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

James L. Stillman, Fred Burke and
George Holmes were arrested for
counterfeiting at 3l3 West Seventeenth
street last night, by United States Sc
cret Service officers Thomas Callaghan
and Frank Esquirell. Several moulds. "A
lot of anthony and block tin and about
one-half a bushel OF bad half dollars
were found on the premises. The oiheers
believe that some of the leaders In the
gang got away, but they nope to cap
ture them before long.
Tho prisoners were taken before
United States Commissioner Shields at
II o'clock this morning, and neiu III
1900 bonds each to appear for ekaihiha-
fion next Saturday at 2 O'Clock. ~
Oficer Callaghan Is very indignant
over his treatment at the hands OF the
There's Capt. Patrick Hayes over
there" he said, who Is the smartest
mar on earth, and some Of his men are
about az bad az sor rn aSe hv int eyft sgea; we
would probably have captured al the
members of one of the biggest counter,
feiting gangs which has ever 9perateH
got three of the head devils after the
action Of the Hoboken police had let
them get away once
According to C~allaghan's story, he and
ferfeiters for over a week, and after
hard work had succeeded in locating
the gangs h~eadauarters; .,o as,.ct,vss
ran across three OF the crowd IN four-
teenth street. near Broadway. Ihey Ioi,
lowed them to the Hoboken ferry and
IN Hoboken, the men Immediately went
TO work passing bad coins principally
callaghan obtained one Of the coun-
terfeits. and started after them. The
detectives followed the counterfeiters
ON the ferry and were about TO arrest
them when a Hoboken policeman tapped
wanted them. They tried to explain
that they were secret service officers
and that h counterfeiters were on the
.Oh. that's too thin. Ye can't give me
! no game like that. Come on to the sta
Capt. Hayes. at the station. would not
regarded them as dangerous characters
and laughed at their secret-serVice
badges and credentials.
They imrlored him to telegraph their
\ chief in thia city, and he told them TO
ego on now" Finally after the officers
had been In a cell for five hours. from
In the evring until ] In the morning,
they succeeded In obtaining permission
On the Chiefs arrival. the nearest
magistrate was sent FOR, ana Caliasta
and EsQuireI were released ri E.ot
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The arrest of the secret-service men
was made on the complaint Of August
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 a shor
time before entered his store and
in payment: xoster gave hin 45 cent
change, and he left. Soon after Callag
han entered, and asked to see the coir
the man had paid for cigarettes. Cal
lahan poured some liquid or the coir
and said that, as he supposed, It was Q
counterfeit. He said he was after the
counterfeiters.
Callahan poeketed the coin and hur
\ ried away. Raster saw him Join Els
quirell, who he believed had given hin
the coin, and jumped to the conclusion
that he was the victim of a 'fim-fam'
game. Then he notified the police
The defense of the police Is RASTER
story. They say that he Is u~ndoubted
ly mistaken when he says that Esqui
rell passed the bad coin. 1t was I'm
doubleday one of the counterfeiters VIII
bears a slight resemblance to the secre
service officer.