, 1860-01-12
ANOTT1IseS GAM; OFF C0DNTEfs~
EEI1'E1fsS BROKEN EH.
Arrest of Mite Bogus CoIt Makers and
DtA&efAs

lF5onl the Ustrt!t Free r1esg Jsth.]
There sens t. be 10 end TO the organizations
that exis. i'll the various p4rsa of The Statc Ior
thc manufacture nf bogus coin. Within few
and Niles, have been broken up, and tile chief
participants in tile ubiquitous business brought
10 justice, and HOW tuurth gang is brought TO
I.z, nut! those connected with it secured With
the evidences of their gull Ou Saturday last
Deputy Marshal Moore urrc<te.1 ut jackson no
less than cigl: persons for making and passing
base coin. and on Sunday Ein1h, c0unected
will, the sanls gang was captured as Ann Arbor.
The large amount Of bogus coin in circu]a"
tiun throughout Jackson County attracted the
attention Of tie Cnited States officers somo
time since, and means were It once taken to de-
tect llie source from which it cnlanatcd. =
close watch was kept npon suspected parties,
and all tier movements noted, course which
soon revealed the mint, and, in p ocess OF time.
brought to fsh. the operators. These embrace
men Of various positions in life aud Of various
degrees Of responsibility. 1t was ascertained
who manufactured aud who passed of the coin.
No movements we're made to interrupt the op-
erutions until all the particulars Of their pro-
cccdincs were uscertained aud the evidences Of
crln,inality so well secured rs to be readily OBJ
taincd ut I, moments notice. Officer Moore,
with The assistance Of Sheriff Smalfcy and his
deputies, Of jackson County, then made tie de-
scout, capturing the following persons, on Sat-
John Critchctt, Miss Rogers, JoSias G. purdy,
George snow. ). ketchu,n, Ebenczer Farnhnns,
und John tsibucy. The first seven were taken
ut jackson and lu that vicinity, and placed III
the Jackson County jail, aud the last named at
!Aun Arbcr, t'u Sunday, ana placed IN the
Wuehtcuaw County jail.
Sasuuc( Gratlan. Is i middle 1sed man, who
llad heretofore maintained considerable show
of rtsnectability. lie was formerly Norman
preacher associated with the Mormon leader,
Strang, ut Renyer Island. at the time Of fas
arrest he represented himself as at agent Of tbs
Detroit and jackson CtaI Mining Conlpsny. lie
was captured R. Parma. y s,lsa'l village SIX
miles west of jackson. lie is implicated as one
If the persons engaged in passing tho bogus
staff.
Harrison Collar is q young man, whose unto
ccdeuts are net very well known. lie was also
engaged i'll passing the base coin. He was
| caught at Parma.
Ebeuezer Farnham will be renemberedas one
| Of the parties connected with the celebrated
conspiracy against The Michigan Central Rail-
| road somc years ago, for which offence he has
since serseI out scatcnce ct FIVE years in the
| Stat c prison. He is charged with completely in
The manufacture Of the coin, as well as passing
it.
/ Cr;tcLett is I'll old State prison bird. lie
| lives ut jackson, thou:h engaged in no rartlcu~
lar business. Upon his premises we've fonnd q
auanti,r Of 1noMld5, srelter. dimes, quarters,
chemicals, and slnailur evidences Of nanufac'
| ture.
The woman who gave ler name as Rogers
lived will, EIitclct:, enjoying NIL the relation:
Of wife without the binding obligations of mat
,imony. She Was taken as en- accon1plice witt
| Critcett in the manufacture.
.!osas c. ruraY is d person about thirty-fiy1
| wears Of ayc who las always, heretofore, u
tained an excellent reputation. and has m 4
for himself n,anv warnl friends. He has kept
saloon or eat.g house for some time ut Jack
son, and was quito popular with the frcquentcr
Of such places. lie is arrested Us one Of til
| rasecrs of the coin.
George Snow ia u young man Of whom bu
| little is known. lie has the reputation Of bein
worthless character aud hard case.
ketchum ia butcher By trade, heretofore
! very respectable man, and possessed 81 SOM
property. lie has been detected in passing III
counterfeit coin. Ills residence il jackson.
John Gibney, who was arrested ut Ann A.
bor, formerly lived at .1a~kson. Since rctnor'
: 10 Ann Aroor hc has been engaged in the set
cery business. Bogus coin was found in h
, possession, us also letters from The parties
jackson, which, inside from, other evidences, fl
IL Implicated h'n as ono Of their ageuts for ci
: cu1ating their productions. He was ssrcst<
I while ID attendance upon divine service At
These parties viii be tried, probably, at ii
| .pec,al tern, Of tic United States Court whit
meets in this city ne1t ncn.a. II is undesstos
that, in every case, the evidences Of crimlnalit
u in some saapc or other, were secured.
?; This, it is to be hoped, is the last Of The {
:" ganizea band pf couuterfciters iu this Sta1
Tie officers deservemuch credit for their vig
aucc and perseverance, in tracing these outla
out and afresting them. Beginning at lcxiu
ton, last summer, with respectable haul oft
q q or a dozen, proceeding thencc to kaiama1
IL where, ncary The same number was eaugh: 6
taking Niles and vicinity, capturing six or ee
aud finally securing this gang, they hare stea
o hope that bogus dimes, quarters. and gold d
lars will disappear from our midst, and spe
nd be again received with conc degree Of co.
aence.