Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-03-29
Two Men We're Believed to
Know Something of Lead
Dimes and Nickels.
WIFE OF BOARDING BOSS
WAS ALSO IN CUSTODY
Prisoners Had Quantity Of
Stage Money--E Evidenceln-
sufficient to Hold Them.

years old, and Max Swinsitski, twen-
ty-seven years old, of 81 Hall avenue,
were arrested Saturday by Detectives
Huff and Long on suspicion of being
eounterfeiters. AS the evidence was
not strong enough to hold them
they were released after a hearing
before Recorder Pickersgill yester-
day morning. Mrs. Peter Morak, of
39 Charles street, was arrested on
warrant on the statement of her
husband, who said that she knew
something about the case. After be-
ing taken into custody the woman
denied that she knew anything about
the work of the other two prisoners
In making bogus dimes and nickels,
and as there was no proof against
her, she also was discharged.
At any rate 1t is believed that
someone in North Amboy has been
making lead dimes and nickels as
Detectives HUFF and Long have Sc
cured three of the fake" coins. 1t
is said that recently many lead dimes
and nickels have been seen by the
saloon and store keepers in North
Amboy, but little attention was CIV
en- to the matter until a few days
ago when Detectives Huff and Long
started investigating.
Until last week, Valenchek and
Swinsitski boarded with Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Morak at SO Charles
street and it was through Mr. Moraa
that the police became suspicious of
the men. Saturday Morak told the
detectives about new lead dime
which he had seen on q table along
side of some white powder in his
house a few nights ago. He said
that he believed that his two board
ers were counterfeiters and that one
OF them had been compelled to leave
the old country for making bogus
money. He said that the two men
had left his house q few days pre-
vious and had gone to board at 81
Hall avenue and that his wife had
left at the same time.
These statements We're interesting
to the detectives and Morak told
other incidents which led them to
believe that the two boarders were
operating small plant. Morak
said further that one night recently
when he came home the two men
were cooking something over the
stove, but, when he came in, they
ceased Immediately and hid the pan.
He told the detectives that, as his
wife had always been home with the
men, she must know something
about their operations.
Another story told by Morak was
that three weeks ago one of the men
had given another of his boarders a
lead dime to go to a saloon for beer.
The man was unable to pass the
dime and paid for it with his own
money. When he got back to the
house he told the men about 1t but
they only laughed. This dime the
man kept, and Morak turned it over
to the detectives Saturday.
A new lead dime and a SCARED
lead nickel, which were found in the
collection box at the Polish church
recently, are in. the possession OF
Detectives Huff and Long and re-
semble the coin they received from
Morak.
On the stories of Morak the de-
tectives arrested Valencheck and
Swinsitski and questioned them
closely They denied that they had
made any of the coins shown them
and, when asked where they got the
lead dime given to the boarder, said
they did not know, but that probab-
ly someone had given it to them
They were searched and In theiI
pockets was found considerable stage
money, mostly 800 bills. In the
room at 81 Hall avenue was found
more, and in trunk still more. In
all the men had about $4,000 OF
stage money. Why they had the
stage money they would not say.
Although the men have been re-
leased the detectives are still inves-
tigating the matter. The bogus
coins look as If they had been made
in a Plaster of Paris or soap mould