New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-06-24
Fake Tickets
For Fight Sold
In Many Cities
Rickard Finds the Plot Is
Country Wide After the
Arrest Here of 5 Men
and Seizure of Plates
Expected $4,000 Gain
Plans Made to Intercept
Almost Perfect Prints at
Gate ON Day of the Bout

Although none Of the almost perfect
limitations of admission tickets for the
Carpenter Dempsey fight in Jersey
City on July 2, confiscated by detec-
tives after spectacular arrest of the
alleged conspirators on Wednesday
night, have been distributed, according
to the police, Tex Richard, promoter of
the contest, was making preparations
yesterday to intercept all forged tick
cts at the gate and TO prevent their
holders from gaining entrance. This
became known after tho fight promoter
learned that the plot TO circulate spuri-
Gus pasteboards was not local but was
country wide.
The eight men arrested Wednesday
night by Detectives August Mayer,
Grover C. Brown, Charles Kane and
others attached to the staff of Inspec-
tor Coughlin were held in $1,000 bail
each by Magistrate Marsh, in Tombs
Court, on short affidavit alleging sus-
piciou Of forgery for examination next
Thursday, Detective Mayer asking for
an adjournment OF one week. Before
the men we're arraigned they were
questioned by Assistant District Attor-
ney McQuaid.
Admitted to Bail
Those who were admitted to bail
are Louis Cohen, of 1904 Washington
Street, Hoboken; Carmine de Matteo;
of liz East Eleventh Street; Andrew
Fawcett, of 254 Classon Avenue, Brook
lyn; Abraham Held, of 176 East
Seventy-ninth Street; Abraham Last,
OF 50 Willett Street; Sebastian Fagella,
-sof 125 Mott Street, and Carmine
Lounge. of 1877 Hester Street.
Tex Richard, who was seen in Madi-
son Square Garden, said that he had
Known of the circulation of counter
felt tickets for weeks and that forged
tickets had been found and arrests
made in Kansas City, st. Louis, Phil
adelphia and Atlantic City. M. Rick
ard said the counterfeit $40 tickets
taken Wednesday night were the best
limitations. Fake tickets had been
found in Reading, Pa, ne said, but
these were not nearly as good as the
New York limitations.
William G. Ridgway, treasurer 70,
Tex Richard, who was present at the
examination OF the New York plotters
said that he could hardly tell the forged
tickets llom the originals. The backs
are well engraved and exact duplicates
of the genuine pasteboards. Only on
the face of the tickets can slight
variation from the real tickets be noted
On the real tickets the marks between
the words Jersey City" and "New
Jersey on the third line are circular
dots, while on the others they ars
small, rectangular dashes. The yellow
cardboard stock is inferior in quality
to that of the real tickets &
5 Inspector Coughlin, in charge of ths
Detective Bureau. said that the police
are in possession of four statement
from the men who were arrested, in
which they are said to have admitted
their ptan TO circulate fake tickets. They
also added that they hoped to make
100000 by the deal The inspector
said that he was satisfied that the
whole gang, except for one man, has
been captured The man still sought
is the engraver of the tickets. He is
known to the police and his arrest is
expected at any time.
Although no evidence of counter
feiting of money was found by the de-
tectives when they raided the printing
headquarters of the ticket gang in
Elizabeth Street, Federal agents are
Investigating this phase, which has de.
veloped because of statements made te
Detective Mayer. Boastfully this mar