The evening times., 1900-02-15

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Unsophisticated
persons, who can be lured into the pur-
chase OF green goods" may be the richer
by a raid made by Captain vredenburgh
and the police Of the OAK Stree, station.
on the occupants Of the nfth floor Of p
Frankfort Street. Five prisoners were gath
cred in-three men and Two womeI.-and
more than 10000 green goods circulars
stamped and ready for mailing were seiz-
ed
In their sudden descent the police nip
ped in the bud what is probably the big
gest scheme OF its kind that has been
planned for some time. In fact the cap
tain says il is the biggest raid ever made
in this city The prisoners are Frank
Brooks. thirty-eight years old who Ie-
fuses TO give his address; Charles Jack
son. thirty-nin years old, who says he Is
a clerk. with a residence AT the ST. Cloud
TOtel; Thomas Gilbert. twenty-siX years
years old. OF Forty-frst street and Broad
way, IngebOrg Lie, twenty three years
old OF No. 202 St Nicholas Avenue and
Lille Walker twenty-siX years old, Of No.
126 Bedford Street.
Brooks. the police say. is an Old-time
operator In this line OF business. and the
other two men. they believe capitalized
the present enterprise. The two women
were clerks. and IL is thought. did not
know the nature OF the. circulars they
were preparing for the mails.
II may BE- that the raid was directly
due TO a falling out afnOngt them. for Cap
tain Vredenburgh WIS Informed OF what
was going on through badly scrawled
letter A short time ago a raid was made
on a poolroom in this place. and the police
believed the tip worth investigation. It
did not take much. work TO get information
that warranted arrests.
Before the police started out Anthony
COmstock was invited 70 lend his assist
ance. but he did not respond. Captain Nre-
denburgh with Detectives Hahn and Sny-
decker. and = squad Of policemen, drove
up to the door i'm patrol wagon They
had no trouble in gaining an entrance.
the occupants of the place being taken
by surprise. The furnishings OF the .OOm
consisted of three chairs and an impro-
yised table made by placing board over
two wooden horses.
At this table the young women were at
work folding addressing. and stamping
circulars. Piled about the room were sixty
| sacks full OF matter ready for the mails.
| Confronted by the police. Captain Nren-
/ denburgh SAYS. Brooks took him aside
] and offered him $500 cash II he woIld call
/ the raid OF.
On The way 10 the police station one of
/ the men told the police that the circulars
/ were 20 be sent 10 Utica. y. Y. from
/ which place they were TO be mailed. An
/ examination OF the circulars showed that
I advantage had been taken Of the publicity
| given the big cOUnterfeitug plot IN
Philadelphia WHAT pUrported TO be- a copy
/ Of the Weekly Report was in the wrap
1 pers This paper contained the story of
| the IDgham- hewitt conspiracy that was
1 published in a recent issue Of q Philadel-
! phla paper. The story had. however, been
J cleyerly doctored.
Among the additions vas a paragraph
/ calculated TO inspire confidence in would
/ be-pUrchasers OF counterfeit money
/ Enclosed with the Weekly Report was
/ a circular with the caption "A word to the
| wise IS sufficient" ! explained that the
/ undersigned" had a limited supply Of
: counterfeit money on hand. which he
| would dispose on for twenty-five cents on
the dollar i'm los OF $1,000 and upward
/ WoUld-be purchasers were notified 90 tele-
/ graph Il. c. Daniels, AIIenhurst, y. J., iu
/ formula something like this. please
/ send S42 tubes" The number on each
/ circular was different and some purchas-
ers were asked 20 order "hares" feet "
| or whatever the code might De.
/ &C. ID. Daniels" of Allenhurst. will be
! looked up bys the police. The prisoners are
held en- a charge Of conspiracy TO dCfraud
/ and the United States authorities will iu
/ all probability also prefer q charge OF at
tempting C use the mails improperly.