New-York tribune., 1921-06-23
Hold s for Sale
OF $1,000 Bogus
Tickets to Fight
Inspector Coughlin and l6
Men i'm Autos Surround
Party as Detective Mayer
Completes Transaction
Printing Plant Is Raided
Out-of-Town c O IN p lain
Gives Clew to Counter
feits for July 2 Bou:

Eight men were arrested last night
by detectives acting under Inspector
Coughlin and were locked up in Police
headquarters in connection with a
! widespread scheme to dispose Of
thousands of dollars worth of alleged
counterfeit tickets for the Dempsey
Carpenter fight on July q
A printing establishment in the base
ment of house at IA Elizabeth Street,
near Canal Street was raided and all
/ the paraphernalia for the manufacture
of the tickets is said to have been
found There were the plates, the
cardboard and dies, and everything
was in readiaess. according to the po-
lice, TO start making $4,000 tickets, 25,-
900 Of which were to be printed at
once, it is said.
The tickets are remarkable in their
/ likeness to the real article, the police
say. They call for $40, $40 and $50
seats.
Two Said to Have Confessed
Two OF the men were caught just
after they are said to have sold De-
tective August Mayer $1,000 worth of
the alleged fake tickets.
They are Carmine de Matteo, a
chauffeur, of 112 East Eleventh Street,
and Louis Cohen, also q chauffeur, of
1904 Washington Street, Hoboken. Both
men are said to have police records,
and are said to have confessed
were arrested in De Matteos apart
Abraham Last, halter, of 81 Willett
Street, Abraham Held, a chauffeur, of
176 East Seventy-sixth Street, and Ar
thur Foster, chauffeur, of 1870 Myrtle
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Later in the evening three others
were arrested. They were: Carmine
Luongo, of 1G7 Hester Street; Sebas-
tian 'Figella, q jeweler, of 125 Mott
Street, and Joseph Pichio, a collector
Of lie Mott Street.
All are held at Police Headquarters
charged With grand larceny, forgery
and counterfeiting. The complainant
treasurer for Tex Rickard, promoter
, of the fight.
I The fact that counterfeit tickets fol
/ the fight were being put on the market
came to the attention of Inspector
Couehlin about a week ago, when $
man from Reading Pa. came 70 see him
This man, according to Inspector
Coughiin, had bought ticket from
Cohen. The next day, deciding thai
row. he wrote to Mr.. Rickard asking
him if it could be done. To his aston.
ishment Mr.. Rickard informed him
that he had never sold any tickets fol-
the row he mentioned.
The police were then informed anc
the tickets were traced to Hoboken
According to Detective Mayer, he fount
Cohen there selling tickets and bought
one from him. After that he says he
trailed Cohen to the home of De Matted
at 112 East Eleventh Street.
/ $1,000 Deal Arranged
/ Getting better acquainted with the
pair, he told them that he knew per.
son who wanted 500 tickets. A deal
was arranged whereby Cohen and De
Matteo were to sell Mayer $4,000 worth
of tickets Of the $40, $40 and $50 vari
eties for $1,000.
Mayer said ne would have to see the
boss about it and went to report to In
spector Coughlin. The best the inspec
ter could do at the time was to raise
$1,000.
Mayer met De Matteo and Cohel
yesterday morning at Eighth Stree
and Third Avenue, near Cooper Union
They were in a touring car. De Matte
Z was at the wheel, with his foot. on tn
accelerator. The engine was kept run
n:ng.
After conAit4 rable haggling it wa
arranged that Iayer was to meet then
again. This he did, but it was no
until he met them third time-at
o'clock-that the deal was consum
mated Mayer, it is alleged, handet
$500 to Cohen and S700 to De Matteo
In return, he says, he got tickets tina
were still wet from the press.
AS soon as the transaction was con
cluded Mayer drew his revolver ant
fired two shots at the Sidewalk.
In response to this signal Inspecto
Ccughlan and sixteen detectives in fou
automobiles drove up and arrested th'
pair
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