Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-06
PASSED BOGUS MONEY
,o ITALIANS ARRESTED on THIS
CHARGE LAST NIGHT.
'TID LOT OF The "QUEER ON THEM
.~.ov Were systematically Working
,he city when Taken Into c"''o"'
, nenicd Their Identity. Hut the
.oId Woman" Gave the snap A""s'

..., italians, Carlos FAST, aged "
and his son, George Fasi, aged 10
we're arrested here last night oy
.,.,..man Wiltshire, OF the Second DIS
co the charge Of passing spurious
- and later in the evening, Made
,.s,hcrpa, who claims TO be the
gu" ,bo older man and the mother Of
WY ,.,,cer. was taken into custody on
nv -oe OF being a suspicious char
-, rersons Of Carlos and George
-. ~" n, police think they have two old
"- al. eounterfeiting. and descriptions
- rrsoacrs have been telegraphed
q yark When searched at the
no house the two male prisoners had
f4t.i- I'D. kots ltty-four bogus J0-cent
iH - ltarng various dates, and three
I-.l-f.it dollars. The money Is all
&c frlm aluminium, and # II had the
go r.rc would be difficult TO detect II
,rom ihe genuine.
HOW THEY OPERATED.
Tb. attention Of Officer Wiltshire was
v.H.l TO the prisoners by Mr.. =. W.
Vaughan. on whom the boy passed
counterfeit hali-dollar. Among the other
merchants on Broad street, who were
,.c..m.zcd were Gonnella Brothers. Faux
y Brother Dr. Ewell. II. III. NJ. Harrison,
and the proprietor Of the White ROuse
,lng saloon. The boy was iirst heard
sr0m 40 Hammond's flower store. There
ie attempted TO purchase a flower. and
offered in payment one OF the spurious
coins. 1t was rejected. and he proceed
Ell 10 Naughan's hardware store, where
lc secured paper Of lacks ana A. cents
sn exchange for one OF the bad coins.
AS the boy was leaving the store, MT.
y. a. Jones. Of HammonVs. ontert0' ana
informing Mr.. Vaughan Of his experience
with the lad. was shown the com ana
pronounccd If counterfeit. Then chase
was begun. and the boy was followed 10
Seventh and Broad streets, where ne was
seen fo Give the - cents 10 his iathef
JIe then went over TO the White House
eating saloon. where he secured a pack
age Of cigarettes and a. more cents in eX-
change for another Of the coins. At
Eighth and Broad streets the lad was
arrested. and be at once offered to pay
officer Wiltshire So 10 release him. After
he was taken 10 the station the oihcer
started after his father. and captured
linn at Eleventh and Marshall streets.
The two when searched had their bogus
money done up in packages OF $40 each,
paper being laid between the pieces OF
coin TO keep them from corroding.
BOUGHT THE MONEY.
The two prisoners said they had only
been here about three days, ana bought
the spurious money from q man at the
corner Of Baxter street and Park ROW,
in New York, paying so for $3S in bad
coin. though at the time they thought IL
was good money. They gave their names
as Charles and George SOmmershot, but
whom their room at No. 1929 east Franklin
street was searched a paper was found
showing that Carlos FAST was naturaiized
in NeW York i'm 1894 The two men stout
ly denied they had any connection with
la-t. lut shortly after they had been
locked up the Old woman was captured
opposite OBJ. Davis House. and she said
the name Of her husband was Carlos FAST
and h.r su George FAST.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
She Gsum,I any knowledge of the
bogus money and said she and her son
Rad been here about two weeks. while
Dog husband preceded them about a
month. Both father and son had claim
g. 90 have bought the bad money i'm New
Ork less than ten days ago. The boy
, .aims 10 have been employed prior 10
lis departure from New York by Bache
brothers & CO., silversmiths, Of o. and 90
Spring street.
The old woman had no bad money on
her person, nor was any found i'm her
room. she had $40 i'm good money on
her person, and her husband had SS.35 in
sound coin I'm a pocket-book i'm his pocket
and her son S2.i5 more.
Commissioner Flegenheimcr visited the
atauon-house last night and Interviewed
the prisoners. They will De taken be-
fore Justice Crutchfeld this morning, and
cl then, in all probability. be turned
over TO the United States authorities.