, 1870-12-09

b.nhral asreed tSS:s:'.aiik5c make ths Il IA case
I'll ths others to aide by ihs decison,. , 1; Nhss
eyer il should bo. The suit aRai 1st jar Cooke
II Co, !wss accordingly begun about three
Meeks 4inec. The Government ses out BY
they: ueyer hed been a.ifod 'os fode smed. ~;
'the. Ifepsuty only ''presumealto redeem ,i.s;
Kenhans, ,nofes. The defendants claimed that
fheHSo1da were tho Governments genuine
.6onF!6s Ind thtt, even supporting them to be
spul!op4 they had been redeemed beyond all
: On FL hae founds'ioes The two pirties to the
auit PM 4eeded to bniid and the structures Of
evidence we're crowned with two long argu-
manta, delivered by Mr.. BuTril for tho de-
fence aud District Attorney DAVIS for the gov.
ernment putfng the tfil Mr.: Van Dick ind
numerous clerks under him we're called to tho
etand. Many experts from thu Department
and the mysterious -bonda were examined
again and again through magnisying glasses.
Nj pofEe and. :Mr.t Eahnnetock,s NJ 1xs
oookos pa1tners. weEe cach> called
u = witnesses. Mr., Fahnastcck tafused
to produce The lesta1a and booka Of ths firm
sdnit;eS to MVsn D5cE thst tbs tx bbtesxSEs q sSFg
counterfeit. and Hait 'hb bhly aAkea. fof TINS
10 ssce1ttin Hhethex tbeY, wore or not. All
the expert ensravetB' argued that tho noseg
we're not.like tue genRtne goverunent honda
and Nj. Cassalier. Superintendent Of the Eu-
craving Department IN The Treasury. swore
thst tho notes ves9 not engraved in, that
place. 4 part of the tas iuo1v Of one Of the
experts, fho e1Am1ued tts spurious notes
under microscopic, ,WAa a. follows: So,
.The1s IL d1tsrsnce tn t1s 1asne WORK; IN the
whioa eopases nat odts IN nnde na u nssss s
dlonst II would be made up ia 'Bec11o 1s IN the
counterfeit, uulJ that the cnuntetieat IL nA1e By
t7csi iasae; :ths genuine possess = ID too
Reumetr,esl istne, ana the @otaar ot INV ha71ne
e ~ yessa a iaa ~ fseaa' asT
while IN tie counterfeit there IL very stRhs "a
Eemh1ance ot It: the .baarder IN thu couhteifets
eeea n1i Rns2a
been tampered vita al me way through; aud
Apurs On The threectphetH II tha 81 poo no:e are
mnsn widtr apart = ne genuine ,,nau In the
IN tho: genuine nota { there Is, q sna l tg-
uIe between the sections conposInR the couate7,
whereas 10 the counteFfe:t there Is no haurs: tue
Be: the dbt ia Whitp.: &ud made by the absence
nf Hmt; ne shading ts different throughout IN
there Ia black dot which intne Renniac ia much
larger than In the counterfeit; IL Is neAr
ae as5. oR fnuf; =, On On ,a loEes ball 81 the
| spur: II r}sembfes q heart. IN the lathe.work.
tntl hall Oh the lett hand sds runs With tie hta i
on tho genuine; on the mnterfe1t it clsa-a'it;
On the coohterfels the space: DetFAen the and
the drat cipher Ia much closer than ia the Kenu-
Inc: the seal lcokB larger Ia thu couh ,felt III
II tae Renplne, and tne stars on1t are alto9etnes
counterfeit 4; great deaf narrower than it Is IN
Iii. Bufri1l, in his sun,ming up, argued thai
such description Of. IN alleged counterfei.
conveyed no intelligent idax to the ju:y; and
that it failed, therefore, to prove anything. :.
It was proven that Jgyl Cook d o., on, BE-
Ing tufDlmed that the hotes ware counterfeit,
| addressed notices to ali of. their corr espond.
! ects from whom they, hid received the nj,
| legged spurious bonds. Those lattera we're
gsnt to Maxwell l. Grsyes, Drexel7 Wiathror
Il Co., Rodmkn Flax d Co, ~Enstabrook i
Smith, of Worcester; Mass.; Baker 4; Kitchen
Jamas 7. Brady l. Co.. Of Pittsburg, and J. B
McVay Il Co.. Pittsburg. E-
The following is sample Of the letters:
M<.srs: Aod,aan, Riat = O.. =
ury Deparsment .ast tne 1oiioVin2 a. dssdfioes daE
| $50 notes second series. Nos ~ 200, ;ant
ts.1s5, Of 1.-THE denomination OF s, ,n6o received
ftom you on the 7th Of October, 1863, ann byu
forwarded! to tho .depestment, are -conEter seit
~ a1n a We nefrS5 S5 po1t1 !9g that s held Jp ao
sented ~ the same.' for all loss or damage Wh!cl
| We may sustain BY reason OF any claim or demanl
waich maybe made on us fot the substitution o
q genuine 1ote to replace the me reported to b
tpuF'ouA a9ura' ae'' .i.r,1 1coo,,y . ~ =, '
Ths casa WAS closed Sesterdsy, and 1t ! lat
hour in the afternoon the Jury found a Te1
dict for The government. -, --~.,