Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-18
PLEAD GUILTY
At GLOBE DID
EDW. NEAMAN
Unable to Give $500 Bail
and Without Friends Any
where the Young Man Went
to Jail.

DOUGLAS, July 17.-CSpeciaL)-
Edward Neaman, half brother of the
Wielands, arrested here for counter
feiting, when given preliminary hear
ing before United States Commission
er Charles Martin at Globe on a
charge of counterfeiting, entered a
plea Of guilty and refused to have an
attorney appointed for him or to take
advantage of any delay allowed him
by law. He smiled sadly when asked
If he could give bail in the sum of
s25G0, and returned to his prison cell
with the statement hat he nd no
friends anywhere.
Although not many of the general
public knew his name personally, Nea-
man was a familiar figure on the
streets of Globe and will be remem.
bered as the tall well-built, brown.
bearded man who frequently distrib.
uted socialist papers and literature
about the city.
In manner, he is quiet, retiring.
Thursday night of last week, when he
was at the railroad depot. waiting for
the train to arrive, presumably expect
ing the arrival of the eounterfeiting
outfit which was subsequently cap,
tured, newspaperman who had seen
him on the streets a few times, ven
tured 10 bid him good evening.
Neaman drew back like a guilty
child
You have the advantage of me, -
he said almost timidly.
A laughing answer treasured him
ana he walked away after saying
something about the weather. The
next day, Neaman was busily distribut-
aF-,Hs L.,
on the doorstep of residences and of.
fees in the vicinity Of the court house.
He was more quiet and retiring than
ever when he was brought before the
United States commissioner.
What is your plea?" asked Commits
sioner Martin.
Guilty" answered Neaman IN a
low, but firm voice.
He had been told that the law pro-
vided that he should be given the SER
vices OF an attorney, and that the plea
need not be made at that time unless
he chose.
81 don't want any lawyer, and all l
want is a quick trial. l plead guilty"
he answered.
Can you give bond in the sum of
$250O?" asked the commissioner.
Neaman only smiled, looking about
him shamefacedly, like a big boy who
had been punished at school.
4 have no friends here, and if I
had, l would not ask them to go my
bond. have nothing and l can't make
the money" His eyes sparkled a bit
as he spoke the pun in his last SEN
tence.
When a reporter called at the cell
Neaman was sitting alone on a cot,
looking at the other prisoners playing
cards On the other side of the tank.
Il have no statement to make" he
said as he was called up to the grated
door. Il don't care for any advertise
ment, for l have friends here and l
am sorry that l have brought this up
on them" He had no other statement
to make.
Secret Service Agtnt George w
Hazen, whose shrewd work prevented
the location of an ideal counterfeiting
plant in the hidden depths of Copper
Hill, left the city on his way back
to Los Angeles. his headquarters.
4 am confident that we have round
ed up the whole gang he said TO the
Silver Belt, and l am also sure that
all Of the counterfeit coin they turned
out has been given up.
AT any rate, now that we have hit
upon the secret, the detection of these
spurious tweuty-dOllar coins is easy
The skinned faces, when soldered or
welded back on the plate, left a
smooth ridge along the edge of the
coin on both sides. The milling does
not quite cross the edge of the coin
which is rounded rather more than
it would be in actual use, making the
counterfeit evident"