Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE, 687 [ARTICLE]

NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE, 687

Work Done by the Secret Service Department of the Treasury. William P. Hazen, the Chief of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department, in his annual report shows that during the year the total number of arrests made was GB7, nearly all of which were for violations of the statutes relating to counterfeiting United States money. Of those arested about 300 were either convicted or pleaded guilty, and 120 are now awaiting the action of grand juries. The fines collected amounted to $5,947. The amount of altered or counterfeit m>tcs captured during the year was $2U300; coins, $10,755. There were also captured 134 plates from which counterfeit notes had been printed, 33 dies, 156 molds, and a large quantity of miscellaneous matter, consisting of tools, melting pots, etc.