New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-01

Moan CorSTERFErr Mosrr.-On Friday evening
man named Mcclure arrested by an officer OF the
Thirteenth Precinct charged with attempting to pass
a counterfeit 80 bill the Granite Bank OF Boston 10
3 shopkeeper in Grand street. Mcclure was taken 10
the Thirteenth Prscinct Station. House and locked M
in cell for the remairder of the night. About ar
hour or so after his arrest be communicated to the oi-
Ger on duty that i was the intention of the gang with
whom be was connected to aoci the city on Friday
and Saturday evenings with countereits on the above
Bank, and also counterfeit $40 bills on the New
England Bank Of Boston. This fact " a. nneiiatey
teegaphei TO Police Headquarters and thence tele-
grsrhei 70 every police station n the city Inc pa
troleS throughout he city were infcrnd OF the Jew
issue To be- nsde, ard notified to caution sh.pAeepefs
on their respective beats.
The same evening msn nsmed Charles backer en-
tered the drug store IN Broadway between Pfy-sec-
ond and Fiity.thiri streets and had his finger which
cut or bitten dressed by Mr.. Cowes, the proYre-
tor. Charles was followed into the store by woman
who called herself his wife, and gave her name ~
Catherine Lacker. lr payment for the joo-threc
certs-Cstherne rendered one OF the Granite BsnE
counterfets. and received good money IN exchange,
when both leit the store. Thence they went TO
butcher shop on Twentysecond street, andin payment
FOR eight cents worth o sausage meat rendered another
ore of the bs, and received good money in change
Ea,ed with their success, they took glass OF beer IN
the saloon corner of Ftieth street and Broadway,
offering another Of the counterfeit bills in payment and
again receiving good money in change.
Officer Bovles of the Twenty Precinct, while
notifying the shopkeepers his post learned that the
above parties had already been vctimzed. He
the won an 10 store tine Ninth avenue where she
was in the Get Of passing another BILL and arrested her.
While passing Mr. Coules store Mr.. c. Identified the
woman and produced the bill, which Catisrne made
grab at, and tore off part OF it before il could be
taken from her possession.
Subsequently Officers BoS,es and Cottre appte-
hended the husband at his house IN Fythrd street,
near Broadway. Eight Of the bills that had been
passed at above and other places were recovered
The accused were Saturday morning conveyed to
the Jefferson Market Police Court and committed by
Justice Quackenbush Cor examination.
About a O'Clock on Saturday afternoon, Sergt.
Emory and Officer Dryden of the Thirteenth Precinct
while proceeding up Canal street. near Wooster street.
came across three very suspicious looking individuals
They suspected that oil not right watched them,
and observed one of them shortly after enter an UNI
brella store while the other two waited outside. Ono
of the party ousidc shortly aerward discovered one
of the officers aud Immediately weRt to She door and
informed lis iade that they were watched. They
Immediately came out and went up Wooster street but
hal proceeded only short distance when they were
arrested On the wsy to the Police Headquarters one
of the party managed to escape. The other two were
conveyed to the Police quarters, where they gave
the names of William Jones and William Marshall.
On searching them sl7O in counterfeit tens on the
New England Sank of Boston were found ON Jones.
The following is a description of the bill: