Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-15
ADROlTLY DONE.
Clever Capture Of Ten Sharp
Italian Counterfeiters.
Nine Of Them Arrested in Boston
and One in Lynn.
Over $4,000 10 Spurious IS Notes secu q
BY the Detectives.

Boston, March 14.-After more thar
four months Of careful work, the Unied
States secret service agents, assisted
by the local police took into custody
today. 10 Italians. who, they have every
reason to believe. have been issuing d
great amount of counterfeit s. treasury
notes and are, the Boston agents say
one of the largest and most crafty
gangs of counterfeiters that has
operated in this country.
While, through various means the
government officials claim to have sue
ceeded in obtaining nearly $4,000
worth of the notes from the arrested
parties, at different times. no bad
money was found on any of them, to-
day. and careful search of what is
believed 10 be the headquarters in this
city, failed to disclose any of the
counterfeiting paraphernalia.
The secret service agents, however
did not expect to find any dies or plates
in this city. for every indication points
to New York as the issuing point
The names of those arrested are as
follows: Francesca Cacci. alias Enrico
Martens. AZ years old. 1876 Main street;
Peter Gonzales. IS years old. 100 Pleas
ant street: Salvador Marta Pavola. 40
years old: Mrs. Angela Mastra PavOla.
81 years: and Mary Mastra Pavola. IL
years. all living at Sun Court: An
tonic Cotogna. &c years old. 259 North
street; Antonio Mazzucci. 35 years,
Charles street. Francesca Brosi. So
years old, Foster court; Joseph De
Salvo. 40 years old. 152 Endicott street.
all OF Boston. and Francisco De Marco
of Lynn.
The arrest was most adrOitly made
and was somewhat FASTENED by reason
OF the fact that one or two We're pre-
pairing TO leave for New York. In fact.
Brosi was taken from the end of a
moving train. as il was pulling out of
the Park Square station. bound for
that city
For nearly six months large
of spurious s. treasury notes
bearing the jackson vignette has been !
coming into the hands of the secret |
service agents, a greater portion of il |!
turning in this city. and. last Noyem-
Der. the government officials deter |
mined 10 make a strenuous effort to !
run down the counterfeiters r. S.
kedfern Of New York, came to this
'ity and worked up the case. Two
months ago the local police were called |
IN and with the assistance of other
special detectives most thorough
search of the city was made.
The government officials soon dis
covered that most of the bad money
urned up in the Italian quarter at the /
North end. as well as in Lynn. but for
long time. so crafty were those who
we're passing the money. the evidence
lid not warrant an arrest. 1t was.
therefore,. decided that some unusual
fort must be made and humber of
rusted agents were brought over from
New York. all on close terms of inti-
racy with Italians They went about
he city and succeeded in buying about
10000 worth of bad s. notes. The Sc
ret service men claimed that all the
'ad money was obtained from the par
les under arrest.
Today. after all of the expected par
les had been faithfully Swallowed, it
vas decided to make a general haul,
nd no less than 20 officers. both gov
and local inspectors. were dis
ributcd about the city and partici-
'ated in the capture. The notice of
he arrest of Marco at Lynn, was soon
fter received.
In the detention room every one was
arefully searched but none of bad
otes was found on them. This fact.
owever. does not in any way dis
outrage the officers. for they say tina.
hey have sufficient evidence from their
gents TO convict every one.
The government officials. tonight.
iere not prepared to say Just how ex-
ensive they believed the gang to be.
ut they are convinced that the arrests
ladc. today. will lead at once to the
iscovcry of the main office in New
-ork.