Evening star., 1895-04-29
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE
The Arrest Of Three Young Men for Utter
ing Counterfeit Money.
The Hearing Before the COmmissiOner
PostpOned-SeebOld is Believed
to Be the Principal.


drew Slagle, three young men of this city,
were brought before United States Commis-
sioner Mills this morning to answer to the
serious charge of making and passing coun-
terfeit money. On the plea of the represen-
. tative of the government that the prosecut-
ing attorneys office had not had sufficient
time for preparation in the case, it was
continued until Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock. Bail was fixed at 81, 500. which was
furnished by Seebold during the day, and
may be for the others as well. The United
States district attorneys Office was repre-
sented by Mr.. Harvey Given and the de-
PENDANTS were also represented by counsel.
Seebold and Glenn were arrested yester-
day morning by Mr.. George o. Barker of
the United States secret service and Slagle
was apprehended at a late hour last even
ing and put behind the bars at the first
precinct station house. Government de-
tectives have been at work on the case for
some time past and are satisfied that they
have sufficient evidence to convict the three
men. The offense charged is a serious one
and is punishable by Imprisonment for
three years and fine of $1,000. In the
opinion of Chief Hazen of the secret serv-
ice Seebold is the principal off nder, and
is the one who is responsible for the wrong
doing of the other two
For some time past the authorities have
been aware of the fact that bad money was
circulating in this city to a considerable
extent and have bent every effort to get at
the guilty parties. 1t is said that large
amount of counterfeit coins passed through
the offices of the street railway companies.
All the coins were of minor denominations,
principally quarters and dimes, although
some half-dollars and nickels have been
taken lin. 1t was comparatively easy to
pass Off the bad coins on the conductors on
street cars. who have not chance to in
spect the money carefully and who give
good money in change. The conductors,
however, are held accountable for all the
counterfeits they may be SO unlucky as to
take fn SO that the companies are not
likely to lose anything. A number of the
coins were stopped at the treasury depart
ment and the matter was placed in the
hands of the secret service. The boast has
often been made that when the secret serv-
ice gets after a gang Of counterfeiters ar
rests are almost certain to follow, for the
government never spares time or expense
In putting stop to offenses of this sort.
Not the Principals.
Suspicion finally narrowed down to Dali
las Glenn, who, Chief Hazen thought, knew
more than he was willing to tell about the
matter. In this there was slight error of
judgment, for when the boy was taken be-
fore Mr.. Hazen he showed that he was
perfectly willing to tell all he knew. He
was first taken into custody on Saturday
by Mr.. Barker, who had been assigned to
the case. and was brought before the chief.
From what he said then it was evident that
he was little more than dupe of Seebold,
and enough was cleaned from him to war
rant the arrest of the other two men. Ac-
cording to his statement he had passed but
little of the money-he claims not more
than So altogether. At first he did not
He is the son of a widow who lives at 1908
l. street and is himself about eighteen
years of age. He claims to be a candy
maker by profession. but has not been
regularly at work for some time past.
Glenn said that he had not been engaged
in the manufacture of any of the coin. but
that he had always been supplied with it
by Seebold. who refused to say where he
got it. Knowing that they could lay their
hands on him whenever he was wanted
Glenn was not kept in custody.
Young Slagle. who is about twenty years
of age, was also taken before the chief on
Saturday, and while he showed a perfect
willingness to talk, 1t Is said that he was
unable to cast any further light on the
methods of manufacture, and his account
of his share in the transaction tended still
more to fncriminate Seebold. He was also
allowed to go loose. Yesterday, when it
was decided to place both him and Glenn
in custody, it was found that he had gone
off for a long drive, but on his return last
evening he was put under arrest. He is
the son of a pressman and lives at 1890
Corcoran street. According to his version
of the affair the making and passing of
money began as rather a small industry
but that they gradually extended their op-
erations until, it is said, coins to the face
value of several hundred dollars had been
disposed Of
SecbOld is Reticent.
The arrest of Seebold followed yesterday
morning about II o'clock at his mothers
home, 446 street. She is a widow and
possessed of some property. All three of
the boys in fact, are well connected and
their apparent downfall has caused deal
iafy IN fba;
and friends. Seebold is painter by trade,
twenty-eight years of age, and, Judging
by appearances, is the sharpest and clev-
crest of the trio. He is looked upon by
the detectives as the one who uttered the
spurious money, and it is within the range
of probabilities that the others will be
| treated less severely in view of the fact
l.that they have shown Willingness to di-
vulge all they knew and to aid the authori-
ties in the work of clearing away the mys-
terry. Seebold, on the other hand, has re-
| fused to say a word either to admit or
to deny the truth of the charge against
him, and when he was locked up at the
first precinct station he lost little time
| in communicating with his older brother
| and in securing counsel.
1t is said that a fourth man was in the
game, but it Is not thought that he had
an equal share in. the transaction with
| the others. In the opinion of the secret
| service men he belongs to the genus tramp,
| and is supposed to be out of the city work.
|
were given to him here. However, efforts
are being made to locate him, and his ar
| rest is expected in the near future. 1t is
said that the quartet were in the habit
of meeting about the building of the Cen
trail Union Mission, where they would talk
over their plans and there the counterfeit
money would be distributed.
Used Ordinary Type Metal.
| A clam is wonder of loquaciousness as
compared with a secret service man either
before or after an arrest of this sort, and
| it was impossible to get word out of
| Mr. Barker or any of those who had been
| connected with him on the case. Chief
Hazen was less reticent. He admitted to
| Star reporter this morning that his men
| had succeeded in getting enough evidence
| to satisfy him of Seebold's guilt as the
| chief nstigator in the crooked work. An
examination of his rooms has unearthed
quantity of the coun .erfeit coins. the
metal from which they were made and
| some of the tools used in counterfeiting.
The dies or molds. however, were not
| found and it is presumed that they We're
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