Show MORE COUNTERFEITING TOOLS I 1 By Aid of Mont and James Moss Sheriff Howells Finds Missing Link Which May Convict Their Brothers Fred and Pete I < tI = W 1 i t 1 T CJJ I r s sc 4 2 I Sheriff Howe 1s accomplished a clever piece of work yesterday afternoon in discovering the missing portions of the counterfeiters plant which will I very materially strengthen the evidence against the Moss brothers who were arrested last week on the charge of making and passing spurious gold silver sil-ver and nickel olnsThe main parts of the plant were found a few days ago nt a place known as Thane blacksmith shop between Murray and Sandy wh > re the counterfeiters car ned on their trade but the apparatus with which electroplating was dpne could not be discovered James Moss one of the three brothers under arrest is not thought by the Sheriff to have been aware of the business It appears his brothers Fred and Pete were engaged en-gaged In and he has shown a disposition disposi-tion to assist the officers In procuring evidence against Fred and Pete He did not know however where the missing miss-Ing apparatus was hidden The accused ac-cused men have another brother Mori who works at Conkllns sampler who however appears not to be Implicated further than In trying to keep I his brothers out of their trouble By some j means l Fred communicated with Mort I telling him where the electroplating apparatus was burled near the I l blacksmith shed and desiring him to destroy 1L This Information was given to the Sheriff byMamcs Moss The officers of-ficers hunted up Mort and after many denials on his part obtained a confession confes-sion that he had taken the apparatus to hlshouseJil North Sixth West street broken it up and hidden part of It In an ash pi0 and part in the vault otan outhouse Tho Sheriff taking James Moss along with him drove to Morts house and found In the ash pile six metal plates connected two and two together by copper wires and three earthen vessel for holding the acid in which the plates are Immersed when the apparatus is in use broken up In the vault The pieces when put together hiade a complete galvanic battery This apparatus unlike the other parts of the plant was not home made hut the Sheriff learned had been received by Fred Moss some time ago over the railroad Some additional dies and files were found burled near the blacksmith shcd between Sandy and Murray The officers now think they have a chain of evidence complete enough to convict Pete and Fred while James and MorL have both promised to go on the witness stand and testify against their brothers James and Mort are said to be Industrious men both married mar-ried with families hut Pete and Fred the ofilcers say are tough characters |