| Show YOUTH CONFESSES counterfeiting caught in the act of finishing up a counterfeit twenty wenty five cent piece made by himself with half a dozen crude imitations of the genuine twenty five cent coin in his pocket and after confessing his guilt in the information to sheriff george T judd of utah county linden watson a lad rarely barely 19 years is held at foi ahe federal authorities deputy united states marshal lucian H smyth went to provo to take watson to salt lake to answer to the charge of having in his possession molds for the purpose of counterfeiting united states money claiming boston mass as his home but concealing his real identity the youth had lived in provo for the past few months and in such almanzer al manner as to excite the suspicion of sheriff judd when watson went to colton to work he was followed by a letter from the sheriff to his deputy A week or two ago watson sustained an injury to his right hand in what he asserts w was AS the accidental discharge of a revolver since the accident he has lived in a tent in a construction camp near colton A couple of days ago sheriff judd and his deputy dropped in on wat bon to find him in the act of ti tam im ming a coin when searched near nearly I 1 y a dozen counterfeit twenty five cent pieces were found in hi hh pockets and a search of the tent revealed plaster of pans paris moulds and four guns watson is said to have freely admitted his guilt telling in hi hh con bession that he had made the quarters for the purpose of defrauding money slot machines |
