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Show LAYTON ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITER . Said to Have Made Confession: Is Mem-ber Mem-ber of Prominent Family in Town of Layton. Clifford B. Layton. 21 years of age. the son of a prominent family in lAj-ton, 1'toh, was arrested yesierdav evening on Ninth East street by T. J. Vallagban of the United States secret service and former for-mer pity Detective Herbert Lelchter. Young Layton is In the countv Jail on a charge of counterfeiting. He made a com- ! plete confession of the operations which he declared he was alout to start iti this section. Operative Callttghan said last night that If the youth lud had a chance to iicgin the operations which he had planned the capture would have been cxceedlnglv difficult. Layton. under the namx of Burton, Bur-ton, and giving PrOVO as his address, went to a local concern, where he had several dies made. These were exact reproductions re-productions of the figures designating the amount of the bill as shown on the ordinary ordi-nary $10 note. He proposed to use white Ink In Mocking out the QgureS on $1 notes and printing in the raised figures. Mr. Callagluin says that Lav-ion told him he had planned to pass but one or two notes In a town ami Immediately leave for some other point. When the young man's room was searched an nouipmont of inks. I pens and the necessary" dies was found. 1 |