Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-11 | Page 1 | Counterfeiter Taken In

i 3 COUNTERFEITER TAKEN IN Host Expert V One in the World Arrested Ar-rested in New York V New York April 10U came to light today that a man supposed to be Albert I Jensen who attempted to commit suicide i sui-cide by twice shooting himself In the head l while being pursued by a crowd inVest in-Vest street yesterday Is not Jensen at all and Is wanted by the Government I authorities In this country and Sweden V He is In reality John Albert Skoog a Swede 25 years old born in Stockholm and the son of a prominent and wealthy family lie early began a criminal career and is pronounced by officials the United States secret service one of the most expert counterfeiters alive Skoog is wanted in Sweden for mo icing and passing a large number of counterfeit 100kroncr notes much as arc issued by the Bank of Sweden This work war done early in 1S99 V V One of the biggest raids in the history V his-tory of the secret service was made V tonight by Chief Uaren as a result of the Tilrest of Skoog fhlct Hazen after talking with Skoo roflay and after following fol-lowing a clue he found V in Skoogvs pockets went to a bulling on GrfinU I avenue Brooklyn and arrested Mmll Mobert Swede VV it VV V One of the most complete V counter V felting plants ever found was dle ov I crcd In the housp V The longsought V plates for the 50kroner notes of the Bank of Sweden and the JOOkrdner notes of the Bank of Coppnhage were V among those found They wore burled I all with other plates for the making of a 20 note of tile Bank of Scotland which It is said the secret servlcc of Groat Britain V has been trying to rundown I run-down V V V