Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-11
TIE FASIS SENT ON.
rnE GOVERNMENT MAKES OFT A
STRONG CASE AGAINST THEM.
Bail FIXED At $1,000 BACH.
what the Defence wH1 Bc Was Not
Indicated az the Examination NeS-
serdsy-Mrs. Fssi Exoncrnted ana
set Free.


hearing before United states COMMISSION
or FYcgenheimer yesterday on the cna,se
of having in their possession ana pas0'ns
counterfeit coin. The government mace
our a very strong case against the pri-
soners. and they were held In oetauit OF
si.sOo bail for their appearance at 'he
Hume term Of the United States District
cour, 20 be held on the fourth aey Oh
that month.
The accused were represented by
Mcssrs George 4. Wise and II. c. Glenn,
but just what the defence viii be was
not indicated at the examination yester-
dav. The wife OF Carlos Fasi sat IN the
rear OF the courtroom during the ex-
animation. the very picture Of misery
and after the decision OF the Commission
or she broke down aud wept very nope
lcssly and In deep detection. She pas
been discharged IN the absence Of any
discriminating evidence. and her condition
IS foriorn. though the rent Of the house
in which she IS living is paid for a month.
She is a trained nurse, and will try to
exc out an existence In this city by fol-
lowing her procession.
WITNESSES IN THE CASE.
The witnesses in the case were J. h.
Angle. J. 5. Wiltshire, Junius A. Cosby
]. A. Allen. c. l.. Clarkson. W. II. Ba-
ker. Charles W. Vaughan. i. A. Pioor
] A. Jones Maurice FAX william Rein
heimcr. and a. NJ. Tominson.
Mr Jones told Of the visit Of the boy
20 his store. ostensIhly 10 purchase car
nation and his rendering counterfeit
half-Gollar. which witness refused Mr..
Jones was cross-examincd as 10 his
ability to detect base coin. and stated
that he could not say whether the coin
was made Of silver or not.
Mr.. Vaughan testified as 10 the visit OF
the younger FAST to his store. and the
purchase b. him of a 5-cent package OF
tacks. FOR which he rendered a counter
felt haif-6ollar. and received a. cents in
change. He related the circumstances
under which he detected that he had
been yictimized. his pursuit Of the Cuiprit,
and the subsequent arrest.
CrOss-examined, witness said that 1t
would be impossible for him TO identity
the coin passed upon him Officer Wilt
shire gave evidence as to his arrest OF
the boy FAST on complaint Of Mr..
Vaughan, at the corner of Seventh street.
and later of the arrest OF the elder Fasi
on Eleventh street near Marshall When
Carlos Fash was searched bag contain
ing s2s IN counterfeit half-dolars was
found upon him. Witness repeated the
statement made by FAST after his arrest
as 10 the manner in which he became
possessed Of the money. The Baxter
street man, of whose name he professed
ignorance had approached him several
times but he suspected that the money
hrI
eventually yielded to his sons persuasion
and paid SO for the bag Sergeant Cosby
testified as to the searching of the pri-
soners, and identified the bag of counter
felt money as the one taken from the
pockets OF Carlos FAST.
Mr.. Falk testified as to the purchase by
George FAST at his store Of a pound of
candy and a box OF cigarettes, for which
the prisoner rendered a counterfeit half
dollar the quality Of which was not de-
tected until after the boy left.
SOME EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Standardization Barker. Of the
United States Treasury Department, gave
testimony as an expert as to the base
ness OF the coin in the bag which was
found on the elder FAST Each piece was
counterfeit he said. and very coarse imi-
tations. Cross-examined. he said the coins
may have been washed with a silver So
luton but there was certainly no silver
IN their composition.
AT this point the government rested its
case Mr.. Wise contended that no evil
dence had been introduced 10 show that
the prisoners actually passed counterfeit
money. The only charge sustained was
that of having such money in their pos
session, and on this ground he pleaded
for a reduction IN the amount of bail to
be required.
Mr. Edgar Allan replied, contending that
The fact Of counterfeit coins being passed
was sufficiently established by reason
OF the likeness of the money passed on
Vaughan 10 the bulk of spurious coin
found in possession OF the elder Fasi.
There could be no reasonable doubt, he
said that the coin had been passed, and
that there was a lty knowledge of the
baseness of il.
The Commissioner said he would send
the case on and fix the bail bond at sl,Coo
each
ARE THEY COUNTERFElTERS?
Mr.. Allan asked that the bail bonds
should be increased. The prisoner, he
said certainly knew who the manufac-
turers of the coin were, even If they had
not made il themselves. The fine for the
offence. In addition to the term OF i'm
pr.sonment fixed by law. is $1,000 and the
possibility was not a remote one that a
small bail bond might be furnished by the