The evening world., 1894-01-24
PASSED BAD MONEY.
Man and Two Women Caught
with Spurious Coin,
Detectives Think They Are Members
Of a Counterfeiting Gang.
Search Will BE Made To-day for
the Coming Plant.

Stefano Chieto, Fannie and Annette
Carravel, all of 1856 Fourth street.
were remanded by Justice Ryan in JEFF
ferson Market Police Court this morning
to the custody OF the United States au-
thorities on a charge OF passing coun-
terfeit money.
Later they were arraigned before Com
missioner Shields. who held them In
5000 bail each, for examination Friday
afternoon.
The man and his female companions
were arrested last night, and, according
the capture. they were caught red
For several weeks past complaints
have been made to the, police OF the
Charles street station that counterfeit
coin was being circulated In the precinct.
The ward men and officers were eau
tio-ed tc keep a sharp lookout, but
nothing resulted until last night, when
Dora jackson, who keeps a grocery store
at 37 Hudson street. called ut the sta
t~ion-house and exhibited three counter
felt Scent pieces, which she said she
had received in payment for goods from
three Italians. Before Mrs. jackson had
left the station Alexander Mackey,. a
confectioner, of SO Hudson street, called
n made the same complaint.
Detectives Quinlan and Brennan were
detailed to make an investigation. They
got q description OF the trio. n havins
previously learned something of their
them. .
AT the corner Of Hudson and Bank
streets they spotted the three suspects
who were Just about 20 enter a drug
store, and paced them under arrest
On searching their clothing t~wenty-one
OF the spurious pieces were found on
Chieto and three each on the two women,
In Chieto's pockets was also found a
number of letters addressed to him at "a;
and 233 Elizabeth street and 2i3 Mott
street. Some of them were mailed from
Buffalo. What the contents of the let
tiers were the detectives refused to state,
but they intimated that they implicated
parties In that city. -.
be searched to-day for the plant used In
the manufacture Of the money. The de-
tectives suspect that the prisoners are
has been circulating the money In consid
cradle quantities throughout the down
town districts the last two months. -
TS an "Eyenins World" reporter Mrs
"The two women came into my store
lat evening. and after looking around
while. bought a lemon for two cents.
gave them the change. % cents, threw
the quarter thev gave me into the I'll
and paid no more attention to the mat
IA few moments later. in making
change for another customer, l discov
cred that the quarter was a counter
felt. / ran out after them and founC
them about three blocks away. The maj
was with them.
II saw the womcn come out of an.
other store and Immediately the mar
Joined them. Three OF them were rather
too much for me-. so l hurried to the
Charles street police station and told m
story.
AT the station their pockets were
searched and enough small articles were
found In them to start a general mcr'
.chandise store. There were lemons, ap.
pies. boxes of matches, hairpins. and a
whole lot OF other things"
Attorney F. j. King, who represented
Informed him they found the money
wrapped up in a handkerchief and gave
It to the man.