Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-03-05

ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS.-
.,-sn.,.rs. giving their names as James
Psrry anG R..a4.d l.. Clark, and
aIsiming Washington as their resi-
5aoce we're arrested in this city Satur-
Jsv night charged with passing counter.
t.iJ money. Shortly before 7 O'CLOCK u
,elsnbone message was received at
nolics headquarters stating that bogus
Il yer dollar had been passed on Mrs.
Mamie ID. Bowers, VINO conducts u
mail grocery on lower Prince street.
In mis- store, the man giving the name
If Barrv WAS seen TO pass the dollar,
Inn. IT, was five minutes after he left be-
,,,e il was discovered that the coin was
had 1t was learned later that counter
tsit money had been passed by man
ssd 10 be Barry at the stores ofCharles
WcKenpv and Miller Brothers. A few
minutes before s o'clock Barry and
clark were overhauled at Prince and
Fairfax streets by Policeman James
Hall. in company with Mr.. Mckinney,
one Of the victims. MIR. McKenny re-
co,rizsd Barry, and he and Clark were
,lsc.d under arrest. When searched
81, notice headquarters, three bogus dol
l.rs were found 10 Bafry's possession,
together with S4.S5 in good money, and
return ticket to Bal imore, good u til
Nsrcn ). While being searched one of
the dollars fell from Barry's clothes.
He denied that the coin came from his
pockets aud accused Lieut.. Smith of
dropping the money. Six OF the spuri-
ons dollars were later found on Fairfax
street. and it is believed they were
dropped by the the two men.
Cniel Wilkie and Mr.. Morgan, of the
secret Service Bureau of Washington,
cane here yesterday morning to look
NJ Barry and Clark. The secret service
men first made an examination of the
spurious dollars and pronounced them
10 ne n good imitation, but rather light
m weight They weigh about as much as
shalfdollar. The secret service officers
took photographs OF the two imen, al.
though Clark twisted his mouth and did
everything be could to prevent a pic
ture from being taken of him.
After the coin was examined the men
were brought from their cells and no
one wa allowed in the room except the
prisoners and the secret service men.
Barry admitted having thrown $40 OF
the queer" money away Saturday
night after mis- arrest. He also made a
statement, in which he said that $40 u
the bad money was purchased from a
man in Baltimore, IS being given for it.
He says he could recognize the man
be offered to aid in experimenting the
man provided the penalty against him
self be made light, but of course no such
terms could be made by the officers.
While the amount of counterfeits found
on the men was very small, the police
sre OF the belief that they had two con
iyderates on the outskirts of the city
VINO mad satchel full of the money
sod supplied them with it in small
quantities. 1t is also believed that the
men are mere tools, purchasing the coin
from gang of counterfeiters and travel
iDg to variOns cities circulating it in
small quantities and making good their
escape before being detected. Some citi
zens who saw the prisoners yesterday
are confident that Clark is the man
who in 1889 was arrested in this city,
charged with the burglary of the gro
Gerry store of w. 2. Graves, and who
for the Ofense was sentenced to term
Of four years in the State penitentiary
Barry and Clark were srraigned in the
Police Court this morning and the
Mayor, after hearing the evidence, com
mltted both for the action of the CRANE
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