The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
Two Sicilians Arrested and Complete Outfit Is Cap tured-SpuriOus Coins
 Are Also Found
BOUND OVER TO THE
 FEDERAL GRAND JURY UNDER BOND OF 5000
McAdams, Goldstein, Willis, Ford, Bass, Smith and Hickman Figure in Arrests-Woman Traced from Downtown Store to
 Southside Plant

Joe Rametta and Stefano vicari, two SiciIian cigarmakers. were arrested yesterday afternoon about ? o'clock by Capt. E. F. McAdams of the United States secret service and Deputy Unit ed States MnrshaIs Ford. Bass, smith and Willis in a raid on n counterfeit ing plant at 412 South Nineteenth street. The arrest was followed by sefz- ure of the contents of the house of Rametta and vicari. which revealed nII the paraphernalia of expert counter feiters and included mouIds, babbit. plaster of paris. files md ladies.
 Following the arrest Rametta and Vicari were kept in the office of Secret Service Agent McAdams for several hours awaiting the arrival of United States Commissioner Edward Pickett of Gads- den. The hearing was held before Judge Pickett as Commissioner Watts was in Montgomery. Commissioner Pickett ar rived at 1o:3o o'clock and one hour later after hearing all the testimony Judge Pickett ordered Rametta and Vicari held for the action of the federal grand jury on bond of $100o. As the accused could not make bond they were remaded to the county jail.
 McAdams Tells of Arrest
 The hearing before Commissioner Pick ett revealed the method used in cap- turing and securing the evidence against Rametta and vicari. Captain MeAdams was the first witness. He said in part;
 ''I received a letter last November from New York apprising me of the fact that Joe Rametta was in constant communica- tion with a notorious conterfeiter in that city. The letter gave me Rametta' s ad- dress as 412 South Nineteenth street and his trade as cigarmaker. And since that time I have kept my eye on him.
 About week ago spurious 50-cent pieces began to appear. I received four from the banks and began Investigating About 12:9o o'clock this afternoon I was notified by Detectives Goldstein and Hick- man that they had arrested an Italian woman on the charge of passing coun- terfeit money. The city detectives re- leased the woman on my advice, and followed her to 412 South Nineteenth street. An hour later I went there with Deputy Marshals Ford, Smith, Willis and Bass and arrested Rametta and Vicari and discovered the counterfeiting para phernalia. They had broken the moulds, but we found the pieces and also dis covered the ladle hid in the chimney and four counterfeit half dollars. All the commercials are of the year 1912 and 1906 and are the most perfect I have ever seen.'
 Deputy Marshals R. A Smith and c. c. Willis concurred in the statement of Cap tain McAdams and City Detective K. K. Hickman was next called to the stand. MT. Hickman testified
 q had just come on duty shortly after 12 o'clock when I received a call from Kress' and Decent store on Third avenue. Arriving at the store Floor Walker Jones pointed out an Italian woman with a baby carriage in which were two babies. The woman was pointed to me as having just passed a counterfeit half dollar. I ar- rested her and brought her to detective headquarters. following which Captain McAdams was notified"
 Identifies Counterfeit Half Dollar
 Detective Hickman identified the counterfeit half dollar passed by the Italian woman and Judge Pickett called the next witness, who was De- tective Harry Goldstein.
 About three weeks ago." said De- tective Harry Goldstein, "I began to hear complaints of counterfeit half dollars being distributed about the