The sun., 1917-12-22
$t90,000 IN BAD
MONEY SEIZED
Chief Flynn and L. s. Secret
Service Sleuths Arrest
Six SicilianS.
ALL $40 RESERVE NOTES
COuntcrfeiters Had Busy Plant
at 495 West Broadway,
Say CaptOrs.

Big Bill Flynn. chief Of the secret
service. sat in his sanctum at the Gus
tom House last night. his twinkling blue
eyes barely showing behind and above
a stack OF bad '::oney ihlt Russian
wolfhound could not have bounded over.
The nonchalance with which he tilted
his $50 pounds OF meat and bone and
muscle back and forth in his swivel
chair and the aplonb with which he
set hrc TO a cigar no bigger than Il
policeman's nishtstick, testified to his
satisfaction and peace OF mind.
Along with Capt. Johnny Henry of the
service and some brisk boys at their
beck. Big Bill had let the wind out of
as b'y a plot In counterfeiting AZ has
come within his experience In some
yeara He had saved hts Uncle Samuel
the Weery and expense that would have
surely resulted n the six willy Stella nos
he captured last evening had been able
to mood the country with $1,000 900 in
Federal reserve $40 notes.-the notes
that bear the rugged features OF Andrew
Jackson. He had swooped upon the six
in time to gather in their store Of fin
ished and unfinished bills. 100000 In
all their expensive press and plates, and
all OF the rest of their neat uipment
for bilking the hasty citizen.
Change From German Spy Hunts.
But the Chief graduated modestly
for another quite understandable rea :
son. one apart from satisfied zeal in the
public service. He felt. he said. exactly
as hardworking lawyer feels who
comes across a snappy arson case after
a long dry run OF murders and burgla-
ries Flynn had been pursuing the Ger
man spy to his lair for so long that he
had almost forgotten the Joy OF nab
bing makers Of the queer"
Here are their names said Bill. who
knows AS well how to give story to the
papers as Tom Byrnes ever did, "I'll
spell 'em for yov Take this one: Mel
chiore Gildolaurio--two words-of las
West Houston street Ahtonino-thst
means Little Touy. boys-Pvlici OF 1sO
Ocean avenue. South Beach. Staten ISL
and Giovan-not Giovanni. now--Bat-
tista 1nfantino OF IL Prince street, a
jeweller-they stung him for $4,000 In
real money: Salvatore d'Allesio Of 16
sixth avenue and Giuseppe Catella OF
l49 Bleecker street. Wait a minute
Henry just soys they've brought in the
other bird. His name is Antonio Suteria
OF 500 East 175th street. They are all
locked up In downtown police stations
and we'll arraign them before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock in the
UlOTTlllB ny tuC
1We've been watching these fellow s
for Just eight months" continued Flynn.
blowing enormous clouds OF smoke
toward the ceiling and rocking In the
swivel chair until 1t screamed In pro-
test. Can't tell you how We got onto
'em. but we were on from almost the
first day they began operations
Plant At 400 West Broadway.
Their plant was at 3s5 West Broad
way, where they had set up a press
Weighing 1000 pounds and where they
had turned out $3.50. 900 worth-in a way
OF speaking-of these papers YOU see
here"
The chief grabbed a handful of
sheets, each sheet containing two of the
counterfeit SO certificates. and rippled
them through his big fingers,
They are only fair work as you see.
Andy Jackson wouldn't have been
pleased at the chrome they have made
Of him. but the work was good enough
to fool lot OF unthinking. hasty folks.
They used the zinc etching process and
some OF the lines they achieved were not
bad At all.
I'VE lot 'em mosey along until this
afternoon late. when We saw signs that
they were about to begin shipping to
correspondents about the country. Their
plan was to sen the stuff In $1,000 lots.
getting IS cents on the 81; the buyer
to take the risk Of showing for 4 65
cent. proht. 10 this afternoon We lit into
'em, going hrst to the plant In West
Broadway. where We nabbed Signor
Giidoiaurio and Sl5o.ooo worth Of
Anished and unfinished bills. Then we
picked up Signor Pulici and the other
signors here and there. also getting e40.-
900 more In finished bills We got the
goods. the men and the evidence and
I'm about to call II day.
S:What tIckles me most" added the
Chief, "is that not one Of the bills got
into circulation. In these counterfeit
Ing Jobs q dime's worth OF prevention
IL worth dollars worth Of cure. Sure.
You betcha
"it was pretty good fun. too. Hadn't
had Q good nhoney money case In two
yearp. It's funny. but countsrfsiting has
b>en dad for two years In this coun-
try. Then, ulI OF ~ sudden. ", she starts
again. It's all in Q lifetime"