The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-10
IN POLICE CIRCLES.
FOSTER GETS SIXTY DAYS FOR
PETTY THIEvING.
Thomas smitha VIII Have a Hear
ing This Afternoon-Sneak Thieves
Arrested-Secret Service Report.

1t did not take Police Justice Smith
ness in the police court. Twelve Of
tenders were before the bar and ten
convictions was the result, two Of the
cases being continued.
Saturday night Sergeant Eslinger ar
rested A. Foster at the Union. lodging
house on the charge of housebreaking-
When arraigned he pleaded guilty TO
petty larceny and was given sixty
days in the city jail. He commenced
service last evening.
Foster was arrested at the request
of Lille E. Featherston, who alleges
that the fellow opened her trunk and
took therefrom a number of pieces of
jeweIry heirlooms in the family, being
relics of the gold excitement in Cali
fornia- 1t seems that Foster has for
some time past been interested with
the Featherston family in a small res
taurant and lodging house ON 4he
south side of South Temple street,
at 161 West. Several days ago Miss
Featherston gave him several small
nuggets of California gold with the
understanding that he would have them
made into rings. In taking the gold
from her trunk the young lady dis
closed the hiding place of her jewelry
and when the opportunity offered Fos-
ter obtained a key, opened the trunk
and took therefrom the jewelry which
he pawned. He also stole rifle, and
it went the way of the jewelry and
gold. Sergeant Eslinger has now re-
covered all Of the property, finding
the gold nuggets yesterday afternoon,
and Foster will yet be tried on several
charges.
Thomas Smitha. the belligerant en-
gineer who attacked a soldier with
marlin spike on Sunday afternoon, in
flicting several painful wounds, will
have his hearing this morning. having
entered a plea of not guilty to the
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Ida Walker, keeper of a house of
i'll fame on State street, and seven
inmates of the bagnio forfeited the
various sums Of money put up to Sc
cure their appearance. The city de-
rived 1925 revenue from this house.
Officers Roberts, Siegfus, and Fitz-
maurice made neat haul yesterday,
/ the former capturing two petty larceny
sneak thieves and the other officers
one each. All four of the men stole
shoes from in front of Main street
stores, Teasdel and Solomon Bros. be-
ing the sufferers. The shoes were re-
covered and the thieves will be given
a hearing this morning.
secret Service Report
The latest report of the chief of the
secret service of the United States
treasury has been received in this city.
The report gives an exhaustive review
of the work done by the department
for the year ended and contains the
following summaries:
Zines imposed upon persons max
ing, dealing in or passing counterfeit
money amounted to $30,416, and the
sentences of imprisonment aggregated
5e5 years, months and q days; 494
people were convicted and punished,
and s., 1867, 1877 worth of the counter
felt United States money, stamps
bonds etc, foreign coins and altered
notes were captured and destroyed
The following is q description of the
most notable and dangerous OF the new
counterfeits discovered, as given in the
report
In September. 1892, new counter
felt 81 United States silver certificate.
series 1891, check letter D, Rosecrans
Register Nebeker Treasurer, made it's
appearance. 1t was q very poor effort
and not more than two or three have
been found in circulation.
In October, 1892. new counterfeit
IS United States silver certificate, SER
les 1891, check letter G, Rosecrans Reg
lister, Nebeker Treasurer, new back,
appeared The work on this note was
fairly well executed, with the exception
of the portrait of General Grant, which,
together with the very poor color of
the back, should readily determine the
character of the note. But few OF
these have been seen.
In October, 1892, there also appeared
a new issue of the dangerous 81 United
States silver certificate, which first
made its appearance in September, 1890.
This new issue bears check letter b
land large pink seal. The word two"
left and lower right corners face of
note, which was spelled "owt'' in
former issues, has been corrected.
In April $685. a Photographic coun-
(terfeit of & S. note on the Lagonda Ma
tional bank of Springfield, Ohio, series
1875, check letter B, charter number
2O98, bank number 1884, appeared in
ohio. The note was first photographed
and then the coloring was applied
with a brush. At glance it had a
lgood appearance, but would not bear
scrutiny. There has been but one
seen, and that had the back printed
upside down.
In May, 1893, appeared a new coun-
terfeit SIS United States silver certifi-
cate, series 1886, check letter B, Rose
lcrans Register, Nebeker Treasurer
The general appearance of this note is
fair, but on close examination the en-
craving is very scratchy. This note
lis being handled almost exclusively by
Italians.
In June, 1893, counterfeit 81 treas
ury note, series 1891, check letter B.
Rosedrans Register, Nebeker Treas
urer, appeared in Illinois. This note
was so poor that but ten were passed
when the balance Several hundred
were captured, together with the maker
. and his wife. The plates were de-
Istroyed.
In June 1898. counterfeit IS Bank
of England note, No. D-90 441SS, dated
January 4, 1898, appeared in Chicago.
: Ill The note was first photographed
and then the lines gone over with pen
and ink The entire issue mine notes.
together with the negative and other
apparatus for producing them were
captured with the makers, on June Z
and 8, 1893
In June 1898. there also appeared a
; counterfeit f20 Bank Of England, No
U-1O 1894 dated May 20, 1890. This
we'll executed. But the one has been
seen.
In different sections of the country
particularly in the west, many notes
t treasury and national bank issues
; have been discovered altered and
raised in denomination. Ones, fives
r and tens were raised to fives, tens
twenties and fifty-dollar notes, and
: many people defrauded. These altera-
| tons were often clumsily made by
pasting over the UNCONVENTIONAL fig
ures others cut from tobacco or other
l United States revenue stamps, with
: no attempt to cover or change the
(; true value Of the note as expressed il
: words. Others more dangerous were
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