Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-06-12

TWO OF my OTakeSmeD IN cnafEe OF the per
sons, Kramer and kessler, until | could
get assistance from Harrisburg, 4 came Il
town and notified the coroner.
Through the kindness of the coroner VI
have been placed in possession Of the full
particulars of this affair throughout. Il
has already stated how the accident occur.
red, information given, and the inquest
held. The strange conduct of the woman
who represented herself as the Rife Of ons
of the parties has been mentioned. and COM
mented upon. Since our last, cireunstan-
ces have turned up to implicate this woman
as deeply as any of .hem, Coroner Barr
has given us the following details of her
transactions up to the time Of her derar-
ture:
On Friday after the accident lady cal
led on me to know if one of them was her
husband. She showed me bis likeuesi,
showed her her his clothes, she screamed
out loud and tainted, after she came to,
eouVersed with her respecting their going
10 Middletown, she answered it did not
matter what they or he deae out she
was a good and kind husband to her, they
had been married four years aud inoved
from Northumberland county to this place
to get out Of trouble, and must she now
come TO this" endeayored 70 pacify her,
by asking her if she would make known the
names Of their associates, as there was a
large amount of money missing. H could
obtain it for the owners would promise
her reward. She stouly deuied any
knowledge of their business, that they new
er told Der anything about their affairs.
She said she wanted TO leave town as soon
as possible, and that should come up 10
her house aud buy her furniture, and take
back what they had purchased from me,
(When they eame TO town, which was the 18th
of May ] promised her / would, aud she
left, Immediately sent for officer Newman,
aud We went TO her house and commenced a
search. We found number Of letters and
paper duplicating others in their business,
We also found metal, mills, heaters, ladies',
iron saw files, punches, TASKS aud other
apparatus for making counterfeit coin,
found safheien; to satisfy US that the ousi-
ness was carried on on an extensive scale.
- these are in my possession, also the
names aud residences Of some ST aud Up
wards Of &oss sconhseted with them, all Of
their aecomplices are most soleuInly pleda-
ed, under heavy penalty, not TO dirulge
or learn any person said ara. The lads
left the same evening for Philadelphia,
where she said her mother and friends re-
side. However 10 the presence of some fe-
male neighbors lwho kept in her house all
the while) a few moments before she left
she went TO the stairs and raised up the
lower step, saying, 'sChariey" always kept
something ii there, she wanted TO see what
il was, having covered basket IN her hand,
she took several packages therefrom, PM
them in the basket and kept it in her hand
until she left for the ears.
After the officers had left, she expressed
her delight to those present that her person
had not been searched, but this, unfortu.
nately, was not communicated to the Core-
ner until she bad gone. Ii was also noti-
ced that just previous to leaving she had
gone 10 the privy, apparently carrying some
articles, but returning without any, suspi-
eion was removed at that time, but sabse-
sequent search has revealed the disposal oi
large quantity Of chemicals, dies, coun.
felt plates, &C., by that source, much o.
which has been got. As soon as it had
been ascertained that che nad alade the
above remark, a despatch was forwarded tc
the Mayor of Philadelphia, to have him
keep watch on her and her goods, when
they should arrive These latter had been
placed in Wallower's warehouse to be for
warded to certain address in Philadel-
phia, which the Coroner ascertaining, pro.
ceeded, in connection with officer Rada-
baugb, this morning, to examine them.
The result was very gratifying one, The
officers succeeding in obtaining many coun-
terfeiting articles. which woula have been
used elsewhere, duplicating the woman, and
giving clue to particulars that will uu-
doubtedly lead to the arrest Of others oI
the gang. A valise and several boxes were
found and opened, all directed to The same
individual. In one was between FIVE and
six hundred counterfeit gold dollars, not
yet galvanized, several counterfeit half and
quarter dollars of an old stamp, and all the
material necessary to carry on counter
feiting on the most extensive scale. There
were also in the v.lise large roll Of bills,
announcing the arrival of 'sGeorge w.
Drisbaeh, the celebrated horse tanner. from
Texas, under which signature one Of the
parties in question travelled, it is supposed,
aud succeeded il obtaining valuable iufor-
nation, for bis accOmplices. These articles
are all now in possession Of the Coroner.
The Coroner says be has no doubt that the
money taken from Mr.. Finnsy at the railroad
hotel, Middletown, on the evening before
the death Of the man killed, was upon them
Al tic tine Of the accident, aud was abstract
ed befnre his arrival. We have already