Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-07
F.cgn the N. Y. AuFo:a.
BOGUS MINT BROKEN UP--A
NICE PARTY.


The police Of PilISbnFg, Oh the l4sh |
inst, s1cceeded in breaking up IN sxien' |
sige bogus manufactoFy, Becur ing the |
tools and arreSting three Of the cOun
teFGeiieFs. The names Of the derilict 'h-
nancIeTs' are --- Henderson, les.
caped,) MahIOn b. Whiie, James Todd
and Joseph s .Ftauiz. IN the hOaso OF
Henderson where the 6rst onslaught was
made, the officers found in fireplace on
the second floor, an extensive and psTs
feet apparatus for the casting aDd finish
ing Of coHnteFfsit coin, an Of which they
lseized, together with large los Of coin,
finished and unfinished. Among the AZ"
Iticles secured were thirty or forty very
neatly executed plaster moulds lOF cast.
ing almost every kind Of current cOiu.---
4 Also roulds for American half dollats,
quarters, dimes, and half dimes, Mexican
dollars, Spanish elevenPenny bits and
fps. There were also quantities OF mon.
ey Of al these denominations In finished
and unfinished state. A lot Of copper
) cents not 6Bished were also found. They
r weFs as good looking % BALI the genuine
: ones, but il strikes Us they must have
cost more Than they we're worth. Per.
haps they were merely made os an expeFi'
meRi, however, preparatory to more ex'
tended operations. A bottle Of murialic
acid, containing a solution Of gold, was
also found, tegeIher with . galvaRic bal-
: iery; such as Is used in the electro mag
/, nelie process Of Plsteing msteTials, There
vas also bottle Of nitrous spifits Of els
I ther and al the materials foE cleaning and
4 polishing the coin found. Part OF thl
5 coin was contained in a stocking bag. ant
part vas found in different parts Of The
house.
HendeEsO (wbO is the only one of III
gang who escsped,) made his exit lhro
back door. He has wife and chlIdreE
who were taken to The MSyOr's ofice,bu
subsequently, discha Tged
White, young man found in the hous
of Henderson, was searched and larg
3. amount Of counterfeit bills and coin fOuDI
II upon him. together with $50 in goo
q money. Upon being arrested, White re
L. quested the officer 10 take him to Haze
10 tavsrn--lupOn which hint,' he FIRST jug
eE ged White and then went TO Hare's ia'
10 erl, where he found Todd, packing u
a his trunk in something Of hurry. In b
trunk, when brought the mayors oiiic'
were found a gSiVaDic battery, which B
! had shortly before told Mr. Have was use
2 for taking portraits, 1--WE should dislike
l have our pbisiog0Omy taken with such a
] apparatus several rolls Of American ha
2 dollars, quarters and ten cent pieces
2 Spanish elevenpenny bits, most Of Whic
! were finished and so neatly executed .
! TO be well calculated 10 deceive sny on
2 who Wss not particularly careful, eFns
l bles, raw material consisting Of old spiI
2 OTIS, some OF which we're partly melie
1 leather fOr rubbing, prussiste Of pOtls
2 and several small papers Of coffee Al
2 sugar, which he had evidently bought &
2 The purpose Of getting his money chan
- ed.
% FranlE, the other 'csss' Is . schC
teacher, and the evidence against him
not very conclusive. The Pittsbu
Chronicle, however, from which We co
r.. dense the particulars ofthis fair busine
% trsnsaCtiOn,' entertains no doubt Of
nd guilt.