The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-26
QUEER POLICE WORK.
Detectives Arrested and Counter
feiters Allowed to Escape,
Secret Service Men Locked Up for
Five Hours In Hoboken.
After Their Release They Caught
Three of the CUiners.

James l.. Stillman. Fred Burke and
counterfeiting at 3iS West Seventeenth
| street last night, by United States Sc
cret Service Officers Themes 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 officers
believe tn. 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 Commissioner Shields at
u o'clock, this morning, and held in
| ton next Saturday at . O'Clock
officer 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
man on earth and some of his men are
ABOUT as bad bad az sos sry I've ever seen. M
would probably have captured all the
members of one of the biggest counter.
feiting gangs which has ever operated
got three OF the head devils after the
action OF the Hoboken police had let
them get away once"
According to Callaghan's story. he and
Esquirell had been Swallowing the coun-
terfeiters for over week, and after
hard work had succeeded in locating
the gangs headquarters. -
Last Tuesday afternoon the detectives
ran across three OF the crowd In Four
teenth street, near Broadway. They iol;
In Hoboken, the men Immediately went
to work passing bad coins. principally
Caliaghan obtained one Of the coun-
| farfaIta md started after them. The
detectives followed the counterfeiters
on the ferry and were about to arrest
them when Hoboken policeman tapped
wanted them. They tried to explain
that they were secret service officers
and that the counterfeiters were on the
boat.
"Oh, that's too thin. We can't give me
no game like that. Come on to the sta
ton"
Capt. Hayes, at the station. would not
regarded them as dangerous characters
and laughed at their secret-service
badges and credentials.
They imr iored him to telegraph their
chief In this city, and he told them to
''go on now" Finally after the officers
had been 1t, a cell for five hours. from
in the evning until ] IN the morning.
they succeeded In obtaining permission
On the Chiefs arrival. the nearest
magistrate was sent for, and Callaghan
ana ESQulrell were released AT 2.SU
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The arrest Of the secret-service men
was made on the complaint OF August
Roster. n cigar-dealer. at 303 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 short
bought cigarettes, giving a half-dollar
in payment: Roster gave him As 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 coin
and said that, as he supposed. It was a
counterfeit. He said he was after the
counterfeiters.
Caiiaghan pocketed the coin and hur-
ried away. Roster saw him join Es-
Guirell, who he believed had given him
that he was the victim OF film fam
game. Then he notified the police.
The defense of the police is Roster s
story. They say that he Is undoubted-
ly mistaken when he says that Eslui-
rell passed the bad coin. 1t was I'M
doubleday one OF the counterfeiters who
bears a slight resemblance to the secret
service officer.