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Tri County Bulletin
Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio
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U.S. marshals raided a counterfeiting den in Chicago's Morgan Street, arresting alleged counterfeiters Jack O'Shea and Henry Cotter, and saloonkeeper Fred Sullivan for distributing the fake coins. Molds, dies, metal, and coins were seized; prisoners held on $1,000 bonds.
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United States Marshals Capture Alleged Counterfeiters in Chicago.
United States marshals raided a counterfeiting den in Morgan street, just south of Ohio street, in Chicago, and arrested two men who gave their names as Jack O'Shea and Henry Cotter. A score of molds, dies and a pot of molten metal were confiscated. Later Fred Sullivan, a saloonkeeper at 64 Desplaines street was taken into custody, charged with disposing of the half-dollars and dollars the men are said to have made. Some of the finished coins were found. They are said to be of such good workmanship that they could be passed readily. The prisoners were taken before United States Commissioner Foote, who held them in $1,000 bonds each.
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Chicago
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two men arrested and held in $1,000 bonds each; fred sullivan taken into custody; a score of molds, dies, pot of molten metal, and some finished coins confiscated
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United States marshals raided a counterfeiting den in Morgan street, just south of Ohio street, in Chicago, and arrested two men who gave their names as Jack O'Shea and Henry Cotter. Later Fred Sullivan, a saloonkeeper at 64 Desplaines street, was taken into custody, charged with disposing of the half-dollars and dollars the men are said to have made. Some of the finished coins were found. They are said to be of such good workmanship that they could be passed readily. The prisoners were taken before United States Commissioner Foote, who held them in $1,000 bonds each.