The morning times., 1897-03-06
HE MADE TEN-DOLLAR BILLS
James Cassidy Arrested on the
Charge of COunterfeiting.
The Man, Who A Admits His Guilt.
Raised TwG-Dollar Bills TO a
Higher Denomination.

James Cassidy, young man about
twenty-five years old, affable in manners
ana stylishiy dressed, was arrested and
locked up in No. station last night bv
Policemen Ais and Muller ON the serious
charge of passing counterfeit money.
Five bogus bills OF tue denomination Of
$40, and ali OF the implements Cassidy
mad used in making them were also found
III his possession.
Cassidy's scheme was an Ingenious one
though the work on the bills is not skin.
fully ex ecuted. 1t is supposed that he
has been passing the queer here for
several days, and ,hass probably gotten
rid of number II the tliIls, though but
one Of his victims had made complaint
last night.
All of the bad money taken from him
when searched at the station was found
TO have been originally good So bills
OF a recent issue, raised to the denomina-
ton OF SO. With little brush and India
ink Of the color OF the back groundwork
of the bill, he had paint ed over TIE figure
''2'' in each corner and on both sides of
the certificate Then with a common rub
Der stamp he had carefully placed the
figures TO-, and at other places in the
same manner substituted the letter .'X''
in type the same size as the genuine At
first glance the bills appeared to be new
81 Q notes, for the substituted figures were
faithfully raced With pen and coloredink
Cassidy yesterday worked the saloons
in South Washington, and according to his
own acknowledgment succeeded in pass
ing three OF the raised bills upon unsuspect-
ing bartenders He would go into q saloon
where there was a crowd. He would pur-
chase pint bottle of the best whisky and
offer in payment one of the ''tenners'' If
it was accepted he would take the change
and quickly escape, while If the propri-
etor scrutiniZed the note and refused to
accept it, Cassidy would examine it him.
self, take it back good -naturedly and
pay for the whisky in silver Then he
would leave the place railing at the man
VINO gave it to him, whom he said he
knew, and start out ostensibly to search
for him.
The counterfeiter tried this rtse at the
saloon of p. j. Daily, Four and-a-half and
streets southwest yesterday afternoon,
and slipped up. The proprietor suspected
his game, and as he left directed Mr. ],
W. Hardy to follow him.
Hardy attempted to do so. but lost track
Of the man. he gave his description to
Policemen Ais and Muller. About O'Clock
the officers picked Cassidy up on Third
street as he was emerging from a saloon.
AT first he was highly indignant at his ar
rest, but Ii was noticed as he walked be-
tween the officers to the station that he
made an attempt to get into his pockets
as if he wished to throw something away
When searched'at the station the evidence
of bis counterfeiting being found on him,
Cassidy broke down and admitted his
guilt His outfit consisted of quantity
of India ink and an array of different
colored pencils, ink and pens. and an as
sortment of rubber stamps. Twenty eight
dollars in genuine notes were found in his
pockets and five bogus S1o notes,
Cassidy stated that he was cigar sales
man and lived at Altoona. He admitted
having operated in number of cities dur
ing the last two months, when, he said, he
first began counterfeiting. His father, he
stated, was prominent business man of
Altoona, and his family well to-do, and
respectable.
The police believe that Cassidy has a
confederate Cassidy says that he did
not drink the whisky he purchased, but
threw it away He was perfectly sober
when arrested Richard Jennings, a
saloon keeper at Four-and-a-half street and
Virginia avenue southwest, was one of
Cassidy's victims and last night made the
complaint at No, station against him.