The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
RAISING TREASURY NOTES.
Chief Hazen Discovers "A Counterfeit
ing Plot i'm New York.

inner Hazen Discovers a Counferfelf-
Ing Plot i'm New York.
NEW YORK. April 24.-On the top floor
OF the FIAT house at No. 14s West Ninety
eighth Street. on Sunday afternoon. Chief
Hazen and agents OF the United States
Secret Service Bureau arrested three per-
sons and uncovered as dangerous a rlct to
raise" and counterfeit Treasury notes as
has ever come 10 their notice.
The prisoners are Harry Eschbaeh. alias
Miller; Edward Henry. alias Edward Ron
dell, and his wife Mary Henry. who is
also the sister OF Eschbsch- They were ar
raigned before United States Commission
er Shields yesterday afternoon. and held
in s., 900 bail each for examination A
complete OUTFIT for altering and counter
feiting bills was found In their possession
and confscated.
Complaints began TO reach Chief Hazen
several weeks ago from merchants on the
upper west side OF altered bills that were
in circulation in that part OF the city
They were usually two-dollar bills that had
been raised TO hves. though occasionally a
two that had been raised TO ten found It's
way into circulation. The fraud usually
was detected ar the banks when the bills
were offered for deposit
Among those who were duped by the
false s. certificates were J. KrOft. Of as
Columbus Avenue, c. L e Wolf. Of IA
Columbus Avenue and Henry NeingaTten
OF 632 Sixth Avenue
Chief Hazen obtained possession Of one
Of the bills. Il was found TO be a partieH-
lar clever and dangerous example OF pas
ter work. The figure and words denoting
the denomination of the bills were pasted
over with bits OF paper on which were
printed words and figures denOting the -
denomination
Chief Hazen put three agents-Henry,
Burke, and Gsnmon-on the case They
learned OF many stores on the west side
where lately small purchases had beea
made. and the buyers would tender FIVE
or ten dollar bills in payment. and ask
two-dollar bills in change
For reasons which Chief Hazen does not
care 20 give. suspicion fell on Eschbach.
Secret Service agents Swallowed Eschbach.
and saw him 20 to the Sinety-eighih
Street house They saw him IN Henry 5
company, and for the last ten days the Sc
eret Service men never lost sight OF either
OF them when they were outside the
house
Eschbach went Sunday afternoon 10 the
Boulevard and 1O4th Street. and while
standing on the corner was arrested He
first said he lived in West Tooth Street,
and took the agents 10 an address that
proved false. Then he led them 10 the
Ninety eighth Street house The ianitress
said the prisoner lived on the top floor.
They took him there and found Henry
shaving Chief Hazen arrested him.
Neither prisoner made any resistance. but
each said he had never seen the other be
fore.
Search Of the Eat revealed small hand
press on which was a form" ready 10
print figure SIS and the surrounding scroll
work There were also found blocks on
which figure les had been finely etched.
and on others fac-ssmiles OF sections Of
the cycioid work on i've and ten dollar
bills. On a bureau was a roll Of twenty
two two-dollar bills
In a WaistcOsI. which the agents say be-
longs 20 Esehbaeh. VAS found the printed
back Of a fye-dolIsr bill that they say
would pass half the counterfeit experts in
the city There was also a pile Of paper
cut Ins exact size of bills. perhaps 800
sheets
Mrs Henry was al Mount Vernon when
Eschbach and her husband we're srrested
She returned home late Sunday night. and
when arrested admitted that she was Hen
rvs wife and Eschbachs sister When
confronted with her admission the men ac-
knCwledged their relationship. but denied
al knowledge of the centerfeiting outfit.
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Commissioner Shields at 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon They were represented by
/. ". Lansing. Of No. 50 Liberty Street
Clarence s. Houghton. an Assist ant United
States District Attorney. appearcd against
them Mrs. Henry is a slight. refined ap
pearing woman. thirty years old She wore
a black skirt a waist Of purple silk. 3
black silk embroidered shoulder cape and
black hat. with ostrich plumes- She close
ly resembles her brother.
Commissioner Shields explained that they
were charged with making. passing. and
having n their possession altered obIiga-
tions Of the United States The woman be-
gan 10 make denial. but she subsided On
advice OF counsel and began 70 cry softly.
Mr.. HoughtOn said he has seen some Of the
altered bliss and they were q very danger
Gus imitation The prisoners pleaded not
guilty and bail was fixed at s. 600 10 each
case Their examination Was set for next
Monday morning at half-pas1 10 O'Clock
Mr.. Lansing gave notice that he might
apply fer a reduction Of the bail on the
ground that il was excessive. but mean
while the prisoners went 10 Ludlow Street
Jail M. Lansing would not say what de-
fence the prisoners would make
1t is not thought that only new bills were
put in circulation