Show PASSING QUEER MONEY Rule Smith and Jed Grant in Serious Trouble With Representatives of Uncle Sam Rule Smith an alleged companion In crime of Jed Grant In the nefarious work of circulating queer l coin was yesterday = arrested on a complaint sworn out before Tnitnd States Court Commissioner Toomey by Police Officer Davies tend ulll be held in jail to await tho i action of the federal 1 authorities Smith had been Itclose companion of Grant for some time prior to the Inttcrs arrest and Oflicers l lOddington and Davies Da-vies I who have been working on these castshave all along suspected that theO I the-O young men wore workIng logathcr I in lilt I matter of circulating u the uun terfult g5 tendl0 gold pieces with which the city Is now unite plentifully supplied sup-plied They lacked positive evidence of his guilt however until quite recently re-cently when some three or four persons per-sons mostly proprietor of loomljig houses and saloons were found who had specimens of the spurious coins which they were rcidy to swear had been passed upon them by Smith Smith who had been kept under care fut surveillance was then placed under arrest t Jed Grant was a few flays ago arraigned ar-raigned bcfoiv Commissioner Toomey on the charge of passing counterfeit money when he pleaded guilty and was held to await the action of the Federal Grand Jury at the April term of the United States Court This action was not made public at the time on account of the effect the announcement might have on those who were associated with Grant and were yet at large |