The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-22
SHOWED 1.-THE QUEER"
Two Counterfeiters Captured
at AnacorteS.
MADE THEIR OWN BOGUS COIN.
They Scattered 1t Over skasit and sno.
homish Counties-Another Ar
rested in Seattle.
The eounterIeiters WHO have bean food.

The eounterfeiters who have been food.
Ing stanwood, snohomish and other
smaller towns in the northwestern
| portion of the state with counterfeit
nlekels, dimes, half dollars and dollars, were
Captured at Anaeortes yesterday morning and
Were brought TO Seattle last night, and are now
safe in jail.
Inc prisoners are Robert Martin and Pat Keni.
feek, alias Keefe, and about s. in counterfeit
money and some bulk metals from which tho
coins were manufactured were found on them
and will be held in evidence
Both men are past middle age, and are very
rough looking. Keniieck was ar
rested ia this city two months ago
Tor passing counterfeit money, but the
evidence against MIN was not suffi cient 10 Sc.
cure his conviction, and he was released iron,
custody.
For the past six weeks stenwood and sno-
homish authorities have been on the
tran OF the eounterfeiters; buzz they lost
the scent. They knew in general
way their description, for nearly all the ''shov-
Ing OF the queer was done in saloons. The
Anacortes authorities were forewarned
ON Saturday saloon keeper at the latter
town complained tina. he had taken in
two counterfeit hall dollars, and said
that he thought Martin had showed
them on him. Marshal traitor spotted Martin
and found that he ana another seedy individual
"A+@'SA AZ tAlC oNil kHu udFS beiOFG anu were
making their headquarters in shack on the
water front, adjoining the Ocean dock.
Yesterday morning at Io:3) Marshal Trafton
was walking along the street and came TO u
crowd OF half a dozen men who were conferred
about young man who was exhibiting a spur
ious half holiar.
81 got 1t from en- old dufier," he said.
The marshal took the coin, and secured from
the young man the description OF the person
a
1t. tailed with Kenifeck He Immediately
hunted up the suspicious individual and found
him in the scandinavian saioon owned by Olaf
Siodin. who was Yesterday sentenced 10 one year
in the penitentiary by Judge Hanlord for
passing l,too kroner swedish notes. He
searched him and found several dollars
IN bogus coin. He took him to
jail. lie then went to the water
front shack, found Martin there and searched
him. He found some metal and some more bad
money. He was soon with his partner behind
the bars.
When the steamer Sehome left Anacortes last
evening she had on board the two counter
feiters in charge of Marshal Traitor and Deputy
United States Marshal Stevenson. The prisoners
were taken to the city jail upon the arrival OF
the steamer and will be kept in custody until
this morning,when they will be arraigned before
United states commissioner for hearing
Last night three men who reached the city
yesterday morning went into the Deleho saloon,
on Yeser avenue and Pioneer place, and
one of them threw down n gold $40 coin in pay
ment for the drinks. The barkeeper, C. D.
Beebe, counted out the change and handed it
over, and was about TO sweep the gold
piece into the till when r. B. Storms, who
was standing near, thought he noticed some
thing peculiar in its appearance. He inspected
the coin quietly and without soaring tho man
who passed it, and at once pronounced it bogus.
The barkeeper stepped TO the door, intending TO
call an officer, and met Sheriff Woolery, Deputy
Sheriff Holden and Deputy United States Mar
shal Allen The passer of the money was i'm
mediately arrested and taken to the county jail
and locked up. Re gave his name as John
Miller and said that he had recently been work
ing on the railroad az Weston.
The companions of the man arrested gave
their names as Lawrence Dinnean and l.. n.
Taylor. They were held us witnesses and the
case will be brought before United States Com
missioner Kiefer today.
Miller tried to pass the coin at the Peoples
theater short time before he went into the
Delcho saloon. The ticket seller would not take
it, however, and Miller went out After he had
passed 1t and was charged with the crime, he
got very mad and tried 20 bluff OF the officers.
He refused to tell where he got the bogus coin.
The coin is dated 1858. 1t is the correct size
and almost the right color, but is much lighter
than the genuine and lacks the true ring 1t is
q dangerous coin, however.