The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-06-27
The Arrest OF a Counterreiter.

On Tuesday we noticed in the Journal the
arrest at st. Louis on the Saturday previous
Of Barnard, of the well known publishing
houses of Stratton & Barnard, Cincinnati and
st. Louis. for having in his possession and
passing large amount of counterfeit money.
From the st. Louis Times of last Monday
we gather the following additional items. Il
will be perceived that he had number Of
.counterieits on our Indiana Bank:
Upon the person OF Barnard were found 500
counterfeit bills upon the State bank Of Indi-
ana, exceedingly well executed; SlO's Oh the
Exchange bank. and SIS on Ohio. In the
desk, and within the money drawer. were
found sos on the State bank of North Ca
rollna. some signed and some blank; Sos on
the Bank of louisville; $20's and S5's on the
State bank OF Indiana, besides package con
tanning IA counterfeit American dollars. and
seven five franc pieces The total amount of
counterfeit money found upon the person of
Barnard and about the premises, was So 53I
The greater portion ($2, 100 was in SlO's
upon the Bank of Louisville, part of which
were very well executed. MIR. Barnard h; s
always occupied a fair position in society in
this city, and there were but few. if anv. ex-
cept the officers before mentioned who sus
pected him as one engaged in transactions of
this kind. MIR. Stratton, Of the firm of STRAIT
ton q Barnard, resides in Cincinnati and has
charge oil another bookstore belonging to the
firm. A teegraphic dispatch was forwarded
10 the Marshal at Cincinnati, giving Informa-
ton OF Barnard's arrest, and suggesting the
expedlency of searching the premises Of Mr..
Stralton. 1t is thought by the officers in this
place that the parties are connected and that
systematic business operation" has been
carried on by them for some tine. OF this.
however, there is no certainty. Although
the dispatch was sent Saturday morning. ow-
ing to the arrangement of the wires, no an
swer has as yet been received.
| Immediately after his arrest, Me- Barnard
was released upon entering INTO bond in the
sum oil 81, 900 to appear TO answer before the
Recorder, on Monday, (to-day) at two o.
clock, P. NJ. MIR. ID. II. Armstrong was secu-
| rity on the bond. In the afternoon. it was
feared that the amount of bail required was
insufficient and Mr.. Barnard was again ar
rested at the instance of Mr.. Armstrong. who
acted under the advice of his friends. MANY
facts in regard to the dealings of Mr.. Bar
nard, have come TO light since his arrest and
the discovery Of the counterfeit money. A
plumber OF persons have al various times re-
ceived small sums of counterfeit paper and
coin from him. Messrs. Clark & BROS have
now ia their possession two twenty dollar In
diana bills, in every respect similar to those
found upon the person and In the possession
of Barnard, These bills were taken bv them
at their banking house, and so nearly did thew
resemble the genuine notes that the fact Of
their being spurious was not discovered until
long time after their receival. Without
doubt, many more spurious notes of the same
denomination are now in circulation. The
most cautious are liable to be deceived. SC
nearly perfect is the counterfeit.