| Show HUGE COUNTERFEIT PLOT BARED IN S. S L. L IV U. U S. S Agents Police I Seize Plates Fake Bills Arrest Two in Bogus Federal National Bank Notes Discovered A gigantic scheme which federal fadera authorities said was vas desi designed to defraud defraud de dc fraud Salt Lake business men and banks of or thousands of ot dollars was wa wasl believed thwarted Tuesday with the thc arrest of two men and the seizure o oa ol of ofa ola a huge counterfeiting outfit and more than in counterfeit currency The two men who are held for investigation in in- m in connection with the purported counterfeit plot arc are Joseph P. P Ridges 50 photo engraver with offices at 52 West Second South street and Walter Waiter M. M Sherwood 36 Discovered when an attempt was made nade Saturday to cash one of the fake bills on a Sal Lake merchant the accused counterfeiters were tracked down and apprehended b by federal au au- au and police before they had hac I successfully circulated more than fin in n the spurious curren currency C Captain Henr Henry C Ta Taggart gart chief chic of or the local loca office of the United States secret service service service ser ser- vice said SEIZE HUGE OUTFIT The feit counte-feit counterfeiting ng outfit se seized zed Monday night was the largest ever encountered in the intermountain region region region re re- re- re gion according to Captain Taggart t and ind was capable of producing more than han a day in the spurious paper The engraved plates and other equipment for making makins the faked cur- cur currency ency rency were found with in imi- imi alion muon federal re reserve notes drawn on the federal reserve bank of or San Francisco and national bank notes drawn on the Utah Ulah State National bank here and bore forged signatures s of Heber J. J Grant as president dent and Edwin G. G Woolley Jr as ashler cashier Ridges was arrested Monday night by y Captain Taggart and Agent W. W A A. of the secret service The officers officers of- of reported they took Ridges into custody when he attempted to pass a spurious 50 federal reserve note at athe atthe the he Kenyon hotel A short time later the officers said the they hey found a suitcase which had been checked at the hotel and which contained con- con tamed 1060 in the fake federal re- re reserve reserve serve notes of 10 20 and 50 denominations denominations denominations de de- de- de nominations and a quantity of at 10 bank ank notes drawn on the Utah State National bank PLATES ARE FOUND FOU D The suitcase according to the of also contained nearly a score ol of engraving plates seals numbers I and other equipment purportedly used in the manufacture of ot the paper Ridges was held in m the count county jail Monday Monda night and Tuesday morning Sherwood was taken into custody while walking along the street near the he business district by Agent Mer- Mer rill nil ill and Cit City Detective e Earl Bertleson I Continued o on Pit Page Nineteen j s COUNTERFEITING PLOT IS FOILED r. r Continued From Pare Page ElevenS Eleven Agent Merrill and Detective Bertie Bertic son then went to East Broadway with City Detectives Leland Daley and Charles H. H Olson where they reported re ported they found in counterfeit counterfeit counter counter- feit federal reserve notes of 50 20 and 10 denominations and a quantity ty of faked 10 national banknotes concealed in a spare tire on an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile parked in the rear of that ad dress Due to the alertness of the secret service officers and the assistance of the police the alleged counterfeiters were arrested before the asserted counterfeit paper gained wide lation In addition to the bill reported passed Saturday Captain Taggart said tie he had received reports that attempts had nad been made to pass two others a 20 spurious federal reserve note and anda a 10 banknote at Salt Lake business houses louses Captain Taggart said the investigation tion this far has revealed there are areno areno no other persons connected with the purported plot The entire amount of asserted faked currency he said consisted consisted con con- of in federal reserve notes of 50 denomination 2600 ia itt reserve notes of 20 denomination 1220 1220 in reserve notes of 10 denomination nation and in banknotes of 10 denomination The equipment according to Cap Cap- am Taggart consisted of six sic plates from which three bills could be printed print ed cd on one side at one time Of th the counterfeit bills seized he said ap op proximately was neatly stacked as it is obtained in banks while a large portion was tas uncut Complaints were drawn up Tuesday afternoon and Ridges and Sherwood were vere arraigned before United States Commissioner Gould B. B Blakely on charges of manufacture possession and passing of counterfeit notes Bond of each was set at |
