New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-20
RETAILERS OF BAD MONEY
4 MAN AND A WOMAN ARRESTED.
rurv NAME AND PASSED COUNTERFEIT HALE

THEY MADE hND ThrSrsD NON-'''''
DOLLARS Is LARGE NUMBERS
sbon,ecpers all over the city may feel easier now
for Two arrests MADE yesterday by detectives ~ '
sec, at Service OF the Treasury Department - 'ii".
o,d woman who have passed large nunoer oi
counterfeit half dollars were caught red hanueo u
will no doubt be kept from doing more nai"i 'o' "
con siderable period Of time
The man is Frank Meron, thirty years olu, al III
tuicent looking Italian who speaks hhehS" i""iS
we'll secret service agents have hau 'ne.' W ~
him for two years. suspicion was hrst urecpu a..
him ot that time when Matthew f. "riihn' VI 'l'
secret service saw him and another man cohllns V''
-. - T,rclfth-ave II was believed that the
-, ,,,e tho Headquarters Of u band OF cOuhlerlco'e
- crrin was instructed to watch it, AS the TWO
mon left the house. one showed the other CON- "'0
both examined closely Here was encouragement
for the detective , ,ornod
Tho nar went up to Forty second-st. ana uroppes
into n banoom for a drink. Grimm was ne'ir uiu" Oh
a.. lime one OF them threw down ha1 doiiar IN
. u rang melodiously and the bartender
.od +, into the cash-drawer. nev@ suspecuhg 'laV
IN. coin was bad When the two vent out "i'""
asked the bartender If he had bad nan oon"' " .r
his money! The counterfeit was P'ohe" o"t ~ - ,
detective but neither he nor the bartender oo'uu
1,,,,,a, that one of the two strangers had thrown
ii on the counter - h is % melinm
.t,h, and wears a full beard. for some ume Aoo".
hoo ,rontbs ago the detectye was Instructor " ''uu
the Italian and TO keep watch on MN. i'' -
Two months the search was Ill 'ai"' Inv -
900 oulte accidentally, Grimm ran "oio'' no
since that time he has shadowed MIN VIZ -. 80.
,.,,,, ,ialance II soon appeared TO the secret 'ei
vice man that Meron was WORKING WIN """ "a
vice man "uhon onother detective. was assigned
Thomas L. Callahall aho'"''
70 accompany Griffin. - g., .,a
rho ,,ro have seen a great deal Of their prey la o
last three weeks They have seen the "oii"" n
numerous stores in various parts oil 'nc ''' - =
uuie articles MerOn always slipped d co1i nv
hand inst before she entered store. ne 49,
,d outside Griffin and Callahan fouhd II h"'"
'''".' ,a. cose AGAINST the two. The cashiers Oh
tho stores always put the half dolaf paul '"'''
r., o,,. ~ the same denomination, so they oou'u
~. .,oa that the counterfeit one had been pau W
The woman. L., ,,or no and
voron,s companion IS ten years older tiah ne A"u
-. ,os .od She wears a long plush CLOAK anu 'p
rears to be woman OF more thah otuih''' - AZ
sbe sneaks several languages. NO doup' S'0 49,,
,ctcd once or twice but She had Only T" uo'''Io -
h had received the bad coin at some store a''u Nv
merchant would dare arrest mr. '"'
mora than one Of the half dollars ,,o q
vo.,crd,v at 2 80 p. m, the woman went ",'o
,~. known as THE Thousand ana 'ho ba
{, Third-ave between one hundreo-ahu - u,
one hundred and seventeenth SIS 0"o Oo' ruha,
uo toy boat and paid over half dohar' 80
and Griffin had seen Meroh na'u '' -, 90, a.
~au,h,r fouoved her into the plare' AS SUN a.
Oi','''' ,,,n the half dollar he arrested her "rii
an a, Tine same time pounced on Meron' VINO was
,,.I, -, the sidewalk. and slipped the "'.'u'"''
~ him Roth were arraigned before COMMISSIONER
shields. 49,. vor,, D,vlsion OF
To p Brooks chief Of the New orN NV A..
rho secret Service the woman s'id s''e 1n,
,l' ''' r,',a,, She had the coin only by aca,
d Hnn'' s1s said she denied E uy aaG"Y The man
ara wouu n' .orSnmer In his pocket WAS f0und a
pa aI conns twenty t. Gaa per na TINS was
.th s'I - n he threw the parcel w ue Suc ~
~ would make no noie and then 0 ,,S, IrTyboat
~ ~" d. ,nuud the parcel ON 'ir'hP"iN' - ma
10 ~ held in ~ 900 FOR examination 'or ~
The WOMAN y. ,nost important one. AS Meron Is a
Is a. well .s AL uttercr Of c'"ihprn'h,, mi" mi a.
rhc secret service men hope 10 r" ,r u They
~ ,o.arborr,lia The coins are ma crple,>. ~,
~ - hin and an,imony, and have pare, ~ haTr
az va as, t-ted lrs- and l,tl ana hpP''i =, ,e,it
l!ry al clnta,lon for many year. Their Only E'u'
ia their Nghtness.