The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-10-29
NOT GUILTY SAYS
MCFARLAND
Man Freed Of Murder Held as
COunterfeiteF.
$4,000 BAIL Demanded
Denies Criminal Intent In Making One
Sided Half Dollars With Tinfoil ane
Wax.

Sided Half Dollars With TinfoiI ane
Wax.
New York, Oct 29.-Protesting hi:
innocence and declaring that job hat
been put upon him, Allison M. Mac
Farland, formerly of Philadelphia, WHIT
was acquitted on Oct. Is at Newark
N. j., OF the murder of his wife by poi
son, was arraigned before Unite,
States Commissioner Shields, charged
with counterfeiting.
MacFarland made a formal plea O.
not guilty and was held in $4,000 bal
for examination.
Mcfarland was arrested at lO'
West One Hundred and Sixth street
where he was known as Allison Ma
son. Secret service men, who raidet
his rooms there, say they found Toul
partly made silver coins and hant
press for taking impressions from goot
ones.
Il am absolutely innocent" MacF'ar
land said This whole thing has beer
cooked up over in Newark. They arr
out to get me- and they don't care
how far they CO."
MacFarland denied any criminal IN
tent in making one-sided halfdollars
He said he was merely experimenting
He admitted that he had made wal
Impressions of coins while he was il
Jail in New Jersey with no attempt a
concealment This led to suspicious
and he has been watched ever since
he was let out of Jail at Newark.
After MacFarland was acquitted b.
went to live at 100 West One Hun
dred and Sixth street under the nam'
of Allison Mason. Secret service mel
watched him, and after some pur
chases they say he made recently O
silver foil and solder and other arti
cles which might be used in counter
feating, they decided to call on hin
at his rooms and look over the worl
which required such material.
Callahan and Schroeder, two secre
service men, dropped in on MacFar
land and found in his rooms mould:
Of 5O-eent pieces and in coins, some o.
which had been completed on one
side. He had not tried to pass any o.
the counterfeits.
They were not particularly good
counterfeits, but Mcfarland told the
detectives that his work of copying
silver pieces was still in the expert
mental stage. He had at first tried
making plaster casts of the coins and
then filling them with composition
Then he covered the result with silver
didn't stick well.
He next went back to his original
idea of making moulds of the silver
foil and filing them with the compost
ton, which produced a better likeness
to the coin.
1t was this style of imitation which
was found in his room.
AS he had not made complete coir
or attempted to circulate bad money
secret service officials say he cannot
be charged with counterfeiting. 1t is
q crime under the federal statutes tc
have molds which may be used fol
counterfeiting, and the secret service
officials believe that they will have ne
difficulty in obtaining a conviction or
this charge.
MacFarland lived alone at the One
Hundred and Sixth street house, and
SO far as the detectives could learn he
has not yet married Bunny" Brom
ley, whose letters to him were read il
Bunny" were found in his pockets
when he was arrested and led to his
Identification. Miss Bromley is still IN
Philadelphia, the detectives believe.