Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-03
4 Nefarious Plot
Frustrated.
Prominent Men Implicated
THE PARAGUAYAN WAR.
General Palmer not Removed.
AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIPPI.

New YORK, October 2.-The Herald $
Washington special says about the middle of
last month Gen. Baker received information of
a plot at Lynchburg, Va, to rob the Post
Quartermasters safe of large unit of
money it was known to contain The case was
worked up and has resulted in the arrest and
Incarceration in the old Capitol prison last night
of brevet Brig. Gen. J. c. Briscoe, of the 1O9th
Pennsylvania volunteers, commanding the Post
at Lynchburg, and A. W. Lackey, Of Worces-
ter, Mass, formerly sutler at that Post.
Gen. Briscoe is an Irishman by birth, and
has been in command Of the post at Lynch
burg since Lees surrender.
Capt. ". A. Alberger, son of canal commits
sioner Alberger, Of New ork, has been Quar-
termaster at Lynchburg and had in his charge
Oh the 2lst of September, $120, 600 in green
backs, besides a large amount of captured gold
coin and bullion, which had been placed in his
charge for safe keeping.
Briscoe approached Alberger, through a
lackey and proposed to him as the war was
about to close and none Of them had made
money out of it, they should make a grand haul
in concert and pocket $5O,000 apiece in a
flash. Alberger kept the funds in the safe
which formerly belonged to arebel officer and
this fact was to give color to the charge which
was to be made that the ex-rebel having du-
phcate key to the safe. he had robbed it.
Briscoe was to arrest the Quartermaster and
his clerks, and half the people of Lynchburg,
to avert suspicion. The General took an i'm
preston Of the safe key with wax, and sent
Lackey to Philadelphia to get the keys made.
Alberger was ostensibly in the plot, and IN
formed the Secretary of War, and two or three
of General Bakers officers were sent down to
Lynchburg to arrest the guilty parties. These
officers, through holes in the ceiling Of the Of
flee saw Gen. Briscoe come in while the Quar-
termaster and his clerks were gone to dinner
saw him unlock the safe with a false key and
take out three packages of greenbacks and
forty thousand dollars and load himself down
with coin and bullion, to the amount of nearly
SIS, 900, having previously ignited saturated
paper and cloth with a view to burning the
building.
They followed him across the hall of his
own office and burst in on him counting and
arranging the money behind his bolted door.
The wax mouids and false keys were found
upon him. and the proof was indisputable.
These proofs are now in Gen. Bakers posses
sion. Brscoe and Lackey are in the Old Cap
itol, awaiting trial, and Alberger, the honest
Quartermaster, is on duty at bis old post.
Col Simpson, Of the engineer corps, who is
specially detailed for service in the Department
OF the Interior, left here few days ago for a
tour Of inspection over the forty mile route of
the Kansas branch of the Pacific Railroad He
arrived at St. Louis yesterday, on his way
thither, and he will act on this mission in con-
junction with Gov. Crawford, of Kansas, and
| Harvey Scott, of Indiana, who accompany
him. The report of the examination will be
| transmsted to the President.