Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-25

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49, EXTRAORDINARY DENRLOPEMENr.
TIE hlJwisg statement, exhibits a combination OF
mnAt Alarming character, nov existing IN our city ,
ahd "h,cb most niauestiopabIy has robbed our
titzsus OF some hundreds of thousanJs Of dollars
rue iat tbd II Is SfiiR existence should awalen our
u u.,u"s. s'inaace ; and the preSmmption that some
PERSONS no stand Fair in tue public confidence are
connected with The n-farious system Of robbnr is ir
is,Miote Who is tbs wretch, Who is aiding il, this
tNehVe iraad I've hope the writer the follow ing
~ We induced TO disclose upt only ice facts hut the
stn"nd u his suspicion in order that The whole of
CoUNrERFEITS.
Iss'ee mas at length oyefAken two Of the most dan
1a"s OF the class of ode ndeis, Daniel EGrisr the
heao OF The gang, and ytfoh Coles daring partizan
a"n occas,nnaIlN travelling agent Tor Fowler. Fowler
te:ded al No 1888 BoMery, IN this CITY wbrr. hi.
Family ,-i aud FOR eight years last pas has
'he business of passing counterfeit notes ia as
and sysIema'ca st,ie as any man of b%sness svsr
Soi""ctei Cloth or other manuactury. He went tvo
"tihree times year 10 nunhaiu IN Canada AZ Il HIGH
pace Is t"e counterfeit paper mandatory, together
WIN two eHgravers aud several siguers of notes who
I'VE III little nuts ia the wsOds, in style very little
better than the sayases AT every "trip he brought
h'e large quantities OF notes. generally on the hanks
OF hs city and state made up into hard iie packages
aSont thfee inches thick. la the Bowery have also
resided, 'or several years, two families every one of
whom, tbe fathers, wives sons and daughters i'm Law
have followed The same business. The Two old men
occasinnai!S west To the ,nauu;ac,ory at Durham
Sea"anaJ and purchased stack tnotes) their own
account buI more generally acted holesale agents
~ ..s ,l,y; ipr Fowler. 10 those two old villains
tn"'ef, on MS return, exhibited his samples the rx
csence or tefeCts of which were criticised in g,a,s
suDei hutiSe.a IKE manner The. generally purchas
60 IRON hmtbe whole fliCoicf, so mach hundred:
that IS, hundred doars good money for so many
h"hdiei bad ihs price being always p,epOrtionrd 10
'ne peIeencn OF tle counierfels, aud The probability
o' Tue length If ;ime they wouid before cred down
Having thns accomplished his sales ana realized a few
Thousand collars, lie quietly down 10 look ont a
us "laaw, or do1e away Ills time in the n-ighboing
porter houses nnt' Business again requires his a,iena
.nes al the manufactriy in Canada
We mEst now tJse glance Of the opera,iops of his
agSais. These wTeic!rs grown rsey In in(,my AMI
Who well acq ianird with all lie forms. frnccs &
Irs fItaft
iacs essential to tbcir conviction take care 10 rnn as
it'e re'sahn hazard as possible hey deal oMi the
notes 10 small anOuns TO nunerous agents whose bp-
sn-ss u IS TO pass them direct The czens Tor this
ines receive about twenty i've per cent-Ihese 40 .nis
.Ie i".e, eo'e females (no those rendered noted by
common pnstlt.iioD auu idle iud gent men die for
neT aie uicked Out IN decent aia frequently i'm fish
.cEsne appTs!, aud pass off HE noe. at dusk or in
n..hsss'n a'nte'' 'of small purchases by winch
trY obtain go.iin Hcl change he me, nave more
en-! n'e range, aud are more exposed to detection tkau
VIZ N'h wa" tioM iheir appearances are not
diiy s"sp ced lacy ia The taverns the eating
.s''' along shore, attse petty auctions the markets.
ihese miserable subordinate agents, and these only
occasionally iai unssr The grasp Of the law. The
ieh ass e,neraly IN trial, escape CONVECTION. They
aredrtk-d III! in Gel attire ana are cail-d Lqd!es
The p'i'ce magistrate is literally abused ,fore the
Jury or idvtHg given fair aud npaulll account nf
The character aud career fthe accused rosf Rgiobg
sofHNr'9GS, UrSH0tS, ami perSecUicR LG7yU who
10y THE inns hasp-uorned her !part on the iraI rs,
.w"rs'ng hefself into tears. Nor are there wanting
pers'hs TO 90 amongst The spectators aud renresenf
now l"H' en- the yonng iaiyis, aad ubata savage
ied her" l verdict OF mar min ~, '''nI'-
mp The affair the fady The cout,
frohio'v Va carr'1se, TO return the next day in an
;He'ei dreSS 10 her vocation Of passis1 coonfsrr,t
les IN another part Of the city.-Recently sereTa
81 me male agents have been convicted INT hey have
49," , OunueI"is. m'serabIe wreicheS, out Of employ.
Iuent, ana cnaXed into the Older villaius drns ~
" " "seh,s already broken III, who get i've dollars
~ Pa money, ioI every customer they bring aud
hh1lb, they are Induced, through absolute distress
10 iAhs ihrr nn,es aud pass them. Of these men
(pHHd1i faiLorg) assured iHft s;nam who has no
doubt Of the faci that he was tempted to the crime in
lhe nope OF procuring lttle money to bus potatoes
TOT his family, wife aud three small children who
were ~ pIeaI want. 49,
a. HE time THIS unfortunate wretch, Mallory, was
tried and cOn'ic ied, the real cuipf VINO .ays him
the bad notes L, pass, and sednced him to his ruin
Nd' cp"liy walking abOut The CITY Hall ocCa,,ualv
hsltninS 10 the trial and convection Of his sf,yyc
Vciim, OF his own crimes and vilaiay and GuaIly IN
ms sentence, on the fifteenth day Of last month TO the
tae prison during seven yraTs, where be U.s. wei
nD slYlnes proclaim the nsuf1rIelcy Of human wis
do' and sIoics mold III contempt the proudest insti
Seah CtcS has b:en recently detected and cnuycted
for. we thinb, i4ytars. T'''
forier, ,be chief villain was taken last month D.Iy
a. m'iHlsnnry ~ lhe state Of vermont his journey
from LIS mandatory, In Canada to Ibis cify bsvin.
wa t'n q snaiI parcel. between and thousand
u'i,s ~ ephn;crieiis Of HE foloWng description =
Me- York Mechanic 3 . /; New YoTk Pbentx 50 and
Au"'Ih 50 Ihs Mechanic an3 Anbnfn are admirably
executed Tic Vas convicted aud sent to me state
phfon fer 10 yeas; and II is 10 he hoped for The in
tert't ~ hr t'ple n the Uniied States tina, tIe 90
tI-n. ''' ~ p"'"oh
t,~ler, Coles, and thetTo old men aforementioned
with thet occasional ont ridets have ci,"ni,,aa e.
,uis aho he adjacent States, ot less Than 2aa 900
lars ~ counterfeit notes. Their head onartsrs is,
80 az iisS set N NE Bo"ey ana so daring have
tney brfH ~ his Infamous career that vbe in Or,e,
The P"t Magistrates ADVERTISED defect In : dni1ss
counterfeit on the Uuton Bauk n this civ then .ass
Ine W az directions, ana which plate Fowler had eve
,cu'th. he VS. hrsrd to say At a horse fscs &, e.,
rum "tfa' ~ Dams them th@ next plate have d,ne
tiy sht H't he able t. gnd 1aW IN ID io aaye,f, -
s. accurate has h"en The information ~ Foir -,
~, ihdi TIE hest laid plans To detect Them