New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-12
COUNTERFEIT SILVER DOLLARS shi~hD
SIX MEN ARRESTED WHO ARE CHARGED VIII"
MAKING AND PASSING THE BOGUS COINS

90, ,,r>- ,pprsTED WHO ARE CHARGED WITH
WAKING AND PASSING THE BOGUS COINS.
SIX men who are accused Of making ana selIihs
corn,erfet silver standard dollars were arraisheu
late Yesterday afternoon before united States
corrmissionor Shields by chief IIazen, OF the
Secret Service Division. Three OF the pr'soneiS
we're Italians and the other three were Americans
rhoir names as recorded by the Secret Service men,
are Slsto and AdelnO Incognoi' OF NO "i' ',a''
hundred nd hfteenth-st.; FRANK Clarh VI w
9l9 East Forty -fourth-st. Harry Garen alias Big
ANDY" Of No Sj4 Flrst-ave.. and Andy seaer
and Petro TIonelL The capture OF these men ~
the result Of more than weeks close detective
work by Secret Service Agents william D. fN""
and owen owens.
For fully six or eight months the Secret Service
officers have been looking for the makers VI
counterfeit silver dollars, which were such cIeVer
limitations that many OF them were received AT the
CLEARING Uouse from banks I'm this city ana the
neIghborhood About a week or ten days ago IN
formation was obtained which led Chiet taZeh 10
believe that the coin was made al the Ohe-"""
dred-and- nfteenth-st. house Adelino lhcoshol mas
q fat OF four rooms on the second moor Vi '"o
ourding where he lives with his wife and three
children His brother sisto was frequent VISITOR
at the rooms and in fact spent most OF MS ume
there sisto says he is married. and has vile ana
four children. lie said he did not live with MS
brother but refused to give his address
Flvnn and owens kept close watch on tho mousse
and the movements Of the two brothers and about
6 o'clock on Friday evening they arrested Slsto
Incognoli as ne was on his way from his brother
rooms lie was searched, and sixty counterfeit
standard dollars were found in his possession lie
was locked up in nearby police station Tor inc
night and then the two agents went 10 FIFE
and Fortv-nrst-st Here. between go ana u;5gg
o'clock. they captured Clark tiareh' oeHIoI ~ ' he
lionel. Each of these men had hNe OF SIN v, dI
counterfeit coins in his possession '" men S-l',,
These men were also locked up, ana lnth IyNn
and owens went back to the One-huhurtu- anu ~
dfteouth-st house. where they found AdcHho II
most complete equipment OF counterIrittrs ne Nc
terial that has come into the possession OF ny
Government for a long time. one MINUTES u'u
eleven counterfeit dollars ready Tor clrculatIo d
plaster OF paris mouds. quantity OF ahtIiaHtS
ground glass and other material USED IN makiils
the coin. demijOhn Of quicksilver. uSed III Pldtihs
the coin: three crucibles and "A large huHiptr o,
files were seized. and Adelino Incognoi was placed
under arrest. IT.,
Yesterday Si.to Incognon tried to clear Ms
brother of all completely in the matter; nc told
Chief fIazen that his brother had only arrived
from Naples about nine months ago, ana tnat
he himself had been In this country ABOUT mn.
years lie said he made all the CON- ana tndt
tonic Frankie. who was convicted IN September
last OF making counterfeit quarterdollars ana SEN
fenced 10 eighteen months In prison Slsto lurther
said that he had been making the coins Tor the
last eight or nine months and carried on the busi,
ness last summer ia Novelist. Brooklyn lie sald
that he had tried 10 make counterfeit hve-doiIar
gold pieces but could not do the gold plating prop
erly
chief Hazen says that the counterfeit coin Is one
OF the most dangerous moulded bogus coins he ever
saw The milling Is perfect the metal has the true
light I'm weight The sellers it is said. disposed or
the coin at so % for $50 Of the face value.