The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-11-16
RAID ON COUNTERFEITERS.

Colonel Whitley and His Detectives Ar
rest a Notorious Gang, and Seize
Plates, Presses, Paper, and Bogus
Money.
Two months ago Colonel Whitley,
Chief of the United States Secret Ser
vice, ascertained that David Kirkbride,
dealer in counterfeit money, had pur
chased new lot Of limitations Of national
bank notes, and he seized upon this as "a
clue to the operations of the combination
Of counterfeiters who for years past have
been making nearly all the bad money
passed in the country. He fixed the crime
of dealing in counterfeit notes on Kirk,
bride, and induced h m to reveal the per-
son from whom he obtained the notes.
Kirkbride was then sent to purchase bo-
gus money from this man, Steven Paine,
and he was caught while dealing with
Kirkbride and taken into custody, but it
being evident that the chief of the gang
had not been reached, Paine was induced,
through fear of punishment, to aid the
detectives still further. He Informed
them that he had obtained the counter.
felt money sold by him from dealer
named Cole He was then commissioned
to purchase from Cole, aud the latter, be-
ing caught in the same trip, told Col.
Whitley that j. d. Minor was head of the
gang and the capitalist of the combina-
tion. Under Colouel Whitley's instruc
tions, Cole contracted with Minor for the
purchase of two plates, for which he was
to pay 1900 and the night of Wednes
day last was set down for the production
of the plates by Minor. The detectives
were on the watch, and near midnight
they saw Minor at the corner of Sixty
seventh street and Broadway, New York,
evidently waiting for Cole. ln a few mo-
ments "Tom" Ballot, also notorious as a
dealer in counterfeit currency, joined
Minor, and as Cole walked up to them the
detectives came from their hiding place
and seized Minor and Ballot. n strug
gle ensued, in which Detective Kenuott
was severely bcated, but Minor and Bal
lott were secured and taken to Colonel
Whitley's Office.
Lewellyn Williams, the printer and
pressman of the concern, was next arrest
ed. At the houses No 256 Rivington
street quantity of fibre" paper was seiz-
ed This was the first imitation made OF
the Government fibre paper.
On Thursday the detectives seized a
branch establishment in Brooklyn. The
men now under arrest are Minor,
Cole, Paine and Ballot, and the following
is list of the material captured
One $1,000 United States note plate,
ctool c.; ol
dition. One $50 greenback plate, com
plete trout and back on copper. One
$40 National bank note plate, on steel
(Poughkecpsie bank) One $40 Nation
nal bank note plate, on steel, in an un
finished condition-the bank alone en-
graved Oue 50 National bank note
plate, on steel, complete. One full set
"Lincoln Head" so cent stamp plates, on
steel complete dies and rolls. This plate
had been transferred. One full set "Stan-
ton Head" so cent plates, new issue, with
rolls for seven impressions.
Ten transfer rolls on steel for duplcat
ing. Ten sets of original bed pieces for
/ holding transfer roll One transfer press
with $l,700, of kind rarely found ex
| cept in the possession of the Government
! One transfer press worth s., 200. Two
large presses for printing counterfeit
money. Two small presses for printing
counterfeit money. Type and steel pieces
for altering. Two sets engravers stools
ink and ink. rollers. Two sets seals, and
$1,000 in Sl00s, Sl0s and SIS. Sever
pistols were also taken from the counter
feiters.