Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-31

spacious and splendid; and, as q whole,
she is the greatest wonder of nautical
architecture in this or any other age.
A Nest OF efCounterfeiters Bro1zenup--1m-
pOrtant Arrests Made--plates, Mate.
rial and Tools Secured. -,
About two weeks since we announced
that large lot of counterfeit cones" on
the "Winsted Bank, State of Cenneeti-
CUT had been put in circulation, and
also new issue ofeounterfeit ''tens' on
the Bank of Kentucky Louisville, made
payable at the Maysville Branch. This
fact came to the knowledge of Detective
Policeman VIM. Reany, and he at once
determined to ferret cut those who were
making this money and bring them to
justice. From information he received
he learned that the head quarters of the
gang were at Parkersburg: Va, and that
a fresh issue of the bogus money would
be struck off during the present week.
A few days since he left for that town
in order, if possible, to arrest the gang
while at work. Yesterday he brought
his exertions to successful termination,
and arrested two men, Ira johnson and
Hiram Sutton, and found the plates, ma
terials and tools, and large quantity of
counterfeit money in their possession
He then proceeded to the little town of
Coolyille, about nine miles below Park
ersburg, on the Ohio side, where he found
some more counterfeit money, an engra-
ver's press and quantity of bank note
paper in the possession of one Adam
Valentine, whom he succeeded after
very severe conflict in arresting. Val
entine had an examination at Coolyille
during the afternoon, and was committed
in default Of S 800 bail. The trial Of
j ohnson and Sutton was progressing at
the time of writing this article.
BgWe copy the foregoing from the
Cincinnati Enquirer of Saturday. Val
entine and johnson are now in iail in
this place-the latter having been
brought over from Parkersburg in charge
of the Cincinnati officers on Tuesday:
and Sutton's case at last accounts was
still undergoing preliminary examine
tion, he giving heavy bail for his ap-
pearance from day to day.
Valentine is desperate fellow. and is
already under indictment in Washington
county for selling liquor, and in the U.
5. Court at Clarksburg, Va, for manu-
featuring coin. lie kept liquor estab-
lishment near Torch Town, in Troy
township, where he was arrested. and
where portion of the tools were found.
He made almost super human resista nee.
and with the aid of his wife (who fought
like tigress and fourished a revolver
in very uncomfortable manner) and
little boy, gave the officers no little
trouble. In the scufie clubs were also
used with little more prdmiscuousness
| than was desirable or safe. On the first
appearance Of the officers, l. portion of
the "tools plates, acids, bank nete pa
per, ink, &c.-were hurriedly carried
from the house and secreted in the weeds
by the wife of Valentine where they
were subsequently found, aud are now
in the possession ofonr Prosecuting At
torney. Numbers sse Ietters-cerres-
pondence carried on with other dealers
in the stock were also secured, aud
which it is thought may yet enable the
officers to secure others of the gang.-
Valentine seems to have been the prin-
cipal ''banker 8 and the printing Of the
bills was executed at his house.
Ira johnson is the engraver Of some
of the plates, and has already revealed
other Important transactions connected
with their operations Through him it
is believed information can be obtained
that will lead to finding the dies en-
lployed in the manufacture of the bogus
coin, SO much of which is now in circu-
lation. These dies are planted atsome
point as yet unknown to the officers.
Hiram Sutton is the keeper of the
Farmers and Drovers' Hotel ia Parkers-
burgh His house seems to have been
headquarters for the dealers in several
kinds of ''stock,' and in his cellar the
plates were found "planted."
Four plates have been secured, some
Of which were taken by Reany once be:
fore, but were stolen from him again.
He has "planted' them this time in the
strong vault of the Athens Br Bank,
where they will remain safely until
wanted by honest men for good pur-
pose. They consist Of the front and
back plates of the $40 State Bank of
Ohio, counterfeit, Ripley Branch; SO on
the Bank of Kentucky, louisville; and
So on the Southern Bank of Kentueky-a
new counterfeit none of the ''stock'
of which has yet been 'tshoved' into
community. The 'Winsted'' plate-a
81 counterfeit-has not yet been found.
Bill Reany wants it, however, and We
prophecy he will find it.
! For near two years the SHOWING" of
this bogus coin and counterfeit money
upon the public has been in progres, sand
all this tinre the detectives and their aids
have been watching and "spotting" the
operatives. That in the hands of per-
sons arrested in Perry county few
weeks since came from the same mint.
If the nest is not now broken up by the
arrest of the persons named, the princi-
pal dealers in these stocks will at least
roost low for some time to come,
c. H. Grosvenor, of this place, aided
in the arrest of johnson and Sutton at
Parkersburg. Reany and Grosvenor,
assisted by DIR. Monahan and En-. r.
Ainear. of Coolville, captured Valentine.
Geo. Anderson and Ed. D. Taylor, Gin
cinnati officers, also assisted Reany with
their invaluable services threaghout the
transaction; and too much credit cannot
be given to David Bard, alias David
Boyer, aaias ''Punch, (also of Cincin-
natl, who acted as dummy for the
detectives, and wAe has for weeks been
worming himself into the affections aud
the secrets eff this gang Of counterfeit
I7es, at the risk of his life, with the view
to their exposure, arrest and final pun
ishment. The whole affair in fact has
been admirably managed, and the pub