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Gigantic counterfeiting plot led by Wm M Jacobs exposed
Philadelphia reports the largest U S counterfeit scheme, launched five years ago by Lancaster cigar maker William M Jacobs. The ring included William L Kendig Baldwin S Bredell Arthur Taylor and others. Authorities seized plates presses and vast amounts of paper and money stamps after a raid. Several conspirators confessed and investigations span multiple cities, with cigars seized nationwide and many dealers implicated.
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Philadelphia
United States Treasury Department
Secret Service
Wm. M. Jacobs
Lancaster
Wm. L. Kendig
Jacobs
Baldwin S. Bredell
Bredell
Arthur Taylor
Internal Revenue Department
Taylor
Wilkie
U.S
Emery P. Ingham
Harvey K. Newitt
Wao. J. McManus
McManus
Indianapolis
Watterson
N.J
Pueblo
Col
Providence
R. I
Easton
New Haven
Conn
Charleston
Syracuse
N. Y
New York City
Norfolk
Rochester
Terre Haute
Danville
Leger
Attica
Samuel B. Downey
Downey
Ingham
Newitt