The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-25

,s Mack McAlpin, q harness.
rs vrrs4auu LAarls, sa+ios' ane
rAks', - a clerk. By Detscave sam
CARES - pairs. nsan AicnAsl POWERS
CsrSstt = - 20 De the most important
ass go tn several ~eehA-
e1t1Sfe go have cleared up three Dsr-
Iaess - s.rer3xsgt 20 light eviesIce tfl&t
sisfsss 90. ~asnterfeitsrs have been al
faas =. oa~rzts II Seattle. II 10 rsos
ss7ps "a any spurious money ms
tre0@~.@. - circulation. "a The one piece
sesA - sv re police Is such a poor fai4-
ssps1s -s~kel that II would Be almost
fsss0s - o~ar II 20 anyone who bad even
sSss.--ass.a knowsedzs OF cur money
a III ,.ser case OF The best laid plans
swxv with evidence failing Inc
. ~ - made the coin evidently attempt
susst II Up. and In fact party sue
80 How many cotns we're fAeisoo
!. Sc mass Of metal nov in posSessioIi
= - uollee would be haro 70 say. @
g -. xss only one bat the fact
aAss t.' quarter OF one nickel was
-. '..a.4 a-noag the crumbly mass o.
go .ayr.asltlou indicates that the actual
- ss1rnlr,z out coins was commences.
.nnnoxef that McAipiu, Laurie and
.s.' rssre In on the deal, az the metal
g ,sunA in Their cabin. bat there IS
sae aseson that they had confederates-
.sss,re have known for some time that
-. uaa a nest OF would-be counterfeit
,ss essv. but up 20 the time the tell
-. s.sr ras discovered the nest had not
-, in~staa The shape Of three or four
- ~ metal Indicate plainly that the
rsra possessed Of a cruciole OF some
- an the coin tells OF the existence
T. far. the police have not located the
..rsterfeliers' tools. bat u Is presumed
a.. they are concealed In or about the
-. ~ phfliips street NcAlpin Is -
,say. "a ard Laurie Is =. 30 the best snow
-. soilee have OF obtaining a confession
= "a, has been going on Is from abe
.s..A nrfssner. Hussey, who Is only II
vssrs "a. The boy IS inclined 20 talk.
- perhaus be NAV give Chief Reed
-. vstf.h,e information today.
n addition 70 the counterfesting bsisf-
.sss tsa MeAlpin gang carried on
wsssssale robbery business. but confined
,ss-s-a'ves 20 work that did not attract
ssks.preaa attention. Their cabin WAS
80 suyulisxf with 81 kinds OF household
ss,se preserves. cigars and fohacco.
orr lot % lace curtains. books and bed
sssbgng was E*olen from an unoccupied
saeze on the shore OF Lake Union. Tho
seslrs claim 20 have positive evidence that
y, Vpin. Laurie and Hussey broke into
- hoa-e night before last and stripped
q what they thought best suited TO
tselr wants.
Tney also had a large supply OF cigars
AID srnoking tobacco. which were identi-
ses ,sss night - tire property which was
ssasn from Fred Kraft's little store at the
Lake washington terminus OF the YeEler
xay cable lire few nights past.
Yesterday morning the Post-Iuteiligeu-
ser ed how another batch OF bed clothes
etc, found In their possession had been
sta6n from a room In the Denver house
o. First avenue. between Madison and
Spring streets
Another safe Cracked.
AIS O'clock yesterday morning the pso-
pc IN TIE vicinity OF we.ch & Ericlkson's
store At ga Twen;y-frst avenue. usually
eziied Mcciafre street. were aroused by
q bod explosion. An Investigation showed
rat the store had been entered ard that
~ safe had been blown open with black
poxdsr. The proceeds from the job net
~ the crzckzmen s26.
Entrance 70 the store was affected
through side door BY removing the pan
ts big bar was then removed. and by
FeAng back the spring lock the door WA
re- 70 swing open. The safe. which was
n-as some barrels % oil. was taken out on
,hs saewsik an act which would require
great nerve were 10 not for the fact that
issre Is nc policeman in that section after
y oehock AZ night. IL IL naturally sup
pcsed that the sob vas done by the same
1sn who operated a few nights ago on
ne safs In the Oregon Improvement Com
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