Counterfeiter's Death Reveals Coining Plant
WIDE SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION
United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Aug. 16.
The sudden death of Edgar Boland Stokes, alias Ritchie, in a Darlinghurst lodging has resulted in the discovery of portions of a coining plant and a number of spurious florins and smaller silver pieces. The police believe they will now be able to suppress a widely-ramified system of distribution of counterfeit coins.
Stokes’ death was due to corrosive poison apparently the result of carelessness in handling cyanide, which is used in the coining process. Investigation has revealed that the man was born in New Zealand in 1804 and has served several terms of imprisonment in Australia since 192-1.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6629, 17 August 1931, Page 6
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