The evening times., 1900-07-26

PHILADELPHIA. July 2e.-What the
Secret Service officials regard as one Of the
most important captures they have made in
recent yars was the arrest yesterday OF a
man whD is charged with manufacturing
the counterfeit silver dollars with which
this city and other places near by have
been deliiged for long time past.
Capt William J. Burns Matthew F.
Griffin and Benedick Peeke were the Sc
eret Service agents who effected this i'm
nous Jacobs and Kendig counterfeiting
conspiracy. in which Captain Burns in par
ticular distinguished himself. In the pres
ent case they have devoted their best ef-
forts for many months past in following in
Vulnerable trails and clews that bafiied for
2 long time the best detective talent that
the service could supply. 1t was not until
yesterday morning that they decided that
the time was ripe for springing their trip
They took their position early opposite
the house at 7I9 Christian Street. This is
a three-stOry tenement house in which nYe
or six families reside. The operatives paid
attention TO nobody in the teening neigh
borhood until a dark. thin. black mus
taehed man OF about thirty years Of age
emerged from the door OF the tenement
and walked rapidly up the street The
three operatives followed quietly
The thia man turned at Tenth Street and
went north Near FitZwater Street Cap
tain Burns touched him on the shoulder
He turned sharply TO see three determined
faces near his own.
You must come with US. The game is
up" said Captain Burns quietly.
The thin man scowled and protested
The three quiet men. speaking with an ap-
pearance Of extreme patience. quickly con-
vinced him that he must accompany Them
peacsabiy or otherwise He then walked
suIlenly with them to the Secret Service
Office in the POstoftice Building.
Here he gave his name as Bartho Ruello
and claimed Philadelphia as his place OF
resids. e I0r the past sixteen years He
was Locked up in a cell. after which the
Secret Service men hastened back 20 the
tenement house al rs Christian Street
shortly after ; o'clock Ruei!O. IN the
custody II Deputy Marshal Abe Meyers
was taken before United States Commis-
sioner Craig for hearing He had Sc
cured as his counsel Attorney Joseph West
/ T..ited States District Attorney Holland
was present. This is his first case and ne
/ intends 10 conduct it in person Secret
Service agents and other witnesses were
I also on hand and the prisoner scONled saw
| agely as he glanced from face 20 face
But the District Attorney. instead OF
proceeding, asked for pOstponement OF
The hearing until today. on the ground
/ that i could not be completed last night
/ He said that he had positive evidence that
/ the prisoner had been engaged in eouu-
terfe:ting and circulating silver dollars.
and he asked that he Be held IN SS.OSG bail
| for an adjourned hearing Commissioners
/ Craig fixed the ball az $1,000 Then Deputy
/ Meyers took RueIlo down to MoyamensiES
/ prison.
This Bartho Ruello." said Captain
Burns in the District Attorneys Office aft
| erward. I'VE believe 10 be the most danger
/ Gus counterfeiter Of coin that We have
been after for many yars and his capture
viii be considered by the department al
! Washington Of the utmost Importance he
S believed 10 be responsible for all the oo-
/ gus silver dollar coin that has been put
| out fer years past We have followed him
patiently and know all about him
1t IS claimed that he was the leader OF
a gang that passed the coin and that he
had such a hold over his followers, VINO
held him in terror. that none OF them
could ever be made 10 split on him. al
though many Of them have been arrested
and convicted for passing the bogus coin.
There are several men no! serving terms
U
tfary for passing the dollars made by Ru-
clio, vet not one Of them ever gave US the
slightest Indication OF where they obtained
the cOunterfeits. RueIlo's fierce threats
| were sufficient TO keep them from peach
ing
''RueIlo's scheme was to get man whom
he could trust and then send him oUt into
the business community with the counter
felt coins. Often RueIlo would accompany
his man. carrying the bag containing the
bogus dollars. from which he would supply
his emplOye from time 10 time. He rarely
passed the coins himself
We have been after him here for
months. In fact he has been shadowed for
years. but he was always smart enough TO
shove the trouble upon some one else he
was arrested in this city in 1891, charged
with passing counterfeit s. bills on shop
keepers. but in some way he beat the case
\ few years later. however. he did time
| in New York for this offence. and Ne have
| his photograph. taken there He went then
under the name of BaCcsrO. Afterward be
got into trouble in Newark Until now.
however. he has been remarkably success
full in Philadelphia"
RueIlc occupied the second and third
/ floors back at the Christian Street tene-
: ment house. He lived there with his wife
! and four children. A search OF the prem
ises made by the Secret Service men after
his arrest resulted in the discovery OF a
complete cOunterfeiting outfit. incIu ing
| crucjbles and plaster of paris moIds. Ac-
| cord.ng TO the Secret Service agents he
made his counterfeit silver dollar coin of
uAse metal. but so skillfully that 1t tefed
detection except at the hands of an e1-
pert
Secret Service men we're euSag
! throughout the day AID oTeuing in search
ing various places throughout the city
where RNeIlo is thought TO have hai cen
feicrates. for collections of the bogus coins
OF paraphernalia that might have been
in making them. The results OF the search
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