The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-24
ATTEMPT BY NICARAGUA SOL
DER OF FORTUNE TO
SWAMP COVE RNMENT.
100000 COUNTERFEIT
Printed in Chicago Job Office Cap
tured in Raid by Secret Service
Men--Wealthy Near
auguan Involved.

Cllc32O, OCt -n.TA plot o6oihs'
1.-THE Republic of Nicaragua designed
To swamp that country with counter
felt 5.peso notes and concocted in the
/, brain OF an American soldier 81
fortune" was frustrated in Chicago
yesterday when federal secret ser
vice operatives swooped down on the
plant OF the G. B. Williams Printing
Company TAI West Ohio street
They arrived in an automobile, ar
rested three men and contiscated I'M
finished 5.peso notes of the face value
OF 100000, American. The raid
which occurred shortly after noon,
was sensational. more than 100 en-.
lployos being at work when the secret
service men descended upon the
place.
H. n. Secreest. native of ONO
but also wealthy Nlearaguan pan
tation owner and revolutionist-the
soldier OF fortune'-with his two al
| legged "dupes George b, Williams,
owner of the printing plant and Rich
ard ] Trumbull, business manager OF
the Guarantee Engraving Company
hal just left a conference in Will
liams private office.
Three Taken in Custody.
They We're taken into custody by
the band of operatives and hurried
10 the Office of Captain Fl. /. Porter
chief Of the government secret ser
vice here, in the federal builIing
Meanwhile, half dozen operatives
searched the fourth floor OF the build
ing, where the printing company has
it's plant The employees were driven
out aud then eight big bundles of s.
peso notes, >aggregating the s300,000
American, were found
ON the presses were the type and
engraving forms from which the bills
We're being printed in sheets of TWEEN
ty- FIVE each The forms and money
We're carted in dray 10 the govern.
ment building under heavy guard.
The men arrested were subjected
to n erilling third degree in Cap
tain Porter's office, and it is said
to have been revealed there that VIII
Iiams and Trumbull had been duped
BY Secreest into believing that theft
part in the alleged crime was not
fraudulent.
Secleest refused to answer que
tons. other than TO say he mad large
property interests and had been in
terested in the revolution that had
started in August last
The men later were arraigued be
fore United States Commissioner
Foote. charged with counterfeiting.
Their request for a continuance until
next Wednesday was granted. Sc
ereest's bond was fixed at $4,000,
which he was unable to give VIII
liams was released on $1,000 bond and
Trumbull on bond of $500.
Confirms Story Of Wealth.
Secret service operatives confirm.
Secreests statement that ne is veal
thy aud has large plantation interests
in Nicaragua in addition to a cattle
ranch near Tampico, Mexico When
the party now in power conquered
in The revolution he was forced to
flee the country. Three weeks ago
he came to Chicago and registered
at the Great Northern Hotel.
Only a few days after his arrival
secret service operatives from Cleve.
land, Ohio, and the South came fol
lowing his trail. They soon became
aware of his negotiations WITH the G..
s. Williams printing Company.
Watch was kept on the place yes
terday when Secreest, Williams and
Trumbull were in conference call
was sent %o Captain Porter. With a
squad of operatives and deputy mar
shals he hurried to the scene. twice
being stopped for speeding, and the
raid was accomplished.
Through the counterfeit 5-peso
notes Sacreest is said to have antici-
pated flooding the South American
country with bogus currency and
thereby forcing the Nicaraguans in
power into bankruptcy.