The Portland daily press., 1884-11-14
NABBED.
A Gang Of Counterfeiters Arrested
in Lowell, Mass.
HOw A PROFIT OF $50 AaDAY
WAS MADR.

LOWELL, Nov. 3--For several weeks past
the police bave been aware OF the circulation
Of counterfeit silver dollars in this CITY, and
have suspected one George B. Coram, tho
proprietor OF the Lowell Nickol Plating Conn
pany, as bsing q guilty party. but could not
get sufficient evidence to warrant his arrest.
Inspector Hayes and Captain Hos ard have
been at work on the case, and were making ar
rangemeDt5 to make make raid on the sop
posed mint, when the latter received inform y
tiOn that Joseph b. Kendriok OF Lowell had
been arrested for passing counterfeit silver
dollars iu Lawrence. K-ndrick was employed
in the nickel plate works Of Uoram, aud 1t
was thought Oy the officers that 1t would be
unwise to longer delay making dssceut on
the place. Tne Corams reside Just ouside the
city in Pawtucketvils. Last night Inspector
Hayes and Captain Howard went out there.
A horse attached to a carriage standing IN
iroot OF the house gave evidence Of having
been overdriven. The officers watched light
in one Of the windows for more than an hour,
aud could distinctly hear the jingle of coin.
At O'Clock this morning the officers raped
At the door aud George Coram, the elder,
came to the door. The officers forced their
way into the house to the room in which they
had seen the light, and at tahlo psTtlS cuV-
7red with silver dollars sat George Coram, Jr
who attempted to sweep some Of the money
into leather bag. Captain Howard ordered
be old man to produce the bag which he usu-
ually Carried with him, but be denied having
snch an article, but upon being threatened
produced A small bag, in which were several
Of the spurious dollars. The pair then Con-
iessed that they had been at work some time
in the manuf 4cture of the article, aad the
olan to get rid OF it was to purch 80 some arti-
Gle worth five or ten cents aud give Ia pay
ment one OF the dollars, receiving back the
change. They confessed that they had made
as much as $50 day. The elder Coram Car
ried the bag when off on an expedition, and
the younger Corsm and Kandrick, who was
nabbed in Lawrence last nIshs, would take q
few dollars aud circulate them aud retarn to
the old man for more. Nearly fifty OF them
had been worked off in Lawrence before the
arrest of kendrick. This morning, Inspector
Hayes and Captain Howard are working Hu-
der instructions Of City Marshal Mcdonald,
with the view to recovering the dies. John
Lareau, young man employed by the Cor
ANS, was locked up on suspicion of being i'm
plicated, as he says he has been sent out to
purchase articles with this money. The men
will probably be taken to Boston for trial as
theirs is United States offence.
LAWRENCE, Nov. 12-Last night man Civ
ing the name of Joseph L. Kindred Of Lowell
was arrested here, charged with passing coun-
terfeit silver dollars. Several silver dollars
were found on him. He was locked MP and
fnally confessed, duplicating Coram & Son,
nickel Dlaters of Lowell, in the manufacture
OF counterfeit money. The latter were arrest
ed in Lowell. In the police court Kindred
pleaded guilty and was bound over in $500.