Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-03-15
ALTERED TREASURY NOTES

NEW DIRK, March 3.-fXnmlna ION be ore the U. |
). Commissioners. -Chares Boitsiord, the indivdu-
al who arrested with George Gage, for robbng
the mail and passing forged or altered treasury notes
Of The package which was mailed at Van Buren,, Ark,
and which never came to hand, and who dis
charged there not being sufficient evidence against
him-whilst his accomplish committed to the
Tombs, in default of $4,000 bail, for trial on the
ch'rge-wa arrested short time since a charge
of having uttered two forget altered treasury
NJ Cincinnati, in October last. to Miss Mason, who
had been placed under his charge, on her way home
to her native place, Burlington, VT
The way it was discovered that the notes had been
altered was rather Singular 1t was discovered in the
Bank Of America that one of the notes which had
been paid n their counter was altered and was, as
there every reason to believe altered from one Of
the notes in the missing package which was mailed
ut Van Burcn. They then ascerianed that it was
presented Mr.. Pratt, of the firm OF Robinson, Pratt
e Co, cf'3 Wall street; from him that he had re-
revcd il from Mr.. Samuel Huntington, Of Burlington,
Vermont; from him that it had been received from
llr. T. S Wales, of the same town. lawyer who
hal received it # Miss Mason.
On these IA being ertnined Bo'tsford who
aran on the wing. after his narrow escape from
the Gage scrape, was arrested.
He was yesterday rought before the Commission
er Sylvanus : Rnpclye
Mr.. Bnrre,r, for the United States; Messrs. Price
and Ru1d. i,r the prisoner.
John VI. Secor called and sworn-l am broker
and have been in the business about 20 years and am
familiar wi h money. "a 500 treasury note, No.
2609l, shown 10 wness) should think that this
lac, q m n. I shnlJ ,h;nI, ,L. nnbar had Loon M
2090l.
Cross examned--1 have not seen this note before
J a ~ ,Sa h n,a 81 M % nd ,h
hn IN air o,o ,. n ,o ,r from
~ ooont - ocoo, .' u,' L VS. I 80 ,ea ,J
c ~ INK So, i,3 ~, blk So m,' a, GU
M;s s' EI;1"bc,b e M,.on called nnd sXorn-Re.
sides in Burlington. VT; knows Mr.. Bottsord FIRST
saw MIN at Memphis, Tenn, on the evening of the
18th of October on board the boat; he was accom-
N ,,i, hy hi. yif. I lnnv nor and have soon her in
his room. a, The time me, him we we're returning
from NJ ssissInui; NV friends were about envnp. and
was placcd undo- The protection of MIR Botsford ;
he told me that he was cominn 10 Now York III al
he ehnnlJ ra,,;n h 70 s"mr lima oMd ,hnn an ",
SpringGrId. when met him hod van, q 100 ncor.
wall in gold; bronah, about SEQ TO New York: |
{,vn Mr. W,,,sr,rI SIoO IN add n, Grammar; i,r
..a,.,,r,, rn,,s !, ,s ~ p'usr,rd,s rnnos,on
TN, he shonld rive me- rho treasury nn,os and did
no, h now onr,,;n,, obn", ,ben,. ba coye me- two
sihn ,rnos,ry notes ,,,, ;n,oros, and ho cad ,bov
,, draw i,orc., rro yenr. ,h motto ;s d,,eJ % ,b
Son, IsaI. I know he said 9, from circumstances
which o,cnrrrd NJ the ,mr. we rc,rhed Cncinnoti
-, cn,j,v ,norrinr ,hnui alovor n,coc !, ,h,
on W 6o s G % II, ,,v
nI'o,t ,ha s,no hnnr. I r,vo b;n, ,ha ro,d an SIM
dny ninh,. saw Bo,isord on Mordnv morning n, an
rorIv Lonr. he ent lreokfnst n, he same ,nhe: he
, "" , - , ,ho ,roas,,v d,or, ~, hnnL h. al
T ,noood bo no,as an N,nd,w hor,r. N ;cioc
nvor so,y him have ,nore, m ,,,. n,sso,e he hnr
ro,,od So n me- in Ohm. GOT 5O CENTS If him oncn
o .ro here in OctoSor and s,o5 y, ,ho CIV In
Iel kent those notes in n liile bau sewed 10 m,
, Jrnss md c,rr;ad ,hcp b,me ,,,b mo, Mr. Ro,ts
eFe5 "u r"su a,e; s cav M''n nui NJ W.
hr o ,,ooiod =, ,no, a, tho ,reosnrv no,e' os h,
yns fnortnI hr had net rcrkonei The n,eres, RON,
,vo ,bnn, IN his ~ f. and she tor, them away onf
- 600 hrnroL, lion, hoc, and e,id ,hev ,v,re iii car
roo,. + 800 ,bo,n IN Wr Woles "''
10 s-oy,,nirejW Ro,,sf,,d ,,o,,;oroI n M
,h,, !, Cons h,,er M, IN h,ve ,he ooId ohon, mo n
;'" ",I ,, Iva .,c, =, c,ri, n, ,ho ,no,,n,a;n
III, ,J ,,a =, C,;,r;nn,,; tho, ,r.,snrw nn,s r.,
brr,er Than pod On, Of the balance of the gold h
nd mo- nns aae Sr co"'n,,,od he intsres, m ,i'