The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19
SPURIOUS DOLLARS
HAVE BEEN PASSED
Curtis Ingram, Former Motor
man, is Under Arrest.
Secret Service Agent DoneIIa Here TO
Make Complete Investigation
of COuntcrfeiting.
INGRAM SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW

Curtis Ingram, former street car
motormans is facing a very serious
charge, and unless he finds a certain
negro to whom he alleges he sold his
watch for four dollars, that proved to
be oounterfeits, he may have to
stand trial in the federal court sor
knowingly passing counterfeit doll
lars.
Saturday afternoon ingram was ar
rested at the instance of I. l.. Her
ring, a Paducah Traction Co. conduc-
tor who claimed that bhe prisoner
passed a spurious doila- on him Fri
day night. Ingram was positively
identified by Herring and locked up.
pending an investigation. All he.
would say was that he did not know.
the money was bal
This morning Detective Donella, of
the government secret secyIce, arriv-,
ed from Louisville ana is working on
she case. Ilgram WIS brought to the
city hall this mofa:ag and taken into
the mayors Office ly Detectives
Moore, Baker. Doneila and Deputy
U. S. Marshal Wade Bsown. lie was
"sweated" but the officers could get
nothing out of him except that he
did not know the moncy was bad"
81 sold my watch last week to a
negro for 81 and the money passed.
is the same given me By the negro
Ingram declared" and | dif not
know that IL was counterfeit until
arrested and told it was by the police
| do not know who the negro ives
sold the watch to but win Know him
again If ever see him. | hal spent
three of the dollars and haj one left
when arrested"
Jim Vlaholeas, the Greek confec-
TONER, states that soma one passed
such a dollar on him last week and
that 1t was found in his drawer soon
after Ingram had made purchase.
In speaking of the {purions dol
lars, a government olictr stated this
morning: "The money IS bad ccnh-
terfeit and can be easily detected as
such by mere child on the slightest
examination. The dolars are dated
1896 and are made of lead. They
have no ring and from every appear
ance are made in mouli. probably
a plaster OF paris mould. 'hcy are
not stamped i'm die like most Of the
counterfeit coins are and the job ID
a very bad one and rot a credit to
even an amateur codnterfeitcr.'
ingram is nephew of we'll known
milk dealer and when arrested had
one of the counterfeit dollars, a pair
of dice and $50 bill. "stage money"
His uncle visited him this morn
ing at the city hall and held a con-
ference with his nephew and dectec-
tives. but the result of tle confer
ence was not made public to the
press. y
The young man has not been Civ
en- a trial in police court yet. and 1t
rs probable the government will take
the case off the pUlice's hands provid-
ed more evidence can be secured
against the defendant. II this is
done he will be tried before U. s.
Commissioner W. A. Gardner.
The only question to decide at
present lis whether Ingram is guilty
of knowingly passing the spurious
money. II he is, the government will
prosecute him and IL he Is not. no
prosecution would hold. The govern
ment men are seeking the gang
which is supposed ito put the money
out. 1t is stated that this type OF
counterfeit money has been in circu-
latlon i'm Paducah for several weeks
and Detective Donella will investi-
gate fully before ne returns.
The prisoner was remanded to the
jafl after the conference at the city
hall, and will be kept there until
trial unless he gives bond. His uncle
is attempting TO make bond for him
this AFTERNOON. $3.50