The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-19
ALL SAME FIVE DOLLEE
IL looked 90 Much Like a Twenty
That People Didn't Know Il
TIL They Went to
the Bank.

All Gee, tire celestial proprietor Of the
Arcade restaurant at the corner of Front
Deputy Sheriff Stcbbins an u charge of
passing counterfeit money. All Gcc was
nrrnigncd I'm the police court yesterday
afternoon for n preliminary examination.
The case was one of unusual interest, and
Tho court room was crowded the entire at
ternoon by the usual class of inquisitive
onlookcrs. County Attorney Shaw Az
pcared for he prosecution and Lawyer
Barker represented the defendant.
The substance of the examination
tended to- show that ALI Gee lad endeav-
he u $40 bill, one that had been
raised from n 80, ON several occasions.
case, innsmuch rs he always passed the
note; but IL was always returned to him
and he had refunded the money i'm each
case up to Monday, when be refused tn
refund and was arrested. e.. +. Stephens,
who keeps the butcher shop on Main street,
s est led that nat n h; Gpi in e DILL Maa from smao AN
other bills that he received in payment
for meat. and that when he returned the
back and paid him i'm gold. This was
about March II. At this time the bill was
presented at the bank, but was refused by
the cashier, who had already seen the bill
on other occasions and had became ia
miliar with it. He readily recognized il
as being a raised note.
was placed on the witness stand as an
expert, and stated that he had been i'm
s Sa%f. sbo by March Hr; h r. 10 p pre- sawn s ta Inc
Arcade restaurant and inform Ali Gee
that he had better stop putting the coun-
nave trouble. Mr.. bartlett stated that hc
had seen the Chinaman and had
informed him as dirscteJ: The
evidence and was readily recognized by
Mr.. Bartlett as the bill he had seen on
several occasions. Several other wit
nnaGnS fnsftfIn3u thnf flna bill v..a thu 49,
they had seen before. and u MIR. Bryant
even remembered the number OF the
note.
M. Schroeder, upon whom the bill was
last passed. testified that All Gee had
como into his place for change ON March
IL. Gee presented n so bill. He asked
M Non .ne said &i' ii was was. 4" Th:e ' Siil w sns
refused at the bank. and when he
,Soh i back to the AZ enin Gss , ssr,I ss' +. his his
fund, stating that he had received the bill
in payment for z meal and that 4 il Vas
Schroeder then went for an officer and re-
turned to the Arcade with Deputy Sheriff
The money was then
The defense claimed tina the original
counterfeit SO note had been burned, and
that the bill i'm question was another
which All Gee had taken in for
u meal. The defense claimed further
that Ali Gee, having been beaten out of
s1 ,S Sn tsc 6sd"ai,: Was .i nad ,o"s t z, an ma 5,,.s
to Schroedcr's place for change, to learn
whether il was good or bad and not with
any intention to commit crime. A couple
Of Cinnamon testified that they had been
present when Ali Gee had burned tho first
bill, and Lawyer Barker then made. a
strong effort to secure an acquittal for his
client. The court found that the evil
dcnce against Ali Gee was quite strong
and he was bound over to appear before
theg grand jury ON bonds of $500.
The bill that All Gee had been cndeav-
oring tn get rid of was originally u -
note issued by the First National bank of
Winston, Conn. Ii had been raised i'm IA
very clever manner to q twenty and
Any person inexperienced in the handling
of money would readily accept the note
as genuine. To an expert, however, the
work was very inferior and showed that u
bunRling amateur had evidently altered
the numbers and words.
. Ii il thought 10y some that the Chinaman
was an agent for some persons who make
IL u business To raise notes in this manner
while others think il probable that the
Chinaman has been bilked by sorne slick
individual and that hc has only been try
ing To get rid of the money. The latter
theory seems the more probable, as all
tho evidence i'm the case showed that one
and the same bill had been circulated for
the last month past, and no one seems to
be aware that any other raised bill has
been presented.