The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-07-26

dlctmentS Tor their alleged conn ac-
ton with p mob at Livermore ? fow
months ago when negro was shot
to death. One OF the men is charg-
ed with being a principal to the
murder Of the victim of the mob
and the other with being an Access
sorry. Both are out on bond.
Al Henderson.
Henderson, Ky, July 23.-Otto
Simpson and Clifford Shreter were
arrested by officers here on the
charge of passing counterfeit mon
ey.
The money that they were alleg-
ed to have passed here were ten,
two and fve-dollar bills and de-
nominated as Photographic coun-
terfeits. Several were passed at
night in saloons, and at immoral
resorts, and with one or two mer-
chants.
These bills are very easily den
tected in the day time, but hard to
detect at night. Chief of Police
Bailey notified the Secret Service,
and Capt. T. F.. Halls was sent here
from Indianapolis.
He obtained certain evidence here
on the quiet, and then left for a
point down on Rough river near
Hartford. captured the original
plate. and the negative from which
the bills were made. He telephon-
ed here this afternoon that he had
effected another arrest since leaving
here.
Deputy United States Marshal G.
T. Nichols is here with Capt. Halls
and will take the prisoners back to
Owensboro tomorrow morning.
The man arrested on Rough river
is named Jesse Schreter, a cousin
of the one arrested here.
One of the Schreter's Out on Bond.
LATER-Clifford Schreter and
Ode Simpson, arrested at Hender-
son on the charge of passing coun-
terfeit money, were taken to Ow-
ensboro Monday by Deputy United
States Marshal G. T. Nichols and
arraigned before Commissioner John
Dean for preliminary trial. They
waived examination and were held
to the grand Jury of the next term
of federal court, tho bond of each
being fixed at 81, 900, which neither
could execute, and both were deliv-
cred to the Daviess county jailer to
be held till the grand jury acts in
the matter.
Jesse SchrRter was also arraign-
ed and his bond was placed at $500,
which was executed, and he is now
here at Hartford. His attorneys are
Messrs. Barnett G. Smith.
Unless the statutory law has been
lately changed, the penalty for maxi
ing counterfeit money is a fine not
exceeding $1,000 and imprisonment
not over 10 years.
In an interview at greensboro
Monday, when asked II his brother.
Emory, who conducts a studio at
Hartford, his mother, or wife, who
resided on the floating studio with
him, knew anything about his lex
periments," Clifford Shroeter said
that they did not and that the only
regret he had was concern for his
wife and one-year-old baby girl.
az have a wife, but she has
no husband; the baby has mother,
but no father" Shroeter exclaimed
after telling the story of his unlaw-
full operations. Continuing he said: "
Emory (meaning his brother) saw
me here to-day and scolded me for
what / had done, but 1t is now too
late to rag me about it.. for | have
a position with Uncle Sam, which 1
did not appley for. 1t takes some
people a long time to learn some
sense, but I guess will have some
when I get out of this"
Clifford stated that his cousin,
jesse, who was arrested at Hart
ford. had nothing to do with the
bogus money, but tried to keep him
from making 1t.
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