New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
,TACADEuY oFcOINERs
,,,,t Sensational Development OF
Fraud in Paris.
paris. September is

I'd OF counter circulation nearly S6OooO
months paw franc pieces. These falSe Gums
vorth OF fals0 .-,stal They have me eAa0t
sre mace - .s,,cs the same ringing SUNNI
weight anu counter as the genuine solu
rbsr iosse a. the first time In France 1-~
riscss. MS .,,ployed IN counterfeltihs- INC
e-ystsl hSs -. false and true coins Is reiliai
fimiGraD y -, ingenious process the ile''O
tbe by temperature Of 100 degrees
rysisL W. .,rced into moulds and assume
rsnigrao' ,,srnart Of the familiar lO-li an
ne eKac' ,,,c head Of Napoleon III oS'e1
pieces peil'-s equally sIilful method know =
iS9 BY that OF .galvano-plastrie' inc
,schnicails . &c covered with fine film OF go,1
c-yssi - ,,sed in dental surgery the 'l-,
faa - ire process Is that me l"is 80, =
ts.s4 !" =, when thrown with force upon
Sc D'-l.h they break into spllh'eiS IN H.
rhroe - .sature Of interest however, Al -
i" s1sir. which still occupies 'i'e 30
p'ss srision Of the detective i'i0e -
w. scientific processes SO
S no' ia7 -. counterfeiters but the WohueiI1I
p@.-.,ion by which the raise ple0es -
s-gahi1''..o The band consisted OF o'e'
fn0 srs5 associates oiNloeu i'''0
80 =, chemists" who mace lhe GUNS
oass" who bought them ana SUI
'H'-, - accompIices, and the cir
500 e--stness il was 10 put me false
FhOs' The chemists were sAliIU4 ."
tas -, ~ whom had become master
slS. -,hs brokers" were largely isOi
fs''-, o,e professional beauties, VINO nave
ron -, ,r5sattes Of The days OF A1ieu &c
fa's' - Ralzac and who OFTEN Oeco-''9
NUsss' - ~ students in the Latin QuaI'e
BE pa, -" so far as ascertained, were
ne -, a number and included nan
tSD' &c men OF university education anu %
t@eA ,rf,o attend the lectures al me
GOO o,s the College Of France. II Is "ii'y
N say that the off1cia! coipoi' % ''o'-
fsI' NV --5er-s declares that none OF us
s-s implicated in the present scaiiH1'
t..,,riful garden Of the Luxembourg III
-Ne .,a latin Quarter. served as soI'
u = .v,bsnge for the operators. Ihe ponce
q s''oA -. shortly before sunset numbers OF
io--'1 .-,,,rg women and well dressed STU
sum IN The habit Of meeting near rle
o-N' =. ,arie de Sfedicis. and they We're
!'--'-- -. exchange money. It afterward aI-
os- -. .,. .1,r9}lcrs." both men and women
,be meeting place quantities or raise
D'.S., .,s,.s carefully enveloped In tissue
- -ocl-ed I'm match boxes. The prices
- - 5sv according 70 regular quotations
N-''~ - borEs or other securities listed
> aourse. TIE current price for 1aIse
o. ~. 80. VAS o. francs. or so cents, when
- Lots ~ five hundred. and francs Gao
,.-rs, when purchased by the thousaho. Inc
,r,-Ir dressed young men Of Respectable ap-
..,-,,oe who put the false coins In circulation
..-,.,llv avoided operating in the Latin quar-
=. they usually selected the racecourses OF
- po,s DO Boulogne or the suburbs, the bars
,rs cafes Of the Champs Elysees OF OF me
ho,,,ererss and he concert halls OF MONT
-. IN +bs ssv OF the Grand Prix de Paris
= ,Aovssns u these crystal 10-franc pieces
,.-s rr- IN circulation On the rececourse OF the
r,ss 10 Poulogne, and by an extraordinary CO.
,,sss,os one operator bought a part-nutuel
..-y n 900 francs with twenty false 10-frano
,.ss srd the horse turning out 10 be winner
4. ,sv.-,r-oBs purchaser received 1000 francs
r BsE II France notes without the parl-
rgusl osclals questioning the genuineness OF
n. s-r,as crystal coins covered with dentists
rYs- which they had put into the TILL In all
PROBABILITY dozens OF these false coins passed
Er5ugt the hands of American tourists. VINO OF
tsus. never for moment suspected that they
rsrs Counterfeit
Tie Paris hand was in daily cooperation
With @The International Association Of False
ooinsrs" which has its headquarters at BARGE
.1a Branch establishments existed in Nancy.
Dresden Edinburgh, London and Marseilles
ohg houses" modelled after that Of Paris were
Q, tie point Of being organized in Chicago and
g. Busnos Eyres. The discovery now made by
ne French police has nipped the enterprise in
e.. ~ l.r-g1 ~. ND
have already been captured. and IL is believed
taa' before long the number Of arrests will ex-
net TWO hundred
TIE police obtained their first clew al Dieppe.
I'VE members OF the Paris association. two
s'ash and three men. passed their holidays IN
re racing week ct that fashionable Norman
Fiisrng place. and attracted the attention Of
electives by tie prodigal way IN which they
Bsai their money. SIngularly enough, IL was
10 he coins, but the spendthrtft habits OF the
sE party that aroused suspicion Their letters
&c diagrams were watched, and It was soon
H-na OUT thar there IVES some mysterious con-
4@non between the FIVE finely sttired tourists
Dasppe ane the mysterious persons who held
s's-p'snoial meeting IN the Gardens OF the
117moourg- Soon. however, - wac noticed
Is' ne prooigsl visitors made nearly all their
E.nen's with I0-frene pieces. At last the
-4 mat they expended so lavishIy were scru-
ne They passed the tests OF weight. Of
-n and Of touch, but when dashed with vio-
- upon marble slab they were broken into
-sA OF splinters. Il was then discovered
@sy Fere made OF crystal. This was on
s1 10. Next day the shopkeepers Of Dieppe
De seen frantically throwing 10-franc
Ua ne stone psvernents or striking them
o. Bows with hammer. Fifteen hundred
crystal io-frsnc pieces were destroyed.
"a. august IL the Eve distinguished looking
~. were arrested on the pier at Dieppe.
49, letters on their person, and also from
"a 'Aoencs posted IN Paris and addressed
e. beppe after their arrest, the where
e The chemical laboratories where the
H. 'V-franc pieces had been made was
= Nnsa Two OF :hese Laboratories. one IN
-s oAVTon and the other in the Rue