New-York tribune., 1917-12-11
Lawyer Held Following
Discovery of Money Mill
in Boarding House
Two Others Captured
$1,oOO,OOO in French Bank
notes Brought In, Secret
Service Agents Declare

one of the most elaborate and FAR
reaching schemes Of countcrfeitlng'
extending its operations over this
country, South America and Europe
was revealed with the arrest here yes
terday Of Eugene L. Parodi, an at
torney. of No. 25l Broadway.
Three arrests have been made thus
far by United states Secret Service
men under Chief William J. Flynn and
Captain John J. Henry OF the New
York Office, and an entire plant, COM
prisinc plates, engraving, plans, tools
and Si25,000 IN counterfeit French
5anknotes. was discovered in a modest
New York boarding house and con-
fscatcd. Captain Henry said that $65,-
600 Of the worthless paper had been
passed here in q few months.
Held in 5000 Bail
parodi was arranged yesterday Oh
charge Of acting in "a conspiracy 10
obstrucs justice, and was released
under $4,000 bail Tor examination on
December j.. lie fell into the clutches
OF the authorities because, it Is
charged, he advised another Of the
prisoners. Marcus Gonzales. alias Louis
Eduardo de Shelly, 10 flee the coGntl!
while out on bail, under an indictment
charging the passing OF bogus paper
money
Gonzalcs was arrested a. Havana,
Cuba, and rs now awaiting e&iradi-
ZION. The third prisoner, Jean Duprey'
alias Leon Grosswald. was taken into
custody by the Department Of Justice
q beek ago in New York. lie is
charged with participating in coun-
terfeiting."
When The boarding house, whose To-
cation the officials would not disclose,
was raidcd. In addition 10 the coun-
terfeitirg outft was q written plan
minute in detail, for escaping from
the Tombs. Not even the saws ncces-
sary to file through the cell bars were
Forgotten.
Made Safe Conduct Passes
According 20 Captain Henry. there
was also found q false plate TO PRINT
safe conduct passes. purporting 10 De
issued by the French government.
Duprey told the authorities he was
desertcr from the French army. and 1t
!8 thought possible tha. the fraudulent
masses might have been used in effect
inc his escape TO this country as well
az many others.
False 1OO0-lranc notes on the Bank
Of France made their appearance lh
thig city I'm August, and we're clrcu-
lated among banks in New lork deal
ing IL foreign exchange. After two
weeks Secret Service operatives Eu-
bano and Massasse detected a man,
who gave the name OF Gonzales, pass
mp $4,000 worth Of this spurious
money.
Trapped. Gonzales loaped from win
dow Of a Wall Street banking firm, and
was captured only when bullet. str1h-
ing him in the ankle, brought him TO
the ground. lie was released on bail
and indicted by the Federal grand jury.
Parodi acting as bis counsel. Gonzales
disappeared shortly after, and could
not be found when cited to appear.
Money-Mill Discovered
Duprey's arrest. while accompanied
by Parodi. led 20 Tie discovery Of the
money-mill, which was contained in
dress suit eases, ready for instant
transportation. Captain Henry said the
plant had been brought here last April
from San Sebastian, Spain. and 20 that
time S1,000,00O in spurious French
banknotes had been brought with it.
Gonzales, according 10 CAPTAIN Henry,
is a half-brother Of the chancellor Of
the Guatamalan Embassy IN Paris. The
prisoner was born in Venezuela, but re-
moved to Paris at the age Of four.