, 1859-12-03


Mr. Wm. Reany. one Of our Detective Police
feree, while on ofdicial business to Qlney. iii.
nos. came upon lot Of counte1feite,s u En-
unlooked.for way. aud succeeded in cutting of
the circulation Of: ONO Of the most dangerous
connterfeits TINT has ever appeared in the West.
The counterfeit is OH the Cansl Bank" Of New
Orleans, OF the denomination Of SO, nod is
most admirably executed, aud has deceiyed
some Of the very best Judges.
= There are three marks BY which to distinguish
it from the genuine. ]. In the word "Uoiiars"
the bottom Lines Of the two tsira" are cqnuect-
ed, Thile in the gedaine, hsir line space can be
seen. 2. Between the words "Canal Dank''
there il flourish In the genuine, but In The
counterfeit there is none. g. The shading Of
the word rsS is lighter in the counterfeit than
in the genuine.
The way 10 which Nj. Reany fell into .uch
"Good luck" vas as follows:
Hc WIS on his way via. o. & u. Railroad from
St. Lonis to Olney,' III. to attend Court ut The
latter place. ~heu as the train stopped at way
station, four men aud two women, who had inst
come up from Cui-o, got aboard the train, des.
tined a. he afterwards learned for Cincinnati.
ReanT eyes arc the sharpest ot aharp eres.
and be Immediately read the character Of he
company They took seats in different cars,
and rs our detective WIS looking about him. one
Of the guog recognized him, and without further
delay, informed the conhpc1or lint they had got
on to The wrong train. It WAS aceordiugy
| stopped, and two Of the men and two women
dot of, before ReanJ knew what was up. AWAY
went the train, bat be was not to be wholly dis
appointed.
| Passing into The forward car be saw one Of
| the men left behind hand the conductor q ten
dollar note on The q Canal Bank" OF Sew Or
leans. The fellow, in answer 10 a question,
( assured him that It was good as he had Just re-
ceived il from the captain Of steamboat. As
the conductor was about 10 give the change for
it, Reany very quietly took It ont Of his hand
aud informed him that it WAS just what he
wanted.
Rogue was willing to bet hundred dollars
that it was genuine. or cuurse, but Reany
would relieve him Of that trouble By hiking him
of ct the next statiou-which Was Salem.
When Salem was reached, Reany put his
charge in jail for safe keeping. He then pro-
cured buggy and followed .tier the remainder
Of tue party. and learned that they had gone to
St. Louis. He telegrnphed the authorities, and
by that means all. excepting the one having The
"moneT" in charge. were arrested. This was
on Thursday last. The Sunday following ReanY
arrested the man and secured some t2,oo0.
which was designed to be circulated in St. Louis
and Cincinnati. he got possession, also, Of in.
portant books and papers, by which means he
learned that partt OF e!e5en had !eis Cairo FOX
New Orleans with $la5 900 Of this money to be
| circulated in the South. A telegrnphic dispatch
sent to New Orleans, We learn, had the desired
effect to put stop to their operations, and saye
the Southern country a flood Of counterfeit
notes.
luc persons arrested In St. Louis we're dis
charged, because the Law Of Missouri does moi
recognize it criminal to have counterfeit in pos
| session. .
The name of the one "laid up at Salem j.
Louis De Cary, and it is probable that be vii
i stop for time at Springfield. In bis possession
was found the following letter Of introduction
which is 1are specimen: