Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-10-07

maps of the region prepared Warrants
for the arrest of all the gang provided,
and backed by the authorities of the three
counties named, to meet the exigencies of
the locality Alnsed thus with the pane
ply of the law, &C., ON Thursday, August
20, Capt Bennett and officers Mirkil and
Bunting, of the City Police, went again
to Danville, to finish what had been left
previously undone at Limestane and else
where. On Saturday, August 2eth, these
officers arrested Abe Hause and James
Brass at Danville. On the same day they
arrested Lewis Hause, and re-arrested
previously arrested and liberated from
prison on unsatisfactory bail. When the
officers arrived at Manges, it was found
that Hausc had sent an express there and
that he had managed to escape. The Court
which commenced its session at Danrille
on Monday, August 30th, found bills a.
gainst Abe Hause and Doctor Geltner for
counterfeiting bank notes and selling coun-
terfeit notes. Geltner plead guilty
Hause was heldin $1,000 and Lewis Hauso
in $4,000, to take their trial at the Novem-
Der term. Brass was held in $4,000 to
answer some charges at Sunbury, North
umber!and county. The new Harrisburg
counterfeit two plate was recovered, and
new one on the same Bank, with SIO,-
600 in notes, nearly ready for issue, was
recovered and destroyed. The last heard
from old Abe Hause was that he had no
hope of escape; he was so years of age,
and expected to end his days in prison
"a fellon's DOOM"
For % or 30 years has this old Abe
Hause exercised his contaminating voca-
ton of counterfeiting, &c. His tavern,
at Limestone, was the constant resort of
counterfeiters, showers, and horse thieves,
from Western New York, Western and
Northern Pennsylvania, Canal Boatmen,
g., &c, by and through whom most of
the " stuff f. made, or brought there, was
showed" of. As many as forty vehi-
cles have been seen at a time at Hause's,
and coming in from all parts of the coun-
try the parties going there to buy the
stuff when new and good thing was
out, at the rate of ;, 10, ID or 20 dollars
good money, for lOO cogniac, according
to the quality. Many Of the horses rode
to Limestone, were stolen previously, and
there traded off for cogniac. These hor-
ses were Immediately sent of to the next
/ "stage," in the mountains, or otherwise
painted, stained, dyed, cropped and all
tered, so as not to be recognized by their
owners, if in pursuit. A brisk trade was
thus carried on there in "horse fesh.n
The good, quiet residents in the vicinity
were kept in continual bjection and fear,
and dare not to open their mouths against
the suspected iniquity," for fear of the
burning of their barns and the destruction
of their property, as a consequence, if
they were to do so.
It's said that on one occasion "man"
riding stolen horse, was closely pressed
by the party owning the horse and his
friends; the stolen horse was erode" to
Abe Hause's and Immediately after, on
the arrival of the pursuers, the stolen
horse was found covered with foam-the
gray clothes the "man' wore were found
but the rider was missing; he could not
have gotten away, the pursucrs were so
close on chin" One of Abe's daughters
was, however, discovered in highly ex-
cited and perspiring condition, leaving
hardly any doubt that she was the "man"
riding the stolen horse, and had managed
to divert herself of her " habit and re-
assume female attire.
The good people round about in those
regions feel that the roofing ofthis moral
"Upas' is indeed great relief to them,
as will also our citizens, who have suffered
from the inundation" of the so called
Montour Bank.-Datly NearS, 18th uk.