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Show Uy W- U. Tel exra J AltKKST OF tOV.MKKKEITKKS, New York, Col. Wiley, chief of the U. S. detective forces, yesterday effected the most important arrest of counterfeiters ever made iu ibis country, coun-try, of three notorious persous, ono of whom, Ballard, is tho only man in the United States who possesses the secret of manufacturing the government govern-ment paper. The material captured includes a $10,0w transfer press, which is believed to be the only one outside of the treasury department, full seb of steel aud copper plates for thousaud, twenty and two dollar bills, also full seis of plates for fractional currency, stamps for treasury seal facsimile, types for raising notes and $40,0u0 in counterfeit monev. |