The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-01-10
SILVER CI)IJNIERFHTERS.
Secret Service officials Make an I'm.
portant Series of Captures
In New York.
RIVALS FOR UNCLE SANS MINT DROPS,
1hc independent Niu's, where the
AII-StI.rr Cauniers~it Catus We're
Nncr. Discovered aud SrIHrd, f"-
R~tb~r VITA EiEht itaitnas Who
Conducted Them.

Washington. Jan. 6.-Fur at least
two months the secret service people
bnyc been ni work TO discover the
makers uf lHrg, number OF oil sill
yer counterfeit, coins, mostly quarters
aud halycs. which were hciug freely
circulated in New York city. Friday
uight aud saturday morning officials
of the secret scr,icr Of the treasury
department, under Chief wilkes di.
rrctiun, arrested pio Paris and seven
companion, nll Italians.
Nu-sII,rr CouHtcrfcits.
The fact that large numbers of
these nli-silycr countrrfcita were he
Ing freely circulated Ia Ncw York dur.
ing the last two years has given Chief
NHkic % great deal nf trouble, The
roirs being OF almost pure silver 900
huc, aud fairly we'll made, they rcadi-
" passed wherever presented, and
rendered extremely d~liculi the task
Of lpcuiiug the makers and pnssers.
The arrest came about in his way:
The First Cirw secured.
Some timr ago tW" Italians called
Du Mr--r~ rlntt y Co.. of Gold street,
New lurh. dealers Boz sheet silver and
gold aud purchased thousand
uunrrs of sheet silver. One ot the
men was observed uf the time Of the
purchase io compare one Of the
sheets with q coin which be- took from
his pocket The circumstance was
made known to she -rrrrt service Of
hcials. The men took only
part ~ their purchase with them.
After o time they nruiu appeared
aud touh away Huuthrr small quanti-
ty, to 1f Muugu street, ON the east
side uf New York. From there they
were -radovrd to % Watts street. on
the West side
sh-.ic.'-a b, Detectives.
Detectives -hudnvrI them. with the
result thai their lodging places were
discovered mud the fact established
beyond doubt that ~ both Of these
numbers work WIS being carried uu.
Friday morning uur pT the roumrrs in
the Nauriu street house became sus-
piriuus THAT the men uu the floor bc-
low we're doing rumr sort ~ crooked
WORK. and hc 90 once notified police
man ou that beat of his suswcianR.
MONEY from the start aud nt the end
of sin years he returned home with a
fortu.r.
N-RriJ spoiled the Job.
The policeman not knnwing that
the authorities were watching the
house. went iu the door and pounded
fur adwitiuucr. IIr was not an
swcrr. aud went away. Onr ~ the
gang who had been watching from
the nrNt street corner NJ once went
to the house, notified the gang uf the
suspicious circumstance. aud all pre-
cipitnirly He'd to the Watts street
place carrying with them many Of
their dies, coins and blanks.
Further Delay DANGEROUS.
The secret service officials, rraliz-
ing the danger of further delay, inn
mrdintcly forced an entrance into
both houses, where they found sew
crai ~ the men. eight IN all. az work.
The Mangin street house. as well ~
the house on Watts street. was fully
equipped with modern machinery for
rolling silver, punching blanks, etc.
In one Of the places screw press,
weighing five tons. was in operation.
About thousand ounces Of silver
and quite a large basket full Of steel
dies were secured
MaGtIated the Ui,n
Many Of the dies. however. had
been so mutilated a. to be beyond
use. II seemed that as soon az the
policeman had given the alarm. the
rountcriciiers began to file away the
faces OF their dies 10 prevent them
from being used ms evidence.
Chief Willie said that this gang
probably was responsible for NJ least
~ per cent. of all the silver counter
feits which have been In circulation
IN New York during the last two
years