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Show STOLE GOLD FROM COIN; San Francisco Attorney Abstracts Wealth From Double Eagles. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 10. James H. Cary, an attorney-at-law, was arrested today by Federal officials, charged with feloniously abstracting gold from double eagles. Cary, when arrested, mado a complete com-plete confession. Ho bored holes ln the-edges the-edges of twenty-dollar pieces, drilling toward tho center. Tho cavities wero cleverly plugged with copper wire, which was gilded. Cary took from $2 to $3 from each coin. He said that he had drilled out a coin each day for the last three- years. |