The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-01
MADE BOGUS MONEY.
Counterfeiter Of Swedish Money
Captured.
HIS PRODUCTS BETRAYED HIM.
Anaeorfes Made Center for swind1ing
the Bank of stockholm-The
Fraud Caught I'm Trap.

An important arrest was made at Anacortes
yesterday by the United States authorities, the
prisoner being Olof sjodin, swsde, who is
charged with counterfeiting Swedish bank
notes. After the arrest the prisoner was
brought to this city on board the steamer Pre-
mier, which reached here about $40 O'Clock last
night. and was lodged in the city jail This
morning be will have preliminary hearing be-
fore Commissioner Emery.
The origin OF the counterfeit notes which
Sjodin 10 accused OF making has occupied the
attention of the secret service for some time.
For considerable length of time the country
surrounding Stockholm, Sweden, was flooded
with counterfeit thousand kroner notes (about
700, OF which the genuine originals are
ssued;by the Bank of Stockholm. Several months
ago sjodin's brother was arrested by the Swed-
ish authorities, having in his possession q pack
age OF the false notes. The package had been
sent by mail, and was postmarked at Anacortes,
In this state. TWAS forwarded from sweden to
the secret service department at Washington in
order that the counterfeiters might be traced
out
NJ. G. Bauer, special agent of the treasury
department, was detailed for the service. He
came to this vicinity some time ago and has
since been engaged in working up the case,
with the assistance of A. +. Learned, secret
service agent stationed at Port Townsend. The
result OF their labors was to fasten on Sjodin as
one OF the guilty parties, and on Tuesday night
Deputy Marshal c. w. Mudgett went to Anacor-
ties armed with warrants to arrest the suspected
man and to search his house.
Although the mans correct name is siodin, he
Is known at Anacortes as Olof Albertson and is
the proprietor of a saloon at the corner of @ and
Third streets, which is the headquarters of the
Swedes OF the town. At the time of his brothers
arrest in Sweden Olof learned of it and was
badly frightened. In his alarm he made admis-
sion to several acquaintance of his con-
nection with the matter. As other men
In the vicinity of Anacortes were thought to be
implicated in the counterfeiting, it was thought
best TO arrest Sjodin or Albertson as quietly rs
possible and then search his place. Postmaster
ChIlds was let into the pot, and he sent for the
swede TO come to the Office to receipt for a reg
istered package which was waiting for him
When he appeared ut the Office he was placed
under arrest, but denied all knowledge of the
making or handling of any counterfeit money.
One OF the bills was shown him, but he denied
having ever seen 1t. He also denied that the adj
dress on the package seized in sweden,
which was likewise produced, was written
by him. This was true, but clerk in the
postoffice remembered the package being sent,
and an innocent party, who wrote the address,
will testify to the fact. The prisoner was left
IN charge OF Bauer. while Learned and MIDGET
proceeded to his saloon and made a thorough
search OF the entire building. They were I'M
able to discover, however, any traces either of
counterfeit notes or plates for their manu-
facture.
sjodin is a very large man, with fierce, dark
mustache and savage aspect He seems hardly
intelligent enough to have done the counterfeit
ing himself, and 1t is thought that he has been
used merely to handle the money. Bank of Stock
holm notes are not of very intricate workmanship
and it is no very difficult matter to make lair
counterfeit of them. They are printed on light
colored paper and are nearly square in shape.
no rff hair fta loo 70 dato
OF the false notes is in the water lines of the
genuine paper.