New-York tribune., 1896-09-02
rOUNTERFEITERS RUN DOWN.
LAST OF A TROUBLESOME GANG CAUGHT
IN MICHIGAN.

PRINTING PRESS. PLATES. NOTES AND PARE"
ENOUGH FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
sEIzED-A LONG CHASE ENDED.
Yonta. Mich, Sept. Frank and George Kings
ton two young men who have always lived here'
verc arrested last night charged with niah'e
counterfeit money. The officers seized s''z" III
tvcnty-iollsr United States Treasury notes
printing press, plates and paper enough TOT over
million dollars. The money was mace III , Spl :,
field Mo-, and d. D. Corts is now uncer arI&es, & az az
81 Louis for passing of the queer; he haVhg
been with the Kingstons. Corts passed two OF the
notes at Pine Blum, Ark.
William p Hazen Chief Of the United states
Secret Service yesterday received from his men IN
the West the news Of the running down ana arrest
of the band OF coun,erfeiters in Michigan ana 'ne
conAscaion Of the plant, dies, INK ana plates "Seu
by the counterfeters and $3.50 in counterfet notes
Chief Hazen Is staying at the Imperial Hotel mere
watching the detail OF secret service men guarding
ii HING Chang. The news came 10 him by tele-
rraph Yesterday. He views the capture with great
satisfaction. the present arrest wipes OUT en-
tirey one Of the worst bands that he has ever en-
coun1fred and which for daring, skill and elusive
less was rivaIled only by the notorious Brockway
bond From time 10 time members Of this Western
band have bee- run down. arrested and sentenced
but II WAS not until yesterday at Ionia. Mich. tnat
the las one Of the band captured and the couh-
terfeiting outfit fell into the hands OF the de-
,ac,ivee Three men were arrested, and Chief Ha-
zen Is satisfied that this entirely exterminates the
band tha, has worked with so much success
TIE names OF the men arrested are Frank and
Csorre Kingston alias McKain brothers, and
another man named McNaian The band has been
counierfoting the United States Treasury note or
the twenty dollar denomination with great ueai
Of success ITO show you how smart these fell
lows are" said Chief Hazen yesterday after he had
read the telegram announcing their capture, IT is
hon
note they were issuing first made its appearance
we sen. ont over the country the customary warn
ing that counterfeit twenty-dol!ar note was IN
,irculafjop The members of the band got The
warning soon as anybody and mIncdiatey M wtii' ~,
over their and made alterations TO slt the IN
acouracies pointed out making it all the harder 10
The first arrest in this case made at Pine
Bluff Ark when two members OF the Dand were
taken into custody. That was on June TO- ,ia STar
McGrath. got away. however. ana TOOK S,o IN
counterfeit notes and the ou't into the an b
Hazen for his apprehension. 1t was learned that
~ ne Tss Lac foIoved here but NOT recovered The de-
tective=s learned that DR.. Corts had his home al
Sardinia Ohio and they followed MN '@ero; M ,na ha
came year in ST. Louis he captured and turned
over to the courts Soon afterward it became evil
cent thst the outfit was still being operated by
the same notes were In circulation
under s the name Of Louis smith was arrested in To-
ledo Ohio. He fought hard and fred at the po,
Iicernan who arrested him. but he was convicted and
sentenced 10 five years in the penitenary at Coum-
bus. where he is
StiIl the plates and presses not captured and
the searh kept up The outfit Was finally
traced 1onia, Mich. and there II WAS Yesterday
& .la. Et. 49, orr,,u. 10 In,, "nd no, onl,.
made prisoners of the counterfeiters. but at the
same time captured the entire outfit. Chief Hazen
would make no estimate of the amount of counter
felt money the band had made or circulated. but he
said that he was highly delighted over the turn Of
affairs and satisfied that with the conviction Of the
three men and the destruction of the plates the
band would be entirely wiped out and long chase
ended