The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
DOCTORS COUNTERFEITERS.
TWO SLICK SPURIOUS NOTE
 MAKERS CAUGHT.

by Means of Photoeraphy-Perfec
 Reproductions of the Genuine Notes
 Nith ihe Exception That che color
 Could be Washed or.
 Boston, Dec. 1S-Following close af- ter the great raid on counterfeiters at Revere, exactly two weeks ago, the United States secret service agents ar rested in Boston to-day two men, who they say, are as dangerous pair of counterfeiters as the government has had to deal with for long time. The men under arrest are Fred l.. Wilson and Edward D. Wiggins, both of them claiming the title Of doctor, although according to the officials neither man has any right to do so. .~s ..s 5 asssz.
 The secret service officials claim that Wiggins, before his arrest, offered through his attorney to turn states evidence, but the offer was refused.
 Unlike the men arrested at Revere, Wilson and Wiggins are not expert en- gravers, their work being wholly of a photographic nature, The counterfeit money alleged to have been made by them was so exact an imitation of gov ernment paper that it was readily ac- cepted as genuine by most of the banks through which it passed The secret service officials said tonight that not much of this bogus paper had been cir eulated as the men had been watched too closely to allow of any extensive operation. . as
 The counterfeit bills already issued are as follows A s5 note on the Fourth National bank of Boston; s20 note on the same bank; $10 note on Mechanics National bank of New Bedford; s10 note on Peoples National bank of Roxbury; $5 Waltham National bank. S10 Millers River National bank of Athol; s5 First National bank of Lynn; s Cape Cod National bank of HarWich and S10 Elliot National bank of Bos- ton.
 According to the government officers, the genuine notes were fastened to q board and photographed. The counter felt notes were enlargements made from the negative and were printed on a fine quality of bond paper which had been treated with sensitized photo- graphic solution. The color work and the imitation of the silk threads found in genuine paper money were done with eolored pencils. The counterfeit notes were perfect reproductions of the originals with the exception that the color could be washed off.
 yxYi.r.,t,,s, xa,... x. suspicion for some time but their arrest was delayed until to-day in order that the secret agents might get further evi- dence againts them. and for the past two weeks every movement of the men ! was noted by the officials.
 Both men visited Manchester yester- day afternoon and It is claimed passed bad bills. One of them given to a tradesman. was carried to q bank within a few minutes, and the teller at once detected it. The tradesman went back to Wiggins, who offered to give him good t1iif, saying that he knew where he (Wiggins) got the bad one. : The bank officers not only refused to give up the bill but notified the secret service men in this city. The govern ment officers had no difficulty in find- ing Wilson in this city this noon, but Wiggins was not located until nearly z o'clock tonight, and then only after the attorney who had offered to have his client turn states eveidence had been followed back to his place of meeting with Wiggins. &aE v.
 Both of the men were well dressed and of rather superior appearance. Wilson is forty-five years old, while : Wiggins is thirty-six. and both are na- tives of Meridith, N. H.