The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-07-26
GOUNTERFEIT|NG
OUTFIT IS found
On Schroeters'Ph
n
House Boat Here.
SPURIOUS MONEY WIS FOUND
At Henderson Three Men Ar
rested and Jailed on
Federal Charges.
MADE AN Farm MORNING. RAID

Tie people of Hartford were
thrown into CONSERVATION last sat
urday morning by the announce
ment that a money counterfeiting
.cutft had been unearthed here end
a man arrested charged with having
connection with same. This proved
to be true, and the man in the case
was Jesse Schrgter, who. with his
cousin, Clifford Schrnter, own and
had been operating a photograph
gallery on their floating studio here.
The arrests were made by Capt.
Thomas Z. Halls, Government secret
service agent at Indianapolis, and
Deputy United States Marshal
Charles Nichols, of greensboro, who
had arrived in Hartford at an early
hour Saturday morning.
A few days ago two ten-dollar
notes were given to the keeper of
ga immoral resort in Henderson by
two young men. After they left
the house it was found that the bills
were counterfeit. The officers were
notified and in a short time Clifford
Schreter and ode Simpson were
placed under arrest. Secret Service
Agent Halls was called from Indian
apolis and he had the men re-arrest-
ed on a federal warrant. Through
questioning he learned that Schrn-
ter was a photographer and had his
gallery on a house boat which runs
UP and down Rough river and Green
river. Schrpter denied having made
the bills, or having passed them, but
he admitted being one of the owners
Of a photograph studio or house
boat now located at Hartford.
Immediately upon arriving In
Hartford, Oflcers Halls and Nichols
went straight to the Schreter boat
and found Jesse Schreter asleep.
He was awakened and told that a
search must be made of the con-
tents of the boat. The officers ran
sacked the boat from one end to the
other without finding any incrim-
mating evidence against Schreter.
Finally they ran upon a trunk,
which was locked. Schr9ter pro-
duced a key which he said had been
given to him by his cousin, Clifford,
before the latter left for Henderson
a few days ago. The trunk was un-
locked and carefully concealed in
TIE bottom were found the plates
from which the ten-dollar notes
were printed. The counterfeit was
made from a ten-dollar note of the
American National Bank of Louis
vile. Jesse Schreter was then plac-
ed under arrest and taken to Mrs.
Yeiser's boarding house, where he
was guarded until daylight. The OFF,
GERS left with their prisoner for Ow-
ensboro over the NJ, H. & f. on the
jacksonville Fair special which left
here at $50 a. m. He was arraign-
ed Saturday afternoon before Com
missioner John A. Dean, Jr., and In
8sfault of a $500 bond was sent to
the Daviess county jail to await the
action of the November grand jury.
Before all this occurred, howev-
err, Clifford Schreter and Ode Simp-
son had been taken to greensboro,
lodged in Jail and their trials set
for Monday.
The bills alleged to have been
passed by the men are very clever
counterfeits. They are a little light
In color and some of the colors do
not show up we'll, but they could
easily be passed at night, In a
crowd, or on a person not very ia
ariliar with ten spots. The plan
seems to have been to take a gen.
uine bill, straighten 1t out smooth
". put it before the camera and
take longtime exposure picture
OF II from both sides. In this way
every line and detail Of the bill
were accurately copied. These pic
lures were then transferred to sensi-
tiled paper obtained for the pur-
pose. A large roll of this paper was
found with the plates. Where It
was obtained Is a mystery. The de-
nominations OF the counterfeit bills
swere fiyes. tens and twenties, 1t Is
bald. SIX plates were found. repre-
senting both sides of three bills.