The evening world., 1894-04-26
POLICE WORK.
Detectives Arrested and Counter
feiters Allowed to Escape,
Secret Service Men Locked Up for
Five Hours in Hoboken.
SsflAfter Their Release They Caught
Three of the Cvlners.

James L. sullman, Fred Burke ant
george Holmes were arrested FOR
atcounterfeiting at 3l3 West Seventeenth
co street last night, by United States Sc
Service Officers Thomas Callaghar
or and Frank Esqulrell. Several moulds, a
NJ lot of anthony and block tin and about
10 one-half q bushel Of bad half dollars
OF were found on the premises. The of1ccrs
wSbeiieve that some of the leaders in the
o gang got away, but they hope to cap
g ture them before long.
~ The prisoners were taken before
United States Commissioned Shields at
II o'clock this morning. and held IN
II Is 700 bonds each to appeal for m
ton next Saturday at 2 o'clock, ,,,,
Oficer Callaghan Is very indignant
over his treatment at the hands or the
Hoboken police. -
u There's Capt. Patrick Hayes oyer
u man on earth, and some OF his men are
a II hadn't been for their interference we
IL would probably have captured all the
VI members of one of the biggest counter,
n feiting n which has ever operated
q In New York. AS, 1t Is, we
6 action Of the Hoboken police had let
q them get away once"
& According to Callaghan's story, he and
lEsQutrell had been shadowlng the couil-
Z ter2eiters for over a week, and after
q hard work had succeeded in locating
h the gangs headquarters.
Il Last Tuesday afternoon the detectives
ran across three of the crowd in Four
r teenth street, near Broadway. They FOL;
q lowed them to the I'hohen ferry, ana
7 crossed the river Th. ms %,th im fnema A1yr, Weni
70 work passing bad coins, principally
d Caliaghan obtained one of the coun.
NAorfotso md sfarfa1 after them. The
I detectives followed the counterfeiters
d on the ferry and were about to arrest
q them when a Hoboken policeman tapped
I wanted them. They tried to explain
Y that they were secret service officers
Z and that the ccunterfeiters 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
accept the detectives statement. lie
. regarded them as dangerous characters
and laughed at their secret-service
4 badges and credentials.
They imrlored him to telegraph their
chief In this city, and ne tod them to
had been in a cell for five hours, from
they succeeded in obtaining permission
to wire Chief Scanlon.
On the Chiefs arrival, the nearest
magistrate was sent for, and Callaghan
I and Esquirell were released at 2.3O
Il 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
bought cigarettes, giving a half-dollal
In payment. Roster gave him 40 cent
change, and he left. Soon after Callag
< han entered. and asked to see the coin
H. the mar had paid for cigarettes. Cal
lahan poured some liquid IN the coir
and said that. as he supposed, II was a
counterfeit. He said he was after the
counterfeiters
Callahan pocketed the coin and hur
ried away Raster saw him Join Els
guirell, who he believed had given hin
the coin, and jumped to the conclusion
that he was the victim of a 'fim-fiam'
game. Then he notified the police
N The defense of the police Is Raster
story. They say that he is ~undoubted
ly. mistaken when he say that Esqui
rell passed the bad coin. 1t was un
doubtedly one OF the counterfeiters VIII
bears a slight resemblance to the secre
service officer.