New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19
ROOM FULL OF BAD COIN.
Police Find 1t IN Womcr's DzcelIing
-FOur Prisoners.

Two n7el and a woman who we're arraigned
before Magistrate Ommen. in the Tombs yester-
day by Detective SerGeants Kinsler and Duggir,
Of the Headquarters squad. and at their request
remanded without bail fcr examination to-mor-
row on q technical charge of being suspicious
persons. are believed by the police and by the
Secret Service men to be responsible for the flood
of spurious silver coin which had been passed on
merchants on the upper and lower East Side
and in Harlem for the last four five weeks.
The prisoners were Frank Scheiman. who said
he was engineer, of No. 260 Fourth-st.; ;
John Miller alias George Williams" of No
13O East ne-hundrcd-and- twenty -flfth-st.. and
Elizabeth Rueber, of No. - Fourth-st. Miller is
said by Detective Sergeant Hughes to be an old
offender. whose picture is in the Rogues Gal
lery. its original having served a term of three
years and six months for burglary.
Complaints Of counterfeit dimes and ffty-cent
pieces have been made to Police Headquarters
for some weeks. A week ago Chief Agent Flynn
Of the Secret Service called at Police Headquar-
ters. and at his request several detectives were
put on the case. Duggin and Knser after get
ting what they believed TO be sufficient evidence
against Schleiman, arrested him on Saturday.
He confessed. according to the detectives. that
he had bought spurious coin found in his pockets
at fence" He had thirteen silver ffty-cent
pieces and few dozen dimes The man who
was making them, he is reported to have said.
sold them at 80 per cent discount. fifty-Cent
pieces selling for % cents and dimes at five
cents each.
Schleman, II is said. offered to tell all he knew
If the case against him would he dropped. This
the police refused to do. They learned. they say,
that Scheiman engaged 10 marry the
Rueber woman. and Knscr went to her room,
in a house in Fourth-st There. the detectives
say they found complete Counterfeiting plant,
including numerous mouds for dimes and half
dollars Besides there was silverware worth
5000 which the police believe stolen.
While the detectives were talking with the
woman Miller entered. When he found that the
visitors were detectives he. they declare. drew
long knife and put up desperate fight.
The detectives say the counterfeitins plant is
one of the most complete they ever found the
coin being an almost perfect duplicate of the
genuine article. In the womans room We're 56l
fifty-cent pieces and 324 ten-cent pieces. all of
the same date 1904.
f. ". Williams of No 6T1 East Tweaty-third-
ST. Flat BUSH at Police Headquarters identified
some Of the silverware a gold clock and some
fine lace as property which had been stolen from
his house on August 81.
Detective Hughes said that more of the prop
erty bore marks of sverware reported 10 have
been stolen from house In Queens some time
ago and for which general alarm had been
sent
In the afternoon yesterday Kinsler and Duggir
made a fourth arrest the prisoner being John
Hoffman, of No { Chatham Square. waiter.
The police say he IS implicated in the counter
feiting by the alleged confession of ScheiTan.