The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-10
Great Counterfeit Sensation
.osssiKACY 90 BUIN. ABDtr IN.
PCDIAIION.
Astounding Revelation.
Crssy EnIonfcdsrAts Ioios-i Die.
closes the Plot.
IA" Csnspirsisrs Meet In the Tsnsusnsy
Wigwsm.
- President tJohnsoD. .t.osrraor lion
man, senator Morgan and General
Frank Blair In the Conspiracy.

From the New York Herald, 9Th inst
Unusual excitement prevailed for SOM
considerable time yesterday In the CLERK
office OF the United States Circuit Cour
over the particulars OF a case which wa:
brought before missioner Shields AND
United States District Attorney Jackson
for examination. There was, Of course
party in the case, though no charge
was preferred against him. He was
self-surrendered to the authorities as he
was also self.accused, and ultimately
left the Commissioners Court for Iodg-
ment la Ludlow street Jail on IA war.
rant issued on an affidavit sworn to by
himselfagainst himself.
The particulars OF the extraordinary
case, so far a. they could be evoked iiUm
the perplexiDg questions, and the .ioub :,
speculations ana suspicious Of the mans
sanity, which were banded about aud
INDUCED In by the privileged, semi
privileged and amateur officials that
will sometimes congregate ~ tie q, ~
conducted official sanctum ~ law aud
order are these:
Some six months ago ,he District At.
torney, Bristow, OF the kentucky dis.
trict, writing from CoviDgtOn, informed
the Secretary OF the Treasury that h-
had Ia his charge man named Hou--
ton King, who had made To him IA,
most astounding revelations concerning
the existence Of a widespread plot, hay.
ing It's qualifications from one end Of III.
Union To the other, aud p,rmeatiug all
ranks and degrees Of men therein Ia
ruin the credit or the government. To
force reputation aud Insolvency aud
general bankruptcy, In fact, upon u.
The plan adopted 10 carry out this ter.
rible design OF the conspirators WAS 4.
Hood the country with couuterf..It
money-counterfei, green backs-and ma
tional bank notes and spurious worthless.
specie.
Mr. Bristow forwarded NIL the oral state.
ments made 10 him by King, aud, lie.
sides. several documents, setting forth
In full all the circumstances attending
and surrounding the inception Of the plot
and the progress IL had made up 10 The
present Time. These papers aud all the
Information thus received al the Treasury
Department were forwarded 10 ColonsI
Whiteley, CHIEF Treasury detective Ir,
this city. with instruction to read ev.r,r
thlngIset forth carefully and 10 report IL.
opinions anu conclusions thereon. TIA
conclusion that the shrewd Colonel game.
10 was that the man who had made al
these representations To the govern usnt
must tie insane; and 20 he reported, aud
80 the government was willing 10, oon,-
cede. But Br!stow and King tis fonm4s
IN his Official capacity and In fnlllImsn1
OF what he deemed his duty In the prens,-
ises, Kept writing To the Departments
making fresh Developments OF tina Kl,
kiux Khan conspiracy against ths gov.
crnment-tlie term which King nSSnvs
gives TO his revelations.
Inc result OF this persistency ON tb.
attention OF tae government lead To the
matter baing placed In the hands Of
tolonet stoagland, stationed al WASH,
IngIo2. This officer paid a. little cred.
;pss 10 the most uuseemly tales disclos-
ed To him as did Colonel Whiteley. h.,
pc thought 1t right To communicate will,
King, and he, nothing loath, mt IN. srst
INVITATION 10 come To Washington, pre-.
scented himself In due time befors the
authorities, there attended by Iawyen
from Kings own place, but se,mInyIv
as much In want Of ballast aboard az
King himself The Treasury Depart
ment could make neither head nor laiI or
Tue story ana so, rs In all such cases
,nade and provided, they got rid Of the,
trouble by send ing themtp this city.
when brought baiore Commissions,
shields hings only anxiety was To Ia
sent 70 jan, thai he might get some rea.,;
ou' as there was no charge against hi,s
and as the officers who had him IN
charSe UP TO this time were Citing .,sni,
oi eseorling him all around King ',Im,
df)L anxious for the accommOdat ~. of I
apr'son, went up before the Districs, Al.
torney and swore an affidavit azainst
himself upon which warrant Wa .Ts.ue,i
ana he was committed to jail
KING AND HIS STORY.
Ihe dlscoverer OF the great g.-eplnoa
counterfeit plot for the depreciation on :
the currency and ultimate repudietiou,
OF the nations faith Is aboGt Ave fee,t
ten inches high, thirty-five onthirtn-sjw
years old, well but lightly built. dark 'oon,,-
plexion, and with an unmistak ahIa ai,r
He was, drrjny the wan
\ colonel OF artillery in, tlr Confedeos
Ate service, and was lately and no 10 ths,
connection OF the rblg hoaxp he il plav-.
Ing on the Treasury officials. Clerk ofth..
Court for Cater. coanty, In KentuG,.w.
he says that In April, 1866, he left New
Orleans per steamer for New York. (om \
The passage-he struck up an acousints-
ance with ape Harlow, Phelps, n New.
orleans, who was also proceeaSnv tn,
his city. The latter iearnisg. thai
King had been In the Confede rate sem
sice, Impaired TO him the secret, OF th,s
.raat scheme that WAS then onlN in asn
'mbryp condition in the heads nf a, few
epudiators, North and South. Phelus
'eing trusted emmissarN introduosI
King to the cOnspiratOrs in, New, Mont
nd from that time, he hsca me a. .ona,s
themselves.
HE FIRST MEETING al, THE REI-xny a.