The New York herald., 1871-11-01
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER, c9Ja1.
legged Connte, ,fci'snE-Chargo Against
Josituu u. Minor.

UNITED STATES cOmMIssIoasRy coJa1
Alleged Counter tfciilnE-Chargc Against
Josiinu u. Minor.
Before Commissioner Davenport.
The United SG es a.. 10 ,hud d. Min0r.-The de.
PENDANT charged with having counterfeit plates
OF national bank notes In MS POSSESSION. The pros
ecution OF this has excited much interest," Ow-
ing TO the fact that the defendant is q prominent
contractor under the city government, aud, there
fore, supposed to possess considerable social and
political influence. Yesterday the examination was
proceeded with before Commissioner Davenport.
The Of1ice, though small. was pretty well filed
with the friends OF the accused, who was rep
resented by his counsel, MI. Charles =. Spencer,
and Mr.. BENJAMIN X. Phelps General Davies, As
behalf OF the government. Colonei Whitley, Chief
OF the Secret Service Department. ana a number OF
ings The first witness produced yesterday ior the
prosecution was
an ocer Of the Secret Service. he deposed that on
the evening OF the 10th Of OCTOBER he, with other
officers q the Secret Service, went In carriage to
the neghb0rhO0d OF Sixty-seven.h street aud Ninth
others who were alleged to have been concerned
with him, In the imputed crime OF c0unterfeiting;
they lett the carriage some blocks of from sixty
seventh street ana walked up TO she latter locality.
where they stationed themselves around for the
purpose or watching such developments Of the
affair might transplre. The testimony or the Wit
on this occasion, and that he also saw man named
Thomas Ballard VINO is alleged to be the printer OF
package. Minor took the package aud, as the wit
ness believes was about to start with II across the
Harry Cole. who was stationed at the OPPOSITE side
OF :he way; but before he could carry out his sup
posed purpose $ ne was % ala ho,d & o ~ ~ the officer
| some plates dropped from the hands oi Minor. Two
o. them turned out TO be co1nterleits OF national
chsnics, Bank. q Poughkeepsle $40. There was
some SOL c c0mIusi0n ~ tne alme ana muss' between
The witness was cross-examined at considerable
fence, with respect to the positions he and those
with bm had occupied at the scene Of this arrest and
TO the opportunities he had for seeing all that
transpired. lie adhered to his original statement.
Another officer OF the #e#
SECRET SERVICE DEPARTMENT
testified as to the manner In which the arrest mad
been .enected. He testified, ON cross-examlnatlon,
seventh street, and saw Harry Cole standing on inc
opposite side OF the street, under lamp, with an
not see Coles face; he could only tell him from
his form and shape; Cole had not come
down from Sixty-seyenth street more than three or
four blocks when witness saw him stop under the
lamp; witness had not been there since, and when
he saw Cole under the lamp ne twitness) was on the
the avenue wnen Cole stopped; he stopped In the
street opposite pile o. dirt; Minor came up. but
BAIL IN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DE-
MANDED.
Counsel for defendant said:-This is a case that
will be defended, and, believe, successfully. Mr..
Minor may forfeit contract for $40 900 he s not
e D a e oa t 10 Ss
this timing and great deal OF humbug IN IL SO far az
Mr.. Minor Is concerned.
100000 bah in all these cases. and III the present
case, as advised, l am not going to make IL very
Counsel said that he would bring the question Of
bah before the Judge witn view TO reduce 1t to
$4,000 or $500 He guaranteed that there would
Tne further hearing OF the case was adjourned to
Thursday ltomorrOwl.
Indictments Against Minor.
Yesterday the Grand Jury filed in the United
States Clrcuit Court several indictments against
Minor, charging him with having been engaged In
the printing OF counterfeit money in the engraving
of plates for the printing OF the same and with hav-
ing had In his possession counterfeit money and
with ulterlng the same. He viii be called upon 10
plead to-day. ga
Alleged Counacrfeiters of Gold Coin.
Before Commissioner Shields.
The United States rs. A0raiez, Montenegro, et al
The defendants are charged with having counter.
feited gold OF tho United states OF the denomi
nation OF $40. The leading facts Of the case have
appeared already in the HERALD. The evidence
offered yesterday was principally that OF Lewis
Delemo a detective In the secret Service Depart
ment HIS statement was that on the 24tn OF Octo.
Der ne was introduced ut ~ East Fourth street, to
who would give $1,000 for making $40 United States
gold coin Witness said 10 Moralez that before he
making The @ com. wHereupon Torales showed hlm
some pieces Of die. Witness then said he thought
defendants next day. and then. and up0n subse.
quent OCCASIONS they entered into arrangements
10r the purchase OF q press aud materials for the
production OF the coin alluded to- According to the
testimony Moraez had minated to the detective, |
whose character he did not OF course then know, |
that ne did not like 10 keep the dies about him. so
he handed them over 70 Delemo, and on suDse- |
qneIt occasion, IN Broadway, he met Moralez, who |
had more dies in mis- handkerchief. He was there |
upon arrested.
some further testimony was taken, after which |
the examination was adjourned to the "a Of Novem.
Der. NA#NM tNMa ME&
charge Against Cigar Manufacturer.
The United states Us. Noses HaueTdn.-The de- |
fendant who does business In Rvington street, was
held In $500 bail for examination charge Of not |
having gwen bonds Tor the purpose OF enabling hun
TO conduct the business or cigar manufacturer.
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