The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-03
DR.. BRONSON HAD
BIC BUNCH Of
CURRENCY
Preliminary Hearing Begun
in Which Former Albu-
querque Physician Is Ao-
cused Of Uttering Forged
Money.

money.
Currency to The amount of a half
million pesos was found in the office
of Or. g.. : Bronson ia m paso. tc-
curdiuE Co witncssca tcstifNI1g at a
preliminary hearing. which was begun
Tuesday, in which the former Albu
quvruuc physician is accused Of haN-
ina uttered forged instruments.
The El pnso Times OF "wednesday
has the following story 81 the prclim-
mary hearing.
The preliminary hearing OF Dr 4. b
Bronson, arrested Saturday on lorty-
nine different charges of having forg-
ed Instruments loo his possession. was
begun az 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon before Justice 81 the Peace
James }. Murphy.
J.. a. Robb. one OF the two Amcri-
rams arrested recently in Iutrcz on
charges OF passing counterfeit oonsti-
%tutionaiist money. was the principal
witness presented yesterday hy the
prosecution Robb testified that hp
secured three allutmcnts OF the
money on different occasions. each
time visiting Or. Bronaon's office In
the Caples building 10 get the money.
II nrst met Dr Bronson duriug
june. testified Eobb. "and H1out
three weeks ago ne approached me
with e proposition To sell constitu-
tionalist money. telling me thai ~
had some To- sell cheap, and that !
could resell u at a handsome proht.
~ got one batch OF ten peso con-
s"tituuonalist BILLS from him about
three weeks ago. the entire amount
aggregating $500. At the time I ASK
ed hin where he got the money, AID
he told mo that 1t did not concern
me SO long ~ ! got my profit.
~ took the first assignment OF cur
rcncy across the Rio Grande into
Juarcz. and sold the money to "a
water in the Black Cat restaurant
Tor t3S. This money I brought back
~ III Pas0 with me. and ! ave Dr,
bronson 5 cents on each dollar Tor
the money.
The second n third sllotmcuts at
currency were for $500 each. Each
time ! visited Or. Bronson at his office.
and I him he took the money from
"a drawer in his desk. I was told 20
sell this money and give him 10 cents
on the dollar for 1t after ! had dis
posed Of L..
Il gave a part OF the second assign
mcnt Ia "a walter named Louis In the
Black Eat. and ! gave the entire third
batch TO q man named Boyco 60 dis
pose OF TOR me. / was arrested he
fore I could get rid of the rest OF the
money, ! was arrested a week ugo IN
Juarez.
II do not know 10 this day whether
or not the money / got from Or Bron-
son Is GOOD. and ! never asked him
my questions concerning the money
after the first day"
Robb testified that the counterfeit
MONEY introduced az evidence at the
trial greatly rcsemhlcd tue money he
had sold Tor Or Bronson.
The prosecution offered as AN cX-
hibit q grip full OF the alleged ,oun-
terfult constitutionalist currency. all
loo ten peso oils, which is sad 90 ha
been found in Bro1son's quarters
when the officers made "a search Tor
hiB premises for evidence. The
amount of the currency found agsrc-
gated 100000.
Luis Agulrre Bcnayldcl. secretary
10 Generdl Francisco VIVA. testified
that General villa authorized the is-
suance of $500. 600 coustitutinnalist
money vine ne was royernor ui Chi
huahua The money issued Bog Gen
cral villa h. 50 much like this coun-
terfcit none that only an expert. or
one who is extremely familiar with
the Cnnstl,utionalist currency, could
detect the difference testified Mr..
Benatidoz. This money. however. !
can Identify az bad.
Raltaznr Anaya. Inspector of cur
rcucy at Judrez, was placed on the
stand for the prosecution. and stated
that the money found ON pr. Bron-
sons premises was counterfeit He
bore out Mr.. Benusldezs statement
TINT only an oNprrt could detect the
difference between the genuine bills
and the counterfeit, so excellent was
the work doIs hy the ailrsed coun-
terfciters.
In most OF the counterfeit bills. the
dots thar hil the partlicldsram do
not run 10 the edge lines as they do
IA al genuine Constituencies bills
Mr.. Apusa stated. although in some
the work be- better aud the paralleia-
gram ls completely hllcd out with
dots. ON all of the counterfeit bills.
tho seal ON he back b. of more of an
oval shape than b. the casc with the
authorized issuance ot currency. There
are several little characteristics OF the
suod money that are missing IN these
counterfeit bills, out thry are 30 trivial
that the average eye would be dectiy-
ed and would be- unable to discover
a.