The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
GOT CONTEMPLATING GANG.
BAD 20 KRONER NOTES PRINTED
on CRANE BOND PAPER.
House In Union Avenue, Bronx, Contained
the Plant-Fiyc Men Arrested. and
Presses. Plates and Notes Seized After
aThrce Weeks watch by Secret Service.

hInrce W eek6 Watcn ny secret service.
Making counterfeit twenty kroner Aus
TRAN notes is the charge against five men
arrested yesterday In this city by United
States Secret Service agents, who also
seized complete counterfeiting plant at
1878 Union avenue, The Bronx. In this
two story brick and frame house In the
centre Of neighborhood Of private resi-
denees the Secret Service men found two
printing presses, six copper plates for the
notes, three photographic stones for the
same notes, tools, colored inks 500 partly
finished notes and enough paper Of the
finest quality OF Government bond for 5000
more. The men arrested are Simon Gold
fischer, who lived in the house; Louis Glatt,
Tia East Sixth street; Barnet Bleier, s Avenue
d; Nathan Grupert, 6Avenue d, and Meyer
H. Klein, who keeps a restaurant at sos
Second street and lives at s Avenue d.
Capt. W. j. Flynn and Agents Horny
Klnke, Moser, Helms, Chains and Ken
noch have been at work on the case for
three weeks and hired a neighboring house
30 as to keep night and day watch on the
suspected place.
Goldfscher is regarded by them as the
leader of the gang Glatt, they say. pur-
chased the paper, ink, DO. Bleier is printer
and engraver
None Of the notes had been printed on
both sides yet, though each side had been
imprinted on different sheets. The note
Is printed on one side in German and on
the other in Hungarian. The printing
IL in different colored inks with intricate
designs. The counterfeits are excellent.
The paper. the Secret Service learn ed. came
from the house of Crane Bros at Dalton,
Mass, which also makes the paper used
by the United States Government and In
which ex-Gov. Murray Crane, recently
appointed United States Senator, is a
partner.
The paper was purchased from broker
and shipped direct from the factory. 1t
was made without any water mark
Capt. Flynn will not tell where he got
the first tip on the plant. He was fastened
in making the arrests after his three weeks
watch by learning that the gang was plan
ming to move. The men had evidently
become afraid that the noise Of their presses
and the jar of the printing might attract
attention in neighboring houses, one of
which Is divided from theirs by q thin
party wall. They had rented house
at 1913 Clinton avenue. The Bronx. quarter
of mile away, which Is more isolated, is
set fifty feet back from the street and Is on
hill that commands quarter mile view In
all directions.
A quarter Of an hour after the Secret Ser
Woe men took possession OF the Union
avenue house yesterday a moving van
drove up to take away the furniture.
Were not ready yet" said Capt. Flynn
to the driver. Come again Monday"
In the house they found middle aged
woman with al2-months- old child, but don't
know what she was doing there. None
OF the prisoners admits that he knows
anything about her. She speaks German
and Hebrew, but only broken English.
The Secret Service men spent all the
afternoon rounding up their prisoners.
Goldfscher was the only one found at the
house. Glatt and Klein were found at
their homes. Bleier was caught In Grand
street near Mulberry, and had in his pos
session two copper plates Of the notes
and some ink he had just purchased. CRU
pert was arrested at Second street and
Avenue E.
Glatt is the only one who admits that
the charge made against the gang is true.
The limit Of punishment is Ave years i'm
prisonment and 5000 fine.
The Secret Service men think the counter
letters planned to finish the entire G,0O0
or more notes. which would call for some
thing over SIS, 1000, and then circulate them
through money changers, upon whom they
would pass the co,Interfeits as genuine,