The evening world., 1894-08-14
PASSED GLASS MONEY
Frank Toofan Arrested for Utter
ing Spurious Quarters.
He Made a Specially Of Tobacco.
nlsts In Hudson Street.
The Police Think the Counterfeits
Were Made In onnecticut.

Detectives Qulnlan and Michsels, of
the Charles street station. arraigned
Frank Toofan, an italian. twenty-five
years old. living at 1888 East Ono Hun
dred and Ninth street. In jefferson Mar
ket Police Court to-day charged with
passing counterfeit money. Justice Noor-
his transferred the case to United States
Commissioner Shields.
Reports have recently reached the po-
lice from shop-keepers on the lower
west side that two men were scattering
counterfeit coin In that section. The bad
money Was In every case u twenty five
cent piece OF 1876 date.
Capt. Delaney detailed Detectives Quin-
Ian and Michaels to the case, and last
evening they were cruising on lower
Hudson street when they heard the cry
| of "Police!" and saw !, man run out Of
Frederick Boesman's cigar store, at 800.
followed by the proprietor
The detectives gave chase and over
took the msn. who proved to be Toofan.
The prisoner had confederate on the
other side Of the street. who escaped;
Toofnn lad i've of the spurious
| quarters in his pocket. He also had $3.50
In nickels and dimes. indicating that he
had successfully passed number Of his
o0 Sss essere s esns sause ,sts seem,
have marked tobacco dealers exclusively
for his victims. and he had his coat
pockets stuffed with cheap cisnrs and
| packages OF cigarettes, showing the sue.
cess OF that days campaign.
When Toofan entered Boesmans place
last evening the tobncconlst tossed back
the coin, eaylng y was mo good" Too;
to his little daughter In German to &c
for a policeman. Then lie proceeded tc
weigh the coin and ,2roiong the aTgu
smelled mouse on incontinently bolted
followed by Bresman.
The policemen made a list Of the fol
lowing tobacco dealers, all located within
four blocks on Hudson street, who rec
ognized Toofan as one Of them en- who
had latterly swindlcd them with bat
coin: Jacob Franklin. No. 433; John Sex
ten enr No D a. S Seofss H H. SS s
Thomas Nugent, No. US.
The coins are made 9f an amalgam Q
weight, but have a good ring. The en-
Craving Is fair, but not as we'll define'
as the genuine.
The police nave learned that Toofai
had just come to the city from Norwich
Conn, where they believe there is
large counterfeiters' plant. They sa,
that 'Toofan is one OF an Italian gam
that has recently flooded the Ninth an,
Sixteenth wards with bad coins of small
denominations.
Toofan was taken before Unite,
States Commissioner Shields and he'll
for examination while the Secret Servic
men look up his record, which they be
!. lieve will lead them to important dis
. closures.
On examination. Toofan said he cam
: to New York five days ago from Con
| necticut, and pronounced the name @
the town where he lived In that Stat
| as Norwich"
: The Secret Service people think h
4 may have come from Norwalk, and wi
] investigate as to whether there IL ne
I | a connection between the spurious 2
cent coins found on Toofan and tn
r copper mold for manufacturing cour
Z terfeit 25-cent pieces found last wee
: near the railroad station at South MOI
I walk, Conn. The dates of several Of I'll
/ nine counterfeit quarters which Toofa
) Is charged with either having In hi
possession or of passing bear the sam
, date as the South Norwalk mold
This clue may lead the Secret Servic
men to a counterfeit coin manufactor
headquarters in Connecticut.
Toofan, who Is pretty well dresse
: and wears heavy gold watch an
r chain, is very sly customer. II
!. says the money found on him was pal
to him as wages for driving a wager
, He also claims to have a father VIII
keeps a grocery store, and a brothe
, who has a fruit stand In the Harler
district.