The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
ROUND. UPOF COUNTERFEITERS
ANNfE DOUGHERTI, KNOWN IS
THE best or An, AMONG THEM
Baking Tie, She said. When Secret Service
Men Got Her with Moulds In the oven
-Four Prisoners and spurious COlns
Takcn-Last u the Holden Gang.


Nien Got Her with Moulds In the oven
-Four Prisoners and Spurious COlus
Takcn-Last II the Holden Gang.
When Chief Flynn Of the Secret Service
and five Of his men broke into Mrs. Kate
O'Briens rooms in the tenement house at
80 Mill street Astoria. on Friday evening
they found two OF her boarders there. Annie
Dougherty was cooking supper, and Pete
Woods was in bed As Annie IL known as
the best female counierfeiter in the busines 8,
Flynn was pleased He arrested the pair
and searched the place.
In Woods clothing which was lying on
n chair were found thiTty-fye counterfeit
half dollars. When one Of the men started
to open the stove door Annie Dougherty
begged him not to- She said she had pie
baking there and a drnught might spoil IT,
Tho pie proved to be three sets Of plaster
moulds for the manufacture Of dimes,
quarters and halves They we're done 10
turn. In another room was found fun
ret Of moulds. with cricible, metal and ladle.
All had been used.
While the officers were making the search
Mrs. O'Brien. who il n fat person, returned
with Joseph Barry. These were quickly
arrested although Barry tried to make
fight. He managed to slip OF his coat
and vest and when the prisoners we're told
to come to jail Barry slipped on Chief Flynn's
overcoat Flynn objected to this, as she
night was becoming chill, and he kindly
pointed out Barry's own garments
Not mine. said Barry. Il never saw
those before
A search of the repudiated garments
10 irttt frt,r az hprns
silver which it Is supposed, Barry and Mrs.
OBrien had failed to work OFF during their
eaunter of the afternoon After this dis
covery Barry still more vigorously protested
that the clothes were not his, so he was
taken in his shirt sleeves to the Raymond
Street Jail with the other prisoners.
Yesterday they were arriagued before
United States Commissioner Benedict in
the Federal Building in Brooklyn, charged
with counterfeting. They were held for /
examination, and in default Of bail we're /
returned 10 Jail Barry was coatless.
Chief Flynn believes that the four are
members Of the gang Of the noted Skinny
Holden, who was recently sent TO Sing
Sing for five years for counterfeidng 1t
was the fifth time he had been convicted Of
making money. After he was safely put away
lHP phl Volub ConunuFu 20 appear, suspicion
Tell upon Annie Dougherty, and che was
followed several days ago 90 the Astoria
1ouse
4 Secret Service man was planted in a
-oom across the street, and Mrs Dougherty
vas seen to come and go with Woods, Barry
md Mrs. O'Brien Annie ia credited with
lie fine work of the gang. making the
noulds and finishing the coins when they are
asst 1t takes an expert counterfeiter to
make passable coins with plaster molds,
,ut the steel dies which stamp coins are ]
much more expensive and not always {
vailable ]
Woods ia said to have disposed Of most q
the coin by sending it to agents in Man c
attain Brooklyn and cities up State He c
about So years old Barry is less than f
, Annie Dougherty who Is about IS, was
ent to prison in 1901 for two year term n
or counterfeiung. t
Chief Flynn thinks he has bagged III
st Of the Holden gang