Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-05
NO BAIL
FOR MAN
HELD HERE
Secret Service Works With
Local Detectives in Probe
of SkiIIful Work
RUSSIAN CAUGHT HERE
Get Evidence in Case, Police
Say--Federal Hearing is
Arranged

AS the result of an investigatios
conducted by Captain of Detectives
Lawrence A. Long. and agents of the
United States Secret Service, Vad1y
Dmistriff, the Russian arrested here
on Sunday charged with attempttne
to pass raised currency. was arraiGux
ed before United States Comminul
er John A. Delaney, yesterday aft61
noon. Bail was fixed at $500.
which the prisoner was unabB fs
furnish. The hearing win BE- 'hed
next Tuesday afternoon. The
prisoner was removed by q United
States marshal TO the Essex county
jail in Newark where he will be held
until the day Of the hearing in this
city.
Dmistriff's arrest in this city was
brought about on Sunday afternoon
when Frank Sinatro, of 90s Stats
street, complained that the man and
two companions were trying to paaa
bad bills. When Onicers WilliaB
Seiboth. Michael Paten and wa
liam Buchap Arrtve& two of ~
men had d1sappeared- hut Ihsz4g{T
was arrested and fak9H to fftxd-
quarters
Raised bills have. been appearing
here for some months and cases a
Tottenville and Railway were report
ed last week. Other arrests have
teen made, but until this case ths
police hal little on which to work
The method employed by the
counterfeiters is to tear the corners
bearing the numerals off one end OF
two larger bills and transfer them
to the four corners of a bill of small
denomination. With more than hal1
of the larger bill intact it may b.
changed for a new bill at any bank
Many OF the counterfeiters are clev-
erly executed and require careful
examination for detection. A bill al
legged to have been passed by Dmls'
triff on Sunday is in the possession
of the authorities and is said to D.
an excellent piece of work.
Suspecting that Dmistriff nigh
be a member of a gang of bill
raisers, Captain Long spent Monday
afternoon in New York with an op
erative of the, secret service. Tbs
two officers made a search OF Dmist-
riffs home at SIS St Marks place
and claim they found a number Of
green pencils, instruments used t.
scrape paper, and a sheet OF hixh
grade and very expensive greer
paper WHICH II the ucdIcSl aPPlO@-<<4t
10 government made stock for the
printing paper money. This outfit the
believe. has been extern
sively used in making the raised
bills that have flooded this section OF
the country.
With this information in hand the
secret service man and Captain
Long put Dmistriff through q thor
ough grilling yesterday afternoon al
police headquarters here. While the
prisoner would not admit his con-
nection with any OF the cases he did
say he knew a number of men who
re at present in Jail for similar pf-
fenses and the authorities have sue
ceeded in weaving a chain OF cir
eumstantial evidence around then
man that will possibly lead to con-
viction.
1t was learned that the secret ser
vice department had been trailing
Dmistriff for two years in counec-
ton with alleged eounterfeiting ae-
tivities. In explanation Of his pres
ence in this city on Sunday. with
companion. the man says he was
trying to sell stock in an enterprise
to manufacture an article patented
by him.
Dmistriff claims to have been
commissioned officer in the Russian
army before the war.