The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-22

and Friday morning, about O'Clock, my brother the
mate, aroused by . fire breaking out on board tue
away, but her aground and she swung round
bringing her Immediately under the lee OF the are then
nsiDs on board The Sol ndid There we're seven mea
TO escape with their clothes The mate had his hand
burned. All the books rapers, 30 we're also burned,
With . pocketbook OF the mate, containing $50 SEQ
The hoses Taylor largo sea tug, and plies between
b,e port and Eixabethport All her upper works, main
deck wnes oo:s No. are e., oonsa% ne and according
One OF the nremen had hs hand considerably scorched
but our reporter heard Of no further accident
THE BRITISH STEAMER ARABIA.
Tho magnificent steamer Arabia lay In the nex dock
the Cupayd-and for . time In some danger, but The
active exertops Of the aremeu qenched the flames with.
out doirg any further injury Than that already detailed
Counterfeit American Bank Notes In France
Suicide Of one OF the Couuterfsitsrs-
Translated for the NEw YORK HEsAID from La Presse
OF Augutt
COURr OF AssIZEs or THE SEINE.
Sitting Of the atm Of Aususs-Presding Judge, NJ vann
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PROSECUTION.
On the 9Th Of November hast priest called upon Nr.
Of he States Of The Uaied States Of Nsrth Anne.
RIGA Having obuined Frepen neuey for his American
ospk noe ne called sgan lev Gays After wards WIN an
fused 70 change This refus OF the noee no did
not prevent him nom offering amer wards eleven similar
for five of tho bills, ana 2s5 francs for the six
Others. But Mr. Lsnglois, tho exchange broker,
ed that all the bills exchanged sit him bv hai Ia vdah
were counfres and bad been described such In the
/nVrican Bank Nas Deecor In consequence OF this dis
covery When Afterwards another man came 10 him and
oneYt notes the bank for change and
hch evidently from The plate others
arrested found out 10 DO OF the OF OupAs
connected with The priest, and who, ims before
had changed one Of tho same kind Of 1t The Amer
can Euro pean Exchange ofce at Paris Ga being arses
ed and asked where he lived he pretended hsd
only that very morning arrived In Paris from London and
WAS very soon dscov cred sr thai his was false
According TO the which he dss Of
ner Of h becoming Of notes he
pretend that when he In NsS York aocJeota lily
found roll Of bank notes, and that believing them
good and genuine he had changed Of them Loa
don and rome ut Paris He also said that The Able
Guerin (the priest mentioned osfcre) nAd .aksn
ieme OF the notes 10 get them changed for m Zoe
Abe, when aueston'd on the suoso, fully con irmed
before, ~ AHEoaeme He sta ed Ako thai Dspas had lived
ith him a. bis servant at Paris, TINS between the
months Of October an November 1885, and tibet he had
hep at request Of DupAs, changed several American
baub notes for him ut tue brokers' namely M LAnsls
Mr. Levy and Mr. Mobteaux
Al nr, wn in asnsd by the su,horue. tbs, the piocs
Able had been merely bameaoc for acting With much
bconrderson spd timp iJty In ne premises was MOI
al al suspected thai be mso OF the guilty par
tee Bot In the OF the Ions OF tue Ia
garry subsequently, inst uted acts out shich fdly
proved that the priest himself w. . guilty party
On May % 1857, Dupss made n confession He Omitted
thar he left New Yors and set all for Fsnoe, with
ienon on his arrival In France, Of manu- scturinx Anne
n an bank noes Az SON ne arrived In Paris ne pu
an advertisement In one Of the papers, ~hioh was
stated hat enpraver and sscel war ted
Pinsh Polish refugee, reading 81 Paris, ~sred the
Advcrusement and In consideration OF he OF 900
francs, which was paid down W 1u,, agreed 10 oopy
bank note -bich Dopas showed bip Accordingly he
MADE iihoppbio copy OF The American baak noss but
imitation found 70 be imperfec, pan u
going TO work obliged 70 be Abandoned. Some time
Afterwards Pilin,s was more sDccs'fu in his .r,1. ..
