New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06
MOSTDANGER0USIN YEARS
Inspector Flynn Thus Character13cs
Gang of CouHtcrfeiters.
SEVEN PERSONS ARRAIGNED.

Seven men. who Inspector Flynn. chief OF the
New-York Office Of the Secret Service ssla are
the most dangerous gang Of counterfeiters III"
20 earth since the breaking up Of a gang IN
Pennsylvania some years ago, were arTalsheu
before Commissioner Shields. in the Feoerai
1a,,;ldtnr yesterday and held in heavy bail Tor
examination OF Thursday. charged win man
ing forging and counterfeiting ten-dolAai s
w. oa-tfscate OF the United States An a0-
-. - The arrest, with that Of Boston counter
..,,sr. sppeared in yesterdays Tribune
RI, prisoners are Nathan Stein. grocer New
.-l.. Harry Stein. a son, OF No III monIo
Tscob and benjamin Farher, saloonkeepers' at
Essex and Riyington SITS: Benjamin Morgen-
stern. Of No. III Monroe-st-; Morris hauoeh'
10 manages the lunch counter in Farber
Brothers saloon. and Moritz lsenberg' Formerly
9 Iuncbnan IN Eighth-ave Isenberg was re-
,.ssaa T., S2ooo bail. while $1,000 bail was or
5e,e6 for the others The six men, not securing
hail were locked I'D in Ludlow Street Jail The
men were arrested on Friday night by Secret
Service agents in various parts OF the city. On
Harry Stein the Secret Service agents found d
number OF counterfeit bills
According 10 Inspector Flynn, the gang In
New-YorIJ first learned Of the existence Of John
Davis. alias Henry Lehman. Henry Smith,
philip Schwartz and Jacob Weisman, through
the published accounts Of trials in London. last
year. CT a gang OF counterfeiters. who made
what was said TO be the finest counterfeits Of
English banknotes ever discovered. The tx-
tstence OF the spurious banknotes. strange to
say, was discovered in this country, and Chief
Flynn played small part in the final arrest
and conviction Of the gang. II was Davis who
engraved and printed the banknotes, but he
saved himself by turning Queens evidence. At
Ter his former partners had been sentenced 10
long terms OF Imprisonment. Davis was COM
PEELED TO leave England and went TO Belgium.
Then, II is said by Flynn. the seven men ar
raigned yesterday got together and made up
a pot OF a couple Of thousand dollars, and sent
q member OF the gang to Belgium to get Davis
10 come 10 this country and engrave United
States bills Davis came. and since last August
has worked in Newark most OF the time. en-
craving SO buffalo bills. s. Indian head"
certificates and a number Of SO national bank
notes. and one $50 gold certificate. The Secret
Service men decided At the time Davis left Eng
land 10 keep an eye on him. thinking he might
come 10 America. and the wisdom OF Chief
FIynn's suspicious was shown when Davis ar
rived in America IN August. Since that time
Davis has been closely watched. In that way
the existence Of the gang was easily discovered.
The men arrested II New-York all have the
appearance Of the small tradesman OF the Jew
ISL quarter So far as known, none Of them
were ever before connected in any way with
counterfeiting and all are entire strangers to
The Secret Service men.
In Davis Chief Flynn said, they have most
dangerous man. AS an engraver and press
printer" he is said 10 be without equal in
either this country or Europe His work on
the plates captured in Boston was Of the finest
quality So faithfully had the originals been
copied. and so good was the printing, which is
all hand work the ink even being applied
The plates by the palms, that they were. Chief
Flynn states. probably the most dangerous
couuterfeits discovered in years. Another
thing which made them particularly easy TO
pass was the presence Of the silk fibre. Nine
our OF ten men. say the Secret Service men look
for the thread 10 determine the character Of
suspected bill II the thread is found the bill
IS usually pronounced good. il being generally
understood that the government had a secret
process for introducing II with the paper pulp
The chief does not think that more than $500
or $500 Of the bad money foated. for as
soon they found the mechanics" were at
work and about TO put out showers" they
closed IN and placed them all under arrest. None
Of the seven men would discuss the case.
Nathan Stein and his son Harry formerly con-
Quoted a grocery II 557 Orange-st., Newark.
Two weeks ago they sold the store and moved TO a
house in South Orange-ave.. that city. Mrs. Stein
and another son. Marx. ten years old. accompanied
them Neighbors believed the Stems 10 be in bust
in this city They left home about a. m. and
seldom returned before midnight. Three men fire.
QueEty visited the Stems. The last time these
strangers appeared was on sunday. when one Of
them opened the door with q pass key that was not
furnished by The landlord according 10 the Iatter's
statement. In the. afternoon two other men called,
and al FIVE stayed until late night
Stein left home early Friday morning and did not
return. Mrs. Stein left her house late Friday night
taking Marx with her. She has not been seen since.
After Mrs. STEMS departure Chief OF Police Cos
grove visited the house with a NeW-York detective.
TC- rooms thoroughly ransacEed. and clothing
OF q suspicious found