The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-04
BOGUS MONEY WAS
BEING MADE At
CH|COPEE
Two POlanders Had Small But
Complete Outfit
WERE ALSO BURGLAR
Caught Robbing House Led to Dis
covery of Their Operations
as Counterfeiters

Springfield, Mass, April 4.-The
arrest of Alexander Kobuszewski OF
16 Lawrence road, Chicopee, in Hol-
yoke on Tuesday, resulted yesterday
in the arrest of his companion, JOS
eph Kaput, and the discovery by the
Chicopee police of a complete plant
for the manufacture of copper, nickel
and silver counterfeit coins in the
house on Sand hill, Chicopee, in
which both the young men lived. The
finding of the outfit was the result OF
raid for the capture of kaput,
whom the police had reason to be-
lieve was implicated in a Holyoke
burglary Tuesday morning, as well as
in number of others which have oc-
cured recently in this locality. Both
Kobuszewsh and Kaput are at pres
ent in custody in Holyoke awaiting
the service of warrants by the fed
eral authorities on the charge OF
counterfeiting, after the disposition
of cases brought against them by the
Holyoke police.
Both the men were discovered Tues
day morning in a house in Holyoke
occupied by Polish families. Stanis-
laus Laseki, who lived on the floor
below heard their footsteps above
him and, knowing that those who
lived above had gone to work for the
day, started TO investigate He came
upon the men while they were rihing
the rooms, but the two men held him
of with revolvers and escaped from
the room Laseh Immediately gave
the alarm and a number of men star
ted in pursuit Kobuszewski and Ka-
put separated as soon as they reach
ed the street, the former running
north. while the latter turned up a
side street and ran in southerly
direction until he was out OF sight.
Patrolman Lalonde caught sight of
KobusZewsh when he came on to his
beat. and chased him up several
streets and succeeded in capturing
him at the corner OF Main and Cabot
streets. He was Immediately taken
TO the police station, and when
searched was relieved of 32-caliber
revolver a large knife. and some lit.
erature of the wild West" type He
was questioned and stated that the
name Of his companion was Joseph
Kaput.
The Holyoke authorities immediate
ly communicated with the police in
Chicopee. who began a search for
Kaput. Not finding him in any of the
saloons in Chicopee which are large.
ly frequented by Poles, they left
soon after / o'clock yesterday morn.
ing for the place where the two men
were known to be living on Lawrence
road The found the door unlocked
and Kaput lying on the bed fully
dressed and waiting for his compan-
ion, OF whose capture he was una
ware. Officers Frank Wright, Frank
O'Callahan and William NJ. Thomp.
son, working under the direction Of
Marshal Walsh and Inspector Caron.
put the man under arrest He made
no resistance. The room was search.
ed and revealed. In addition to the
counterfeiting outfit an assortment
of loot which showed that the men
must have been operating for a con.
siderable length OF time and In a
number OF different localities. A
quantity of miscellaneous articles
had been stuffed Unfortunately in.
10 any receptacies which were handy
while n couple OF small safes, which
were easily broken into. were used
10 store the more valuable part OF
the collection.
Half dozen watches. a number OF
watch chains md miscellaneous fav,
elry, a Polish praycrbook and Bible.
were among the objects which were
brought to light Under the pillow
IN the room In which Kaput was
found the officers discovered a load.
cd revolver and couple OF black.
Jacks, section OF loaded gas pipe
and two or three knives. The coun.
terfeitlng outfit. although compare.
4 lively small one, was complete in
. every detail and was capable OF turn.
Ing out pennies, nickels. dimes. quar-.
tiers and halfdollars. number of
which have been found in circulation
recently In Chicopee and vicinity.
The outfit consisted OF dies for max.
ing the coins. clay molds and n
quantity OF fine clay such as Is used
for the work n vice to compress the
molten metal after Il had been placed
in the dies, several cans OF a mater
ial TO form smooth paste from
which the dies we're cast, an amount
OF raw metal, gasoline. torch 10
melt the metal, files. cans of putty
and a variety OF other articles used
In the making OF spurious coins.