Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1886 — THE “QUEER” IN PRISON. [ARTICLE]

THE “QUEER” IN PRISON.

Discovery of Counterfeiters’ Molds and Bogus Money in the Kansas State-Peni-tentiary. .[Leavenworth teleg am.] - Considerable excitement was caused in the Kansas State Penitentiary by the discovery that a number of molds had been ’in use for some time by- a couple of convicts, the latter having successfully made a number of bogus A quantity of the latter, representing perhaps $6, was "found 7 in the celT of one or the convicts. The molds-were accidentally discovered in the drying-room of the laundry, where the two convicts were employed. When examined they said that they had been assisted by some of the guards, who pro • ured materials for them • and got rid of the spurious coins. They named two of the guards, who have been suspended from duty pending an investigation, but it is generally thought the guards are innocent. The counterfeiting had gone on for several weeks.