New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
GET WOMAN WITH
DIAMONDS IN TEETH
Secret Service SIeUths Say She
Is Leader of Gang OF
CounterfeiterS.
FURNISHED THE FUNDS
Five Had Planned to Go to Alaska
and Make SIS Notes, Detec-
tives Allege Be Ar
raigned To-day.

Richard " Taylor. who took charge ot
the Secret Service men for the United
States when Mayor Gavnor borrowed
William J. Flynn. summoned some OF MS
most trusted sleuths about SIX weeks
ago and told them to keep their ewes OF
2 band Of five. four men ana a "oli'a ~
u.ho he had reason to suppose thousht
the scarcity of s. bills ought 10 be re-
lieved
"uor names Cleo" he told them. ana
her husband IS James Glevard. putting
the woman first, with due gallantry'
she has gold plates on her incisors' anu
there's a real diamond IN each plate
That item digested, and armed WIN
d.ecrintiors of the husband OF the Jew
e,,ed teeth. and the other men, the 80
cret Service men went to work IN the"
oriet wav They couldn't lose Geo
when she smiled they knew about It.
h,oo,, or so Of intervening space
made no difference.
According To- the detectives, Mlchaei
Kasbsiek, an engraver, was lrlenuiS
O nair Of Montenegrins, Marko fazo"l'"
and Sam Pekovich, and the 'lree u"
iaod 20 become wholesale manufactur-
o.s of 1O-kronen notes in competition
,,i,b the Austrian government. whlch
r,aintains q monopoly in that INDUSTRY
as we'll as I'm the sale of cigarettes pu'
after while they decided that the ina
ian head S5-bills made by Uncle sam
uo,,,d be easier 10 duplicate, the de-
tectiVes said.
The nerve of EN- commented one
operative.
Bng even the manufacture OF money
requires capital. and the three had none
Entered. somewhat reluctantly the
Glenards. Mrs. Cleo, Of the diamond
studded teeth. being capitalist She
pawned some of the jewels not set IN
portions of herself, according 10 the
Secret Service men. and supplied the
cash Kasbsiek they say, produced
good stone and got S50O-in money made
by the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. not by himself.
That work was done here. and then
the party moved to Hoboken. for rea-
son the secret service men blbI ~
tempt TO explain. Thence they decided
| to go TO Alaska 10 make and dispose OF
! their S5-bills, that being the result Of
short stay in Hoboken. They were off
| to Chicago yesterday. according to the
detectives when the five were arrested.
| Cross-examined by the Secret Service
men last night Mrs Glevard told ~
"shadowed" and OF his efforts 10 throw
off the sleuths. She said Glevard had
| been a member of the New Orleans po-
lice force for fifteen years According
IN the woman with the diamond teeth.
her husband was on the point of giving
up the game several times. and the
other members OF the gang had a.
threaten to Kill him 10 keep him from
''squealng
| when their rooms at No 2l6 East
| 16th street were searched last night the
! detectives say they found printing
PRESSES. lithographing inks and stones.
| as well as many impressions OF 81 notes.
| THE secret Service men say the notes
u,ere cleverly made and would easily
have passed I'm Alaska
John A. Shields, United states com
missioner. viii look into Cleo's radiant
| month TO-DAY when she and the others
| win be arraigned OH the charge of coun-
terfeiting.