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ANOTHER FINE HAUL -ABIG GANG OF COUNTERFEITERS BROKEN UP IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY- (l(lorThree RlnKlealt;lcr« ArreMed and 85000 Pa In Spurious Coin 4'«n linen led, To-ice I her Wllh Tool* and Dlos-One of the PrUoner* Turns Stale'* Evidence re —Hadley lian;; C'anicht.K(St(asstith*leinijre I tin wihedoovhaMianwlstctinboteiinlt;haAlatyeikeinit 'suithimufoicloa ris iAltoona, Pa., Dec. 18.—By clever n* work, covering a period of some five weeks, United States secret service offi-cials ran down a gjangof counterfeiters and coin makers last Saturday, and landed the three ringleaders in jail here yesterday.Solomon Stroup and Fred Stroup, father and son, headed.a gang operating over Clearfield, Clarion, and Cambria counties. Win. McCartney-Thompson, a carpenter by occupation, but also on the make, was taken in as a circulator. The den is located at Cataract, a wild spot 10 miles out from Clearfield town, and complete outfits werejsecured in log cabins devoted to the nefarious work. A stock of coins of all denominations were found on the premises, equivalent to a spurious representation of $5,000.The Stroups have carried on their ■counterfeiting mint for the past four years, and have distributed untold sums over Central Pennsylvania. With some of the proceeds the old man bought a 400-acre tract near Clearfield, and the son has been preparing to do likewise.The officers caught them at night, and this arrest will lead to the destruction of a band of counterfeiters, whose operations have tlooded some of the counties with counterfeits. The three leaders were given a hearing before United States Commissioner W. A. Ambrose yesterday afternoon and were held without bail. They were transferred to Pittsburg to-day. McCartney has turned state’sevidence and peached on the whole gang.United States Detective McSweeny and two assistants captured two counterfeiters, James Williams and Joel Kiddleman, at the Kiddleman farm, three miles northest of JIadiey, Merger county, last week. They were caught with a considerable amount of freshly made counterfeit silver coin, and the moulds, acids and other tools and materials used i.i the manufacture of counterfeit coin in their possession. Williams is widely known as an expert and notorious counterfeiter and the United States government lias been on his track ever since and previous to the arrest of Thomas Mofi at and Charles A. Stewart, who were tried for passing counterfeit coin in Titusville last August before United States Commissioner Ocorge A. Chase. Kiddleman is a rich farmer and supposed to be a confederate of Williams, the counterfeit coin being made on Riddleman’s farm and shipped to the Southern states for circulation. They had a hearing before Commissioner Chase, of Titusville. United States District Attorney Allen attended the hearing. The prisoners were committed to Meadville jail.Ch1cir. Tu not big lie am grc to ! dec Tu. pla in I an was 011 fill! ed • am tac yoi the and Chi givi the deaWinI)«the t
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Warren Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Dec 19, 1888
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