Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
BAIL FIXED AT $500 EACH
Newsboy Complained Of Bad Dime
Passed Upon Him.
POLICE RAID FOLLOWS CLUE
Accused of Making Bogus Coins in
Rooms, as Well as With
Showing Queer"

Frank Rosso, thirty-eight years old, 4
native of Naples, and Pappalardo Car
mello, twenty-eight years old, who says
he was born in Sicily. were arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Anson
s. Taylor this morning for violation of
the law against making and passing
counterfeit money.
1T is charged that they made and passed
counterfeit dimes and nickels.
The bad coins We're made in their room
at 623 7th street southwest. the police
charged. Merchants and newsboys were
their victims.
The prisoners had no counsel As.
sistant United States Attorney Huide-
koper represented the government. Her
man ID. Moran of the secret service, De-
tective Robert Hewlett and Policeman
Thomas Oriani were accusing witnesses.
Commissioner Taylor held the prison
ers in sl,5o0 security for the action of tho
grand jury.
What Prosecution Will Prove.
The prosecution has a witness who viii
testify to having seen the defendants
make the bad dimes and nickels. Others
will tell of their having showed the
queer
The authorities are satisfied that both
men have had similar experience before.
The conduct of Rosso indicates that he
knows more than he has been willing 10
tell.
So far as the investigation has
progressed, the prisoners are not known
to have dealt in anything other than bad
dimes and nickels.
F'orty-seven coins of the larger de-
nomination and three nickelS were found
upon them, when captured in a raid on
their quarter last night.
number of counterfeit quarters also
have been in circulation in this city dur
ing recent weeks. The police are con-
Ttinuing the investigation. They hope to
be able to round up others engaged in
the business, who are making their head
quarters in this city.
RoSso and Carmelo listened attentive
ly to the proceedings before United States
Commissioner Taylor this morning. Asked
If they had counsel. they replied in the
to have his society furnish him counsel
in the upper court.
Newsboy Gave Clue.
The capture was brought about through
Rosso's transaction with a newsboy late
yesterday afternoon. Rosso was on 9TH
street when he met the boy and bought
d newspaper. Inc DOW counted out
change for the dime.
Discovering he had been given a bad
dime, the newsboy told Policeman Breed
en-. Detective Hewlett OF the central
office next learned of il and set about TO
catch Rosso.
Detective Hewlett is unable to speak
or understand the Italian language He
knows some English speaking Italians,
who. he thought might be able TO help.
These informed him of two stranger
toll c-tn xr-;Afx
in South Washington. He found out that
the strangers were rooming on 7th street
The detective set about to get assistance
II. ID. Moran, assistant to Chief Wilkie
Of the secret service, Lieut.. F1ather and
Policemen Grant and Oriani made I'D the
raiding party.
A Midnight Raid.
1t was nearly midnight when the men
surrounded the 7th street house. An
Italian barber shop is on the first floor
Demanding admission, they We're met
with the answer NO understand Po-
uceman Oriani told them in their own
tongue they would have to open the door.
After considerable parley the door was
opened and the raiders admitted.
AWoman. who was within. tried I"
coHceaf~ a yalise behind the stove. THE
police took it from her. She offered only
Slight resistance.
In the valise they found a number OF
pewter spoons, cups. plates, sticks OF
solder and some plaster of paris. In a
barrel In the yard We're q number Of
broken molds, which the raiders discov
cred in their search.
Supposed Counterfeiters Caught.
In the front room on the upper floor
were two sick men. The supposed coun-
terfeiters, Rosso and Carmello, were
found in the back room. No trouble was
experienced in taking them from the
house to the police station.
Rosso had forty-Seven counterfeit dimes
in his pockets. Carmello had only four OF
them.
II bought a paper, gave the boy quar-
ter and he gave me two of them." said
Carmello to Policeman Orfani, when asked
where he got his coins.
And what about the others?" he was
asked
Il bought some oranges at a fruit stand
and got them in change" was his re-
sponse.
Rosso, asked where he had obtained the
forty-seyen dimes he had in his pockets,
evaded an answer.
One of the men had been here several
weeks. The other came here only four
days ago.
Sweated at Police Station.
Several complaints of the circulation
of counterfeit nickels and dimes had been
made to the police. The matter had been
under investigation several days.
Complaints had also been made that
ten-dollar bills had been
passed. Nothing was found at the 7th
street house to indicate that the men
under arrest or their friends had any
connection with Offering the bad bills.
Rosso was identified as the man who
recently passed a counterfeit dime at 4
store not far from the house in which lac
roomed.
At the fourth precinct station the pair
was put through the third degree" Not
much was learned from them.
The police reached the conclusion that
they had been engaged in, the work upon
a small scale. If they had not been ap-
pretended SO quickly they would prob
ably have flooded the country with the
dangerous counterfeit later, however.
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