The evening times., 1899-04-28
bogus MONEY PLANT
REACHES This CITY
Treasury Receives the Lam
caster Gangs Supplies.
Boxes Filled With Tons Of Presses,
Plates, and Paper,
Value of the Spoil Estimated at
Thousands of Dollnrs-All to
Re Destroyed.

The entire plant used by the Lancaster
Philadelphia gang of counterfeiters, two Of
whose members are now on examination
in Philadelphia, has been received at the
Treasury Department, having been shipped
by express from Lancaster Wednesday.
The outfit includes several of the latest
hand presses, the plates from which the
impressions Of the famous 500 Monroe
silver certificate were taken, several tons
OF paper used in making the bogus reve-
nue. stamps, which have caused such
wholesale seizures Of cigars all over the
country, large quantity OF counterfeit
revenue stamps, and other paraphernalia
needed for the manufacture of counterfeit
stamps and bills.
The Secret Service officials have not yet
made an examination of the contents of
the large boxes in which the goods we're
shipped, and were not able this morning to
assign definite value to the outfit. 1t is
probable that il is worth several thousand
dollars, as the work Of making the plates is
especially expensive and the paper on
which the bogus certificates were printed
Is very costly.
After the Secret Service officials have
made a thorough examination of the con-
tents Of the boxes the articles contained in
them Will be destroyed.
Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service, is
now in Philadelphia attending the exam
ination before United States Commission
er Edmunds OF Ellery p. lngham, former
United States District Attorney, and for
mer Assistant District Attorney Harvey
X. hewitt, who is charged with conspiEc
acy to bribe Secret Service Agent William
J. McManus Chief Wilkie is expected to
remain in Philadelphia until the cases OF
M
The Secret Service officials are morally
certain, they say Of the guilt of the men
now under examination, no matter wheth-
cr they are acquitted or not. Since the
unearthing of the gigantic plot. the Secret
Service men engaged in hunting down the
criminals have been the recipients of con-
gratulations from all quarters. The de-
lection CT the conspiracy is regarded gen.
orally as the biggest piece of work done
by the Secret Service Bureau in recent
years. There is ample ground for this
contention as the work of ferreting out
the crime has been attended with the
greatest difficulties.
The bureau has been c: work on the
counterfeiting case for thirteen months.
When II was first discovered that some
thing was wrong there was absolutely no
cIew with which TO begin and the roundup
of criminals was brought about only by a
most careful and minute examination OF
the Monroe series of certificates.
Philadelphia was selected upon as. the
place to commence the work, only because |
the largest number OF the bogus bills had
made their appearance there
During the greater part of the thirteen
months of the investigation the Secret |
Service agents have been forced to watch |
the case carefully, awaiting developments |
and warding off untoward complications |
which might undo all the work previously !
The period of waiting was |
the hardest part of the whole thing. said |
a Secret Service official this morning.