The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-26
From the Indianapolis Journal.
ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS,
"A BIG HAUL.


police force got upon the track of a gang
of counterfeiters in indianapolis, and
through the aid of an efficient detective.
plans were laid for their arrest The de-
tails of all the means used to trace out
the parties, though it would make an in
teresting story, would not be prud ent
to relate Suffice to say that sufficient
facts were elected to authorize the police
to ''come down" on the counterfeitiur
fraternity, and it was arranged that it
would be done simultaneously. Accor-
dinghy at nine o'clock on Mon
day morning the 9th inst, the police
force was divided into squads and sailed
forth for the attack.
Chief-of-Police Jesse Vanblaricum, and
officers NJ. L. johnson, Paule, Clare and
Smith proceeded to the house of Peter
and Eli Burke, in West indianapolis
(Stringtown, } which two weeks before
had been ascertOined TO be 2 raanafso--
tory of bogus coin. Here both Peter and
Eli were arrested Upon the premises
wero faund $50 pounds of white metal
and block tin, (Which proved to be the
same that had been stolen from Cottrell
and Knight, some time ago, tools and
acids used in counterfeiting, moulds for
half dollars and quarter dollars, and
some bogus coin of the same denomina-
tions
Deputy Marshal John 6 Rpssou and
officers Wilkins and Lawton, proceeded
to a saloon known as "The Store" at
No. 67 South Illinois street, kept by Lew
is Geiberson and-Poorman, where
counterfeit money had been "shoved"
upon soldiers, and others about to leave
on the trains. Both were arrested and
a search instituted Some counterfeit
money was found in the pockets of Geib
erson, and a roll of bogus half and quar-
ter dollars was found hid upon shelf
behind the counter The same police Of
fcers next went to house on the corner
of the first alley south of Washington, on
the west side of West street, kept by
Elizabeth Homar, at which Geiberson
boarded, and there opened his trunk,
finding from $50 to $40 of bogus halls
and quarters.
Marshal Unversaght, Lieut. John L.
Hanna, and officers Bretney, Geo. Taffe,
Boozer, Barbee, and Graham entered the
house of Sol lines, on the east side of
Illinois Street, just beyond the north
corporation line, and arrested in the act
of sloping a man calling himself Nor
gan, (which is thought to be an alias p"
they also caught fellow named Rich
ardson. On Morgan the police found
two punches of skeleton and other keys,
and lot of counterfeit postal currency.
In a cellar under an old smoke
house, after considerable delving, Mar
shall Unversaght exhumed a tin box which
was wrapped up in piece of old carpet
and buried nearly two feet deep. On
opening it, it was found to be nearly fill
ed with silver and gold counterfeit coin,
and $500 in broken bank paper, on diff
ferent banks. The amount was made
up of Sl60 on the Forest City Bank,
Cleveland, $160, Bank of Tehama, Ne
braska; $75, Bank of Plymouth, Ind
SG5, Bank of America, d. o., $50, Bank
of Susauehanna, Pa; and SO, Rhode
Island Union Bank. Besides this, one
half of fifty-cent mould was found IL
lines stable.
While operating here, officers Boozel
and Taffe were dispatched to the house
. of George johnson, arrested him, ant
aWdlLeu tut arrival VI InC POtiSO
men. On their arrival search was
+: made, and between 81 800 and 81, 600 o
: broken bank currency and a few pieces
of counterfeit halves and quarters were
t found Nothing was found on johnson
but one-dollar counterfeit coin, whicl
corresponds with coins of the same de
a nomination found in lines tin box, am
also with a piece previously purchases
of Morgan by detective. We regret t.
!. learn that notorious rascal named Gal
field made his escape from the hous
before he could be nabbed.
. Officer Hedges also arrested Lew
Reeves on suspicion Of being connecte
/, with the gang, it being understood tha
he was in the act of giving notice
: some of the arrested of the scheme o
foot to detect them
Amos Lintner had been arrested fc
. having stolen goods in his possession
R few days before, and counterfeit none
s. was found upon him. He and his br'
- ther, c. H. Lintner, were both arreste
de by officers Foos and Oyler. At the
~ house counterfeit money, machine ft
photographing bank notes, and two 81
y yer pitchers lately stolen from Dan. b
~ cons Exchange, were found.