Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-26 | Page 8 | Secret Service Report

SECRET SERVICE .BEP0RT Chief "Wilkie's Men Have Mado 532 Arrests in a Year. WASHINGTON'. Auff. 15. Tho annual report of Chief Wllklo of tho secret pervlco shows a total of C32 arrests, of which U related to counterfoils of currency. 02 to altered obligations, obliga-tions, 314 to the counterfeiting of coin and tho others In connection with various violations of the Federal statutes. Tho nationality of the defendants represented the most of the civilized countrlec. but native born offenders led with 352, Italy boln second with 12 and Austria third with 13. In geographical geograph-ical division of prosecutions Pennsylvania led with 91. N'nw York had 77. Ohio 35. California 59. Missouri 23. all of tho States and Territories except Alaska bclne represented. Ono caso was prosecuted In Cuba. Counterfeit Counter-feit notes confiscated by the service aesre-cnted aesre-cnted !3.S3t. affalnst $41,310 the previous year; while the coln9 secured mn-Tegatcd $:.ll0. axalnst J15.41? for tho previous twelvo months. Thero were captured IK plates of various de-ccrlptlons de-ccrlptlons for tho making of counterfeit notes, and IM dlco and molds for colnlne. A very Iwko proportion of the counterfeit coins was captured In tho hands of tho mako re before being placed In circulation. Arrangements have been made for tho establishment estab-lishment of branches of the servlco at Honolulu, Hono-lulu, whero Indications havo pointed to the development de-velopment of coining enterprises.