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Show DAOOS SUOVIXa Till: tJVEER. ( Three Italians Arrested at I'ueblo for Pass ing Counterfeits. ' Pfinto, Colo., Jan. 19. For some time ! past the authorities have suspected the exist-I exist-I ence of an organized gaug of counterfeiter' ! in this city. Their watchfulness was not ro. j warded until last evening. Three Italians. I John Uorietta, John Doto and Phillip Siouo, were cauirht in tlie act of pacing boirus dollar iu Binall quantities, (jorietta and Doteo were together when caught, and catli liad a number of hocus dollar iu their possession. pos-session. Sieuo attempted to pass a bogus dollar iu a ottloou where the proprietor had already been caught. Ho also had a quantity quan-tity of the "queer" In his pockets. The bogus coin, which arc all dollars, are excellent ex-cellent Imitations of the genuine article, and would readily deceive even expert by their ring aud weight They are very smooth to the touch, however, and present a greasy appearance, which is not noticed iu the genuine article. The chief of police has telegraphed the I'nlted States marshal to come to Pueblo, and with him Investigate several clues which he uas succeeded in getting get-ting hold of, and which he thinks will lead to the detection of the monoy-maki rs aud the seizure of their plant. |