The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-09
COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT.
Saloonist Kashner in Jail-He Tells
on Michener - Light Falling
on a Mystery.


An important arrest was made late Wednes-
day afternoon by Deputy L. S. Marshal Stack
house, Constable Woolf and Police Officer
Barnes. For some time past Stackhouse had
an idea that something crooked was going on
at Dave Rashners saloon on SaxtOni street.
Electric light wires had been run in and dy-
namo had been placed in a shed back of the
saloon. There was nothing in connection with
the Kashner place that needed any electric
power to run it, but no one knew Just what
was being done there. Kashner has been pay
| ing frequent visits to Micheners office in the
Eagle block for the past few months He
never went up in the ELEVATOR but would go in
the Tuscarawas street entrance and climb the
| four flights necessary to reach Michener's sky
parlor. No one knew what business
when Michener was arrested for
showing the queer in Massllon it was decided
to close in on Kashner. Special officer
Manly of the United States Secret service has
been in the city working on the case since
Monday and other government officers have
been working on the case for longer time
They thought yesterday they had their evil
dence in sufficient to justify them in making a
raid. A search warrant was procured and the
officer took possession of Kashner's saloon. In
trunk in Kashner's house were found four
molds for making counterfeit silver dollars, a
number Of the coins and a quantity of the
material used. After searching the saloon the
shed was visited. In this shed was found a
twenty horse power electric motor. Watts for
plating the bogus coins filed with the plating
solution were also found and everything in
dicated that the plant was ready for
instant use The whole outfit was secured
by the officers and with Kashner was taken to
the city prison. Kashner denied having any
thing to do with making the gold coin and
said the dies could be found in Michener's safe.
He said that Michener had made between
81 200 and 81 800 of the silver coin but did not
know what had been done with it. He said
| he himself had never made but one bogus coin
He would not say anything that would impli-
cate anyone except himseltand Michener. He
claimed that Michener had made the gold coin
IN his office in the Eagle block and that the
dies could be found in his safe
| At the police station Kashrer was closely
guarded and no one allowed to talk to him ex-
cept his wife and daughter. Kashner was
taken to Massillon Thursday morning and ar.
raigned before United States Commissioner
Folger.
THE INSANE THEORY EXPLODED.
The statement of Kashner that Michener
has made between 81, 700 and Sl,sOO worth of
counterfeit coin disposes of the insanity theory
on which his friends had relied to explain his
actions. When the news was first announced
his friends were dumbfounded. They could
not account for his action in any way. Mich
ener had property in the city and while it was
known that he had had heavy losses by the
depreciation Of the value of real estate, yet his
credit was good and men of means in the city
would have taken his paper at any time. When
the arrest was made the only way they could
account for his action was that brooding over
his losses his mind had became unbalanced
and he had tried to pass this gold in an effort
10 recupeate his finances. His having been
engaged in the business to such a large
extent however, does away with
that theory and adds one more illustration
of good man going astray. He was promi.
nent in political circles, member Of a number
of prominent lodges in the city and at one time
appointment worker in the Sunday school and
choir of the First NJ. E. church. The u. s.
officers say he has placed every obstacle in
their way in ferreting out the headquarters o.
the gang. Still persisting in his declaration
that he was alone in the business and that tn,
many parties were out Of Canton.
KAsHNER's CAREER.
Twenty-Five years ago David Kashner was
prominent farmer living near Massillon II,
had good wifeand nice family. However, h
became infatuated with his hired girl AM
finally abandoned his wife and he and giT
went west, no one knew where. He remainel
in the west some five years when he returne'
TO Canton. His wife in the meantime had Sc
cured divorce and he married the hired girl
: On his return TO Canton be engaged In tn
plastering business which he followed for
number Of years. One day while at work h
} stepped ON a nail. BY this accident he lost hi
foot and has since been a cripple. Not bein
able TO work at his usual occupation he en-
gagged In the saloon business on East Mint
street. From there he moved to saxtoi
street. His saloon has always been In ba'
repute. II was In his saxton street salool