The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-18
SPURIOUS <
!. MONEY PASSED
TWOItalianS Circulated the
Queer in Dover.
THE OUTFIT is GONE
Signs Remain that Had
Quarters of a Dollar
Were Made on a
\ Farm at Dover.
MORE ARREST TO FOLLOW.

u For the past few weeks the Government
4 of1cials have had several complaints OF
looInterfeit money being circulated In DO.
yer. The town has been acluallg flooded
with spurious quarter dollars. Merchants
Ixeceived the coins but in several instances
twefe unable to tell tho persons from whom
they were received. Suspicion rested upon
two Italians who resided on n farm at d.
InAh's Corner. Secret service agents, Short
,4er and Barker came to this city and con.
suited tho local authorities
Shortzer stood outside OF the store of
sJohnJ Scanlon and saw the two men, Mich
ael Costello. and Giuseppe Special pass II
0oin for yeast cake. The secret service
man walked in and Scanlon had the coin
in his pocket Yesterday the Italians came
Unto Dover and the detectives walked into
Ilhe store. One Of them saw tho quarter
handed in payment for crackers ana other
Afterwards and Deputy Marshal Clark
went to Dover and took the men to New
Castle Jail last night.
They were brought to this city this
morning and given u preliminary hearing
before Magistrate Sasse on tho charge OF
passing aud uttering counterfeit money.
Costello through Carman Di Marc plead
cd not guilty. He was held in 81, 900 bail
for hearing on August ~.
Opecioii, WAS tlel urrankeu Oh u 5nnllAc
charge. He entered the same plea and
was held in the same bail. The penalty
upon conviction is a fine not less than
5000 and Imprisonment not more than
ten years.
Special Agent Shorter in speaking ofthe
affair said There have been bushels of
oOins made at that farm no doubt. From
Whatl learned tho men came to Dover in
Nay and bought this 45.acre farm from
Thomas 5. Clark. Ths farm contains 4s
ACres. When Shorter visited Dover one
week ago Charles H. Butler met him and
offered to take him to Dinah's Corner and
sell the farm.
Butler said that tho payments on the
farm had not been according to contract
The farm Is carried on by man nuneI
Taylor and he says the Italians do not
work on the farm. They are about the
house hammering all night. In the stable
wore signs of the manufacture of the
queer" The furnace, anvil, some char
coal and some metal dross still remained,
but the moulds and tools were gone Cos.
1Bllo has been OH the farm only few
weeks.
! His wife and four children live on Queen
greet, Dover He claims that what money
hs put out was given to him by his vile
and Speclall claims that he obtained the
money from the bank. Another Italian,
who has been on the farm until two weeks
4go. Is believed to be the man who manu-
pictured the coin 1t is expected that
hholesale arrests will follow in other
pities The spurious coins were carried
Away by Italians who visited the farm
each week.
The money was passed upon J. J. Scan.
lpn, @ S. Pennewill grocer named
Hammond and at the postotiice. AT the
latter place they gave one of the spurious
colns. The young lady took it and the
eanitor caused the fellow to give ten cent
piece in payment for the stamps and to 70
fund the change received.
Special owed e. :. P'nnewill SIS and he
nsized horse yesterday in payment CT tho
nlaim. AS the men were unable to furnish
bail they went sent to New Castle Jail this
afternoon.