New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-13
A HAUL OF COUNTERFEITFRS
ALL THE APPARATUS FOR COMING
FOUND IN A PRISONERS ROOMS.
SEVEN MEN AND A WOMAN IN CUsTODY-EXTEN-
sIvE MANUFACTURE OF SPURIOUS
SILVER DOLLARS.

SILVER DOLLARS.
William Jarvis alias James Marvin twenty
four years old and Michael Dore. twenty-one
years. acquitted last october In the United
States Circuit Court the charge Of passing
counterfeit coin From that time until Thursday
the Secret Service men under Agent Bagg have
been on the track OF these men, and the result
was the largest haul Of counterfeiters that has
been made In this city for many years.
Late Thursday afternoon deputy marshals
and Secret Service officers came into the Office
Of United States Commissioner Shields with
eight prisoners seven men ard one woman The
prisoners were William Jarvis OF NO 2l2 East
Twenty y-eighth-st.. and Michael Manning OF NO
$50 East Seventy-frst-st.. who are charged WIN
making counterfeit dollars. and the Others WHO
accused Of passing the money were Sarah
Ryan. who lived with Manning In the seventy
frst-st. house; David Carmine. OF BrooKlyh' 'ohh
Durkin of Brooklyn; Thomas MckeLna' OF NO.
6i5 First-ave ana John Lindie ana Michaei
Dore. both of No. 623 Firet-ave
Carm.ne asked for an examination before the
Commissioner and 1t was put down for IL CLOCK
on Monday morning. Jarvis said that he waiVed
examination and he was held for the "rahd
Jury In $1,000 bail The others were then ar
raigned. and Mr. Ball. for the District-At'orhey
announced that his evidence was not complete
and their cases were put over until to-day
Then Manning arose and said: i piead guiity
10 what was found In rooms. but l want to
say that that woman had nothing to do with
the case She's innocent" Soon afterward he
retracted what he had said and asked for an
examination. His examination was also set
down for to-day. and all were held In $1,000 ball
each
HOW THE PRISONERS WERE TRACKED.
Tho story Of the arrest as told by Chief Agent
Bagg Is n remarkable one Taxing up the cie"
from the time OF the acquittal OF Jarvis and
Dore. the Secret Service men did so with the
object O, running to earth the makers OF the bad
coin The men made only silver dollars. and they
we're the best that the Secret Service have yet
had 10 deal with The coins were OF nearly
eoual weight with the genuine and or perfect
ring so that only exp,rt could detect then.
II Is asserted that the weekly output or the gahS
was nearly 81 800. and that IL was sniPpeu an
over tho country The band were known To the
Secret Service men III. Horse Market Gang
and they hung around the horse markets on the
East Side. 49, A., . l.,
due according to Mr.. Bagg. to Detectives Kelly
rnd Sheridan II Astoria. one month ago Dore.
Durkin and a man named Farley were over III
Ing Island CITY passing the money. Farley was
actually passing H. and the other two were the
holders Farley was watched by the TWO de-
made for .he two others but a Secret Service
m, n who was also shadowing the men. tod the
detectives to let the other two get away; as
through them II was hopeu 'nat s'r 80
Ma and the Secret Service men again took UP
the trail
srrzI-pE OF COMING IMPLEMENTS.
On "Wednesday morning Detectives Basg and
Esaurel went to Mannlng's house. The Ryan
woman was the only person there The place
where she lived with Manning Is n courtroom
fat. and the detectives after placing the woman
In custody. went through tfe nat. In the pa.h
room they found one u the most cotnple.e uu
n,s Tor maxim: counterfeit dollars ever captured
Thor. were ladies' and mOulds chemicals. pia'-
ing apparatus. lot ~ mineral mat was usen iol
making the coins composed III tii an'i'hons anu
conner. in fact all that was needed Tor 'oiH-
ulet. LAYOUT" Under the flooring oi the room
was found cache. In which were zm @ spurious
dollars in rolls of twenty-five each. me tes' u.
the gang were then gathered in' AZ All Oh '"''"
had been shadOwed
Jarvis had been out OF town to dispose q, "a
lot OF the stuff. ani was caught gong INTO NE
house with sixty bad dollars In MS possesslon; ,;
ON Tuesday night Manning had been foHoWeu
down broadway. He was In company win win
Durkin, and the two were so'ns in'" -
hotel uptown They passed dollar IN eucn
Mace and az they left one OF the shado"cis
rot the coin as evidence II was pad one IL,
every case and more than dozen casn,r's ,,hu, 80
the various places had accepted II VIM
,mas,inn Tho men were followed down 10 the
Howcrv and at 2 O'Clock on "Wednesday Horn-
ing they were arrested in Lyonss restaurant
bore Indie and Mckenna were arrested "s
No sol First-ayc Thursday afternoon, anu
Carmine was captured at North Second-s'' ana
Vnion-ave In Brooklyn - ,.h
Agent Bagg had one OF ms men WIZ N,anu. '' been
tho hand and this man has practically p,,n
n member OF II for the last two months; re
has bought over two hundred and iifty d0iiais
worth Of the bad dollars. paying apou' ,,,ggb, D"
o.nt ON thoir face for them, and he has bought
the stuff i'm amounts from $40 to 800 an m tnls
money was bought from Mckenna VINO pre-
tends to be a ongshoreman -, -
Mr. Bagy said that not much or the ihone'
has been passed In this city lately. Inc "a
voritc place Of circulation Is at tne cou.,.S
He saws also that the evidence against All Vi
the men Is complete
rT0ODS ~ The SOUTHUEST