of the same gang. Officer Perkins
in January last broke up and captured a
gang of sixteen counterfeiters in Oswego,
N. Y, and from some Of them obtained in
formation which led him TO look for Spike
and Barrows in this city, as the men who
were making and selling spurious money.
He sent agents who met them and formed
their acquaintance, and made what are called
'Edeals' or purchases of the stuff from them,
and also came on here and got introduced,
and made some purchases himself, Barrows
being the first man found.
These deals with the agents who were
under assumed names, inspired confidence
in the rogues and by degrees they we're in
troduce5 first to one and then to another
until finsllY they became acquainted all
around and numerous "deals'' were made,
the money purchased ranging from sums of
$40 to $100 at a time, which was paid for at
the rate of 35 to 40 cents on the dollar. De-
tailed reports and memoranda of all these
| transactions were kept and by degrees the
field of traffic spread out SO as to
include the Brooklyn men. The money OBJ
tanned from them at first was counterfeit
silver standard dollars and later on nine
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instances two or three ''deals'' were made
with the same man by the different detec-
tives. While the work was going on, a few
weeks ago, Russell and Parker and a man
named Hausmau were arrested in Brooklyn
for passing counterfeit money, but Russell
escaped and fled to this city. Finally, a man
WHO was ostensibly a thief and CROOKED"
man, was put in communication with Parker
and Hausman, and gained their confidence.
The government officers were anxious to get
| at the principal 'dealer," and Parker took
| the "crooked man. Who was, in fact, n
| detective, to Russell's hiding place. After
| several days parley, Russell introduced the
detective to Marsh, who says his real name
is MCGOWAN. About q week ago Marsh
agreed to sell him 800 worth of the
"queer," at q place agreed on, in Sixteenth
| street. When the day came he
offered to sell a closed package,
| which he said had 500 in it,
but the detective was afraid the dealer was
| trying to sell him a ''boodle'' and refused it,
| unless he was allowed to open it. They dis
| agreed and another meeting was arranged
for on Thursday last. Then March and
Russell were arrested but no counterfeit
money was found on them. 1t was then
| concluded to wait no longer for the other
men, and those who had been located and
Swallowed were arrested, quickly, one by one,
SO as not to frighten away others of the gang.
Barrows. Spike and Yates are regarded as
the principals" in the gang. Russell, who
is young and dressed well, is said to be q
sneak-thief. At least twenty-five men who
have been convicted for counterfei;ing at
| various times, have used Spikes name and
Barrows also, which shows how we'll known
they are in the profession. Spike wss orig
inally connected with the Tom Ballard gaug,
whose distinguished and able leader is now
serving a three years sentence in the Albany
| penitentiary. The officers obtained about
81, 200 in counterfeit silver from these men
in all of their deals.
1.-The particulars of the stabbing of Deteo.
tive Slater are as follows: Yates was arrested
Friday, and yesterday was brought from the
Raymond street Jail in Brooklyn to have his
portrait taken. He protested but was forced
intoa chair fronted by deputy marshals Sla.
ter and Scanlan, who, with Deputy Marshal
Biggart, held him in the chair. Suddenly
the prisoner jumped from the chair in which
he was seated. Seaman and Slater grsppled
with him and all three rolled to the floor,
Seaman underneath, Yates on top of him,
and Slater lying across the prisoners body.
Yates pulled from his pocket @ jack knife,
and plunged it into Slater's neck. behind
the right ear, and within two inches or the
jugular vein. After Withdrawing the weapon
Yates wriggled around, and, raising the
knife above his head, was about to piunge
it into Scanlan's face or throat, wien Big
CART rushed forward, and, Selling the phi
soner's hand, wrested the knife from his
grasp. The wounded man was removed 10
the Long Island college hospital. Yates,
who, a moment after the ~stabbing, express
sed sorrow for what he had done, vas
taken to the United States matshal's
office. Chief Drummond being summoned
from New York ordered Yates to be again
taken to the photograph gallery. The pris-
oner quietly accompanied the officer TO the
place and had his photograph taken. He
was then lodged il jail.
TIE prisoners arrested in this city wer. TAX
en- before United States Commissioners ields
late yesterday and were all conn iiied 10
jail to await examination. in oefeult of
$4,000 bail each. They were handcuff-d in
pairs before being taken into the street.