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Show GIRL AIDED THE COUNTERFEITERS San Francisco, Sept. 13. Edith White, a 15-year-old girl, employed, according to hor own confession, by a band of counterfeiters to pass spurious coin, was arrested and confessed con-fessed today at Fresno, according to advices received here by United States Secret Service Agent Harry Moffltt Tho case was laid boforo United Statos District Attorney Devlin. Dev-lin. The band oporatod In Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Tho Whlto rjlrl. according to her reported admissions, ad-missions, was a valuable asset to tho counterfeiters, bocnuso her youth disarmed suspicion. Tho coins, she said, were supplied her by hor brother-in-law George Hinman, who. with his wife, wore arrested a week ago on charges of passing counterfeit flvo-dollar flvo-dollar gold pieces. - ( |