The morning call., 1893-01-15
STRIPES IN VIEW.
COunterfeiters Captured
With Their Kit.
They Were Found in a Montgomery
Street Lodging-fiOuse and Re-
sisted the Officers.

Secret Service Agent Harris and Officers
Dawes and Gleason entered the City Prison
last night with smiling countenances and
three men upon whose wrists brace let's Of
bright steel were glittering. The three
men who were thus 0rnamented were
booked for counterfeitng, and sack filled
with plaster of paris molds, counterfeit
dollars, halves. quarters and nickels was
placed In the safe to be used as evidence
against them. Besides the molds and coins
were melting furnace, a lot of white metal.
a ladle, two emery wheels, drilling machine
and a milling machine.
That's the neatest and ccmpletest coun-
terfeitng outfit I've seen in long time"
said the Government agent. as he looked
proudly at his sackful of evidence" aud
then marched the three cres.fallen men in
bracelets to the desk. They gave their
names as Henry Doerr. alias Charles
Franks, George Oetke and Charles Meyers
Doerr has served term in San Quentin for
counterfeitng. Oetke has worked steadily
in factory in this city. and Meyers came
to this city recently from Sacramento. He
protested innocence, but like his compan-
ions, had counterfeit money in his pockets
when arrested. There Is a fourth mem Der
of the gang who Is believed to be out OF the
city at present.
Agent Harris found on December 20 the
clew that led TO the mems arrest last night.
Retail merchants and saloon-keepers COM
planned of receiving counterfeit dollars,
halves quarters and nickelS, all OF which
were more or less crude limitations of the
genuine. Doerr, who is a stout. swarthy-
compexioDed fellow, who has grown
black beard since he graduated from San
Quentin In March last was the first man
upon whom suspicion fell. The officers
found that he was living in a furnished
room on the second floor of the lodging
house on the northwest corner of Jackson
aud Montgomery streets. The place was
watched and his confederates were easily
scovered.
The officers decided to raid the place last
night and at about half-past entered
the room, where they found Doerr and
Meyers. The former struggled furiOusly
and was felled to the floor before the hand
cuffs could be placed upon him. Half an
ur later Oetke came In and met the sur
SO party. Then the search for bogus
treasure began. Ihere was nothing In the
bed nor in the fireplace, but near the head
of an old lounge three counterfeit nickels
were found and the demolition of the couch
followed. At either end the filling had
bsen removed aud in its place were the
tools and implements enumerated in the
foregoing. They were bundled into a sack
and taken with their downhearted owners
to the prison.
Later in the evening Meyers offered to
take the officers 10 his room on Stockton
street in order that he might convince them
Of his innocence. He begged to be allowed to
go unmanacled and his request was granted,
but bis arms were held all the way to his
lodging house on Stockton street. where as
he said would be the case. nothing was
found
The officers did find, however, that Meyers
had been known as Schmidt, and that he
had served term in San Quentin for rob-
berry. Then they knew why he wanted to
lead them to his room without manacles,
and why be was unable TO tell them just
where the room was located in order that
they might 60 to it without troubling him.
1t was no doubt his purpose to use his fists
and then his legs in a break for liharty