Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-05
Arrest Of the Whole Gang of COun-
terfeiters.
Interesting and Exciting Details Of
the Capture.
Prominent Parties Directly ImpIi-
Gated.

FrOmiheaE Faflles DlrecIiy imph-
Gated.
Etc. ETC. Etc.
New YORK, November 4.-Colonel
Whitelsey, of the secret service diyis-
ion, and his assistants, have for over
month been engaged iii ferreting out
one Of the most notorious gangs Of
cOunterieiters in the country, and
have just brought their lab0rs to a
successful close. 1t was first ascer-
tanned that dangerous siXty-pOund
tobacco stamp was being offered to
enterpFising tobacco merchants at
about One-fith of the government
price, viz: s. for stamp that the
government sold for $40 20; and the
inducements were so great that many
firms heretofore bearing unblemished
regulations in this city and in Nir-
ginia. North Carolina and other
States embarked in the enterprise,
and purchased large lots from the
New York manufacturers. The first
arrest was made on October 15th, in
the person of Volney Wright,
who, il is alleged, had
endeavoUed to sell an immense guam
tity Of these siXty-pound stJmps to
men named Copeland and Walker.
He was quietly held to bail in $, 900,
to await the action of the grand jury.
His bad pieces, safe and Rlate, with
six transfers, were also secured by
the detectives. The next arrest made
was one Hart Pierce, an accomplish
cd engraYer of 80 Nassau 5treet, ON
October Both, with whom were seized
all the dies and machinery used in
cOunterieiling, among which was
press Tor transferring costing 81 900.
Col. Robert Clark, who during the
war commanded the 18th New York
Volunteers Brooklyn Chasseurs( was
next secured, and his room-NO.
3i0 East street-Was search
cd, and in almost every
bureau drawer, stand, box, trunk
aSd Valises, evidences of guilt were
found; one valise contained the plate
Of the siXty-pGuud stamp, dies for
making one penny stamps, hundreds
Of sheets containing 3lap0Hnd stamps,
together with about Si5.00D worth OF
clean genuine stamps. This property
was all seized. 1t was next ascer-
tained that the mill where these
stamps were ground out was situated
about fifteen miles from the city, at
Princes Bar, Staten Island, and seven
men were sent to the SPOT, who, after
q tramp Of about half a mile through
the woods, discovered the building,
in which were arrested John
!sipOn, a steel and copper plate priu-
ter, a native of England, aged IS
years, his partner, VIM. Skimpton, a
native of Maine, aged 10 years, a re-
tired sea-capiaiu. RipOn's wife, three
children aHd negro girl were also on
the premises. In one room was found
a large amount 0i paper, such as is
used by the Government in the man
ufacture of red stamps, a large sup
ply of inks, oils and jugs filed with
gum, the latter being used for adhe-
siVe purposes, and also a die for max
ing three-cent silver pieces, steel dies
Cor Stamping-cOins, containing all the
letters Of the alphabet, and dies for all
arithmeticai figures, bat no plates or
printed work. In another room was a
press tor punching the holes between
the stamps 0n the printed sheets, and
in the garden, about eighteen inches
below the surface, was found, on infQr-
nation given by HipOn, q box whinh
contained the plate On which had been
transferred the One-cent revenue
stamp, 2i0 times, the bed-piece and
transferring die, a large number of
stamps, thousands of sheets ready for
use, and other articles. The prisoners
and material We're brought to this city,
and the iOruer taken 20 the United
States MarSlial's office, where they
were held in custody. 1t was now as
certained that an engraVer named
Reuben Carpenter, having an Office "a (
No. IL Bloomfield street, Boston, had
been employed To engr4ye l nited I.
S.ates iive-tWenty bOpds, ana atii-
GERS We're sent t0 Boston, and 4
with the assistance OF the !
detectives then arrested Carpenter, /
in the act OF engraving pass on the /.
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. /
He surrendered to the officers, and a
$1,000 j-2U bond was found on his per-
son, which he had bsen employed to /.
engrave bX man in the city, who (
WAS IN The last stages OF consumption. /
Ii is alleged that numerous other |
prominent persons in this city are 4
under suspicion and surveillance, and 4
it is also generally believed that /.
several hundred thousand dollars Of T.
these bogus stamps have been
sold,
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The total vote
on Secretary OF State in the city is (
1lG,6S2. Nelson, Democrat, 1892; /
Sigel, Republican, 36, $50. A large /
number OF German Democrats have I
voted for Sigei, but the Democratic /
loss in the city is made UP BY gAins in /
the State. Tie State has gone Demo
cratic by about ten thousand majority. |
e Ia the city the vote in faYOr of the
Judiciary article of the new COnstitu-
ton could not be had, The Republi-
cans are intensely excited, one OF their
leaders, G. ). Spencer, being charged
with having burned the tickets.
Hence, there viii probably be an al
most unanimous defeat OF the only
article OF the new Constitution upon
which the Radicals relied.
"A series Of crimes, of q frightful
character, occurred in the middle of
the night OF Monday at a settlement
called Bombay HOOK, on the Jersey
shore, beneath the palisades, and op-
pOsite Yonkers. A man named Dickey
retired TO bed with his wife at about
nine o'clock, and he was awakened at
about one o clock by some slight noise,
and then discovered that his wife was
absent from the room. Selling a re-
volver, he crept down the stairs, and
there, as he alleges, discovered Mrs.
Dicsey with a man named Collins
Calhoun, in a scandalous position on
the floor. lie Immediately shot Ca
hOun dead, and also fired at his wife,
wounding her, it is thought mortally,
i'm the thigh. Dickey then made his
escape from the village, but was sub
sequenuy captured in a boat on the
Hudson river Immediate inVestiga-
ton into the horrible circumstances
will be made,