The sun., 1903-11-19
DYNAMITE IN COINERS' FLAT.
POLICE AND SECRET (SERVICE
WEN HINT AT THE NAFIA.
The, Found COunterreitinE Material in
the Flat OF salvatore Biond4, whose
VIE Was Arrested on MOT&iay for
Passing Bogus 1x-Cent Pieces.

Passing bogus 1s'Ieht NPieces
The arrest on Monday night by thS police
of the Fast 104th street station Of anVtalian
woman, Josie Blonde, for attempt hg to
pass counterfeit money, has led t8 the
arrest by Government agents Of her r(hus-
band, Salvatore Blonde, on the CHARGE OF
counterfeiting. and has brought to light
a place which Capt. Flynn of the seSret
Service force believes to be not only q
coiner's den bit branch meeting plAce
of the Malta.
Tho suspected place is on the third fioo\
of the five story fiat at 2055 First avenue
.he rooms in which Blonde and Ms wife
lived Agent Flynn's men raided the place
on Tuesday night and got, besides evidence
of colinterfeiting, almost thres pounds Of
dynamite, with Illuminating caps and fuses,
and also several private papers which the
Government agents believe may throw
some light on the existe ence of the Malta
In this city.
The dynamite was hidden in closet
behind some rubbish on shelf. The Secret
Service men refuse to disclose the exact
nature of the papers which they got, but
it is known that among other things there
is a list Of names, some Of them American.
but for the most part Italian:
Blonde was in the rooms with six other
Italians at the time OF the raid, and he was
arrested on the spot. The others were not
taken. as they satisfied the Government
agents that they had just come In to visit
Blonde Blonde and his wife are locked
I'D in the Ludlow 8 rect Jail, the former in
default of IS, 900 and the latter in default of
$500 bail.
Among the things which the two officers
who did the raiding-B -Berzezinski and
Helms-pot as evidence of counterfeiting
were several frames for holding moulds,
a quantity of metaftin, copper, zinc and
antimony-some plaster of paris and
formula for counterfeiting and silveY
plating. The formule were written on d
leaf in the family Bible.
Blonde said that the things taken ss evil
dence had been left in the rooms several
days ago by man whom he did not know.
The man, he said, had promised to come
back later and get them. The dynamite,
Blonde said was to be used by him in build
ing operations EIe said that he was
builder. The Secret Service agents, how
ever, could not learn of any place where
Capt Flynn could not explain the pres
encs of the dynamite in the place except
in the suggestion that it was to be used
for criminal purposes or was for sale to
safe blowers. There were four sticks OF
the explosive enough to blow up the en-
tire building. The dynamite was turned
over to the Bureau of Explosives and there
it was learned that the stuff had not been
purchased in this city.
So far as Agent Flynn and his men are
able to judge, only 25- cent pieces were coined
in the Blonde fiat. They say that they have
known of Blonde before, and although they
have never had anything directly against
him, they have been satisfied that he would
bear watching.
They say that he was a friend and an
associate OF Morello. the leader of the men
arrested for numbering Benedetto Madonna,
whose body was found in barrel In Eliza.
beth street. Blonde is over feet tall, and
built In proportion. He has every appear
ance Of being well educated.
His wife was arrested on Monday after
she had attempted to pass counterfeit
25-cent piece at Mrs. Ray Goodstein's
novelty store, 22s East io5th street. She
Mrs. Goodstein, and the latter's daughter,
HRS. Cecilia Smith. followed her and caused
her arrest While she was pursued the
woman threw away two other coins. One
of these the Secret Service men have. The
other disappeared.
With Mrs. Smith in the pursuit OF the
woman was the janitor of the building in
which Mrs. Goodstein lived.
In Third avenue MRS. Blondo stopped a
young man and, pointing to them. told him
that they were persecp,!lng her fhe
Young man was an Italian. He asked
some quest ions, then wanted to see the
coins Mrs Smith showed them and the
Italian, who said that his name was John
Adams, declared that the money was all
right and told thoso who were following
10 let the woman go. They refused, and
continued to watch Mrs. Blonde until they
met policeman
Adams was arrested on suspicion, but
was discharged in the Harlem police court
the next morning.
The police, inst cad of notifying the Gov
ernment agents at once OF the arrest waite
until Tuesday morning, and by that time
the news had got TO Biondo's ears. and it is
supposed that he made away with as much
Of the counterfeiting apparatus as he
could.
Mrs. Goodstein and her daughter great ly
fear that Biondo's friends and confederat es
may do sonnet hing % them on account of
he part which they have taken in the ar
rests, They soy that when Mrs. Blonde
was srraigned in the police court on Tues
day en- or twelve Italians who were there
threat ened o get even with them.