| Show GREGORY FACES r mm mw i SERIOUS S CHARGE Secret Service Men Find Molds for Making Counterfeit Money in Home IS HELD TO GRAND JURY WITNESS WETNESS FOR DEFENSE A BOOMERANG Eben J r Gregory who was arrested a few days ago charged with nith being a coin oin sweater was yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day afternoon charged with having In his bis possession apparatus used for tor making counterfeit coins In another search o of the th Gregory home Friday afternoon H B and W WW WW W tw Fraser the government secret ser service serIce vice Ice agents who have been at work on the case discovered molds for use usein useIn in counterfeiting These were hidden Jn Sn the of or the house above the rafters close to the root roof With them were ere several counterfeit coins indicating indicating indicatIng ing that some some one had been expert experimenting experimenting but had failed to make any good enough to be passed The molds discovered by toy the secret service men were of half hate dollars and dollars One plaster paris pads mold was for a half dollar doUar and the other for a dollar doUar In addition there was wan half of ofa ofa a L metal mold of a dollar doUar the mold being for the reverse or eagle side Gregory was taken before United States Commissioner Charles Baldwin yesterday afternoon and given a pre preliminary preliminary hearing The secret service agents testified for tho government They told of the discovery of the ap apparatus apparatus and said that Gregory had admitted to them yesterday morning that he had the tho molds for the purpose of experimenting but not for the pur purpose pose 1 ORO of counterfeiting W S Bing a rubber stamp manu mann manufacturer manufacturer was called by the defense to show that counterfeit money could not be made from the molds secured by bythe bythe bythe the federal officers Bing however proved a n boomerang to tho the defense as asbe fie be testified that In his opinion the molds could be used for counterfeit counterfeiting ing Ig purposes Gregory was as held to the grand jury JUI in 2500 ball bail making In all aU which he has been unable to furnish He was represented at the hearing by b the counselors Bailey Vickery District Attorney 11 IL E Booth represented the govern government ment |
