Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-08
REVENUE STAMP sw1NplERs.
Important Arrests Made by Govern

important Arrests Made by Govern.
ment Officers In New York.
New York, Nov. Frank q. Thomp-
son, chief of the internal revenue bu-
|reau of this city, declared that at least
no per cent OF the revenue stamps used
daily in the Wall street district. having
already been cancelled, We're fraudu-
lent. Chief Thompson said this when
asked about the arrest by him in New
ark on Saturday of Caleb L. Crockett
and C.. J. Lee on charge Of restoring
cancelled revenue stamps and selling
them for use the second time.
Thompson's Jurisdiction extends to
northern New Jersey, and he said that
for two months he has been watching
Crockett. 1t is estimated by Thompson
| that the government was defrauded or
at least 900 day by the use OF Sec
ond hand stamps in the section OF the
lefty south of Fulton street. He says
revenue stamps worth about $4,000 are
daily required in the transactions of
that district, and that 10 per cent of
this total is represented in restored
| stamps.
| Chief Thompson, who made the first
arrest for this crime about six months
ago, said the work of restoring can
celled revenue stamps was being car
ried on to large extent, and he was
striving to arrest the swindlers as fast
as his varied duties would permit. He
said there was no connection between
the arrests in Newark Saturday night
and that early in October of Freeman
Strait, in this city.
"Crockett," Chief Thompson said.
was the manager of large establish
a l,tr
Important and lucrative. He has been
engaged in washing stamps for u long
time. This is the first case of the kind
| we have run down in New Jersey. /
learned that Crockett had engaged a
room in the Palace hotel at Newark.
and with several of my men engaged
an adjoining room. Lee was there and
lCrockett came in about o'clock. We
let them go ahead for little while and
then entered. I caught them at work
with a lot OF stamps and bottle of
acid used for this purpose was found on
the table,"
Chief Thompson said the stamps
taken averaged higher denomination
than any he had previously seized. Mes
senger boys. Thompson said. are en-
gagged to a large extent by the stamp
swindlers in carrying on their work.
He told of finding ten $50 bills on 9
messenger boy he recently called to his
office.
: II will venture to assert" the chief
; said, that / can go through New
Broad street and take into custody the
first fifteen messenger boys. indis-
fortunately, and by searching those
, fifty boys find at least twenty-five witt
wa shed or rpstorad revenue StamDs
! Some houses allow messenger boys ant
clerks to afiix and cancel stamps, and
, even IL boys receive good stamps they
often substitute washed stamps and sci
! the good ones at discount. Whenever
any one offers stamps for sale a
greater discount than ! per cent fol
. 800 worth, the person offering then
: and the stamps themselves should b.
], looked upon with suspicion. The great
= est discount any one can get is ! pc
: cent on 500 worth, which is the mos
the government allows"
e Thompson said one dollar stamp
y were used with greater frequency b.
: the swindlers. For this crime the pen
= atty provided in the federal statutes i
Z five years in prison and a fine of $1,000
Chief Thompson. as an indication Q
n the extent to which the swindle was be
:, ing carried on. said he had $4,000 J.
;. cancelled stamps in his safe.
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