New-York tribune., 1896-06-04
,ps BETTINI CAPTURED.
u1FE OF THE ITALIAN COUNTER
,rrR IN RAYMOND STREET JAIL.
-,,s LONG WATCH REWARDED BY AN
,oprANr ARREsT-sl2.Ooo IN COUNTER
rr1r ELLIS FOUND IN HER APART
,rxr-A MATTRESS STUFFED
WITH THE QUEER.

WITH THE QUEER"
s.er Esourel. of the United States Secret Ser
do an important capture yesterday morn
b".o he arrested Mrs. Candelro Bettini, a
~,,L,,c Italian woman, a. her home, No. ~
p =, on a charge of passing counterfeit
'D The most important part OF the arrest
p"', discovery OF about $4,000 in counterfeit
' ' .orcealed in various parts OF the house.
wv" ,,ro Rettini the woman's husband. and
.~.,sd distributing agent Of a well-organized
'H fs,,auar counterfeiters whose chief abiding
'''. .rs Brooklyn and Long Island City, was ar
'a.s paw, in New-York on March 10 last, and is now
nsrrond Street Jail on a charge OF MAX
.rr.erfeit notes Esquirel had been hunting
Hs since January 20 last For a long time
"..,ous ~ the Secret Service men were aware that
20, many Two AID five dollar counterfeit sii-
,or,,acates were in circulation. as was SHOWN
e oor,nlaints Of many small storekeepers. not
~, in New-York. Brooklyn and Long Island
w." C'.s M, in smaller Long Island towns as we'll
49,. ps.,jni made her escape al the time Of her
.,nss arrest. and the officers had been hunt
.-~ ,,r her ever since. officer EsQuirel has spent
,,.a, deal Of time watching the jail In hopes
80, some one of Bettinis family or friends
-n, caIl upon him. He was rewarded yesterday
,,c after his long vigil by seeing one OF the
N.." .,.r's children enter the jail with package
'.Asng He followed the child to the tenement
VA IS Union-st. and there found Mrs Bet
mi nth her five children
n. money found by Esquirel vas in many
,srs.paces. The bills were principally twos
~ syes Some OF them were we'll executed,
s1 o,her specimens were imperfect. The mat
suas fruitful source of counterfeit wealth.
srS Yielded up several thousand dollars. during
..:sarcb the prisoner looked on with cynical
Hssrsnce bu, all the while protesting that
.ss bils yera hidden by some one else than her
ssf and tia; she did not know they were there
The entire family was taken 10 the feoera
pngdnr where Mrs Bettni was held oy Cnited
States Commissioner More in Sl,JoO pali LOT
examination next Monday c,
Nns Bettini pleaded not guilty. She was
taken TO Raymond Street Jail, while her childreli'
aTaf them bright-looking and well-dressed were
rsr.d for bv n sister who muttered strange
maledictions on the officers of the aW Tor lnNau-
ng their home.
The Secret Service men are still looking for the
mates from which the bills were printed. Despite
;ha story that the bills were made in Italy ana
smugrled into this country: the officers assert
ha, the money was manufactured In this neigh-
torhood and scattered about the country Had Il
no, been for the fact that Mrs. Bettinl is now IN
custody. and the $4,000 confscated, there Is
little doubt that the stuff would have speedily
found its way over a wide extent or territory.
An effort will be made 10 induce MIS- Betilm
"a turn states evidence and in that case other
rnortanr CAPTURES may be expected. 1t Is said
hat the gang numoers not less than fifteen to
uentv mon and that some Of them are in Wash
ington. Philadelphia, Baltimore and New