| Show S RUEAL MONEY PLOT FEDERAL MEN BELIEVE THEY HAVE MEN WHO PASSED SPURIOUS 20 BILLS frightened by newspaper Newt paper clippings men now under arrest burned large stock oilpaper of paper ch chicago icaco A confession alleged by secret service operatives to have been made by edward C bronson one ot of the four men arrested liere here thursday has strengthened bt the belief of detectives tec tives that they have reached the source of worth of counter felt 20 bills circulated during the past month in chicago st louis new york milwaukee omalia omaha denver and other cities the men under arrest are ral aalph ph C oldham said to be a former park policeman bob witt alias B E edwards E d advertising solicitor lewis kettler said bald to be a former hair goo goods ds dealer and bronson none of at the tha alleged counterfeit notes was found on the men when arrested engravers of the plates and those who did the printing are bein being sought search tor for the makers of the counterfeit notes began last june according to treasury department operatives who said three kinds of spurious 20 notes of the federal reserve issue bearing serial numbers aa and appeared at that time in chicago milwaukee rock island and moline at the time of the dempsey firpo tight fight the spurious notes be became decarne carne common in new york then again in chicago and shortly afterward the trail of the distributors moved west to colorado operatives said |
