Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-09 | Page 12 | Police Nab Alleged Counterfeiting Trio

POLICE IB ALLEGED COMFEITIfffi TRIO : Suspects Are Under Arrest Within Twenty-four Hours of Passing First Coin. Special In The Tribune. OG D F, X, J-'nb. 8. V i t h i n twenty- four hours from the time that the first i spurious coin was r-asil the police this jitt'tcrnoou had taken into custody throe I members of a pan of alleged countcr-j countcr-j JYiteis and confiscated it complete out-1 out-1 f it for turning out boyns $5 and $10 ; goM pieces and silver dollars. The ' ver son h under a rrost a re M r. and rs. f olm K. Freeman, who say they are ; residents of VerinRton, Nv., and C. M. i Freeman, u brother of John F. Free-j ; man. I I From information ordained following the arrests the police believe that John Freeman Pianufaelurcd the spurious ; coins, but t hat his wife anil brother are ' implicated in tho cane by reason of liav-; liav-; ing parsed tho pieces. Polico otficcrs say they have obtained a complete con-j con-j fession "from all three of the alleged counterfeiters. The outfit used by j Freeman and taken from a room in the 'jJeed hotel includes moulds, melting 'pot, acids and a-process of electroplating. electroplat-ing. More than! a score of the counterfeit coun-terfeit coins were found in possession ! of the two men. 80 far as known at j the present time, only two of the bogus j coins were passed in this city. 1 According 10 additional information obtained ob-tained bv the police tonitrht, John E. Freeman "is a sraduate of the University j of Nevada, he having completed & course j in chemistry in Hi 12. His wife also has been a student in the normal school nf the same institution. He is 24 years of acre and Airs. Fn-eman is 21. Freeman lias declared that he is responsible for the entire trouble, according to his confession con-fession to the police. He said he devised the process for molding the spurious coins from babbitt meral and electroplating them with gold. He Induced his wife and ; brothers to assist hhn in the work, j After obtaining the full confession of j h 11 three they were taken before Judsre j George S. Barker and bond fixed for their 1 appearance before Fniled States Com-inissioner Com-inissioner S. T. Corn. The bond for the i brothers was fixed at S230O each and $10n0 1 for Mrs. Freeman. The failure to fur-I fur-I nish security resulted in all three being j taken to the county jail. I Thev have told the. police that they will I plead "sruilty when tried in the United dis- trict court.