Evening star., 1921-09-18
BAD MONEY GETS L.
SIX BEHIND BARS
Three Men and Three Women
Accused in Worthless
Note Transactions.

The appearance in several stores
in Georgetown recently OF portions
Of cancelled SO federal reHerve banx
notes. carefully pasted together. and
which caused much concern. at the
Treasury Department and among the
secret service men, had a new de-
velopment last night. with the arrest
Of three white men and three col
ored women. who are alleged to haEe
confessed their transactions in the
matter.
The men under arrest are Harry
Henry Rithman, v. L. Slocombe and
Joseph Williams. all of Rosslyn. Va.
Harris. and the latters mother. Lot
tie Harris. thirty-eight years old. re-
siding at 1910 33d street. The men
are charged with pasting together
portions of federal reserve bank
notes. while the women are charged
with passing the notes.
Turns Up ut Treasury.
The attention of the Treasury and
Secret Service operators was first
attracted to the circulation of the
notes when one came to the Treasury
Department last week through To-
cal bank where it had been deposited.
1t was ascertained the bill had come
from the Georgetown section. GAlen
II,
several store keepers in Georgetown
to be on the lookout for similar bills.
Detective Kuehling OF the seventh
precinct was aiding Mr.. Green in the
search for the persons who had passed
the bill. 1t had been passed At the
fruit store Of Jarvis Brothers. 3601 NJ
street, where a purchase was made and
change obtained.
Another was passed at the store of
George Heon. 35es NJ street. where
change also was secured, after a pur-
chase. Last Wednesday two Of the
latter store and one OF them rendered
a similar bill in payment Tor a puTr
chase. Harry C. Manezurais. clerk
in the store, who had been NOTIFIED oy
the detective to be on the lookout for
| such bill, called a policeman and
the women were arrested.
Accused White Men.
Following the arrest of the colored
women they were questioned as TO
They are said to have stated they OBJ
tanned the notes from three white
men whom they met last Saturday on
the AQueduct bridge. They then re-
lated they had met the men again
Wednesday night. and are said TO
ditional notes.
The women were arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Hit
yesterday afternoon on a charge OF
passing the notes. The case was
continued until tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock.
| Believing the men would again at
/ tempt to meet the women. Detective
Kuehling and Secret Service Agent
Green took them to the AQusduct
bridge and told them to walk across
They were part of the way over when
r.
rested. are said to have met them.
The officers. who had approached IN
an automobile, placed them under
arrest.
Former Treasury Guard.
! The men were taken to the police
station where they are said to nave
confessed Rithman. according to De-
tective Kuehling. stated he was en-
ployed as q guard at the Treasury
| Department in 1913 and found q
package of the half bills on the moor.
He took them home and placed them
| in a drawer. forgetting about tnem
until last week, when he found them-
He is also said 10 nave toio Ine me
ofFicers that the portions of the bills
were pasted together with tissue
paper by SIocombe and Williams and
that he was given one OF them the
oficers say all of the men told sub
stantially the same story.
The men and women Will be taken
before Commissioner Hit for q hear :
ing tomorrow afternoon.
1t was explained that the bank note.
are cut lengthwise, and holes punched
| through them, after they reach the
Treasury Department preparatory 10
their final destruction. Rithman. IL
was stated, said he supposed the
package he found had fallen from q
| truck as they were being transferred
to the division where they are finally