New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

bered 573 of whom 25s were convicted 1Oo are
awaiting the action of the United States grand
jury 60 awaiting action of court So acquitted, bs
ignored by grand jury. I9 cases noIed and the same
number dismissed by United States Commissioners.
Four hundred and thirteen of those arrested
natives of the United States, So of Italy "a of Ger
many. Is of Ireland and the others of other
tonalities. New-York State takes first place. with
So violators Missouri, Al Pennsylvania, A. Illinois.
10; Kentucky, %: Texas. 90 Ohio. 81: Georgia. 20:
South Carolina 90 Alabama IS; North Carolina. ID:
Tennessee. H. Massa g. and with smaller
numbers for the other States.
The character aud amounts of altered and coun-
terfeit notes counterfeit coins and imitation
money captured represent value of $4,000 80 of
paper money and $19 S2s of coins. In addition
these there vast piles of miscellaneous adver-
tsing matter. consisting of facsimiles of Confeder
notes, labor exchange notes. Tennessee State
warrants. Missouri defence bonds prints of United
States coins, old State bank notes and other
flash notes.
The United States has paper money in
actual circulation than any other country in the
world, and yet counterfeiting is not carried a
very great extent though the facilities great.
One of the most annoying features which the
Secret Service force has had deal with was the
circula ton of counterfeit pennies. This is phase
of petty counterfeting which has affected the prin
cipa Eastern cities almost exclusively Nearly a
year of patient work the part of the agents in
the New-York and Boston districts finally
crowned with success. and skilled coppersmith.
who had been responsible for probably 80 per cent
of these ceunterfets circulated in the last four
years, was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to a
term of years
While the makers of spurious small coin give the
Secret Service men great deal of trouble. it the
well executed banknOte bobbing up in different
parts of the country which causes them TO spend
sleepess nights shadowng suspects II is generally
of intelligence who place these the market.
and they careful in covering up their tracks
The ignorant, unlettered Counterfeiter is an easy
mark for the agents. One of the most perfect hand
executed counterfeit bills made by green
Georgia farmer named w. c. Bonneu being a
and a section of dollar genuine greenback
These perfectly wrought together as to
make a seemingly genuine so greenback. Bonnen
also made q quantity of silver money and was get
ting rich when he got 10 mbibing too freely OF his
own output Of Illicit whskey and gave his
terfeiting business away. He was sent up for five
years. and said that when he served his time he
would devote himself to the business OF making
Illicit whiskey and let counterfeiting alone He
pressed the opinion that the government
against an honest man making an honest living.
Perhaps no woman gave the Secret Service
department more trouble than did Maud Elrod OF
Missouri. She added TO her accomplishments as a
horse thief. robber and all round crook that OF
counterfet!ng. She led the officers merry chase.
and when finally caught at counterfeitng she
aged to borrow a young baby which she claimed 3
her own. and her mothery devotion during her trial
was such to win verdict of not guilty from the
jury.
TIVE oldtime counterfeiters who gave the Treas