The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-11
COUNTERFE|TERS
RA|DED IN BOSTON
Million Dollars Worth of Notes of
Finest Workmanship Found.
CITIES FLOODED WITH NOTES
Secret Service Officers Arrest Three
Well-known Men Near Boston
and Seven other Menu
bers i'm New York.

Boston, Dec. 5.-What is considered
by the United States government Sc
cret service officials to be one of the
most important raids that has ever
taken place in the vicinity of Boston
was successfully carried out Friday in
the n~eighborhood of Revere, when
three men. all said to be well-known
counterfeiters were arrested, and an ex-
tensive plant and an enormous supply
of paper for printing notes was con
fiscated. The government officers stated
Friday night that there was paper
enough in the house where the raid
took place to print more than a million
dollars worth of notes, while the plates
and hand presses were of the finest
workmanship. The. men arrested were
John Davis John Boumenbitt and
Moses Novak. The government made
several simultaneous arrests in New
York.
Davis Well known in Europe.
Davis is also known as Philip
Schwart. Henry Smith. Henry Lieber-
man and j. Weissman, while Novak
has one alias, that of H. Frankel.
Davis is 80 years old, and is believed
to have been the head of the gang, and
according to the secret service officers
he is we'll known not only in this coun-
try but also in Europe. 1t is believed,
however, that New York parties were
behind the plot which was exposed Fri
day in Revere. and the counterfeiting
is said TO have been carried on either
in that city or in Newark before a
portion OF the gang came to this city.
Cities With COunterfeits.
Novak. or Frankel, as he is known
in Revere, came from New York about
two months ago; accompanied by a
woman, and hired a house. Soon after
he took possession the authorities at
Washington began to receive numer-
Gus complaints that counterfeit money
was being freely circulated in New
England. From the larger New Eng
land cities and from New York came
the report that numerous spurious gold
and silver certificates were being cir
culated. The smaller towns and cities
were also flooded with counterfeit
notes.
All Kinds of Money Found.
AS soon as the secret officials
thought they had located the gang OPP
Grating in this city Agents w. j. Flynn,
of New York. John E. Murphy, of St.
Louis, and Joseph E. Murphy, of Bos-
ton. were put on the case.
Friday they arrested Novak on a
street in Revere. They Their forced
their way in his house. Davis and
BOumenblitt were arrested, and the
search of the house revealed Autograph
plates bearing the imprint of many diff
ferent kinds of money, presses and
many engraving tools. The paper for
printing notes was of good workman
ship and a very fair imitation of the
genuine bank note paper.
Made Bank of England Notes.
Davis has an international reputation
as a counterfeiter. A number of years
ago he was arrested in England for
making counterfeit Bank of England
notes. He was never sentenced, as he
turned queens evidence. Although the
arrests were made at noon, they were
not made public until nearly midnight
Seven other members of the gang
were arrested in or near New York
Friday night. 1t was feared that the
New York members might take warn
ing and escape arrest if the report Of
Fridays raid at Revere was sent out.