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Show BBS- WJ I YOUNG H FACE H SERIOUS CHARGE LaV Following the arrest of Vance Carr, !; aged 16 years, In this city last Mon-831 Mon-831 dav le United States authorities at fjggj Salt Lake have worked up an interna inter-na estlng case on the point of Just what HJ constitutes counterfeiting. The next rtK day after Carr's arrest the officers ar-jst ar-jst rested Leo Moran, aged 2G, for comas com-as I pliclty in the "doctoring" and pass-l pass-l Ing of Confederate paper money. Mt The arrests were kept secret for Mm several days, to give the authorities B a chance to find out from where the Ww bills were coming. Through a con-nfs con-nfs fcsslon by Carr they now feel certain Ibk that there Is sufficient evidence upon wSt which to make additional arrests. To VxSn trace down the source of the supply means much to the authorities, for pfnf spurious money of this same kind has yjuR been passed throughout the north-Bjr north-Bjr west, and it is believed that all came HjF from the same source. 'ID According to Carr's confession he l fid the passing of the bad money and 51 :ollccted the change, which was even-ja even-ja y divided between hiniaclf and his eB partner, while Moran furnished ti'.e (setfyj, sills which the younger partner foist-5'41 foist-5'41 ld upon the unsuspecting, j Method Is Unique. WJM The method of operation, according 'jfiV to the statements of Carr, was both JbH jnlque and ingenious. From somo 5j source which Moran has thus far re-Mm re-Mm rused to divulge, but which the offi-H offi-H 'ers hope to discover by keeping a H ' c'ose tab on the malls, Moran is said H o have procured large quantities of ?5. $10. $20 and $50 bills bills is-H is-H sued by various state banks prior to H the war between the states, but H which have long been retired from le-H le-H gal circulation. These bills are T printed on the front side, the reverse being a blank. The method useU to make this "currency" "cur-rency" appear gooi was to paste two of the bills together, placing a few silk threads between the two pieces of "money,' ,Moran did1 tho 'most f xMv work, says Carr, and turned the doctored doc-tored bills over to him to be worked off as best ho could. In a dim light, or to a person unfamiliar with paper currency, the bills present a fair appearance ap-pearance of being genuine, and Carr showed his shrewdness by passing them almost entirely upon women who conduct small rooming houses, although he declares that upon several sev-eral occasions, in cities of the northwest, north-west, he was able to "make good" and secure his change in silver when ne tendered the bill to a merchant. The contention of the government officials that the putting together or the construction of any article that may be mistaken for lawful money of the United States technically constitutes consti-tutes counterfeiting, and the case will be fought out upon this ground. Carr told the detectives that Moran had said he paid 50 cents for a $5 bill, $1 for a $10 bill, and so on, In a graduated grad-uated scale for the bills of larger denominations, de-nominations, but had never told him where he procured them This Is the point which the government officials are particularly eager to solve. Bill Passed Here. One of the first Instances of the passage of the "doctored" Confederate Confeder-ate bills which were brought to the attention of the United States authorities author-ities occurred in this city about on month ago. The victim was Mrs. Charles Clements, proprietress of a private rooming house at 2346 Lincoln Lin-coln avenue. At the time mentioned a young man, presumably Carr, appeared at the Clements home and engaged a Toom. He had scarcely left tho house when he returned and stated that he would pay $1 in order to retain re-tain tho apartment. Giving Mrs. Clements what she supposed was a ?o bill, Carr received $1 In change. Mrs. Clements discovered almost Immediately that there was something some-thing wrong with the bill and took it to her husband. He found that two Confederate bills had been pasted together to-gether and that silk threads had been placed between them. In addition to being unlike genuine paper money, tho "doctored" bill was of course printed alike on both Bides Mr. Clem ents attempted to overtake the young man after he had left the house, but was unsuccessful. The matter was reported to the police at once and they In turn took up the matter with the government officers at Salt Lake. oo |
