The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-14
PASSED GLASS MONEY.
Frank Toofan Arrested for Utter
ing Spurious Quarters
He Made a Speciality Of Tobacco.
nists in Hudson Street.
The Police Think the Counterfeits
Were Made in Connecticut.

Detectives Quinlan and Michacla. Of
the Charles street station. arraignc1
Frank Toofan. an Italian. twenty-five
years old. living at 500 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 n twenty-five
cent piece Of 1876 date.
capt. Delaney detailed DctcctivcsQ GUN
Ian and Michaols to the case, and last
evening they were cruising on lower
Hudson street when they heard the cry
OF Police and saw II man run out of
! Frederick Boesman's cigar store. at $50,
followed by the proprietor.
The detectives gave chase and over
took thu man. who proved to be Toofan
| The prisoner had confederate on the
other side of the street, who escaped
TooIan hal I'VE of The npnri9us
IN nickels and dimes. Indicating that he
had successfully pa 'ssd a number of his
| COINS before being caught.
'uriousy enough. Toofan seems to
nave marked tobacco dealers exclusively
| for his victims. and he had his coat
pockets stuffed with cheap cigars aud
packages Of ciisarett -, showing the sue
| cess Of that days campaign.
| When rOhfan entered Ruesman's place
last evening the tpnarcpnist tossed bacit
5hS coin. s,ying j. was no sood." Too,
to his little daughter in German to go
for. a policeman. Then ne proceeded IL
weigh ne coin and 2rolong the argu-
mem, with Toofan. The latter at last
smelled "A mouse on incontincntly bu!ted
! followed by Bresmin
The policemen made list of the fol.
lowing tobacco dealers, all located within
four blocks on Hudson street who rec.
ognized Toofan ns one OF them Ell who
had latterly swindle1 them vita bad
coin: Jacob Franklin, No. iS3; Joan SEX
Henry, Dish, No. 49,; NJ Wagenhousen
No. 523 Joseph Pietts. No. $40, and
Thomas Nusent, No. 51a
Tne coins are made OF an amalgam Of
glass and mercury. They are light II
weight. but have good ring. The en-
craving is fair. but not as well defined
as the genuine.
The police nave learned that Toofar
had just come TO the city from Norwich
Conn, where they believe there IL q
large connterfeiters plant. They shy
that has recently Hooded the Ninth an1
Sixteenth wards with bad coins of small
denominations.
| Toofan WAS taken before United
States Commissioner Shields and held
for examination while the Secret Service
men look up his record. which they be.
lieve Will lead them to important dis.
closures.
On examination. Toofan said he came
to Now York five days ago from Con
necticut, and pronounced the name o
the town where he lived In that Stat,
as Norwich"
} I'he Secret Service people think n,
may have come from Norwalk. and vii
Investigate as to whether there Is no
connection between tho spurious -
cent coins found on Toofan and tn,
copper mold for manufacturing coun
terfeit 25-ccnt pieces found last weel
! near the railroad station AT South Nor
walk. Conn. The dates OF several of IN,
nine counterfeit quarters which ToofaI
" charged with either having in his
possession or OF passing hear the same
date as the South Norwalk mold
This clue may lead the Secret Service
men to n counterfeit coin manufactorN
headquarters in Connecticut.
Toofan. who is pretty well dressed
and wears "A heavy gold watch grc
} chain. is very sly customer. II,
says the money found on him was paic
to him az wages for driving a wagon
He also claims to have father who
; keeps n grocery store. and brother
who has fruit stand in the Harlem
district