Arizona republican., 1920-02-21
SHOWED HIM HOW EASY ID MAXI" TEN DOLLAR BILL
But Phoenix Man Didn't Prove to Be a Sucker and Two Are Arrested and Their "Wonderful" Box Confiscated

Because certain business man in hls city did not care to become a M MniIlilonaire in week by allowing d uttie machine to turn blank paper into perfectly good" greenbacks. Nick erzin and Gus Argetakio are now un- ger arrest and face prosecution on a felony charge
 only the shortage of blank white paper could limit the money making capacity of their wonderful secret method electrotyping machine. accord ing to representations which Ferzin and Argetakio made to the Phoenix business man. It required a little capi- tal to get the thing started. they ex- blamed, because the machine required genuine bills from which to manufac- tyre the counterfeit.
 we can manufacture money which absolutely cannot be detected from the original, even by bank examiners" was their assertion. and to back up their statement offered to give a prac tIcal demonstration. Interested. the business man accepted this invitation.
 Machine Is Operated.
 Taking with him several crisp new bills of varying denominations, the business man was mysteriously es corted to the rendezvous of the two men who owned the machine which was represented to make the touch of Midas look like a piker proposition.
 Tn order to convince you anyone
  and make any amount of money in any denomination they desire, we will instruct you and allow you to do all the work while we simply stand by and watch was the generous offer.
 Acting under instructions the busi- ness man took a prepared blank piece of paper, the exact size of federal bank note. and placed it between two s10 bills, bringing face and back into contact with the blank paper. The
 r1d were then placed in the machine where they were allowed to remain for five minutes. Prestoi The busi- ness man was invited to inspect ms blank paper. Where he had placed blank piece of paper. he now found a very genuine appearing new S1O bill, and the business man was conVlnced he was the only one who had operated the machine.
 He Didn't Bite.
 ''The only reason we allow you III on this is because we are handicapped hx a lack of genuine currency, eX- plained the owners of the machine. We can't reproduce bills from our own commercials. The impressloh oii them isn't strong enough Now you furnish us with bundle or new plllS' any denomination you choose ana we will split on what we make
 Tn some men this might have been an irresistible inducement It IS De- cause F'erZin and Argetaklo dldh un derstand this particular sample o1 tne salt river valley product that they are now in iaiI Instead of accepting lheH oenero11s offer the business man re- norted all details of the case TO As sistant L. $. Attorney Langston-
 Cant w P. Walsh, C- S. secret serV- ice agent of the Los Angeles district immediately came to Phoenix to con duct an investigation. Under hls dl- rection the machine was seized and eX- amined. It was found to be very clever double compartment affair ar ranged on the principle of the trick bill fold in common use.
 Arrests Are Made.
 When the victim of this confidence games places his two genuine bills and blank paper in the machine, there are already three genuine bills in it., eX- nlained Captain Walsh By the pres sure of concealed electric switch, the commandment containing the gen nine bills slides into the space where she "sucker' placed his money and plank. When this business man -eached into the exact space he had placed his blank paper and found genuine s10 bill. it was only natural he should be convinced he had found