The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
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VALISEFULL OF COIN.
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SAMUEL SHORT ARRESTED AS
RosEMOUNT WITH SOME sPU-
FIoUS MONEY.
ONE HUNDRED SILVER DOLLARS
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WHICH ARE SAID TO BE VERY
EXCELLENT sooUNTERFEIT
y PIECES.
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ONE HUNDRED SILVER DOLLARS
BROUGHT TO sT..PAUL LAST NIGHT,
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He Says He, Found the Va
Use Near the ROsemOunt
depot.

Deputy United States Marshal Henry
arrived in ST. Paul last evening with
Samuel Short, an elderly man whom
day afternoon, on charge of counter
feltlng. The marshal and his prisoner
drove to the Jail, and after Short had
been comfortably quartered in a cell,
a large valise which the prisoner had
with him was taken over to the mar
shaPs office. The valise contained
about 800 in counterfeit silver dollars,
together with a lot of sandpaper, acids
and other stuff used by persons who
engage in the business of making and
passing bogus coins
Yesterday morning Short, who has
the appearance of being an old fakir
OF the class who take in the county
fairs, and is about go years old, ar
rived at the village of Rosemount. Da-
kota county. He left his valise at the
mousse of Mrs. Murphy, and partly ar
ranged to stop over night at the house.
The Valise, he told the woman, con-
tanned tea, coffee and sugar, and was
slowed away under a small table. Dur
ing the morning Mrs. Murphy had oc-
caslon to sweep the room, and when
she moved the valise, which seemed
particularly heavy, she heard the sound
OF something that jingled. She had
never seen any tea or coffee that jim
gled, so she opened the satchel to in
vestigate. What she found was a lot
of silver dollars, bottles of liquids and
other materials She at once acouaint-
ed Deputy Sheriff Hyland, who lives in
INT,
that official, after examining the coins.
pronounced them counterfeit. A tele-
gram was at once sent to the United
States officials in this city, and at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon Deputy
Marshal Henry left for Rosemount.
When Henry arrived Short had not
called for his satchel and as he had
passed no counterfeit money during the
day there was some question as to
whether it would not be best to have
Short take possession of the satchel
before placing him under arrest. Word
was sent to Short to come and get his
property and after he had taken the
valise and started away from the house.
he was arrested. Short seeing that he
was caught at once said that he had no
knowledge Of what was in the valise.
and claimed to have found it near the
depot yesterday morning
In searching the clothing Of the
prisoner, however, Marshal Henry
found in book I'm one of his pockets,
one of the counterfeit coins, which
Short was very anxious to drop during
the search. A list of the county fairs
to be held in Indiana during the com
ing fall. with the dates of EACH was
found among the papers in the valise.
Short refuses TO talk, but the officials
claim that he was undoubtedly making
ready for tour of nthe country fairs
for the purpose of passing the bogus
dollars. Short will be arranged before
Commissioner Spencer tomorrow morn
ing. The counterfeit dollars found in
Shorts valse are excellent ones and
would readily pass for genuine -