The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
THE QUINTET OF
ALLEGED FORGERS.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN
BAIL, AND WILL HAVE TO
REMAIN in JAIL.
WILL BE TRIED. TO- MORROW.
OFFICERS Now ON THE TRAIL OF
THE PRINTER OF THE
CERTIFICATES.
WILL BE TRIED. TOMORROW.

Very little was done in the prosecution
of the quintet of alleged forgers by the
United States officials yesterday. All the
men are still in jail, as none of them can
secure bail. Greenwald's friends seem to
be working harder for him than do the
relatives of the others. In consequence, it
is expected that he will secure his release
tomorrow. Harry Ciprico, who was
purser for time on the City of Picking, is
working hard in his brothers. interests.
II the bail was only $4,000 he could secure
bonds in that amount readily, but $4,000
is harder sum to get men to go surety
for. The case will be called tomorrow at
P. NJ, and Attorney T. D. Riordan, who
represents the prisoners, will make strong
plea to have the bail reduced one half.
The prisoners friends visited them in
great mum bers yesterday, and took them
many delicacies. and in this way they
managed to pass the weary hours. Foss is
becoming pale and haggard under restraint,
Ciprico is defiant and carries things with a
high hand Sullivan is disconsolate,
Greenwald has not yet realized the serious
predicament he is in, and KatZauer is APP
parently Indifferent. The latter had all
his plans laid to leave for Puget Sound.
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hours, he would have been in Victoria,
B. c., before the revenue officers would
have known of his departure.
The opium ring. which is said to have
been connected with the certificate gang,
is not receiving much attention from the
Federal authorities. The drug was not in
tended for use in San Francisco, but was
in transit to Honolulu, where it is worth
$50 a pound. Since the duty has been cut
in halves there is no more profit in snug
Cling opium into San Francisco. Ii the
customs authorities can catch the stuff in
transit, however, it is conhscated, and q
strict watch is kept in consequence. Last
week Collector Wise learned that a con-
siderable quantity OF the drug was secreted
at some point on the bay and was to be
struggled aboard the steamer Australia.
A number of John Doe warrants were Sc
cured and about ten customs inspectors
searched the bay thoroughly. They went
around in the revenue cutter Hartley, but
in every instance the birds had flown and
taken the opium with them. In this
connection, several employees OF the
Oceanic Steamship Company are men
toned, but it is only fair to state that out
side of Foss there is not particle OF evil
dence against them. On one or two occa-
sions small packages of opium were found
on the steamer Alameda, but it was after
ward proved that the stuff belonged to
some OF the hremen, who had attempted 10
smuggle it ashore at Honolulu, but failed.
AS it bore the United States revenue
stamp, all that could be done was to seize
it, because it was not on the ships mani
fest. An attempt to unearth the gang will
be made, however, and if the necessary
evidence can be secured they will be ar
rested.
Secret Service Agent of the Treasury
Harris has received instructions from
Washington to do everything in his power
to secure the arrest of all parties implicated
in the certificate and opium frauds and to
assist in getting up evidence against those
already under arrest.
Collector of Internal Revenue Welburn,
Internal Revenue Agent McGlachlin and
Deputy Revenue Agent B. M. Thomas
have been working on the certificate fraud
cases for over six months. A number OF
times they have been on the point OF
making the arrests, but something always
came in the way. On this last occasion
the services of Secret Service Agent Harris
and his two deputies were called in, and it
was they who really captured the counter
feiters. When the panel of the door was
kicked in, Marshal Harris was the first to
creep through the opening. His brother
Roland followed, but got caught in the
hole, and while he was attempting to extri-
cate himself Ciprico pulled the door open
and attempted to escape. He ran into the
arms of W. r. and Dudley Harris and
after desperate struggle was handcuffed.
Major McGlachlin and Collector Welburn
were the heads of the investigation, and
n. R. Harris and B. NJ. Thomas were the
men who ran the gang to earth and ar
rested them.