The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
CAPTURE OF GOUNTERFEITERS,
The Notorious Ike Bulls in
the Tolls.
A Long Career of Crime at Last
Brought to a Close.
Nearly $4,000 of the Spurious Coin
Circulated in This City-CIever
Capture by Detective
InsIey.

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has eluded the cleverest detectives, in
GLIDING the government secret service
men, the Pinkertons, state and govern
ment officers and all county and city
man-hunters, was arrested in this CITY
last night.
The counterfeiter is "Ike" I. Bulls.
He was arrested by Detective Insley at
the corner of Spring and Second streets,
at 80 O'Clock. The name given is an
assumed one, as he has large number
of aliases.
A man named Denny of San Francisco,
a companion OF Bullis, was also arrested.
Both are locked in the city prison.
An entire outfit for the manufacture
of spurious coin was captured, including
metal. pulverized glass, dies, wooden
blocks, ladies and chemicals.
The capture is one of the most i'm
portant ever made in the state. It will
rid the country OF one OF the smart
est counterfeit operators in the United
States one who has given the govern
ment great annoyance. Bulls was
hunted by Pinkertons for four years,
yet he was 80 clever he always escaped.
His appearance does not indicate that
he is a criminal. He looks more like a
plain, Woodworking farmer out of Job.
| This is one thing that has saved him
from arrest before.
About three weeks ago Detective ms.
ley found that the city was being food
ed with spurious money, the denomina-
tions being principally half-dollar
pieces. The coin was we'll executed,
having an almost perfect ring. Not one
III nunuIeu n wouiu Iecognize IL as
coun.e n'l,;: tnls 10 proven py tne
a nncoo enaC Dunls mas WORKED Oh nearly
$1ooo IN tnls Guy ana IN nelghporing
eoWns sinco nis alrivai;
DetecsNu Anei9y nau soou oescrip-
.Ion vi Duiiis anu LIS lneSnoos ana useo
IL 10 great auVsntage. one OF MS de-
tectiVes lmlneuiasey recognized buIils,
"noln no nau eoeh III tne east. lnls
proved the most advantageous clue to
tng Man vi t1e counterfeit;
Inc cue was Ioiloweo up successfully
For Two weeks Duiils ana ma partner,
Jenny nave peen under strlct survell-
lance. IL was iounu that tney were
staying at the montana lodging mouse,
10Y upper MAIN stfeet: -,
AFTER securing evidence wnlch wili
not % msue pubic LOT Jay or Two ana
whlch SHOWS some OF tne cieVerest de-
tective worK ever oone IN This CITY, Mr..
insiey concludeo 10 Allow the men TO go
no inrther ana arrested tnem.
"hen gney lounu they hao Deen
TAKEN IN Duilis anu Denny oio not say
word. Ihey were taken to the sta
tion, after winch their room was
searcheu.
lt ID room 2S In the Montana house.
iS Is somewhat secluoeo, ana was EVIL
dentiy seiected purposely Win the IN
tehIion Oh carrying On privaVe MINI IN
! opposition TO Uncle sam. AT tne ioog-
ing mousse Bulls "ens unoer tne name
OIL sheweu.
search OF tne room reVealed coun-
teIieiting outnt, the Workmansnlp OF
whlch Is nara TO peat lt was hidden De,
TWEEN the "euclng, anu 50 arranged
tnat no suspicion "ouio De aroused
Dy anyone not looking ior sucn Things.
Inc oie secured was newly mace, oelng
OF tne nnest OF plaster oil faris.
stamped IN tne plaster was tne imprint
OF 20 goio piece ano a o'cent piece.
L'V,ie apeituioe "olo Aei. in1o WnIcu tne
molten metal was poured 10 form the
com. me output was one Oh the Dest
ever maze, showing Bulls ls an Old
time operator;
when the detectives secured the out
NJ they returneo 10 tne STATION 10 pump
Denny, wnom tney Thought would con-
1888 the wnole thing; Iney located but
islled 10 get the oie from winch the o0-
cent coin was maae;
AS Denny was leo out OF prison ne BE-
came very nervous. he ID only ~ years
OF age and IN no way has the appear.
ance OF criminal. when questioned
ne oroke uo"n auo gave Tue entire oper-
alton 80 lar as ne nao learned since his
acquaintance with buiils.
he SAID tnat ne lett San francisco
months ago ana WaiKeo 10 TINS city. lie
ala not CONSIDER himself tramp, al
though he was out OF work and money.
VA the Journey south ne lived by odd
jobs and seldom begged and never rode
brakebeam.
When ne arrived IN the city he Went
to Kelly's talta home on First street,
where he lived with the 500 other un-
employed men and tramps, eating the
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