The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-06
Two Italians are Arrested by Officer
John | Wiltshire.
A WOMAN AH0 IN CUSTODY.
The Men Give Eisc Names and Claim
TO Have Bou3t the False Coins
in New Yck-A Frutlcss
Search Iadc for the
Parapenaiia Of
Counerfeitcrs.

officer John L. Wiltshire. Of the Second
District. ably assted by other members
Of the force. did clever piece of work
last night end lantd behind the bars two
men. who were egaged I'm widely dis
tri5uting countcrfe coin throughout the
city. in the shape of dollars and half
dollars
The parties engged in he nefa.ious
| business are Itatns. claiming to bc
father and son. Crlos and ieorse Fast
by name They re also accompanied
by Maddelona Fas tho win OF Carlos.
but she. from am Indications. seems not
To have known of ha business in which
her husband and sn were ngas,d.
MANY VCTIMlZ;D.
How many partie have ben victinizcd
IS not known. The 0y -ay.six but there
are doubtless man more. Fortunately
their losses are stall.
Tho man and ~ boy ave oeen at
work here for seveal daysprobaby, but
suspicion was not arousd until last
night when GeOrf Fasi vent into the
place Of business of hammond. the
florist. on west Road sfeet, and told
NJ i. A. Jones. wo was charge, that
he wanted boutDuere he selected
flower and tendere in pymcnt a fifty
cent piece.
Mr.. Jones cxamTd themoney. and re-
turned it TO the ~ sayng that IL WAS
not good. the latter took the coin
without a word ~ wen ONT
MIR Jones susTions we're aroused ana
he followed him Iwn B'Oad street. The
next place visie by he young Italian
was the hardwe stOp OF Mr.. G.. W.
Vaughan. No. 2 east Broad street. lie
asked f0r and '@ived hve-cent pack
age Of tacks. VI 'aughan receiving with
out examinauo ne money which Mr..
Jones had rcffe' just az tho italian
left the store Nr.ones came IN and Mr.
Vaughan fourd at he had been vic
nmized TIls brqer-in-laW. Mr. T.. \. |
Peaco. who was ithe store at the time |
ran out and sawhe boy go into the |
White House Hpurchasrd "a package |
Of cigarettes thermd received foriy-fve /
cents IN change.
FOLLCED HIM.
When he came At Messrs. Vaughan /
Jones and Peaco lowed him down the .
street. His fatheras then standing on /
the corner Of seth and Broad and /
the boy. after lort conference with
him. went down tlstroet 10 the Buou.
Meanwhile his piuers notified officer
Wiltshire. and thuttor laid his plans
10 capture both. Dee boy. meanwhile.
had returned 10 Smth and Broad. and
here Mr. Wiltshi captured him, the
elder Fasi. havinpntinued his walk
down the street, " Mr.. Peace watch
ing him.
A crowd at once oected around Oiiicer
Wiltshire and hisrisoner. The latter
was much furried q said TO his captor:
please let me gIll give you So"
Not for $1,000 laid Mr.. Wiltshire.
and ne hurried b of 90 the Second
station. where Sermt Cosby and ON
Ger Clarkson took arge Of him.
officer wiltshire m hurried back 10
Proad street and son the trail of the
elder Fasi He fou him at the corner
Of Eleventh and NshalL 1he italian
gave himself mp witt a word, and was
soon inside "A cell abe station house.
The officers. hay reason TO believe
that "A manufactured counterfeit money
was I'm their hands once searched the
nlir They found no the person of tine
elder Fasi S2S ncatllne up in rolls. just !
ms coins are put m bank. a small
niocc of paper bccn each. The hoy
onlv had $50 Thowere ffty-one half
dollars and three ars.
poor COUERFElrs.
The coins were y ngnt-eyidently
beiae made OF sOmiumilum compost
tlou and they borates from 1875 10
1904 The work waIrly well done. but
a second glance wo disclose that they
In addition. the r Italian had SS.37
IN good money. anhe boy $225 most
of each amount bt in small change.
There was also fd q receipt for
months rent Of oom in the house.
No. 1929 east Franz street.
Sergeant Allen Officer Wiltshire
thinking that proly counterfoitcrs
tools might be fouhere az once went l
down 10 the numbndioated. and soon I
returned with a. gsized trunk. "a bas-
ket a bucket. aDthor miscellaneous
articles. The trubeing opened was a
found 20 contain y wearing apparel. a
most Of fl fcmi. They also found q
therein naturaliza papers taken out v
by Fasi i'm New Ycity On 1854. W
The man and being questioned
finally admittehat there was ei
woman with m. and officer y
Wiltshire went in search Of her. II
party wanted on nklin street near the 7 III
Davis House. aIoon brought her to J.,
the stationhouse The patrol-wagOn +
Meanwhile Fasd his son were quite cl
willing % talk q themselves. Neither
knew that theifnk had been found.
and each startoat By giving a false OF
name. S.
Fash said thas name was Charles
and the had Just reached of
Richmond fromv York on THURSDAY. ha
He came here. said. by way of the
Cyde Line. an(t New York because cd
he had the rhotism, and it was too
cold for him. M
where did yget this bad money!" NJ
he was asked.
EOUGHHE MONEY. ",
In reply, Fasn that he and his son 10
had been met B man, whom they did
not know at tbrner Of Baxter stree,
and Park gow New York city. and 10
that the latteHed them II thev did IN
not want To bune money. at the same su
time exhibitinhalf-dollar me
Fasl said tha did not want 10 bnv
the money. bed ne was afraid il was ini
not good but he finally yielded 10
his sons peIions. and gave the To
man ten-dc note. Tor which he | shi