Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-18

SEIZURE OF A LARGE MOI OF CoUN-
~TERFKIT MoNEY-Es0APE OF THE COUNTER
FEITERs.-About the LIST of December last
George Thompson, keeper of ~Thompson's
Hotel on River street, and a man named
Charles BeIden were arrested for having in
their possession and selling counterfeit 81
bills on a Canada bank. Thompson, it viii
be recollected, was tried and convicted in
the Court of Common Pleas and sentenced to
the Penitentiary for three years. Belden was
put under $1,000 bonds to appear at the com
ing term of Court, and afterwards, the bail
being reduced to $500, Belden got bail and
was released. Last Thursday Deputy Sheriff
Whitney, having learned that Charles BeIden,
together with his brother Daniel was
to be at a place below Newark with a
large quantity of counterfeit money, went
down there for the purpose of securing the
men and money. Mr.. Whitney went to New
ark and there secured the aid of the Marshal
of Newark, NJ. D. Brook, who by the way is
an excellent and reliable officer. They took
a pair of horses and started for a place on the
Central Ohio railroad, where the counter
feiters we're expected to be. In going to the
place alluded to they had to pass through a
small place in Licking county, on the canal,
called Natchez. After passing through that
place and while driving by the side of the
Licking river, they came upon the Belden
brothers at a short turn in the road. They
were walking along the side of the road,
each of them carrying a satchel or carpet
bag. When the men saw and recognized
Whitney, they ran towards the river. Charles
Bslden threw off his Overcoat and jumping
into the river (Which was shallow at that
point started to wade across. Daniel Belden
dropping the satchel he was carrying followed
him. Officer Whitney jumped from the
wagon and shouted to the men to stop or he
would fire at them. They paid no attention
to the threat and he fred, hitting Dan in the
arm. Both of the fugitives reached the bank
and made for the thicket which covered a
high hill on that side. While running up the
hill Charles Belden dropped the bag he car
ried and pulled off coat and boots. The Off
GERS crossed the river on a foot board a little
below where the fugitives crossed, but we're
unable to find them. They had concealed
themselves securely among the rocks. The
officers found the satehels which the men had
dropped, in one of which was a large quanti-
ty of counterfeit money, dies &c. They also
picked up several packages of counterfeit
money which the knaves had thrown away
in their fight. There were between $4,000
and $4,000 in counterfeit bills, besides a
quantity ofbogus half dollars and quarters.
There are SIS, SIS, S5s and sos on on the
State Bank of Georgia, B. NJ. Hubbard,
Cashier, and G. W. Lewis, President. The
plates were genuine and the signatures
counterfeit. The paper was very good
There we're also bills on the Railroad Bank
Adrian, Mich, C. D. Smith, Cashier and
N. Lee, President; genuine plate and coun-
signatures; also scrip, in sheets, issued
by the BroWnville Bank, Omaha City; also,
bills changed from the International (Toron-
to- to the Bank of Upper Canada. There
we're plates of the Bank of Orleans, Crisburg,
VT, and Bank of CASTILLO; a book called the
Il Autographed Counterfeit Detector, " con-
fac SMILES of the signatures of
and Presidents of Banks in the Uni
ted States, apparatus for removing ink, &c.
There is some probability that the counter
feits viii yet be arrested. Charles Belden
was to appear for trial this term but it is
needless to expect him to come voluntarily.
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