Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-07-14
COUNTERFITERS
COME TO GRIEF
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Still, those vice marks were not made
by any eight fist, and Kalisher, af
ter consulting with his son, rushed out
into the street, found Policeman Will
Jams, and had Charlie Wieland arrest
ed.
".Give me back my money! yelled
Kalsher.
Gan right, III give you back your
money" stammered Wieland, digging
up as fast as he could.
"well, guess yo ucan let him go,
Mr.. Officer said Kalisher, pacified.
"Oh, no, you d better hold him,
father said the son, and Wieland
went to jail, where seven of the coun-
terfeit coins were found on him. His
brother soon followed him behind the
bars.
Secret Service Operative Hazen soon
called on the prisoners. A little per
suasion and the brothers confessed.
Charlie staggered the officer by inform
ing him that he had some of the money
in the Jail, and he began to dig out
$50 coins from under the window SILL
He had them tied around his leg when
arrested.
Everybody Puzzled.
But here came the most difficult part
of the detection Of the erime-even
with the "queer" in the hands of the
officers.
1t was practically impossible, even
for the most expert coin handler in
town to detect the counterfeit, and
everybody was puzzled.
Hazen mt last went to a jeweler and
asked him to get off one face from one
of the coins. The double-eagle was cut,
and then the fraud was revealed, the
copper metal showing plainly.
But the work was not yet finished, for
the plant had not been found.
Rumaging among the property of the
prisoners, Hazen found bin of lading
for a tent shipped by freight to Ed
Neaman at Globe.
1t took considerable sweating to per-
| suade the prisoners to tell who Neaman
was, but they wound up by eonfessing
that the plant had been sent to him
by express.
All this time, Neaman was up in
| Hoosier cave, wondering why he heard
no more from his half-brothers.
Yesterday. he came to town and ask.
| ed for mail at the postoffiee.
Guess you had better come with
me, F" quietly said the detective, who
had been waiting for him a couple of
days.
I'm the Man
| "All right; I'M the man. said Nea-
man, simply, and the detective and
postmaster escorted him across the
street to the county Jail, where he was
turned over to Deputy Sheriff McMur.
ray, the jailer.
| The "plant' was recovered later in
the afternoon from the depot, including
the cutting machine which was a mir
.aele of ingenuity for device built
without tools in a rough country black
smith shop.
There was bar of copper, together
with several plates sawed from it and
ready TO be plugged into gold coin
about fifty pounds of copper in all, elee.
tric batteries, etc, complete outfit.
Uncle Sam stung Twice.
The net proceeds of the counterfeit.
| ing venture were SjS2
The gang got the government "going
and coming One big chunk of gold
extracted from the center of the mutt.
lated coins, was sold in Douglas for
1915, and another for sos But the
gang was afraid to sell too much in
| one town, and another chunk was sent
here, where Neaman offered it to the
Globe Jewelry company. He was not
satisfied with the price offered him and
sent the gold to the United States mint
at San Francisco. A few days later
he got check on the First National
bank of this city for $l9910
Although some of this melted coin.
which had been shrewdly mixed with
alloy to prevent detection, came in part
from the spoiled coins, the officers are
confident that il represents number
of successfully passed counterfeit coins
much larger than the prisoners are will.
ing to admit.
| The Wielands will be tried at Doug
las, while Neaman will be held here
| for trial.
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