Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Bad Honey Han and Den Seized. [ARTICLE]

Bad Honey Han and Den Seized.

John Albert Skoog, a counterfeiter ~f world-wide reputation, who escaped from jail at Joliet, 111., four years ago, is a prisoner in New York, and as a result of his arrest the police have captured one of the most complete counterfeiting plants ever discovered. Skoog attempted suicide when he was arrested. An attempt to pass a Danish counterfeit note at a banking office in Broadway led to the arrest of the man. The clerks discovered the real nature of the bill and called an officer, hut Skoog fled. He was pursued through the streets, and when brought to bay shot himself twice in the head. When Chief Hazen went to the Hudson Street hospital to identify the prisoner he found In Skoog’s pockets three counterfeit notes and a meal ticket in the name of Alfred Brown, - 691 Grand street, Brooklyn. These revealed the location of his plant, which tonight is in the hands of the government. Emil Mobert, an alleged accomplice, was found in the place and arrested. In the rooms were found plates for 100-kroner notes, plates for 50-kroner notes on the Bank of Copenhagen, in Denmark; plates for the United States $5 silver certificate of the last Issue, and plates for an entirely new £2O pound note of the Bank of Scotland.