The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-24
LOUIS KhRNOVSkY'S MONEY
MAY GO TO UNITED STATES PENN.
TERTIARY FOR PASSING 1T.
Gave Mrs. Della Du Dreuil . Bogus SO
silver Certificate When She
Tried 70 Pass Ii She FaiIed-secret
Out. Karnovsky. a Russian Jew end

Louis karnovsly. a Russian Jew and
dealer In secondhand goods at 2l2 Rail-
way avenue. was yesterday bound over 10
await the action o. the United States
grand jury on a charge Of passing a b.
gus so silver certificate off upon Mrs.
Della Du Breui. The certificate IS with
out much doubt one OF these raised"
from genuine 81 certificates by the aged
eounterfelter John williams. recently sent
10 AcNeifs Island FOR an eight-year term.
The question for the grand jury TO deter
mine is whether Karnovsky knew the Ger
thcate was bad when he passed It.
karnovsky and his partner, william
Robenowetz. were byth arrested yesterday
morning at ahou. 10 O'clock by Deputy
United States Marshal John wooding upon
q warrant procured by Chief Hazen. o.
the United States secret service office re-
Gently established In Seattle. At O'Clock
In the afternoon they were given a pre-
Eminary hearing before United States
commissioner kiefer. who. after hearing
the evidence against the two black bard
ed and greasy defendants. discharged
Roben0wetz. the younger partner and held
karnovsky 70 answer in the sum Of $50
1t was proved by the evidence of the GEM
planning witness, Mrs. Du Ereuii. tha,
karnovsky was the man who gave her
the raised certificate
The story told by MIRA Du Bre,,jI and
her husband. James Du Breuil was that
they have been in town but two weeks
and have just started a lodging house on
Fourth avenue. On last Monday even
ing they went through the second hand
stores on Railway avenue. At No 2i2
Mrs, Du Breuil bought $10 worth OF
household goods and save q $50 gold piece
In payment. RobenowetZ. with whom she
was trading, went to his cash drawer 10
make change. bat before he could do 50
karnovsky volunteered 20 change the gold
piece. and handed Mrs. Du Breun $40
silver certificate, while RobenoweJz gave
her the balance. The next day Mrs. Du
Brsuil attempted 10 pass the certificate.
and was told that It was raised and worth
less.
Mrs. Du Breuil insists that Karnovsky
took from his inside pocket a small can
vas sack containing some silver and q
pocketbook. and from the rocketbook took
the bad bin, which was folded away sep
arate from n roll OF other bills in the
pocketbook. It Is upon this testimony that
the main case against Karnovsky was
made. the prosecution claiming that IL
showed that Karnovsky knew IRE bin was
bogus and deliberately took advantage OF
hts customer 10 get rid OF II. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Du Breui say that the second
lend dealers had an animated CONVERSE
ton. almost dispute. in their own Ian
guage. before Karnovsky gave Mrs. Du
Breuil the bill. disregarding what were
apparently the protests OF his partner.
The secondhand dealers were placed on
the stand and subjected 10 cross-question-
ing by Assistant District Attorney cay
pool. They denied any knowledge OF tho
fact that the bill was counterfeit. hu.
owing 10 their poor knowledge Of English.
they were not able 10 make an extended
statement.
Mr.. Hazen. after he had determined tina.
Rohpnowetz and karnovsky were the men
he wanted. spent several hours in endeav-
orlng to obtain their names. so that
warran. might be issued. His best efforts
failed, however. even after he had dick
cred with the Jews for an hour over
Yukon outfit he didn't want hoping 10
trap them into giving him n business card
or their names and address Finally
warrant for the arrest ot John Doe Roe
and John Roe Doe was issued. and The
true names filed in after the arrest.
The counterfeit bin IS n very clever pieos
of work, and bears all the marks Of Coun-
,erfeiter Williams work.