The times., 1899-08-09
THE Law HAS him AGAIN
John Pollock, a Notorious Counter
feIter, Arrested in Texas.
Making Spurious Money by the
Photographic Process His Special
fy-Carried on His Business Even
WI lie i'm Prison-Mexico the Scene
of His Latest ExpIoits-His Record.

John Pollock, notorious counterfeiter
who has served several years in the peni-
tentiary, and has been wanted on new
count for the last two years by the Secret
Service Bureau, was arrested yesterday at
Pecos, Tex. The capture was made by
Secret Service Agent Burns. the officer who
was instrumental in running down the
noted Philadelphia counterfeiters a few
months ago.
Pollock has been living for some time
under the name of j. C. McKibbon, and he
came originally from Ohio. At the time of
his arrest he had been travelling in Mexico,
ostensibly as an exhibitor of vitascope pic
lures, and as such had horse and wagon,
which contained, besides the vitaScope ap-
paratus, collection of materials for max
ing counterfeit paper money. On his per-
son waS a lot of spurious notes.
Pollock was arrested on April q, 1896, at
Fort Worth, Tex, and convicted of making
and passing a counterfeit production of a
50 legal tender note. He made the notes by
means of the well-known Photographic
process, and the paper was easily dis
tinguishable from the genuine Pollock
was sentenced to serve two years in the
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
! While in prison, he managed TO be assigned
TO the Photographic gallery which is main
tanned in the prison, and it appeared after
the expiration of his sentence that he had
improved the opportunity to make some
more counterfeit plates, and that he had
taken the plates with him. He floatei
some of the bad money thus produced very
soon after he left the prison. He was soon
rearrested, and on April 10, 1897, was in
dicted for his crime.
1t was found during the trial that other
prisoners at Fort Leavenworth had been
implicated with him in making the counter
felt plates. In consideration OF his giving
evidence against these men Poilock's bail
was reduced and he promptly skipped out.
Since his escape he has been travelling i'll
Mexico and rarely ventured over to the
American side. Several months ago he was
located by agents of the Secret Service BG-
reau and an agent was on the point or ar
resting him, when the treaty between this
country and Mexico expired making it i'm
possible to extradite prisoners. careful
watch was kept on Pollock however, and
his arrest yesterday closely followed the
conclusion of the new treaty between the
United States and Mexico.
Within few months, and in fact, ever
since he skipped his bail at Leayenworth,
Pollock has been engaged in counterfeit
ing. He is known to have sold quantity
of the spurious notes, which he produced,
to a man at Ell Paso, Tex, and who is thus
implicated in Pollock crimes.
A large quantity of counterfeit paper
money was found on Pollock's person when
he was arrested. There were several pho
tographic plates for making notes of the
kind known TO the Treasury as twenty dol
lar Hamilton heads. ten-dollar Webster
heads, fve-dollar Jackson heads. five-dol-
lar Garfield heads, five-dollar Thomas
heads, and $40 notes of the Havaner Ma
tional Bank of New York. Pollock also
had several negatives of seals, quantity
of bond paper cut in the size OF bank
notes, and some materials for re-touching
Photographic prints.
Pollocks legitimate business is that of
a painter He has bsen the means of get
ting several of his associates into the peni-
tentiary