The Penn's Grove record., 1921-08-19
Money Raisers
Now in Jail
Five In Penns Grove Arrested
for Increasing Value on Notes

SIlu CIitSlcI WHICH ldu q spurious
appearance. A ten dollar bill was paid
for ice in Penns Grove and when it
was taken to the Peoples Bank to
deposite, its changed appearance was
noticed and it was returned to the one
who paid it for ice, who gave good
money.
These changed notes had drifted in
to Wilmington and Chester Banks and
reached the Federal Reserve in Phil
adelphia before detection. In counting
money usually the figures on the cor
ners are noticed only, whether it be
$40 or $50. There are so few count
erfeits and so many exchanges of mon
ey are done so hastily that few notice
the other parts of the paper bills
handled. In fact there is not one
in a thousand that ever reads all on a
paper note and not one in ten thous-
and, who, whether they receive or not
owe real money, legal tender green
back government notes, or promises to
pay money which are bank notes, look
them over.
All Federal Reserve notes have a
similar appearance. The methed was
to take the ten and twenty from the
corner of a ten dollar note or a twenty
dollar note, split it and paste it on the
corner Of a one or two dollar note.
The torn note was singed and passed
good because of a presumed accident.
Some have noticed corners torn off
ten dollar bills for the past eighteen
months in this region and the raised
in value notes have been also noticed
and refused.
U. S. Secret Service men have been
on the lookout for the past year, but
not until last Saturday when a $40
note was traced to Antonio Pepperess
was an arrest made. The Pepperess
have had a shoe repair shop on West
Main Street. Camille Colbreth a ten
year old girl was used by the men to
get the notes changed. Some of
them were passed on J. NJ. Wadding-
ton, a near grocer, who got suspicious
and turned her down.
Last Saturday James Watkins,
clerk for H. S. Barber went to depos-
it money in the Peoples Bank. Among
the amount was one $40 bill which was
Clyde Struble detected. AS there was
only one it was traced as coming from
Antonio Pepperess, who has a shoe
shop at SO West Main Street. He
had paid a bill and received good mon
ey in change.
The L. S. officials were notified and
on Monday Chief Houghten and three
agents came to Penns Grove and ar
rested Antonio Pepperess and Fur
tunato Pepperess, Nevana Anderson
colored, alias Clipper Shorts" and
Propendo Crescendo, a brother-ln-laW,
who was in the house and recently
came from New York. Toney's fam
lily resides in part of the double house
opposite the shoe shop.
The operatives declare that in the
cellar and secreted in different parts of
the shop they found quite a lot of bills,
including a number that had been
raised. Bottle of ink eradicator,
green paper and other articles such
as are used by counterfeiters also was
seized it is said.
While the Chief and two. agents
were working at AntoniO's shop, the
three other agents were making d
search of the home of Fortunate Pep
peress on South Broad Street. There
Fortunate and two other men, who re-
fused to give their names, were ar
rested. One of these men was a col
ored bootblack The colored man was
released because he was ignorant OF
anv illegal act, although it was suspl-
cioned that he was passing the bogus
money out and getting good change
for the Pepperess gang.
Some of the relatives state thaC
the men arrested did not do the count
erfeiting, that it was done by Jimmy
Pepperess who left Penns Grove some
months ago and went to Wilmington.
The men arrested were taken TO
Camden. While being held there
their pictures were taken and hnger
prints made. TT
A hearing was held before D. Harris
Smith, ESQ, in Salem, Thursday alter
Angelo Peratti, who is alleged
heIned pass out the doctored money
skinned out as soon as things began
TO get warm, but the local officers
Vent to Wilmington, Monday, and got
him. He is also being held as a sus-
pected dope peddler.
Rail was fixed at $4,000 in each case
on the charge of counterfeiting. les
fimonv was given by E. L. Cooley,
Corneiious Langham and John Hughes
Of philadelphia, Chief w. Fl. Hough-
Ton Of the L. S. Secret Service, Cher
of Police Houseworth and mafsha
Shores of Penns Grove.
Just enough evidence was produced
70 establish a prima facie case, anG
only a few exhibits were made. "
A w. Grier appeared as council TO-
the defendants, and the Federal auth
critics we're represented by Deputy
Marshal George J. Healey, OF lren
While the defendants denied thel
omit it was shown that in nearly eV.
erv case the bills can be traced 10 th'
XII of the defendants were immed
lately returned to prison.
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