The sun., 1890-07-18
LOADED WITH QUEER TW0'S.
SB0HERS OF BAD SILVER CRRTIFE-
CAFES CAUGHT At FoRR
A Secret Service Man In n JuH,per and Rag
god Trousers Tracks Them for Days
One ofthe PriaoRera lay BetrRY the Gang

A Secret Service N an In n JuHper and HnE.
god Trousers Tracks Them for Days
One ofthe PrinoRerH NJ ny Betray the Gang
Two months ago tho Secret Service Bureau
at Washington learned that many counterfeit
two-doar silver certificates were being passed
In New York, Philadelphia. and Boston. Secret
Service Detective William j. McManus, who
has his headquarters in this city has been
busy for a month trying to get on the track Of
tho New York men In tho gang. From the de-
scriptons which he obtained from storekeep-
crs who had been duped with tho counterfci.s
McManus concluded that Daniel Grinnell and
Daniel MaErano Two young men OF more or
less shady regulations, wore responsible for
the principal part OF the work dono in New
York: Last Friday he began strict watch on
all their movements. He riggcd himself out rs
workinGman, with an old blue jumper and n
very dilaridated pair OF trousers notable for q
scarcity OF cloth in spots His jumper was
thrown carelessly open In 'front.' md gave q
glimpse OF very hairy breast. Thus attired
McManus started out 10 follow the two men
through all their haunts.
Grinnell. who is n youth OF 81, was nlways
very well dressed and adorned with diamonds.
Magrano. who is an Italian OF &c. wore expon-
siye clothes too. and passed himself of rs q
Sraniari. lie is the same Magrano.wlo broke
tho window OF Mrs. Theresa Lynch's jewery
store at Twenty. second street and Broadway
in the carly morning OF March II last, and ran
or wi III 81 400 worth Of lewclry. Thomas mr.
T 6s 4S Gn WAS TssR Saqs4
and Mngranos himself was captured tho next
day in q saloon in T9omrson, street by Detec;,
State's evidence and xot or. while on his iesti:
mony F4EEell was sent to prison i2r term Of
counterfeit bills were found sewed up In tho
lining, OF his cont
always worked together had apparently grown
cautious and It was Impossible to catch them
yesterday afternoon his time came. The two
men ep,red n. Loaohimsons furnishinR store.
s 5 a s1a Ssn 9n
Police headquarters 70 call to his aid Detective
SSore Of HHyTnsss sS who h9a
:, The two went back TO the Bowery and found
that Grlnnell and Ma2rano were, sttil In the
the Boser 'se sn9 hs ASHa aa 3Ro
bad attended them told the detectives that they
had bought cake Of soap and had rendered
to n tell McManus that It was vas one me- OF the % Well
known counterteits. and the. Two detectives
A confederate. who had been, watching the
work O.: the detectives. had In the mean time
eounded warning, and Grinnell and Maerano
Houston street. The, detectives gave chase
following them to Chrystle, t4 Rivington.
The rpnaways tried TO dodge into the ruins Of
an old building between Marion and Mpl-
berry streets, but NcManus nabbed one OF the
men there, while Cottrell chased the other to
broadway and caught him.
The handouts were sipped. on the twq, and
quarters. MeManus looked like a detective
out Of novel, with his ragged clothes and four
days growth Of beard. as he marched up the
stairs VIII the prisoners. The cako Of soap
was found on Grinnell. as we'll as $500 In the
counterfeit g certificates Good money to the
amount Of t26U was taken from tho two.
The men were locked UP IN cells ut Head
quarters after the search. The two men who
entered Carl Baust's saloon at 1G2l First ave-
nue. on Tuesday and gave him spurious t2
One Of the mon. who Gave his namo us William
]. O'Nell. was arrested. but the other escaped.
Inspector Dyrnos has received word that some
Of tho bad money has been worked of at the
ST. James Hotel. and an italian answering
magranos description was among those who
passed It.
A coored man handed a counterfeit 50 bill to
a clerk in the Genera! Post Office yesterday in
payment Tor 100 two-cent hostage stamps. Tho
bill WAS detected. and the man who presented
Of the secret service. He declared that he WIS
ignorant OF tho fact that the bill was spurious.
and said that it had been given him to buy
stamps with by Henry Kelly, u Washington
Market merchant, by whom he was employed.
This statement was found 10 be correct The
Gated. The counterfeit s easily detected: The
two lines OF silk l!bre which run lengthwise
across every genuine bill are missing
several Of tho Newark banks took UP and
cancelled counterfeit s2 notes yesterday Of the
been made in Newark for passing one Of these
but the prisoner proved his in
nocence and WAS released.