The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-03
CAPTURE OF COINERS.
An Organized Gang Run Down by
Secret Service Agents.
couNTERPEITIHe OUTFIT SEIZED.

Roumanian Jews wbe B>ys Boon Manu-
fAotarinr half .Doilas Quarters and
lDimss and Flooding This Section of the
Country with the Spurious Coin.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 8-one of the most
Gigantic schemes OF cosnterfeiting known
70 the United States secret service bureau
has Just been unearthed by Its officers, and
the rfngleaders of daring band Of coiners
captured.
Chief W. B. Hazen and Secret Service
Oflccr William J. Burns came quietly
into this city yesterday afternoon, and
with them as prisoners were two mon CIV
ing the names OF Henry Greenberg and
Julius Stein. They were brought here be.
cause this city has been used as one Of the
headquarters of the band. About a week
ago Ave men were arrested here In con.
.neotion with the case, and are now under
bail pending hearing
! For two or three months past the bureau
has been In receipt Of complaints from
various parts Of the eastern country con-
corning tho prevalence Of spurious coin,
mainly half dollars, quarters and dimes,
made Of pure silver.
Chief Hazen and Officer Burns i'm
mediately set quietly to work on the case.
anu tIt llfbt Ttsutb VI bubif flhNcottSobiohu
was the arrest Of the men here. They gave
the names of Max Frankel, Moses Rosen-
rarten, Jacob Friedman, Jacob Fineburs
and Frank Silberman, oil of this- city.
1t was quickly learned that these mon
were only part Of an organized gang work
ing throughout the country, andthc dis
position of their cases was held In abey-
anco until the leaders could be taken. This
was ACCOMPLISHED yesterday.
The information which led up to the ar
rest of Greenberg, who was captured in
New York on Tuesday, pointed to Landis-
vile, N. j., as one Of the principal operat
ing places, and there they found in the
cellar Of house an entire coiners' outfit
It was learned that tho house had been
rented by one Jacob Stein, and he was
traced to Newark, N. j., where he was
arrested.
Tho evidence secured by the bureau re-
veals conspiracy unrivalled outside the
realms Of the dime novel. Tho band, so
far as has been learned, was composed Of
about twenty, and possibly more men,
They were banded together by series Of
iron clad and solemn oaths, Names were
discarded, and every conspirator was
known to the others by number only.
Each man was assigned special territory
in.,fhich to dispose of tho coin.
Upon the arrest Of the Ave mon In Phila-
delphia recently, tho other conspirators
fied, and although the arrest Of Greenberg
and Stein disposed of the most dangerous
members Of o dangerous band, there are
still others to be captured, and they will
probably land In the net Of the law with.
In few days
4 The men are all Roumanlan Jews, and
have not been in this country for any
great length of time. They are a sturdy
looking lot, all big and full-bcarded, with
the exception of Friedman.
A peculiar feature Of the case is that
after the men had been arrested informa-
tion concerning their operations was fur
nished the United States officials here by
man calling himself David Fierstcin, Of
Landisville, N. j., who was implicated in
the matter himself. 1t Is thought that he
nnd Stein are one and the same person.
The principal witness against these men
was Kave Reisscr, Russian tailor, who
swore that he was taken by Silberman IL
O house on Washington avenue, below Sew
enth, whore they met Friedman, Rosen-
garten and Fineburg. They showed him
8 satohel full of dies, to be used In making
coin, and offered to let him into the con
spiracy IL he would pay them $500. He paid
the money, and they then took him to 9
house in Darby, Pa, where he saw the
presses, dies and other paraphernalia used
In making The coins. He placed two pieces
of silver In the press and made two ter
cont pieces.
Fierstein's story Is that Rosengarten
Friedman and man named Braft wert
brought to his house last July by Reisser
Thoy wantod him to 60 into partnership
with them, and asked him TO allow then
the use of his cellar to make the coins. HI
said he would rent 1t to them and they
went away, promising to write, but, h,
says, they never did so. Afterwards
meeting was arranged for in this city, but
as the others had no money FiersteiI
pawned his wife's watch for SEQ, and with
this the goods were packed and the diei
and other materials sent to the Landisvill,
hOusa