The evening world., 1894-04-26
QUEER POLICE WORK.
Detectives Arrested and Counter
feiters Allowed to Escape,
Secret Service Men Locked Up for
Five Hours in Roboken.
After Their Release They Caught
Three of the Colners.

James l.. Stillman. Fred Burke and
George Holmes were arrested for
counterfeit!ng at 1913 West Seventeenth
ST. Get last night, by United states Sc
cret Service Officers Thomas C~allaghan
md Frank lIsquirell. Several moulds. a
lot of anthony and block tin and about
one-half a bushcl OF bad half. dollars
were found on the premises Thu officers
believe tn. I some of the leaders in the
gang got away, but they hope to cap
ture them before long.
The prisoners were taken before
United States Commissioned shields at
II O'Clock this morning. and held In
N.UO bonds each to appear tor eAaniina'
ton next Saturday at : o'clock.
officer Callaghan Is very indignant
over his treatment at the hands OF the
Hobokcn police.
There's Capt. Patrick Hayes over
there he said, who Is the umartest
man on earth. and some OF his men are
about as bad as any I've ever seen. II
it hadn't been for their interference we
would probably have captured an the
feiting gangs which has ever operated
In New York. AS 1t Is. We fortunately
got three OF the head devils after the
action Of the Hoboken police had let
them get away once"
According to Callnghan's story, he and
Esquitell had been shadowing the coun-
terfeitors for over a week. and after
hard work had succeeded in locating
the gangs headquarters.
Last Tuesday afternoon the detectives
ran across three { the crowd In Four
,eenth street. near Broadway They ioi,
crossed the river with them. Arriving
In Hoboken. the men Immediately went
to work passing bad coins. principally
half dollars.
Callaghan .btained one OF the coun-
terfelts, and started after them. The
detectives followed the counterfeiters
on the Terry and were about to arrest
them when n Hoboken policeman tapped
them on the shoulder. and said he
wanted them. They tried to explain
that they were secret service officers
and that the counterfeiters were or the
boat,
"Oh, that's too thin. Ye can't give me
no game like that. Come on to the sta
ton"
Capt. Hayes, at the station. would not
accept tn detectives statement. He
regarded them as DANGEROUS characters
and laughed at their sccret-service
badges and credentials.
They imr iored MIN to telegraph their
chief In this Cit. and he Old them to
Ego on now" Finally after the officers
had beeh H. a cell for five hours. from
8 In the eNring until In the morning.
to wire Chief scanlon.
on the Chiefs arrival. the nearest
magistrate was sent for, and Gallagher.
AMI Esquirell were released at $50
Wednesday morning.
The arrest OF the secret-service men
was made on the complaint OF Aug dst
Roster. a cigar-dealer, at 1903 Washing
ton street. who pointed them out to
the policeman as they were about to
board the ferry-boat after the counter
feiters.
Roster said that Esquirell n short
time before entered mis- store and
bought cigarettes, giving a %half-dollar
in payment. Roster gave him 10 cents
change. and he left. Soon after Callag
han entered. and asked to see the coin
the man had paid for cigarettes. Cal
laghan poured some liquid on the COR
and said that, as he supposed, II was a
counterfeit. He said he was after the
counterfeiters.
Callaghan pocketed the coin and hur'
ried away. Roster saw him join E.s.
quirell. who he believed had given him
the coin. and jumped to the conclusion
that he was the victim Of a "tiim-flam''
game. Then he notified the police.
The defense OF the police is Rosters
story. They say that he is u~ndoubted-
ly mistaken when he says that Esqui-
rell passed the bad coin. 1t was I'M
doubtedly one OF the counterfeiters who
bears a slight resemblance to the secret
service officer.