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 raid made by Captain Vredenburgh
and the police Of the OAK Stree: station,
on the occupants of the fifth :loor of -
Frankfort Street. Five prisoners were gath
cred in-three men and Two womel- 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 it is the biggest raid ever made
I'm this city. The prisoners are Frank
Brooks, thirty-eight years old, who re-
fuses to give his address: Charles Jack
son, thirty-nine years old, who says he is
a clerk with residence at the st. Cloud
Totel; Thomas Gilbert, twenty-six years
years old. of Forty-first street and Broad
way: Ingeborg Lie, twe1ty-three years
old. OF No. 2O2 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
the present enterprise. The two women
were clerks, and it is thought. did not
know the nature OF the circulars they
were preparing for the mails.
1t may be that the raid was directly
due TO a falling out among them. for Cap
tain Vredenburgh was 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
h f,,,r fftru-f i'm
did not take much. work to get information
that warranted arrests.
Before the police started out Anthony
Comstock was invited TO lend his assist
ance but he did not respond. Captain Nre-
denburgh with Detectives Hahn and Sny-
decker aud a squad OF policemen, drove
up to the door in a patrol wagon. Ihey
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 We're 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 If he wOald call
the raid of.
on The way to the police station one OF
the men told the police that the circulars
were to be sent to Utica, y. Y, from
which place they were 10 be mailed. An
examination of the circulars showed that
advantage had been taken OF the publicity
given the big counteTfeiting plot in
Philadelphia. What purported TO be copy
OF the Weekly Report was in the wrap
pers This paper contained the story OF
the Ingham- hewitt conspiracy that was
published in recent issue of Philadei-
pha paper. The story had, however, been
cleyeriy doctOred.
Among the additions was 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" 1t explained that the
undersigned" had a limited supply of
counterfeit money on hand, which he
would dispose of for twenty-five cents on
the dollar. in lots of s. 900 and upward.
Would-b be purchasers were notified to tele-
graph g. c. Daniels, Allenhurst, y. j., in
a formula something like this: please
circular was different and some purchas-
ers were asked to order 'hares, feet, -
or whatever the code might be.
&C. d. Daniels" of Alenhurst, will be
looked up bys the police. The prisoners are
held On a charge of conspiracy to defraud,
and the United States authorities will in
all probability also prefer a charge Of at
tempting to use the mails improperly.