The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-21
THEY BET WITH BAD MONEY
COLLECTED THEIR WINNINGS FROM
THE BOOBIES IN COOP MONEY.

one or the Methods by which -Four East side
C,unterrritera Got $40 Ellis Int CIrcu-
,,ior-sccrct Service Wen. After watching
Them for some Time. Rounded Them Up.
Your countcrfcitcrs whom the secret service
officials have been after for two weeks were
arrested on Thursday afternoon In this city
nv Chief George w. Hazen and half q dozen
NJ His assistants. Although tho men had
heen at work only q month. they had managed
IA float several thousand dollars in bad $40 sill
vcr certificates. In their rooms $500 In bad
money and $50, 900 in partially completed coun.
forfeit notes were found. The entire outfit was
Also captured. and altogether the raid was one
of The most successful made by the secret ser
vice officials in n long time.
Tho fact that somebody was passing q new
counterfeit $40 silver certificate, issue Of 1891,
became known to the secret service officers two
weeks ago. A merchant of this city on whom
ono OF the bills had been passed sent the note to
Chief Hazon. lie described the man who had
given II to him as a short. smooth'faced man,
apparently a Hebrew. Tho man was poorly
dressed, he said, and took the counterfeit from
aroodsizcd roll Of new bills. No thought Of 1t
being a counterfeit entered the merchants head
until some time after the man had left. Then II
occurred to him that 1t was strange that so
poorly dressed q man should have SO much
money. and he made a close examination of the
bill. 1t was apparent at once that 1t was q coun-
~terfeit.
awhile Chief Hazen was trying to trace the
bill two others came in from merchants in this
city. They wero evidently the work of the same
gang, but were so obviously counterfeits that
the secret service people couldn't understand
tho success Of tho makers In passing them.
Parts Of tho bill showed clever work. Tho en-
craving was very fine, but the ink was bad and
the press on which they had been run OF was
evidently defective. The paper was good. but
the backs OF the bills were badly blurred In
places and the small numbers were very defec-
tive. Altogether the counterfeitsw were poor and
not likely to go long undiscovered.
Ten days ago Chief Hazen got a batch OF the
hills from Couey Island. They had been passed
in various places. but their character had not
been discovered until after the men who passed
them were safely away with their change.
The next heard Of the counterfeiters they
were using the bills to make wagers at the
Brighton Beach race track. This was o COM
paratively sure game. Bookmakers have to
take money so rapidly that they have no time to
do more than glance at a bill to learn its de-
nomination. 1t was no trouble to work the bills
of on the bookies, but the discovery came when
the gamblers deposited their rolls in the bank.
Then it was seen that the eounterfeiters had
cleared a great deal Of money by betting their
bad bills on winning horses, sometimes getting
Chief Hasen sent q half dozen men down to
the race track as soon as he heard that the coun-
~terfeiters we're working there. and In two days
got on the track of the gang. The secret service
detectives watched the men pass the money for
several DAYS and Swallowed them each night, but
coup and bag the entire gang, which they be-
lieved to consist of four men,, as well as the
ease thst n there esE would e. o NO Chance ans Of Of any SainS OF the the
prisoners escaping conviction.
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three meeting places in this city. They were at
6s East Fourth street. 81 East Fourth, street.
d detet ives e OF decide w TfsSei the Quilt TIT was vas
se6 watch sS a sSe " eoSn Sa4 tass work Rsd o Il t s.aPS Sil Hy
Chief Hazen finally decided that the money was
ms@S sr OF the me gang '' wSo i hGsse' there SeS t Ras the the
ihfsaeT. T This man r,s he o harmed %sn was S,l known Nnow as
around the Fourth street houses as Samuel Hay
pan. Nathan Liebermen. and Henry Meyer: On
fhIrsdey m %sps .,l Moses s,5 got e g iip f hs,. the
Needed to arrest tho men at once, Raids on
iHS ii Hssen and Agent ,EsauirreIl Vent to tie
Henry street house and arrested Moses as he
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his captors., He was finally subdued and locked
men in and around the Fourth street house. IN
the Henry street house the complete outfit was
captured. Il consisted OF a printing press. a
number OF lithographing stones, several boxes
OF lithographing materials. cans OF ink. rolls OF
paper made in imitation Of tho paper used In
notes by the Government, and the finished and
unfinished counterfeits mentioned above.
Moses broke down after his arrest and made q
confession. He said he and his pals had been at
work only about q month. The bad quality Of
their bills, he said, was due to the newness OF
their materials. In another month, he said, he
would have been able TO turn out a bill that
would have staggered a bank cashier.
Moses. Lieherman. and Haymen are all lith-
oeraphers. They were charged with making
counterfeit money, while Meyer was charged
with passing bad money. Commissioner Alex
ander held all Of the men for examination Tues
day next