hand pre and for 3ne rs,cs more whion paid him
for bis ~uk, he produced quantity OF engraved bank
notes, shch vss deter mined immedsiely 20 pot 10 CTR
oulai,ou Foarheu fifteen of thess notes wore
hrst NJ Eev York, aud Ater qaau,ty Of
were changed BY Dapas and the tsuero) With the
bros Paris upas stated In his confess tina, he
bad kno~n 6uern before who osed him, be said 800
francs when he camo hack 10 france In 1850 ne @ed
bis ~ acquaintance with suerin, Who then zssse him
In biz operations, with the criminal nature Of which he
perfectly qualified three ravs AFTER be I'd
these coniessicns Dups committed suicide In Prison
Guerin the priest took N light, under the pcrsus
thai he rtnJ other abe escape from the 70
,uh CT the legal IN vesus atoms which ing he
knew vel enout ba' the bank NOES we're interhs1,
for Dupas made conceal OF the fact from IA, N
housh tn'ered into any cirect explanations
the subject proof however, OF his crimnd kuosdge IL
orpiatsa IN the fact that he vert change the notes
for Dupas the brokers' That In 5ivdua hi not far
of In The neisbborbood waiting FOR him How pos
npe for Guern not 10 have suspected What the origin
Of hose bsph n1us. whom he's- them In the po~ss,ou
OF no hv with him ~ bis act and ~ho
w.s corccaDs himself for fear OF being caught BY the
policti
Archer prof agslu,t him the nc,, ihs, when q bro
her had refssed W charge of The notes for him.
qusrce ~ inq irIcs ABOUT winch had bsen
made si Lndon yet he aud tried change he s.me
with othsr brokers' Last OF ALL In the OF proofs
against him. he even cheated Dupas himself For though
be raid by the latter 100 francs for his work In get
ing the NOES changed. yet one OCCASION vneu had
received 76s francs In cha for he OH accounted
70 Dupas FOR aA keeping the balance himself This Eight
therefore. 10 tquivalen, " con estl n
Of the hIee persons thus Implicated nski 10 The only
one rbo nov remains In The hands OF Justice OF the tro
ohs one having committed suicide, and The cshsr hay
ing N ade his etcape
Plln.si on beng lnerrossted canno, deny his conneo
ieri, bark nos nor his having printed them on The
hand press P1hnsk In his defence orete nds that be
uougb they were labels for bottles OF Champagne wne
which he had been EN- poyed 10 epgrave aud print Bot
such petenoo Ia too shallow 10 stand In need Of refua
lion. Il only requires 70 look nj the bank hem
70 be vhst PIrsh ,ays he thought they we're Neither
the paper nor AM thing about vas Ike printed label for
any purpose Be,des Plinsh know lodges thai
he saw the word bank the saper. And Furthermore
they Tad been merely labels, would such accurate and
and exact imitation have been necessary Pisaki was
required 70 maker wosld two elabrate attempts haze
been necessary, first b. hogrsphy, and then by eDgrsv.
NJ, " they had been n0thifg but labels7
Again according N the declnaions NJ Oupas his
fettion, Pilnski tven In atd t1s written signatures
The original notes, snd signed somo Of The tho
oounteriow. which were required 10 appear.
Pinn,ki vhen charged Nth having dooe wis, positively
denied T. In msnucrlp, wri,rg o; his WHOM he
required TO make, In order 10 compare hs hand writing
vh The signatures GA the counterfeit notes, hepren.eded
TO oe bad writer, and 20 completely concealed what
good psnman he really 70 deceive even the en- pert
vbo called Dp court 10 give hi, opinion But letter
vrtsb By him and placed In the hands OF he examining
magistrate on the lin o. June previous, reveaes at
be isft That be perfect master OF The pen and can
write beautifully.
Pnski rays, however, that he refused 70 initiate The
'isbstures and 70 sgn the uote Nov, II be supposed
that such the fact yet evident mat he nevertheless
contir ued 70 work notes or Dopss and 20 supply him
Nth the con- terfcts, tina, his criminal completely
clearly established
The to,ney General Marie oopdsc;ed The prosecution,
end he accused was defendec BY Master Vauran.
Tho .uy foued Plrsti no, rullv, and be wac hccor'
G!ssly discharged.