, 1859-11-16
Important Haul Of C0unterfciters !!
J. NlSANC1d MINT BROKEN UP BY
CHICAGO OFFICEKS,
AStrRnEe Tnle-.A II Old Nfnn Isofaoued-
Rubbed, and Buried Alive.

AStranGe Tale 4 n Old 1Ian Poisoned
Ribbed, aud Buried Alive.
On Monday night POSSE Of officers, Cnisc
states Deputy Marslals md others reache,
this city bav'ng in charge three men nrrcste
and largely Identified with tLa manufacture 0
bogus money, chiefly slrcr coin.
These men constituted mes. Of counterfeit
ers broken UP at CordoyI in Rock Is'aud count
! on the Mississippi river, eighteen miles nbor
hocl 1sland on Saturday night last aud brought
thence 10 The city Of Rock Isiand, where the,
passed the Sabbath.
They were tracked ont by C. r. Smith aud
Whitney Frank, Of bradley i detective polio Q
Chicago, together With jacob Rehsn, City Mar
saal Of chicuso.
The officers having got things in proper trim
went up from Rock Island Oh Saturday after
noon to tordoya, and that night after soms
sharp management succeeded By sharp Gght
found their birds busy at their bogus work, and
caught thea in The act. taking possession oi
their entire outfit Of tools, DC, &c. Tue per.
sous arrested arc as follows:
Timothy L. Bigelow, mun &c years old, who
has family, consisting Of q wife end several
children, aud who hns been resident Of the
county for the last five years. uelived about
mile and half this side Of Cordova, On the
hank Of the river, and has sometimes lived on
lhe island in the river.
Chester G. CLARK, aged a5 or IS, who is said
10 have como from Michigan, md had been with
blselow two or three years.
Janas Smith, aged &c or IS years formerly an
employee on the y. 4 u. Railroad, aud la.ely
the keeper of house Of i'll fame ia Cordova.-
It is said that Smith came from New Hampshi1 e,
l;vcd awhile in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and hsd
kept the "crib" in Cordosa only a short time.
1Ae old man Bigelox and Clark are said to
be accomplished eDgrayers. and expert eoun-
terieitess. Bigelow has seEred a term Or two
in tue re11l.entiary.
Ihc Kit Of tools VIC examined yesterday after
noon at Capt. Dradley's Office on Randolph
street, and it would appear that they had most
complete and perfect set Of dies, tools, presses.
ctc-, mud everything necessary for the manufac-
ture Of eve:y kind Of American coin, Of gold
md silver, from cents to $50. They had on
hand, in iii unfinished state, some five hundred
dollars of their gold coins, aud bag Of their
fifty and twenty-five cent pieces.
The clue to these operators WAS gained, We
learn, by means Of some Of the arrests at
Galesburg. in Knox County, last year, aud since
that time Mr. bradley has been on the scent.
1t will be readily believed in these times that
it was no easy job to Gnd q lnaa in this region
who was mailing snonsy. but these Corlova op-
orators have been found very busy filing IN
order for ono thousand dollars in coin, gircn by
one Of the Detectives. The men tough. like H.
ons. but were oscrpowercd.
Hige1ow, now in jail here, Of this party, seems
to think hc hns been poisoned By some oc lis
confcdcrates. He is in poor health and seems
quite detected. "Ah," says he, II thought
was smart enough fer EN-, but they have got .ne
ii last"
The story told by this old man Of This attempt
Hpou his 1ife, is one Of the most remarkable in
the annals Of crime. or the truth Of the same,
he bears iu his person unmistakab1e tokens that
go to attest the zane. IIcsays that in May last
he started to 70 down the river to New Orleans;
that lie stopped on au island with some Of his
confcdcrates. lie bad then on his person $1,000
in gold in Il scls, and gold watch and chain
valuca at 5000. They mixed his liquor will,
something that stupeied him, or probably as
thcr believed, killed him. What next he knew
wns when he recovered his faculties and found
himself in darkness, pressed down with heavy
weight. With lsng and severe laborh released
himself, and fouad himself aloue on the island,
we'll nigh naked, and robbed OF all his valuablcs
The cowardly wretches, his wou!d.bc murder
ers. hud actually buried him alive, beneath a
heap Of logs and brush-wood. The old man is
perfect wreck. and eau scarcely walk rod
without support.
Tile whole party. With their tools and the case
against them. will so before the United States
Court for the speedy mud inevitable result tint
n,1aits it.
4 pAtSFrL FALL or 4 Eor.-Not long since
VIC had occasion to notice oue aud soon afler
ano.bcr instance Of a young employee on Lake
street falling through hatchway aud 1xpcs;-
enciug seEious, in one case fatal injuries. That
was bad. There is a much better use to be
made Of vigorous hale young lad than
pitching him head foremost score or two Of
ltc: upon Aoor or pavement, bu. there is some
lining esen worse than that. There are traps
,awning ut the feet Of young clerks md store
Buys wider than any merchants ha:chways, and
opening deeper and more fearful chasms than
any Of tile depth Of five story block.
Onc Of these sadder falls occurred on Non
day night, wAe,, John II. VIII, 4 bright, intci]-
gent boy in the employ Of Philip copley, dry
goods dealer on Lake street, was arrested for
stealing six dollars, one three dollar bill and
shrrc ones. from The cigar store Of Arnold
Erewer, on Madison street.
The store was tended by Ills nephew. Adam
brewer, boy aboat fourteen years Of age,
viii had been in the stole during the afternoon,
aud from, vurious suspicious circumstances WAS
suspected Of taking the money. Brewer accer-
,iing'y procured 4 policeman and went to Willis
house where he was arrested Upon searching
linn three one dollar bills were found which the
bor nrewcr identified positively as his money.
The defendant was held to bill in the sum OF
$3.50 for further examination.
4 FAs7or's L1nnaRT.--We referred in our
Inst issue TO munidccnt donation by one Of tie