The evening times., 1896-03-20

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Baltimore, March 20.-The old Three
Tuns' Hotel at No. hO1 West Pratt street
was the sGene OF a sensational arrest last
night and the Developments anticipated are
of Importance, since 1t Is believed by The
police authorities that they have captured
n counterfeiter in the person OF woman,
who has heretofore baffled every effort
at detection. All the paraphernalia. be-
iieved to have been used in the manufacture
OF the spurious .coin was found in the
captive's possession.
The woman arrested is Eva Kuncganis,
the wife of Isaac KuDeganis, tailor, who
has been % strike for several weeks. She
is tail, rather good-looking Polish woman,
with very light hair and sharp features.
She is probably about thrty-four years OF
age and Is the mother Of three children,
the oldest being only six years old.
The prisoner, who is locked up at the
Southern station to await hearing before
the United States commissioner, will have
10 answer to two charges, passing counter
felt coin and milking counterfeits. The
captured apparatus is in the possessions OF
Capt. Claiborne.
PASSED HALF DOLLARS.
Within the past two weeks there had been
several complaints made by the stailkeepers
in Hanover Market that spurious silver dol
lars and half-dollars had been passed upon
them.
Monday afternoon Bernard Rosenberg
made cornpIaint to Sergt. McGee that a
bad half-.iollar had found its way into his
cash drawer, and he gave the sergeant
good description OF The woman, and gave
the spurious haIf-doiar TO the sergeant.
Tuesday afternoon Charles Hasse APP
preached the sergeant with a similar tale of
woe, and told him he suspected tall, light
haired woman OF having duped him. The
coin passed on Hassc was exactly the same
as that passed on Rosenberg.
Two Officers who patrol the market
space made private inquiry into the circum-
stances. and learned that a woman answer
ing the description given had been seen to
enter store On Hanover street, and, upon
further investigation, discovered that she
was said to-rcside at the Tree Tuns Hotel,
and obiained'her name.
They called upon the owner of the place.
and asked if IL woman bearing the name
OF Eva Kuneganis resided there. He
promptly answered that a woman OF that
name lived with her husband in Room "a.
This information secured. Sergt. McCice
aud Officer Schultz went at once TO The Old
hotel, and sought Room "a. When they
knocked Il haif-clad little boy opened the
portal. lie said his mother WIS out, so
the officers waited until she arrived. when
they arrested her. She denied her guilt
EVIDENCE OF GUILT.
Officer Schultz took her 10 the police
station and locked her up, while Sergt
McGee began to search the dingy room for
traces OF guilt. He opened the door of Il
small cupboard. and ON the top shelf dis
covered 4 tiny wooden box. He hauled it
out ana opeIled it. Wrapped in a piece OF
rag i'll the box were a small tin ladle. two
very fine riles. two snpu leel plates sw s,ici,
were Black from, the fire, and a large quan-
ti,y of lead ind saluminum. which had evil
IDENTIFY bcetf melted in the ladie, us some OF
the metal Hang TO il.
The mci,ti METAL proved to lie exactly
the same sss tiAt in the spurious coins
passed ind Hanbver market. Examina-
ton of III cc9ar OF the rickety tene-
mcnt revealed The fact that some of the
metal had also been melted there.
AT the Southern police station seven
persons idaptified Mrs. Kureganis us the
woman who had passed the coins on them.
The police searched for her husband last
night, but up 10 late hour he had not
been located.
Tie spurious coin is an imitation OF the
issue of 1892 and is artistically perfect,
its only drawback being that il is slightly
lighter than the genuine coin.