The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-11
A CONTEMPLATING PLANT
SUCCESSFUL RAID MADE IN
 BROOKLYN YESTERDAY.
One of tho Biggest in History of the United States Secret Service-PIntes found for Notes on Banlks of Sweden and ScoeIamd Discovery Brought About by an Attempted Suicide-John A. Skoog, Who Has Been Hunted High and Low, Now fin Custody.

New York, April 10.-One of the big
 gest raids in the history of the secret service of the United States was made tonight by Chief Hagen. It was the
 result of the attempted suicide of Al | bert Jensen" who is really John Albert Skoog. the daring and skilful counter feiter. Chiaf Hazen to-day visited Skoog in the hospital and afterwards | taking with him several secret service
 agents and followed a clue which he
 got from papers in Sknogs pocket he went to a building in Grand street, Brooklyn, and arrested Emil Mobert, q Swede.
 One of the most complete and perfect
 counterfelting plants ever found was
 discovered ,n the house. The long
 sought plates for the fifty kroner notes
 of the Bank of Sweden and the 100 Kroner notes of the Bank of Copenhagen
 were among those found. They were
 buried away with other plates for the
 making of a s20 note of the Bank of
 Scotland which it is said the entire sec
 ret service of Great Britain has been
 trying to run down for years.
 It came to light early to-day that the
 man who attempted to commit suicide
 by twice shooting himself in the head
 while being pursued by crowd in
 West street yesterday was not Albert Jensen" at all, but John Albert Skoog, Swede, thirty-five years old, born in Stockholm, Sweden, and the son of prominent and wealthy parents He early began criminal career, and is pronounced by officials of the United States secret service one of the most ex- pert counterfeiters alive.
 In March of 1897 Skoog escaped from the penitentiary at Joliet, Ills, while serving a sentence there for making and passing counterfeit twenty dollar bills. Skoog is wanted in Sweden for making and passing a large number of counterfeit 100 kroner notes such as are issued by the bank of Sweden at Stockholm. This work was done early in 1897, Skoog having gone to Sweden at once after his escape from Joliet These notes are about perfect in exc cution and bear the date of January g. 1SaS
 Skoog was identified at the Hudson street hospital to-day by Chief Hagen, the means of identification being a mole on each cheek, one on the temple and two scars on the left index finger.
 Skoog yesterday attempted to paes counterfeit 50 kroner notes on the bank of Copenhagen at the banking house of c. B. Richardson & Co.,, at 61 Broad- way. The notes although dated 1897 were crisp and new. They were appar- entity good, however, and were accept- | ed, Skoog being paid American money in exchange. A few moments after Skoog left another man entered and presented some similar notes. This | looked suspicious and Skoog was re- called. He was, however, moving away | when an official threatened to call po- | liceman and Skoog fled down Broad | way, followed by two policemen and a crowd When Policeman Brady caught | him, Skoog drew a pistol and turned it | 0n himself sending two bullets through | his head. Should he recover, which is i thought likely, it is the intention to re- turn Skoog to Joliet.