New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28
SECRET SERVICE REPORT.
DEPARTMENTS WORK IN RUNNING DOWN
SPANISH sPIES-COCNTERFEIT-
Frs CAPTURED

we.bineton Aug 1.-THE report OF Chief Wilkie
Of the Secret Service Is the first from the Bureau
Offices Of the Treasury Department which has been
made 10 the Secretary of the Treasury II has been
,be nolicv Of Mr. Gage as Secretary Of the Treas
my 10 get out the annual reports OF the Depart
Inent as possible after the year 70 ~hich
they relate. Last year the annual report OF the
Secretary or what Is known as the fnanciai report
was delivered 10 Congress al the opening OF the
session whereas In former years II was not READY
for delivery until several months after Congress
had convened
on the outbreak Of hostlites between this coun-
Try and Spain the division was called upon by the
War Department TO investigate numerous cases OF
persons suspected Of furnishing Information 10 the
eneuv The demand for this service was 50 great
and increased 80 rapidly that an emergency force
was organized outside OF the regular division ana
the operatives wore so active and successful IN
their investigations that numbers OF spanish
agents were arrested and the principals In the spy
system were driven from the neutral territory In
which they had taken refuge From the special
fund SET aside from the National Defence Appro-
priation and made available for the necessary ex-
penses in connection with the Spanish inVestiga-
tons there had been drawn al the close OF the
fiscal year t,719.
The following Is a summary OF the secret ser
vice work OF the last fiscal year
Arrests 7OJ OF which l37 were for CONTRIBUTING
or altering paper money: 523 for coming and 20 for
miscellaneous offences
Convictions &c; awaiting action Of courts. 2sO ac-
Quilted IN; died. I: fugitive on forfeited bond, J.
Missouri led tho States with the largest number
If cases S.; Pennsylvania had C3; New-York and
Illinois IS each: Texas. 80; Ohio, "a. Arkansas. a
Indiana g6: Alabama. %; Nebraska and Virginia. q
each: Georgia. q; Michigan q. and the other
States Jess than 20.
There were no cases IN Maine. New Hampshire.
Vermont. Rhode Island, New-Mexico. the Dakotas'
idaho Utah Wyoming
The representstvc value Of counterfeit notes re-
covered was SIT 2i3. and the representative value
Of coin recovered N0.O2 a total OF SlZi.zoo
over 81 yDGpD 90 fash notes-Confederate
fac-sinniies etc were seized and destroyed
There were recovered ia plates for the printing
81 counterfeit and flash notes l1i sets OF dies Tor
codntorfeiting COIN and 2ia Gets for mouds for the
some purpose 49,, ,
The division. acting under the advice OF the Jaw
officer Of tho Department. began crusade against
various advertising devices, printed in Imitation OF
l-n.e. states notes and coins and confscated them
wherever found II supplied details OF men 20
naturalization and customs frauds. with satisfac G,
tory results. Nineteen new counterfelts appeared
in the year. only hve Of which were IN any degree
dangerous The maker Of three or them was ar
rested and convicted one had so limited circnla
ton as 10 be no general menace. while me ifth
counterfeit the 800 silver certificate, the most Dan
gerous ever placed in circulation, sun threatens
the business community, with It's makers unknown.