The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-12

Arrest OF Three COunteFfeiteFS-
$4,000 IN Counterfeit S1OO Treas.
uFy Notes Taken-SklIlful Opera.
tiOns Of United States Detectives.
Yesterday morning three citizens Of
St Louis were arrested BY a party Of
United States detective policemen and
$4,000 in counterfeit greenbacks and
four plates used in printing the notes
found in their possession.
The appearance of the 500 counter
felt Treasury notes put all the detec-
tives in the country on the qui yive to
discover the makers of the notes. About
five weeks ago General Hurlbut, com
mandant at Memphis, Tenn, determin-
ed to ferret out the cOunterfeiters. and
employed Captain Whitney Frank.
chief of the United States detective
police force at Memphis, to do the
work. Captain Frank called his as
sistant, E. w. Pratt, to his aid, and
these two noted detectives, having OBJ
tanned a clue to the men engaged in
the business, came 70 this city on the
18th of April They employed a shrewd
the practice of law at Cincinnati to Join
them in the enterprise, and to perform
the active work. This gentleman, Mr..
@, as we will call him, (fOr he does not
wish his name to be published) had no
difficulty in obtainingan interview with
the counterfeiters, and after negotiat-
ing with them two or three DAYS,
purchased 1000 in counterfeit SlOO
greenbacks at twenty cents on the dol
lar, paying them s., 700 in good money
He then went to Memphis for the pur-
pose, as he made them believe. Of dis.
posing of his purchase and obtaining
money to buy more
The names of the cOunterfeiters are
Charles Hathaway, who resides on
DOdier street near the reservoir, James
Nesey, who lives six and half miles
from the city on the Bellefontaine road,
and - Brown, alas johnson, q resi-
dent of the city.
After returning from Memphis, Ms
q. met the three men by appointment
in an open field near the river, opposite
the starting place of the cars at the
upper end of Broadway The counter
feiters were extremely circumspect i'm
their dealings with him, suspecting
some detectives trick from the first,
and their object in appointing this place
of meeting was to tumble him into the
river in case their suspicious were con-
firmed. To remove their suspicious,
Mr. @ made a trip to Chicago and re-
turned last Monday Helmet them the
next day and made them an Differ for
the plates, which they at first refused
to sell, but finally agreed to sell them
for the sum of $4,000 provided he
would purchase at the same time $780,
900 of their notes at twenty cents on
the dollar This was agreed to, and
yesterday morning was fixed as the
time when the things were to be deliv-
cred. The spot selected for the final
meeting was on the open ground on
DOdier street, near the reservoir
Mr. q was prompt on the ground,
where he found the men, two of them
on foot and tho third mounted on swirl
horse. 1t was previously arranged that
Mr. Q IS partner, Mr Pratt, should ar
rive at certain time aud arrtss the
villains. The money and the plates
were handed over to Mr. @ and ne at
once seized and handcuhed Hathaway,
and Mr.. Pratt coming up, Nesey was
also secured Brown, of johnson, was
endorsed and took to his heels, running
in the direction Of Benton Barracks,
holly pursued by Mr. @, who finding
himself losing ground, compelled an
old man who was riding by TO loan him
his horse He then pursued Brown
about a mile before Overtaking him,
firing two shots at him, and being fred
at once by Brown and once by some one
who witnessed the race In the chase
his horse Ieaped over ravines, fences
and sink-hOles, in regular sseeple-chase
style
The three cOunterfeiters were brought
in and safely housed, and will be sent
to Washington for trial, They are old
hands at cOunterfeiting, and have car
ried on the business for several years
in the city and elsewhere.
Captain Frank and Dir Pratt are en-
titled to great credit for the detection
and arrest Of these men, and the Gin
cinnati lawyer proved himself 70 be
almost equal to VidOcq in tracing
knavery One or two other gentle
men were connected with them in the
transaction, but do not wish their
names mentioned-S L0ds Dem 6h