Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-23
SPURIOUS NOTES ARESEIzED
Secret Service Men Arrest Three for
Counterfeiting.
TOTAL OF 100000 rs FOUND
Notes Are Imitatson OF Issue OF ths
Nicarasuan Government - Pro-
noter Represents Himself
as an OtficisI.

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Thres hundred thou
sand dollars worth of counterfeit Near
aguan five peso notes. freshly printed,
were seized and the printer who made
them. the engraver who made the plates
and the man charged with securing their
manufacture were arrested here today By
Captain Porter OF the United States secret
service and his operatives. The notes had
only been printed not having the Official
seals or numbers Impressed. There werb
$4,000 notes, each Of five pesos, worth ap-
proximatelN 50 each. American money and
signed by F. Baca, advocate general;
j. Madritz. Eel presidente," and F. Mayor
gaz. They had not been cut from the
large sheets
George II. Williams. president OF the
printing company bearing his name was
charged with printing the spurious notes,
c. II. secreest Of Tampico, Mexico, was
accused OF being the promoter having the
notes printed, and Richard ]. Trumbull,
manager of the Guarantee Engraving COM
pany, Chicago. was charged with having
made the copper plates from which the
paper was printed. These plates were
taken by the secret service men from the
presses, where they were being used at
the time OF the raid.
Thought Work LeEaI.
Williams declared, whea arrested that
he thought c. H. Secreest was an Official
OF the Nicaraguan government and thar
the work was legal Trumbull's plea was
similar
The story OF the counterfelting plan, as
according to the secret service men Is as
follows:
secreest. a planter OF Tampico, Mexico,
has been loaning money to Nicaraguans
and was unable 10 get II back because OF
q shortage OF currentr unds in the repub-
lie. Upon . public announcement that the
government would duplicate for 1919 an
issue Of five peso notes similar to those
OF 1909 10 relieve the stringency, secreest,
seeing chance to profit illegitimately,
came to the United States
Failing TO make arrangements in another
city, Secrecst made a canvass OF Chicago
and upon his representation that he was
an official from Nicaragua the Williams
company, through its president, agreed TO
print the paper on the same representation.
according TO Trumbulrs story, the Guaran-
tee Engraving company agreed TO furnish
the plates.
lookout tip 20 the secret service opera
uves from the first city which Secreest
te reported 10 have visited t6upposed 20 be
in ohio enabled the Chicago operatives TO
keep close watch on the Mexican and today
watcher at the printing plant reported
the three men in conference.
Were LcavinE BUILDING.
Captain Porter and his men hurried TO the
big North Side plant and captured the
three as they were leaving the building.
Eight bundles OF the printed notes, twelve
copper plates used In the printing and a
copy Of the offieial seal OF the Nicaraguan
government were taken 10 the federal
building and the officials brought from the
offices OF the printing company two bona
fide notes Of the 1893 issue from which the
engravers are alleged h. have copied the
plates for the c0unterfeits.
United tSates laws provide equal punish
meut for counterfeiters OF American OF for
elgn coin or paper money the offense be-
ing in having in possession the means Of
coin counterfeitlng or the spurious article
The penalty Is not 20 exceed five years
imprisonment or fine OF $500 or both
United Commissioner F9Ote continued the
case against the thrse until "wednesday