New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-21

IMPORTANT ARREST AND RECOVERY on LARoE
AMOUNT or CorsTERFEIr BANK Bills NJ THIS CRY
By TWO OFFICERS FROM PRoyiDEscE, r. Lon
Monday afternoon two Police Off GERS, james O. swan
and Thomas j. A. Gross Of Providence, II. l., reached
Il is city for The purpose of feneg out house where
The counte feng OF Eastern Bank bills was being oar
rad OF to some extens. IL sppesrs maj on 80 uaey
lat q man, Alexander Comstoek wes arrested In
Powder ce for passing counterfeit D Dill on me
Mochsn's' Bank, Portland Me. Up)nseNchins him
there was found seven more OF the same demo nihson
end 6escriphon and letter, OF whijh TOE following"
S:rwiI.erd you suaie, ana ciderest s,nhs the
tei 10 the best .nd 'snd On siArse! srdss
Al the pos.-ohice in that place they lsAraed tbs.
Con stock in the habit OF receiving lesere post.
marked Albany, and from what they Actually squeezed
from IN in prisoner officers were "a isied uls the
letter cane from the celebrated DIR. Tsssnt whose
real name SIX. Osborn. They applied 70 Justice Cole
for search warrant, and ON the representanons 'ncy
mace obtsned it, Accompanied by Capt. Seyos and
Lieut. Hagadorn they proceeded 70 tbs residence OF
Mr.. Osborn, No. 30 Church street. Before entering
the premises and upon consultation, was agreed that
swan should 40 TO the house apparently win me To-
tent Of getting some Information IN regard 20 tho Mys
tic Circle OF Alchemy, which tae Decor has carried
on so successfully tor come time past. Walls van
was COVE sing with the Doctor, Capt Ssyes with the
rest OF the party eGteiei the premises, ana AVER et
charging few wITcs, set about xanfiicg the DOC
tors apartments. 80 -,
Afcr q pretty thorough sesrch of the roo n, which
is uscd "a a mandatory OF gavenc bssiersss, ps,e
great qlsntity of publications OF the D9etors get
ting up including :" The Members Manual OF the
Myslic Circle OF Alchemy by Prof. NJ N. vasea
"sein, G.. NJ }" which pretonos TO give an insigh,
into mysterious society, the members OF which are
Know to each other by signs and passwords OF the
"order" but which in fact els how 70 NIX certain
kinds of meta 50 as to look ike gold and silver which
cannot be tainted by acids. oih'r wo,ks u sinat
shp OF tie Mystic Circle, we're pilsd up IN box ~.
After examining all the boxes, Que OF the pr0vidence
officers observed Osborn place soos bottles IN smai
box In the other room and cary it into the room which
he WINS seacbing This to him looked Suspicious and
mon born setting il down on the floor Do TOOK out
the bottles, when be discovered that the box hsd
false bottom He tore one Of the rides on, when ne
found that his suspicious were reanzes Tor ns mere
Sound rid some $50 of all deuo niuadons Of bills on
the Merchants Bank, Norsioh, Conn.,, portion oil
which were sigped The ois fac siss'le Of those
obtained from Comsfock, with the exception that Nor
wich. Conn., had been inserted In the place Of Port
sno NE m ssr;..c ;S.s s sS Of tbs premise
ing Osborn, his wife and brother, and ,rsham Van
Ofnds but nothing was found upon them to criuinate
either. '" --,.t''
In the house large amount OF money vas foand 10
bsIk bills upon various banks in the United States,
thus proving 10 their satisfaction thai in his hum5ug
gerry lie has vicpiizsd hundred of delnied beings rom
Maine 70 Texas The Doctor has 5esn locked upon
With spicion for more than year past, and during
that time bis house has been 10 srched once, II not
tace by our police, in the hope OF ndipx eounterfet
ooip but without Thsy did not suspect him
OF being engaged in The counterfeog Of BANK notes.
but were cobfdent that he was coming base coin.
Upon O.boins wife there was found in her ports-mon-
ube large Dumper Of ~ gold coin, which the oicer
wos suspicious were made OF the Doctors alloy. Us
bo ard hs wife were then arresed, snd were subee-
qunty brought before Justice Cole, Who after an ex-
sniIaiop, in default Of bail, sent him TO jail. The
coin was found to be good, when his wife was dis
cLsrged.
This is not the first time he has been arrested for
dealing In contr goods for come years since he
was taken up for making BOGUS Mexican shiings, bat
managed to get clear the United States Law not de-
fping It crime. From the budget Of letters which
the officers took is very evident that he hss carried
on An extensive business Of some kind bat whether
il was in ceiling counterfeit bills or gavanc batteries
NAV probably be a. eertained aftei their p-rusal
Al praise IS due to the Providence officers for the
tIoube and exper they have been at in fereng out
tfis den-for they have accomplished whs. soms Of our
officers have been for year or more endesvorng 10
effect. Ralph Osborn underwent a further ersmins-
ton before Justice Cole this morning, but no
facts were elected 1t not being bailsbe case before
the Justice he committed TO jail TO answer to the
charge of forgery In the second degree
albany Joarnsl, lsth-