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

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Suspicion having been entertained by some Of tSs
| police that at certain house on Race stroet, la
tween Fifteenth and Liberty streets, workers in
counterfeit money wero engaged, on Friday night
last. about eleven o'clock, officers Hayman. W.
HardDg, bunker, Rouse, Willis and Cassidsv
went Cautiously TO tho house which is 10 Conkns
| buildings, and at certain door met woman who
| ieiuseo admit,anee TO them. They then burst open
.he eoor, ana the Held Of their triumph opposed
70 ther view In tse middle Of the room stood .
man who was running hot liquid metal into mouIda
anc surrounded by oil manner Of tools cruoibcs and
material used in tie manufacture Of bogus" coin
The mouids we're for making counterfeit Dimes, and
on searching the room quite n large quantity Of
finished and IN finished pieces Of this class Of osin
were found We examined them particularly and
think they are the best imitation Of silver money We
have ever seen. The individual arrested gave his
name % Francis Il Bailey. He Acknowledged hs
was making base coin, and said no did not know L
was wrong to make it, provided be disposed Of it
only ~ such that he was then making lot for Q
mar named Simmons, who had frequently bought
II Of hm--that 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 wss
IN tho clamps Of the police before he could get 70
them.
The woDan's name is Pauline Mitchell She
stated that she was guilty he, and If ne went
TO the Penitentiary, she wanted to go too. Said
she assisted N making this money, and had lived
with Bailey for two years his wife, though they
were not married, and that the child in her arms
white.
This examination held on Saturday morning.
before >, Carpenter, Esq u. S. Commissioning.
who committed tho defendants in default of ri 0D0
ball each, for trial in the U. S Court.
In the afternoon IN examination of VIM Simmons
(nsmed abovo) on the charge Of procuring these
unteriei coins to be made. took place before the
SINE commissioner. He had been arrested In tho
msrning, at the T" Blue Anchor Hotel" near the
corporation line, up the river road by Hayman anA
Harding. The defendant is engaged in tho business
OF galvapisng watches, Sc.
The United States brought forward to the stand
Bailey and the woman before mentioned, whose tes-
t'moDy nearly corroboratcd in these facts:-That
some four weeks since, Simmons to their house.
and engaged with Bailey that he should mauufac-
ture fifty dollars worth of these spurious dimes
that small portion had been delivered to defendant
that ms an nducemcnt for Baily to make tho coins
defendant suggested to him that all the danger to
be apprehended was in passing them of 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 shows
that when tho officers about to arrest defen-
dant, he took out of his pocket two counterfeit
dmos, which he passed over to another man The
residue OF the evidence was not important. The
Commissioner committed defendant in default Of
$500 bnil, to await his trial
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 quos-
tionable character Of the witnesses for tho United
States.