New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-30
MPoRTANT ARREST OF CoUNTERFErrERs
"a. Gee Counterfeit Money Di.cevcred.-Arrest sf
six Netarioaa CeanterteiIers.

For time past suspicious have 0--n entertained By
Police Officers Jacob kef-r. Chef Of Police aud s B.
Us,msn that gang Of countefit-rs were s' work some
where r the vicinity Of IN ine manufacture. on
srse scale Of counterfeit money Their Information was
d, persons who protested 20 be ti AZ WITH the
op.sons of the gssg and under their guitsn eighteen
~ the civ Police force went out sogshsr down the river
rose 10 the bridge mile below the Two Nile doase yes
terdsy afternoon then leaving the omnibus within nun
S Yards of the house where the cpuutsTetsrs we're sup
messed q, be assembled they observed As they approached
the building that d. Townsend the occup ant OF the
bouse, suddenly refreshed INTO me s'ue nv me ,soa'
ward where he was standing aud that inmsda'ey after
.sr6 five other individuals let the premises nurnedy' IS
though they wished 10 tsespe The Ponce previously IN
siructrd the course they should pursue, rs
place and arrested the fugtives - follows Stmu-' ~
fowu.r and Milton Parker OF this city Lewis D,imsn, OF
Indiana escaped convict from the J-urrsos'he ren'
tertiary. Indiana where be had been 'os
ieng snd r whose arrest rewsrd OF eVV nsd oesu Oh
tered Joseph Bean. sso Of ladisns William Mc1eNry,
late resident OF Cleveland and Quincy Hdrscney aAss
contractor on the Ohio and Mississippi R,issy;
Most fortunately. Captain heier IS sped = blow from
polmSn Ratchet by the sdrotn-ss of Lieut. Phps 10 Az
rsstrg il lust it leveed ST is head Milton Parker
notorious eounterf-er pardOned out of the OhiO Peui
tertiary about SIX weeks since by Gov Wood was the hrsf
10 leave the building Such WAS his speed II vas sppre
heneed that be would make his escape bat when he nAd
reached distance OF sbcu three hundred yards nom the
house he fortunately stumbled and fell but recovering
himself about hfy yards far,er up hill ~hen ne was
arrested by officer, Bunker and William Moore who had
stedly cred with revolvers but failed IN hitting him.
On HI. srrest he made resistance qusntty OF coun
te;eit money 10 sheets, hut unsigned found on MS
The bills were on the OniO STOCK, ultui 'sncy
Bar of Dayton of the demo mnsons OF ones, thres owes
and tens. to the amount OF several hundred COLLARS
ToWuer taken in the house in Consequence ~ the IN
rposcn of his wife and child who ntsEiered TO prevent
biz
After the arrests had been made the premises we're
carefully searched In the dwelling WAS found box con
tanning five gold watches and from twenty Ia thrty gold
rngs In the chicken coop. something Ike efoOOV IN
counterfeit notes OF the OHIO State Steak Miami Valley
Bank of Dayton and the Fairfield County Bank we're dis.
covered neaiy All signed cut aud done up IN thousand
collar packages, ready tor Distribution The money WAS
concealed in bag, half filed with charcoal
mail bag paddock, Of the Post Office Department vns
also discovered ia the dwelling The stables attached 70
the premises was found Ia have been converted into
work shop for these counteriers and dies tools, ga
vanc battery. stamps mOuds, metal and pieces, vigoes
tfs figures letters engraving tools and all other appx
stus needed for the business OF counteret'ng were also
discovered and taken possession Of by the police com
rosi,on for the of base money together with
quantity of crucbes also discovered aud seized by
the officers
After searching the prvy vault and cistern the officers
took OF whatever promised to throw light upon
the tarous business Chests boxes bureaus taoledrsw
ers and every other conceivable place OF co0cesmsnt
were searched without revealing the depository OF the
counterfeit. plates Even the floors were removed In the
hope of discovering their hiding place, but IN vain.
After An absence Of nearly three hours the officers re-
turned with the prisoners and the evidences OF their gut
and DEPOSITED them At the Watch House in 9TH st. about
o'clock last evening Though the plates we're nor secured
there is little doubt they where hid upon the
premises thorough search tor them viii be ins
uied TO day. The bills faithfully executed and vel
calculated to deceive.
preliminary examination Will be heid tns morning, IN
the fuhce Court, before Judge SPooner .,o