The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
MUCH LONG Green
$1,000 Worth of Bogus Bills
Found In Extensive Coun-
terfeiting Plant.
ARRESTS FOLLOWED GAMERS
Secret Service Men Say They
Have Heads of Gang Oper-
ating All Over the
Country.
ARRESTS FOLLOWED GAMERS

The arrest in a Hoboken saloon yester-
day of man with satchel full OF
counterfeit bills was followed by the dis
covery that the man was one of gang
that has been flooding this vicinity with
counterfeits Over 5000 worth of bogus
bills, a complete plant and the probable
leader of the gang were captured yester-
day. The two men Richard Gamer, who
was caught yesterday, and the supposed
head of the gang were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Isaac Ro-
maine, this morning in this this city. The
men were held in default of s15, 600
each to appear at a hearing before him
on next Wednesday morning. The bar
maid who served Gamer and his daughter
We're detained as witnesses.
When Gamer was searched at Police
Headquarters yesterday, two tax receipts
issued in Rutherford were found. Chief
Detective William Hazen, of the New
York Division of the Secret Service, and
Sergeant Hayden, Roundsman Kilduff
and Patrolmen Murray and Guinan, of
Heboken. then went 10 that town ana in
vestigated. They found that GAMER lived
in house which he owned al No l
Cornelie street
When the officers reached the house
Murray and Guinan were detailed to pre-
vent any escape by the rear door.
Chief Hazen, Sergeant Hayden and
Roundsman Kilduff made a dash for the
front, which stood open, probably on ac-
count of the heat In the kitchen they
found man who gave the name of Paul
johnson, of No. 422 East Eighth street,
New York. Clara Gamer, the thirteen
x-.sa -o15 a
Eoboken. was found in one of the bed
rooms On searching the house bundles
of bills were found in nearly every bed
room.
In trunk in a room on the second floor
were five lots of $1,000 each and one of
$50, ali h so bills, and all counterfeits
In a writing desk in the parior were
forty-seYen more SO and 122 bogus 81 bills.
Nearly all OF the bills were silver certifi-
Gates OF the issue of 1891, check letter B,
plate NO. IL
The plant located in the cellar was
described by Chief Hazen as the most
complete of its kind he had ever seen. An
expensive modern fiat-oed press five large
lithegraphic stones with impressions on
both sides, and Photographic negatives of
bills comprised its principal features, with
inks, paper and other paraphernalia.
The counterfeit money was taken by
Chief Hazen, and men were left guarding
the house.
johnson and the girl were brought TO
Hoboken Police Headquarters The
former was completely bewildered by his
capture.
1.-The Hoboken police deserve great
credit for this capture which is one of
the best that has been made in years"
said Chief Hazen. There is no doubt
that we now have under arrest the leader
and lieutenant of one of the cleverest
gangs of counterfeiters that has operated
in years. l expect the arrest of Johnson
and Gamer to result in others in differ
ent parts of the country We have cap
tured besides the pile of bogus bills docu-
mentary evidence that will lead to big
rcund up of professional counterfeiters.
The counterfeit money. we have seized is
among the eleverest in this line that has
ever been brought to our notice. We have
heard it said that bank tellers have been
fooled on false greenbacks in circulation
the past month or so and if these are
among the same kind of bills that we
have captured it is not at all surprising.
Tt takes expert examination to detect
their spuriousness. The photographic work
is as perfect as it is possible to have it
in initiated paper currency and the silk
fibres and every other feature of the gen
uine bills are simulated strikingly.
Il arrested a man who gave the name
of Meyers a year ago in New York who
l believe is this same Gamer. Little
money was found on him and the evil
dence against him was insufficient for con-
viction. The capture of his satchel by
the Hoboken authorities was responsible
for the success of yesterdays work
Nothing could have been more complete.
feel certain of the conviction of the two
prisoners