Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-13
COUNTERFEITER
HAS CONFESSED
TOL0CAL POLICE
William Irving Breaks Down
and Tells of Work of Gang
=. Made Dollars.
PASSED rs IN CITY
Secret Service Man Takes
Charge of Case. AcCompIiCe
EsCapes--I important Arrest.

In the arrest of William Irving
for passing NOunterfeit money the
local and federal authorities believe
n most important capture was made,
for the prisoner has confessed that
he was one OF a counterfeiting gang.
After a severe examination yester
day the man broke down and Sign
ed a confession outlined after his
own statement by Chief of Police
Burke Chief Flynn, of the United
States secret service division, Treas
ury Department. of New York. took
charge of the case and sent Charles
W. Schroeder, secret service de-
tectiye, here yesterday afternoon.
He worked in conjunction with the
local police and the result is that
the government has wound a rope
of very damaging evidence about
Irving and have other members of
the same gang under surveillance so
we'll that other arrests may follow
at any time.
Dollars Clcverly Made.
The bogus dollar pieces Irving
and an accomplce passed IN this
city were pronounced the best the
secret service men had ever seen
lItS IOOJNGu bbpdJ saw a. llllS Nubi
thrown on a hard object and the
only way they could positively be
detected as bogus was to weigh them
with a genuine silver dollar Ir-
wing stated to the police that he and
an accOmplice passed about seventy
FIVE of them In this city and when
through here had intended to "do"
other nearby places A sudden
~ l.-g., f-.,
shortly before 10 O'Clock Thursday
night, when a salesman found he
had been sWindled In giving two
silver half dollars for a had dollar.
He followed Irving and watched him
20 into a saloon in State street op-
posite Commerce street,
The , man notified Patrolman
Quinn and he arrested Irving. At
that time, Irving told the police yes
tcrday, his accOmplice was standing
across the street watching him be-
ing arrested When Irving was
asked why he did not say his pal
was so close at hand, he replied;
"nat Do you think ~ t-7-- n. = -c:c,--..-
lie - =e.Ez.e;ass..s=ffT Els TON panion bad the
DoUdT6 at the time. and said he had
often carried 1t when his helper
walked in to exchange the bogus
money lie gave the authorities to
understand that the man passing the
worthless coins never carried more
than one or two Of them at a time
The accomplice was usually close at
hand ready to supply more when
necessary.
Owing to the broad confession The
police declare Irving made, it will
be an easy matter to catch other
thereby break up gang that may
have flooded the country with the
spurious coin. Irving Is now safe in
the clutches OF the law. Secret SER
vice men swore out warrant for
him In New York today and this viii
probably be served on him by a
United States marshall. He may be
tried in Trenton and according to
the police he Will receive no short
term In a federal prison.
Iitde Trouble In Passing.
While In this city the past few
days, Irving and his assistant pass
ed out bogus silver dollars bear
ing the date Of 1884 and a few with
thnt of 1898. They were all good
limitations and despite suspicious
arising because silver dollars are not
used extensively here. they had lii
tie difficulty in passing them. They
operated mostly in saloons, buying
drink and rendering a bogus dol
lar and usually receiving ninety-fye
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