The sun., 1890-07-20
SHARP POLICEMAN MURRAY.
FOUR IORE Or THE COUN7ERFETT-
mo GANG CAUGHT.
They Had Worked or IL Lot or Their Two
Dollar Bills In Jersey City-Tho Police
man Didn't LIho Their Looks.

They Had Worked or II Lot or Thelr Two
Dollar Bills In Jersey CIty-Tho Police
man Didn't LIko Their Looks.
Tho Jersey City police captured four OF tho
gang of counterfeit pnssors who have been
working this vicinity with bad So silver cer-
tncates last night They woto all Italians.
They had been travelling about tho Third pre-
cinct nearly all tho afternoon, and had dis
posed Of most of their lot of counterfcits when
Policeman Murray who hns post on Central
avenue. noticed them. lie had read tho
stories of the capture OF two OF the gang
over hero on Thursday and their method Of
doing business. ono OF the mon always
stayed outside and the othor three each went
into stores. Whom they came out they handed
the outside man something, tho policeman
couldn't tell what lie followed one OF the men
into o cigar store. Tho man purchased n
ilve-cent cigar and gave in payment 81 bill.
He received $l.95 cents in change. When he
had gone out the policeman asked the store
niRed 1t "a ono Of the new eounterteits. lIe ran
out OF the store Just in timo tn see the our
taken alarm. Ho ran after them and captured
the man whom he had seen IN the cigar store. re-
The other three got away, Murray took MS
where he said he was Frunk AnGo OF Mulberry
street, this oity. His knowledge OF English
S sSS t in go good Is money we're iounl in his
pockets.
Word was sent to Police Headquarters, and
from there q general alarm was sent out with
descriptions Of tho threo mon who had got
away. About an hour afterward Policemen
McMRnn. Helmer, and Dockerty Of the Penn
sylvania Railrond ferry saw three men an
swering the description Of the fugitives come
down the street and enter the ferry house to
come to this city. They stopped them. Tho
Italians appeared to be very much SURPRISED.
They hadn't done anything to be arre sted for.
see friend of thoirs o barber. They wouldn't
go to tho police station until tho pU! icomen
drew their clubs. by the time they had got to
the station they had iorgotton their English
and pretended they didn't understand anything
that was said to them. except when asked their
names, which they gave as Antonio Wntch-
Ter, Antonio Sanvcge. and Reino Moro.
They all said they lived in Mulberry
street, this city. They were taken into
Can't. Farrer's offico and searched.
Watcher was evidently the boss Of the gang.
He had a bundlo tied up in n handkerchief in
hts inside coat pocket. 1t cOntniued $3.50 in
good 81 bills and $4l In change Most OF the
money was folded up Ninety-nye cents in
OF the new coun forfeit So bills were also found
In Watchers pockets. Sanyege and Moro
had their pockets filed with i've cent cigars.
cheap handkerchiefs, and LOT OF other articles
that had not cost moro than five cents en- b.
Sanvege. Moro. and Ango, were prot ably only
EMPLOYEES OF Watchler Watcher would give
each Of them bad hiil and they would go into
a store and get them changed returning III"
change to Watcher. That was the way most
Of tho money in Watchers package came to bo
in $l.95-cent packages.