The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-19

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One OF the most extensive counterfeitina
operations that was ever known came TO ligAl
yesterday. nearly half million of the spurious
money being recovered BY the police. togstbss
wish the dies. plates, DC, used for manufactu-
ring the bogus stuff. The mony b oil Turkish
ohIs, and q large amount oft has been success
lahy passed In Constantinopls by woman, who
from all the particulars thAs ws have been able
20 learn, was the prime mover in the operation,
ana !ho q principle: Or chief q gang who aided
IL appears that the woman, whose name n
Mrs. Sevesti, MoldaviAn, came to this country
about year ago, and put DIP at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, under the assumed name OF Madame Gar.
liner. Iris not known IL she was accom- % MED
here BY any person, but sitter q short stay %
the above hotel she changed her quarters 10
prisate boarding house in TIE upper part Of
he city. Early last spring, she called upon Mr.
W. L. ). Harrison, . printer, dong business as
NO. 81, Duane street, and desired 70 know whae
ne would print certain amount oil labels for,
and obtain the plates, 30, necessary for the
printing Mr.. Harrison informed her Of his
price, when she left /; but in few days after
sne again called, and ordered four dozen or
eiectrotype plates TO be made, representing Q
very curious looking label, which appears 70
have been copy Of . Turkish bill, with yarious
Arabic letters in the centre and round the edeea.
Mr. Harrison thought them to be label for
some Chinese invention, and did nor for one
moment hesitate to accept the job. He accord.
lhsy agreed TO have she plates manufactured
at the earliest moment. An arrangements waa
then made that Mr.. Harrison should priat &C.,
900 copies At one dollar thousand, and that
they should be done within certain given
time The work was accordingly finlshed, and
all delivered, with the exception of about one
quarter OF the bills, which, together with the
plates, were left in Mr. HarrIson's care. until
hey should be called for by Mrs. Sevesti.--
Notn.ng further was heard of this woman BY
ar Harrison, until yesterday, when about two
!, clock IN the afternoon, be was surprised By
he entrance Of body Of men, who we're no less
ban Sergeant Berney, Acting Serpeap. Thomas
sampson, and officers Busaeed, Blackwell, Hill
ard, Horrigan, Meals, Fowler, Armstrong and
freeman, OF the Mayors squad, with q warrant
. seize all found in the place.
Madame Ssvesti, it appears, a. soon as aha
rocured the bills, had three large trunk. a.anu.
actured with false bottoms, and in short time
allied in steamer for Europe. There she pro-
ured passage in the steamer Agia Sofa.
,hich runs between Liverpool and Constantine.
le, and landed at Syra On leaving the steamer
ne appeared very anxious about her baggage.
nd requested an Englishman who vas attached
the steam Companys Office, to accompany
er TO the Custom House, hoping that bv hia
sslstance she might have the examination rot
trough more readily and with less rieor She
so expressed anxiety lest her dresses aud other
'ticles OF toilet should bs rumpled The direc.
n of the Custom House, AbdaIah Hitf.t Bey.
'sureo her, with the greatest courtesy, that
othlng should be injured, but that her trunks
ust be opened. This was done. and the verv
st looked at was found to have false bottom.
n this the Director had all of the baggage re-
owed INTO an inner room, and requested the
dy to follow HIM there. A further search vas
en- made, and two other trunks were found to
mace IN the same manner, and to have
'reiviiy packed IN them forged notes of twenty
astres, to the total amount Of 1880, 900 pias.
es, made up IN packets of 900 each. Ths
dy hsrsei was afterwards searched, and there
IS found carefully sewed in her under oar
ents, 10000 piastres more of the Sans note.
,e lady and her baggage were immed,ateIv
mt on to the Ministry of Police, and on her
y thither she betrayed the utmost alarm and
itatiop. on being interrogated by the Minis.
she gave her name as s. C. that of
70 OF the FIRST families in the East. She stated
at she IS native OF Moldsvia, and was mar.
10 woman. she was afterward removed tn
prison Tor women and carefully watched.
on tne following day was taken to the
rue, ana examined by the Grand Vzier him
IT, II is believed that she is oniv the agent
band OF forgers who have made Syra their
adquarters.
Inc Tact OF the arrest caused a great sensa-
n lot a time IN Syra, and steps we're imms-
lteiy taken by the Minister Of police and tho
toman Government to ferret out, if possible
ere the bills were obtained and printed. The
toman Gosernment accordingly wrote 10 tho
r&ish Minister at London, stating the arrest
MIS-. Sevesti, with q large quantity Of
aiines, or paper money; and that sfe had.
ring Judicial proceeding made before the
mister OF Police, stated that she had caused
Gaines TO be printed BY the above named
hter IN this city The Turkish Minister at
ndon accordingly wrote to the Consul fo-
! Ottoman Porte in this city. J. Hor.tord
18th. Esq, which letter arrived ON Wedne.-
:, by the Arago, giving his suspicion that
re was yet a large quantity OF the conn
ielt money to be found on Harrison's prem.
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