The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-25
CAPTURED WITH
SPURIOUS COIN
Four Men, Charged With
Counterfeiting Caught
AL CALDWELL, KANSAS
Brought toWichita by Sumner
County Sheriff.
ROUNDED UP IN CHASE
Officers Track Them Through
Many Kansas Towns.
ROUNDED UP IN CHASE

sherin Shaver Of Sumner county and
his deputy. Charles Davis. brought to
this city yesterday four men charged
with making counterfeit money. The
sheriff and his three deputies captured
the men at Caldwell yesterday afternoon
and brought them to this city. They
viii be given their preliminary hearing
before United States Commissioner Shear
man today.
Sheriff Shaver told the story Of the
capture 10 reporter FOR the Eagle last
night, as follows:
For several days we have been re-
ceiving notices from the small towns in
my county that an outfit was going over
the country and spending q great deal of
spurious money. We were hunting for
them all the time, but it was not until
Wednesday that We had any definite
news Of them. On that day / received
message saying that they had worked
some Of their spurious coin of at Geuda
Springs and were headed for Ashton.
was about to start to Ashton when
received a message that they had worked
IEaL LDWlt EeiQ some C0lEktLe LlleN ifdAA
stolen in Geuda Springs and were headed
for Portland. so L struck out for Port
land, but by the time 1 reached that
town the birds had flown and were fly
ing toward South Haven. notified my
deputy at South Haven 10 look out for
them, and on Wednesday I went there
myself, but the crowd had passed by
without trying to work of any Of their
Caldwell.
Il notified the city marshal there to look
out for them and today I went down
myself in the meantime Mr.. Davis here,
my deputy at South Haven. had gotten
track Of the crowd southwest Of South
Haven and was following them to Cald-
well
1.-THE crowd had three wagons and a
buggy, and there were three men, FIVE
women and about dozen children. They
camped on the east side of the town
this morning and Mr.. Davis came into
town and told me about 1t, so we set
out after them. But they had driven
around to the south end OF the city
and were coming in from the south. on
the outskirts they stopped and told some
OF the people that they were from Jeffer-
son, @. y. They came on into town and
when stiu out in the suburbs one Of the
men got out and started into town by
one OF the side streets.
'One of the deputies followed this
man and the city marshal and I watched
the crowd as they went into town. The
crowd drove into town and We followed
them and when near the city we nabbed
the men and locked them up. The dep
Then i sent one of the deputies 10
v atch the wagons. While we were search /
ing the men some Of the women went TO
q wen and the guard stated that they
threw something into it. I think it was
the die on which they cast the dollars.
We found several dollars of spurious coin
on the men and then went and searched
the wagons, and here we found the die
they used to cast the dimes and nickels.
a spoon they used TO dip the metal and
some money. In all we found two silver
dollars and about I'VE dollars IN nickels
and dimes, all lead and very poor imita-
tons.
Il Immediately notified the United
States officers at Topeka and Deputy
Marshal Biden came down and We brought
the men to this city
one of the men captured gave his name
as Chas Smith, but said afterward that
this was not his right name The others
gave their names as Rookie, and re-
fused to give any other name.
The sheriff showed the reporter the
dies and the money which he had cap
tured. The uickels were very light but
about the size and shape OF the real arti-
Gle but the mold was very poor and In
daylight it would be very easy matter
to detect them. The dimes were the best
imitation they had. but these would DE
considered very poor. as the money very
plainly showed the use eff a mold. They
could only work the coins of in dark
store where no one would notice psrticu-
larry the coins They did not ring
The dies We're very crlfde machines +
They were simply two pieces OF Wood
nailed together and in one end plaster
Of Paris mold. The Impressions were not
very good and It was impossible 10 make
r coin that would look good with such
instruments. The die plainly showed G
great deal of use as the hole where they
paured in the metal was badly scorched
Sherin Shawyer thinks there IS another
man in the outfit, bat he has left the
crowd some place. The men ranged III
Hge from or p TO IS years o1 age
There were five women. and the sheriff
stated that they were a rather tough
mess. as one Of chem save him q hrst
class blessing Tor arrestinE her husband.
She was mad, and sYgore like a blue
streak when the sheriff ana his deputy
began TO search the wagons.
The sheriff. as soon as he had arrested
the men. svvore out a warrant for them. (
charging then with stealing chickens
near Geuda Springs. lie did this in or
der to hold them. AS soon as the deputy
marshal came the warrants were sw0rn