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Show Look M for jj Tens and Twenties I Gigantic Counterfeiting Schema Has , ' 1 Just Been TJnearthod by Federal ' Officials in Denver. , If DENVER. Colo., March 23. A coun- ,jt terfeltlng scheme, gigantic ln Its pro- Sj portions and rich ln results, which has , Jfl as Its field the whole of the United ! jLy States, has Just been unearthed by tho ( m Federal authorities. A number of Gov- . it J ernment secret service agents are now jm In Denver following clues which are ; M said to have led them to believe that J J the headquarters of tho gang are lo- t jjjl cated ln this city. L M Thc operations of the counterfeiters C I II are said to extend all tho wav from f j j New York to San Francisco, and so far J M it is believed that something like S50.00O I has been secured In the larger cities 1 j m of the country. ! 1 The counterfeit ls one of tjie best 1 W duplicates of the Buffalo series of $lu ) $ ! and $20 bills which has ever como to , the attention of thc Federal authorl- i J tics. A description of thc counter- ' J U felters as furnished bv the United j ijj States Secret Service department fol- : I jj lows: . I Series 1901. No. 23513t)7': face plate ,j ! U 159, back Dlatc S7; check letter D; !j 1 1 signed Lyons, register: Robciis, treas- ,j j urer; portraits of Lewis and Clark. 1 3 ! 1 The counterfeits are a shade darker S ' than thc genuine. Secret Service ! I i I Agent E. H. Wilson ls here working ;j' on the caae. ' 1 t |