U.S.A. POLICE COUP
INTERNATIONAL CROOK. TAKEN WITH CLUES TO COUNTERFEITIN G. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received. May at 7 p.m.) NEW YORK. May 13. Victor Lustig, who is described by the police as an international thief and confidence man, was arrested by Federal agents to-day, and way formally held, on a counterfeiting charge, although he is wanted in at least five States for various alleged swindles. A key was found in his possession, which revealed that he had used a small locker, located in an underground railway station, to hide the currency that he and also his counterfeit equipment. There was fifity-two thousand dollars in bogus money found in the locker. There was also a set of plans from which the dollars were printed. '
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Grey River Argus, 15 May 1935, Page 5
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