Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-03-22
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IN 4 cOUNTERFEiTEE's Den.

Breaking up of the Fifty Cent Stamp OPP
! eratcrs-Presses, Plates, aud Money
! Seized.
/ About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
a 7ri5aae reporter saw Colonel Whitley
and Two of his officers entering a clar-
ence ii from, Of the secret service de-
partmcnt in Blocker street, and saw a
carriage dash off in the direction Of the
i'owery. Confident that something cal
culated to entail disaster upon some of
the rogues Of New York was in the wind,
the reporter gave chase and caught the
party ear 'hiId averre and Fourteen
tn street. Mounting o. box, unknown
10 the detectives inside, he was swiftly
whir!ed away. Alta command from the
colonel, the carriage stopped in front of
the five-storyn tenenant house No. 321
East Twenty fourth street, near Second
avenue, the detectives alighted and en-
tered, followed at a short distance by the
reporter. ,.a. ,... ...,..... .r....
The. premises are peculiarly construct
ed. Behind the tenant house, and sep
arated from it by a small yard, is a two
story, double brick house, to which ac,
cess is only obtained by the passage way
through the larger building and the yard.
On one side of he wooden stoop is a
room used as a wash-room by the inhabi-
tants of the tenant house. and the other
is a small, dark room, dingy and covered
with cobwebs. Outside the window,
which reaches to the ground, is small
pine board conveying the intelligence lin
printers ink that the establishment is
Printing Office" Passing through the
washing room into passage way,a glass
door is The only obstacle to the interior
of the "ofiice." This was quickly open
ed by. skeleton key, and the whole par
ty, with which by the time the reporter
was associated, walked into the deu Of
the Quimbly gang of couuterfe;iers.-
None of the proprietors were ina fact
that may be attributed to their incarcera-
ton in Ludlow street jail, but their ma.
teriais for making money were clearly
manifest. In the centre of one side of
the room stood a small hand-press, and
and upon couple of empty -four barrels
were scattered lots of colors, cans of
oil, and the like. In a closet at the back
of the room were piled up packages of
counterfeit so cent currency, well execut-
ed and neatly tied up. The plates were
nowhere to be found, though the detec
tives were satisfied that they were con-
cealed about the premises. Axes and
hatchets were brought in to reqnisition,
and an onslaught made upon the floor
! ing. In few minutes a loose plank
was discovered this was ripped up, and
underneath were found four plates, two
bed pieces, and transfer roller. r.
The bed-pieces are first engraved, the
impression is taken from them on the
transfer roller, from which any number
of printing plates may be made. The
plates were steel, and the engraving re-
markably well executed. The presses,
rollers, paper, ink, colors, and oil were
quickly transferred to a car in attendance,
and the plates and money to the carriage,
and in few minutes the raiding party
was back in the Secret Service Office.
l. The Conlonel considers this the most
important haul of the season. About a
week ago he effected the arrest of the
gang, ten in number. From information
derived from some of the gang who were
frightened by the prospect before them,
the Colonel made up his mind that the
plates were in New York. and set about
finding them. with the success detailed
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