New-York tribune., 1910-07-13
A COUNTERFE|T|NG PLANT
Secret Service Officers Believe
Coins Were Made at CanarSie.
POOR INVITATIONS OF SILVER
Three Prisoners Refuse to Tell
Where They Got Half Dollars
Passed at Coney Island.

The federal authorities believe that the
arrest of two men end a woman for passing
counterfeit coins at Coney Island hotel
on Monday evening will lead to the break
ing up of q gang which has been turning
out large quantity of spurious silver.
Officers Frank Burke and Peter Rubano,
of Captain w. ]. Flynn's Secret Service
staff, went to Canarsie yesterday, and
there discovered what they believe was the
plant in which the seized coins were made.
The arrests were made by Patrolman Ter
ence. McManus and Smith, on complaint of
Herman Glatz proprietor of the Sparta Ho-
tel, Coney Island. Two men and a woman,
who gave their names as Joseph and Lizzie
Gulick, of East 92d street and Avenue K.
Canarsie, and David Quinlan. of No. 1SS
Sanford street, Brooklyn, were at the hotel
on Monday night, and were free in handing
out half dollar pieces to the walters VINO
served them with dinner and drinks. One
of the walters noticed that the half dollar
he got did not look right, and he showed
1t to the proprietor. The other walters
were rounded up, and it was found that
the coins were I poor imitation of the genu-
inc pieces from Uncle Sans mint. The
police were called in and arrested the three
in ths party While they placed the men
something to the woman, and took her
along, too At the station she was searched
and a lot of bad half dollars were found in
her handbag and some in her stockings.
In the mean time the Coney Island police
communicated with Captain Flynn, and ne
sent Burke and Rubano out on the case.
They made a search in Canarsie and came
upon what they believe the plant a.
which the coins were made. The alarm
had been given. however, and some one go.
there ahead of the officers. for the dies were
gone There were lots of plaster of paris
and other parts of the paraphernalia of
counterfeiting. The stuff was seized for
evidence.
The three prisoners were arTaigned before
Magistrate Geismar yesterday and held in
s, 900 bail to appear on July % on a COM
plant made by Glatz.
United States District Attorney Bick, Of
Brooklyn, was not satisfied that s1,00O was
sufficient to hold the prisoners if they were
really the heads of the gang which has
been circulating spurious coins for some
months in and about the Borough Of
Brooklyn. Accompanied by United States
Commissioner Iiorle, he went to the Ray
naond street Jail, where the three suspects
are held, and left there warrant charging
them with violating the federal statute
against counterfeiting- Should they be re
leased on bail on the charge of passing
counterfeit money they Will be Immediately
rear-ested on the other charge.
The prisoners will give no information Of
the manner in which they came to have the
coins in their possession. Cross-exanined
by Captain Mike" Calvin, of the Coney
Island precinct, the woman said her hus-
band had been connected with the army
and navy, but she would not say in what
capacity. The Secret Service men are pur-
suing their inquiries in the neighborhood Of
Canarsie, and they expect to make other
arrests and to stamp out the counterfeit-
ing gang