The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23
BAD
BANK NOTES
IN CHICAGO
Secret Service Men Arrest Coun-
terfeiters While Printing
Nicaraguan Money.
PRINTERS AFFIRM
THEIR INNOCENCE
State That Tampico Planter Was
Promoter Of the Big
Project.

CHICAGO. Oct 22.-Three hundred
thousand dollars worth Of counter
felt Nlcaraguan 5-peso notes, freshly
printed were seized and the printer
who made them. tho cnSravcr who
made the plates ard the man charged
with securing their manufacture were
arrested here today ny Captain Por-
ter OF the United states secret serv-
ice and his operatives.
The notes had only been printed,
not having the Official seals or mum
Der impressed. There were 10000
notes. each OF > pesos. worth approXi-
mately 81 each American money, and
signed" by F. Baca. advocate gen
eral. j. Madriz. "el Presidcnte,' and
+. Mayorgaz They had not been cut
from the large sheets.
Thought Work Was Legal,
George b. Williams. president of
the printing company bearing his
name, was charged with printing the
spurious notes. II. n. Secrcest OF Tam
pico was accused OF being the pro
moter having the notes printed. and
Richard ]. Brumbull, manager OF the
Guarantee Engraving company of Chi
cago is charged with having furnish
cd the plates.
The plates were taken BY the Sc
cret service men from the presses
where they were beinS used at the
time OF the raid
Williams declared when arrested
that he thought that Sccreest was an
Official OF the Nicaraguan government
and that the work was legal Irum~
bulls plea was similar
Story Of the counterfeitlng.
The story OF the counterfeiting plan,
according TO the secret service men,
follows,
| SecreeSt, planter OF Tampico, hat
! been loaning money to NicaraSuanS
and was unable to get 10 back. be-
cause OF a shortage OF current funds
/ In the republic Upon public an.
nouncement that the government
would duplicate for 1910 an issue OF
s peso notes similar to those OF 1909
10 relieve the stTingcncy. Secreest,
seeing a chance TO pToAt illegitimate-
| ly, came TO the United States. Fail.
Ing TO make arrangements in another
city, SecreeSt made q canvass of Chi
cago and upon his representation that
he was an official from Nicaragua the
Williams company, through its pres
ident agreed TO print the paper ON
the same representation, according TO
Trumbulls story, the Guarantee En-.
craving company agreed to furnish
the plates.
lookout tip 10 the operatives
from the FIRST city Secreest is report.
ed to have visited enabled the Chi.
caSo operatives TO keep close watch
ON the Mexican. and today a watcher
at the printing plant reported the
three men In conference.
Capture Of Countcrfciters.
Captain Porter and his men hurried
to the big north side plant and cap
tured the three men as they were leav-
Ing the building. Eight bundles OF
the printed notes, twelve copper plates
used in the printing and a COPY OF
the official seal OF the NicaIaguan
government were taken to the fed.
eral building and the officials brought
from the Offices of the printing com.
pany two bona fde notes of the 19Og
issue. from which the engravers ore
alleged to have copied the plates for
the counteTfeiterS.
Furnish Bail Bonds.
United States laws provide equal
punishment for the counterfelters of
American or foreign coin or Daper
money. the offense being the posses.
sion of the means Of ooin counterfeit.
ing or the spurious article. The nen.
atty is not 10 exceed five years i'm.
prlsonment or Enc OF s. 900 or both
United States Commissioner Footo
continued the case against the three
Until next Wednesday,
Secreests bonds were fixed at $40
900, Williams at $1,000 and Trum
bulls AT $500,
Both Williams and Trumbun fur.
rishcd ball.