Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-03-11


say. "It's all mp with us" Tn an in
slant he sprang fora window. bnt the ,l
ficer was too quick. and then seeing that
all attempts at escape were useless, he he gave
himself quietly up. Upon leavinghis wife
he told her that he should probably
not see her for eight years again, and left
instructions for her.to GO to her fathers.
He was as once led away and lodged IN the
Jail.
After his arrest, the rooms, which are in
the upper story of the tenement, were
thoroughly searched, and all the appurte :
nances of bogus mint, besides large
amount of counterfeiting apparatus, were
found, A box full of bogus halves and
quarters. not yet galvanized, some fms he'd
and ready for circulation, frame of plas-
ter of Paris moulds, eight in number, and
about half a bushel Of broken moulds, n
Jar OF acid, tin and zinc holders, which in
onjunction with the acid formed gal
vanic battery, files, brushes, chemicals, and
type metal were among the mint plumber
An impression was first made upon the
mould, with genuine half or quarter, and
the metal then run in. After coming out,
it was thoroughly brushed with some
chemicals, and then exposed by tin hol-
der to the action of the acid. In about
four hours the coin is ready for use
From the impression upon the moulds.
all the pieces run in them were quarters Of
1858, halves of 1854, and Spanish quar-
tiers of 1871. These moulds will run from
500 to S175 each. .seaff B.T ra
Besides the mint materials, there was
found a complete counterfeiting kit by the
Photographic process. 1t consisted of a
large camera obscura, acids, chemical pow
ders, four photographs on glass plates. of
50 notes on the Warren Co. bank, Mon
mouth, Illinois; two plates of 50 notes on
the Agricultural bank of Marion, H., and
genuine 50 bill of the Marine bank, Mil
waukic, pasted on glass, and ready to be
photographed. There were also one or two
negatives" of the Agricultural bank;
large quantity of bill-paper; few rem
nants OF the sewing machine model, which
he and McNitt made III Lafayette, and sew
eral works on chemistry and photography.
Some bills already made, were in the room
at the time Of the arrest, were undoubtedly
concealed by his wife.
"A secret alphabet was also found, which
is based upon cyPtcr, the same one which
was used in the secret correspondence of
Aaron Burr, and exposed at his trial.
The prisoner whose real name is j. d.
Shears, but who was borne the aliases of
johnson and MILFORD during his stay in
this city, IS a young man about twenty
eight years of age, of mhldling size, in
clined to be bald, and has keen, piercing
black, eyes. He was originally from
Massachusetts,. but was brought up in New
York, and has already served one term in
the pcnitentiary.
He is well educated and informed
man, an unusually expert chemist, and
probably the most skillful and extensi:e
bogus money maker and counterleiter in
the whole northwest. The coin of his
make are SO near the genuine as almost to
defy the most rigid scrutiny. They have
nearly the genuine ring, are about of the
same weight, but present. upon close ex-
animation, a slightly blurred and leady APP
pcarancc, and imperfect edges. But little
of the money has been circulated here.
the most Of it having been shipped to IN
diana. The amount that Mc&it has taken
to LAFAYETTE from here, is supposed to he
about $1,000.
Marshal Secly returned to Goshen. In
diana last night with Shears, to use him in
the trial of the remainder of the gang. and
will then be remanded to this city to await
his own trial.