The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-12
GREEN GOODS MEN AND ROLL.
REAL MONEY, As WELL As HEAD
SWINDLERS, NABBED.
Detective MCKennA in q slOuch Hat and
Flowing Tie was the COme-Oh, and
the Gang Was Punched In IiS Turning
Joint. Uptown. Apparatus and All.


Joint, Uptown. Apparatus and All
Gentlemen who are still dealing In green
goods must have heard with a slight shock
Of raid made yesterday at 2Si East Ninety
fifth street In which tSss Of real money was
captured. That Is very large loas OF
capital for the green goods business TO sus-
tain, the police say.
The raid was made by Central once de-
tectlves and Inspector Boyle Of the Post
once Department Not only did the raid
ers get the roll" which they have missed
on other occasions, but they bagged six
priSoners, four Of whom they say belong
TO gang which has been operating here
for several yeans under the leadership OF
a certain slick gentleman named George
Cheevers, who was among the four taken.
Cheevers, they say, was, when the raid
was made, in the act Of showing the real
money TO the 'come-on.' who was none
other than Detective McKenna, az a sample
Of the counterfeits the gang turned out
David Stormont Of Virginia Beach, Va,
got a circular a month ago telling him
how years Of toll could be avoided by the
use Of green goods. First there came
spurious newspaper clipping telling how
worried the Treasury officials were over
the duplication Of certain plates for maxi
ing ones, twos, hves and tens. Then
letter from j. L. Bliss telling him how Bliss
was turning out the notes and would dis
pose Of s. 900 for $500. Stomont told the
Detective Bureau and also the Post ONCE
authorities. They told him to go ahead
and answer the letter, and he got instruc-
tons from the gang to come here and regis
ter al the Sinclair House yesterday. The
password was to DO Honor
II was Detective McKenna who arrived
yesterday. He wore q SLOUGH hat and
flowing silk tie. He hadn't Eeen In his
room twenty minutes before messenger
boy arrived with a message telling him TO
follow the boy. Detectives MoConville,
O'Neill and Cavanagh and Post once In
spector Boyle trailed along. Two blocks
down Broadway a man stepped up and
gave McKenna the password. This man
took him uptown on a Second avenue car.
At Ninety-ffth street they got on and met
Bliss. who the detectives say Is Cheevsrs
Lets get a glass Of milk. said Bliss to
the farmer from Virginia Beach.
Il reckon thatll suit me, said McRenna
While they were in the milk store two men
sauntered up and looked in the window to
size up the "come-on.' MoKenna passed
inspection, for they nodded their heads to
Bliss that IL was all right, and Bliss and the
other man then steered McKenna 10 the
Ninety-ffth street fiat. MCConville and
Boyle saw the two other men station them
selves near Second avenue, apparently on
the lockout for trouble. The raidars ran
around to Third avenue and got into the
hO,Iss withoHt being seen. Bliss had
spread out the real money on the parlor
table before MoKenna. All Of II was in new
Treasury notes. On another table, in
satchel, were packages Of paper in the
shape Of banknotes neatly tied up. with
real bill outside Of each.
That's the kind Of goods I'm turning
out, Bliss said to McKenna while he oare-
lessly covered the table with the real money
Don't put it out all at once, because then
you'd need more right away, and I'm afraid
! couldn't turn It out fast enough
When the raidng party came he tried 20
grab the money, but it was too late. The
detectives dumped It into the satohel with
the packages Of paper that it had Leen in
tended to sell TO the come-on. Cheevers,
or Bliss, gave his name as Gilbert. The
man with him is down az Joseph Stein
Detectives ONeil and Cavanagh nabbed
the two who were on lookout, and who
gave the names Of Joseph Lewis and Duncan
McGregor. Lewis, the police say. has gone
under the name Of Hurry Phillips and is an
old shoplifter. In addition TO these four
Charles Berger and his wife, Annie who
were found in the rear room Of the fiat,
were taken prisoners. They said they had
rented the parlor TO the men without know
ing who they were, and had only recently
suspected that something was wrong
They we're held with the others and will
be turned over to Commissioner Shields
this morning
According 10 Boyle and McConville they
have been keeping watch on the fiat for
almost a month waiting for a chance to get
the entire gang and tAe roll. In that time,
McConville said, at least three oome-ons a
week arrived and departed, 80 that business
appeared TO be good
The green goods gang were taken before
Commissioner MoAdoo, who addressed
them as follows
"You can't operate in this town. You are
a disgrace to the city. You must get out.
You are a lot Of crooks and scoundrols.