Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-23
PLOTTERS MAKE BOGUS COIN
VsnsSuelsA RevolutiOnists Make Queer
Money to Finance Uprising.
FOUR ARRESTS MADE IN NEW YORK
Conspirntors Expected TO Jegalize
the issue ~ They Got Control
of the Govern
msntS

NEW FORK. Aug. 22-On a charge Of
making dies to counterfeit the standard
silver dollar Of Venezuela, to finance a rev.
olution In that country. secret service Of
fcers to-day arrested Captain George Boyn-
sson. former resident manager OF the ORR
n9co corporation OF venezueia, and L. NJ.
Thompson, an attorney. both OF this city.
Both prisoners were admitted to bail in
s5.ooo, Joseph Keller and Sidney A. Keller
Of Keller Bros. die makers. were also ar
rested In connection with the case.
THE two principals in the case aver that
the plan to duplicate Venezuelan money
was not counterfeiting. Later. II the revo-
luton proved successful they said. It was
expected to legaliEe this issue Of money
both by executive decree and by act Of the
Venezuelan junta. The accused men char
acterize this plan as a war measure.
They also allege that half OF the South
American risinGs are similarly financed
SO important did the federal authorities
regard the arrests that Chief wilkie OF
the secret service came over from WASH
ngton to be personally on the ground when
the men were apprehended.
Plans OF the PIotters.
The story of the arrests and the facts
leading MP TO them are interesting. Accord
ing TO Chief Wlkie, Captain Boynton came
TO New York in June last to finance and
lay the preliminary plans for revolution
against President Castro. He had with him
nm authorization which purported to bear
the signature OF leading revolutionists, APP
pointing him special commissioner TO Amer
ica,. with power to do practically anything
4 vot] everything to get the movement
ew dfed'
local n nd .leidapf Of
: .t,ri Orinoco association, capitalized at
n. ,,,,p 600 and controlling practically the en-
.,,o.- Orinoco delta. 1t is charged that when
1900 tain Boynton came to New York in
ali 81 to get the alleged revolution on foot
.sr, Undertook to put in operation plan
-. lar to that by which the uprising
-, inst Don Pedro OF Brazil was said to
80. been financed, that of getting dies,
-. ing bullion and turning out what silver
',..,. was necessary. Later II the move
. Ut proved successful, the issue could be
So llized; IL unsuccessful. no one would be
~ Erred. It was argued. as the coins were
e'be made Of the same fineness as those
ularly coined by the government
noraI Thompson Becomes Interested.
le plh some way Captain Boynton met Law
4 the Thompson. an old acquaintance. and In
,ndedksted him in the revolution. The captain
A9idet he wanted TO ma man who would
Iayor ance $4,000 with which to buy the silver
al cojion To such a man, the captain said
I'll tn sum Of 5000 would be returned II tn,
gement against Castro proved success
Lawyer Thompson had difficulty IL
wue' bresting men of means. and finally ap
1ached some men described as sporting
-. I'm. One Of these called to see Chic
s's'sg lynn and talked with him about It, Their,
.nei1 federal law protecting the coinage o
a a. pher nations. and Chief Flynn decided t,
i'tetvestigate.
onl This morning the men were arraigned an,
~ leased In 5000 bail each.
-4s The two men. II convicted, may b.
- ntenced to five years imprisonment 70
~. tempting to counterfeit the coin of
mig 'ienoiy power .qn e... faf r5.ai.'a
n "a Later in the day warrant was swori
ouldsainat the two Kellers. at whose estab
ties shment other dies were found. The wer
a +raigned before Commissioner Ridgewa
nd held in $3.50 cash bail for having tn
punterfeit dies in their possession. The
no FINISHED bail.