The sun., 1895-05-19
FOUND A COINERS PLANT.
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS MAKE 4
RAID IN MONROE STREET.
Seized ESQ Had Dollars. with Moulds.
Metal, and Two Big Knlves-Man and

Seized esO Had Dollars, with Moulds.
Metal, and Two Big KnIves-Man and
Wife Arrested - Arrests In Harlem.
Agents of the United States Secret Service
learned about six weeks ago that counterfeit
silver dollars Of excellent make were being put
into circulation on Staten Island, in New Jer-
sey, and in the country north of this city.
Yesterday they believed they had traced these
coins back to 1s Monroe street. and Agents
Bagg. Callahan, Esquirell. and Flynn, who had
been at work on the case, prepared to make the
arrests.
Some of the agents went into house directly
opposite 1s Monroe street. That Is q fve-story
tenement house. The two front rooms
the top floor were occupied by an Italian. Marco
Negri, and his wife, Catharine. Negri was sup
posed to be the maker of the coins.
One of tho agents got onto the roof Of the
building opposite 10. Taking care that no
in tho Negris' rooms should see him, he got
good look into the rooms occupied by Negri.
He saw Negri with q pile Of shining silver
dollars in front of him. polishing them and do
ing them up in rolls. That satisfied the agents.
and they waited for Negri to come out of the
house.
He reached the street at o'clock last even
ing and was arrested Two packages. ono con-
tanning 81 new dollars and the other 49, were
.
The agents took him back to his rooms. where
a W tr}fe ] smaller than her husbands. The handIe
was made of two big cartridge shells.
a stove and crucibies for heating the metals
moulds, and q quantity of tin and antimony.
States tommissioner Shields last night, and in
default of 50, 1000 bail were locked up for exam
Negri' who is six feet tall and powerfully
built, denied that he had made the coins. He
ssa to Sn buy cEea nE'
night ne thought tho s75 must be bad money,
Mhen Se 0n hs he 60. se
moulds and metal he did not state.
when other secret service agents brought in
Ernest Cafaro. handcuffed to a young COM
Both work at a bootblack's stand at 1o5th
street and Third avenue. Gafaro was arrested e,
% Srocers. at issd street and Third ayenue. May IL
He is supposed & to have passed ed, some of tn tho
who was arrested on suspicion. were held for
The agents in looking for Cafaro went into $40
East II 9Th street and there found and arrested
Pasquale Gussano, a young italian who was In
dicted some months ago for passing counterfeit
m Sk # ns ms Ra S 'sns R1s
months ago. Gussano was arraigned before the
Commissioner and recommtted.
The agents believe that Negri is responsible
for much of the recently circulated counterfeit
money. They say he sold 1t to middlemen for
about 80 cents dollar.
John Williams OF Chicago and James Mahony.
alias Darcy, were arraigned before Commits
sioner Shields yesterday on charge Of coun-
terfeiting. They were held, each in SIS. 900 bail.
for examination next Wednesday,. The men
were arrested on Thursday at the corner Of
l72d street and Third avenue BY Policeman
Lewis Schmidt: They were brought before
Justice Diver in the Morrlsania Police Court,
who sent them on to the United States Com
missioner. Counterfeit silver money was found
on Williams to the amount Of $l3, and on Ma
hony to the amount of 81.