The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-15

LlIoI llS lle1O pdooSd IllC DOSdo III
Lorenz & Sons Hardware, Ke-
gerreis Stores, M & K Store,
Roxy Theatre, Balls Cash
Market, all in Caldwell, Benny
J. Bober and Clyde Harris in
Belle Valley.
Jorgensen, who patrolmen said
had $4,000 in counterfeit bills
on his person when arrested, took
the officials to the various bus
iness places in Caldwell, where
he had passed the bad money.
At Rucker's coffee shop, he
purchased a carton of cigarettes
At the Lorenz hardware, shells
were bought; at the M & K store,
it was again cigarettes; at Keg-
erreiS stores, one dozen pair of
socks and at the Roxy theatre, a
general admission ticket.
In Belle Valley
Uhe $40 bills were passed out
in Belle Valley and again at
Pleasant City, where John Kush-
on of the Crossroads, became sus-
picious and it was he who noti-
fled the officials in Cambridge.
Jorgensen and Dunzito con-
tinued on to Cambridge, where
they were apprehended by the
state patrolmen in the Central
drug store on Wheeling avenue.
Dunzito and Jorgensen readily
admitted passing the bad curren-
cy when arrested but the source
had not yet been determined.
Secret Service Agents
Ralph w. Robuck, U. S. Secret
Service agent with headquarters
in Columbus, said the men were
taken to that city, Tuesday where
additional investigations will
continue. 49,. .-.s-ue.-~
Two of the counterfeit $40 bills
were being held by the First Ma
tional bank Monday morning Of
ficials took these bills as ev-
idence after the local business
men had redeemed them with
good currency.
1t is said that Benny Bober got
stuck" with two of the bills,
which were offered to pay for
two rounds of drinks.
At Marietta
Washington county authorities
said that the men had been
working on a construction job
near Marietta as pile drivers.
They were inclined to connect
them with Harlan Hoffman, 80,
an industrial painter of Warren,
who is now in jail at Cleveland,
charged with possession of coun-
terfeit money. Authorities said
Hoffman had a youth in Warren
pass four $40 bills at a Western
Union office Labor Day.
Counterfeit Markings
The federal notes passed in
Caldwell and now in the hands
of federal agents are said to bear
the bank seal "B" for New York.
On the local bogus money, the
figure 81" was also misplaced on
the $40 bills. They were of the
1884 series.
u. E. Baughman, chief of the
U. S. Secret Service Treasury
department, had sent circulars to
local law enforcement officials,
calling attention to these coun-
terfeit notes.
Other $40 notes which are said
to be counterfeit are identified
by capital letters appearing in
the blank seal at the left of the
portrait of Jackson as Chicago,
C.: st. Louis, IL: Minneapol-
is, "I'; Dallas, ''K"; or San Fran
cisco, "L".
These bills bear the following
check letters and face plate num-
bers in the lower right corner on
the face of the note, Gag,
"C107", "J16", "J10O", or ''K51".
They bear the following back
plate numbers in the lower right
hand corner of the reverse side
of the note: "8'', "48", 49,, "92"
or "592".
On some of these notes, the
department says an attempt has
been made to simulate the color
ed fibres by adding fine red ink
lines. The department says that
apparently an attempt has been
made to age some of the notes
by coloring them a very light
brown.
One Caldwell businessman
said that Jorgensen indicated on
Monday. when he was in Cald-
we'll with state patrolmen, that
he would attempt to make good
the bogus money, if and when
the opportunity presented itself.