The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-26
A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
From THE DIARY OF DETECTIVE.

During the war OF 1848, the West wa
rhOodedryith counterfeit .coin.g 1t was o
well manufactured that it was passed rcadi
ly. The evil at last became so great tina
the United States authorities requested tina
skilful detective might he sent to ferre
.gs as out the nest of Coiuers / was fixed upoI
'ags1q 70 perform the duty. T. ,,.a 10 ~ ss5-,s-
900 .s / had nothing 10 guide me. The fact
however, that Chicago vas the city wher
~ =, s1- the counterfeit coin. was most anundaut
igq led to suspect that the m,snufactory wal
g Ia somewhere III its limits Il wss, therefore
to the capital Of the West first proceeded
lIu0 4 spent five weeks in that CITY l~ithout
gaining the slightest clue to the counterfeit
.bS began to be discouraged, aud rsall,
thought should be obliged to return HON,
without having achieved any result. Gu.
day received letter from my wife RS
questiug me to send home aone money, Al
she was out of funds l went into bank
and asked for jrsft, at the same time
handing y sum of money &c pay for it IL
which there was several half dollars. The
clerk pushed three Of the half dollars back
20 ne, saying. -
Counterfeit.
What said l, do you mean to tell me
those half dollars are counterfeit -
Il do 49,.
Perfectly certain. They are remarkably
T1 we'll sxecuted but are deaeient in tveiEht
s See for yourself = - 81
Aud ,he placed one of them in the balance
against Argentine half dollar and the latter
.rss brought up the former. ii a 'ag "a NN
:. ossi That ID the best counterfeit coin ever
AZ saw in my life, exclaimed examining
aoj.s7s them very closely. Is all the counterfeit
so1' money III circulation here Of the same char.
acter az ths3
oh, dear no. replied the clerk it is not
nearly az well done These are the work
of the famous New York conuterteiter Ned
Willett | know them WELL for have han
died great deal of it in my time Here ID
some of the money that 10 in circulation
here, lie added, taking several half dollars
from the drawer; You see the milling is
not 80 well done az Ned Willett's, although
it pretty good, too ..y
compared the two and found that he
was right l supplied the place of the
three counterfeits with good cou, aud re-
turned the former to my pocket1ta
A few days after this received inforIna
zion which caused me to take journey to y
small village about thirty miles from Chi
Tls . cago.s 4 arrived there at night and took
.iyo up my abode at ! the only inn in the place,
~ II was a wretched dwelling, and kept by
SEA E, an old Illah and woman, the suriiest couple
49, tnlLk IL " ~ my i0b over 10 Hleeb.51 IN 3u-
-sss swer tony inquiry as to whether could
'sap have lodgings thore for the night, noticed
lad shat the most gave peculiar look at his
ata wife, and after some whisperings ! was in
'>' formed IN the most ungraclous lnaDner pos
sfss sible, that could have a bed 81. DER
have frequently, i'll the course OF my
yura life, been Obliged to put up with wretched
accommodations, SO l did not lose my equa
niinity OF temper by the miserable fare set
-IIgzbefore me. aud the still more miserable
~ sleeping apartment, into which was ush-
cred after / had concludedsmy repast. saa
The chamber MAS of small size, and
was certainly well ventilated, for | could
see the stars peeping through the roof The
bed was simply bag of straw thrown in
to one corner Of the room, without Bheets
or coverings of and kind. This last fact,
however, WAS not of much consequence, as
it was summer tinle and OppressiVely hot
l stood tOrimore than an hour gazing out
of the opening that served for window.
Before ms sTread ali Immense prairie,
the limits of which could not zee. The
tavern III which had taken up my abode
appeared to be isolated from all other build
I'D ings; save the croak of tree frog and the
hum Of the locust, not sound reached my
81 ear. 1t was beautiful mooniight-sc
bright that could SEE to read the smallest
ia print. -. f as@at -s-
At last began to grow weary, and.
throwing myself on my pallet, was soou
plunged in deep sumbcr. How long
slept know not, but was awakened by
{. dull sound, which resembed some one ham
mering in the distance. suppose il wal
sa'e the pecuIiarity Of the sound which swoks
me, for it was by no means loud, hut con
veyed to me the idea of some one striking
iron with muffled hammer. rose from
my bed and went to the window. Ih
moon was low in the western horison, b.
which fact knew that it must be- nea
morning The sound had before referret
to, reached me more distinctly than whel
in the back part of the chamber. 1t ap-
peared to come from some out houses whlci
were situated hundred yards from tn
house /,
Now am naturally Of an ipqulrlnI
mind, and this sound, occurring az II dld Il
the middle Of the night, in such remote
out of the way place, piqued my curiosity
and felt an irrepressibe desire to go on
and discover the cause of it. The desir
as the sound continued, grew upon m
with suen intensity that Iresqlyedto graf
fly it at any price.
Igpat .rT,ny boots, the only articles Of a
atire I had discarded, and cautiously opere
the door ostpy chamber and anoiselessly d.
seconded the rickety staircase. A few HteT
brought me iuto the lower apartment
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