The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-15


Suspicion having been entertained by some Of tbs
police tbat at q certain house on Race street be-
| tween Fifteenth and Liberty streets, workers IN
counterfeit money wero engaged, Friday night
1851. about eleven o'clock, officers Hayman. w
| haropg, bunker, Rouse, Willis and Cussidsy.
went Cautiously 10 tho house which is 10 Conklins
puiicinss; and at certain door met a woman who
Isiuseo admitsanee TO them. They then burst opea
.he aoor, and the Held Of their triumph oposed
70 theI view In tse middle Of the room stood .
man VINO was running hot liquid metal into mouida
anc surrounded by oil manner Of tools, crucbles aad
material used IN TIE manufacture Of aborusr coin
The mouds we're fer making counterfeit dimes. ana
on searching the room quite n large quantity az
finished and III finished pieces Of this class Of coin
were found We examined them particularly, and
think they ara the bost imitation Of silver money ws
have ever The individual arrested gave his
name "a Francis Il Bailey He Acknowledged hp
was making base coin, and said he did not know it
was wrong to make it, provided be disposed Of il
only "a such ; that he was then making lot for q
man named Simmons, who had frequently bought
il Of hm-thst he received one dollar In good money
for every three he furnished him. largo pair OF
horse pistols, well loaded, lay near him. but he
IN tho clamps Of the police before he could get 70
them.
Tbs womans name is Pauline Mitchell She
stated that she WAS as guilty he, and If he went
TO the Penitentiary, she wanted to go too. Said
she assisted in making this money, and had lived
with Bailey for two years his wife, though thoy
were not married, and that the child in her arms
was theirs Sbe is handsome quadroon--he "
Tais examination was held on Saturday morning.
before , Carpenter, Esq, U, S. COMMISSIONS.
who committed tho defendants, in default of 81 900
ball each, for trial in the U. S Court.
In the afternoon nm examination Of VIM Simmons
(named aboyo) on the charge Of procuring these
unterieit coins to be made, took place before the
g. me commissioner. He had been arrested in the
nerning, at the i" Blue Anchor Hotel" near the
corporation line, up the river road by Hayman and
Harding. The defendant is engaged in tho business
ofgslvaDising watches, sc.
The United States brought forward to the stand
Bailey and the woman before mentioned, whose tes-
timoDy nearly corroboratcd in these facts:-That
some four weeks since, Simmons to their house.
and engaged with Bailey that he should mauufac-
turc fifty dollars worth of these spurious dimes
that small portion had been delivered to defendant
that ms an nducemcnt for Baily to make the coins.
defendant suggested to him that all the danger 70
be apprehended was in passing them off The wo-
man also testified that when Simmons first applied
to have the bogus mado, he said he could find ready
sale for it, and wanted it soon. 1t was also showa
that when the officers were about to arrest defen-
dant, he took out of his pocket two counterfeit
dimes, which he passed over to another man. The
residue Of the evidence was not important. The
Commissioner committed defendant in default Of
$500 bail, to await his trinl.
The counsel for the defense, Mr.. Garrard, submit
ted the first case without argument, but Mr. Norton.
who was engaged in the latter case, made strong
effort for discharge grounded chiefly on the ques-
tionablc character Of the witnesses for tho United
States.