The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-13

counterfeitng; that conversation was In December,
1869; they were not arrested for passing counter
felt money printed from this $40 and this 81 plate
currency plate Il he would let your wife and goi
the inieres, Of other persons in these plates Wood
in any OF these interviews. did not think mention
eTamineS as to the various times he bought coun
terfeit money from Miner. On one occasion he SAID
he took . man named John shoner up with him 70
witness and Miner In reference TO the purchase
Of counterfeit money! he did ,I mot tell MIN nm
Sp. ana the pseksgs q bogus money ia;
Miner threw into witness wagon was marked
70 MU1s snd Ss ssa he
me one he got from Mer non on marked the
the understanding was that ne was 70 give witness
package Of $40 counterfeit ns ana No ne , could not
them; the twos were generally stuck into inc
middle OF the package; on the following DAY he
not marked; rot that $500 from David Keene BY
cneck payable to bearer, on the Gr0cers National
rom rom me bank on the ISsn OF October between ten
and two O'Clock: am sure that the money got
on me- M * to
Minor; dad not intend TO sell any OF this counter.
@ S@ an1 n e %
money on the Sd Of October; paid him $1,000 Tor IL
In good money.
q. Where did you get that money! A. decline
to answer that question.
The COURT-lou must answer It,
WITNESS-I got the money from David Keene and
also from man named Paine; Keene was arrested
on the 9th OF october, and he was subsequently set
a. liberty AND AFTER that ne gave y me inc
O. Your evidence is thls:-Tha after his arrest for
passing counterfeit money he paid you 500 In con.
sideration OF counterfeit money you had sold hlmf
A. Yes.
Q. And after your arrestg A. Yes.
Q. What are yon reading fromf A. Memorandum:
q. When did you make its A. Anew days ago;
o. Is It in your nandwritings A. think not
q. whose is IT. A. II is Shoner's; had another
memorandum, but tore 1t up 1t might be over TWO
months, more or less since made TINS other mem
money had bought OF Miner; lcannot assign any
reason for making such memorandum; know
him: frst became acquainted with him IN New
York IN 1868; have no recollection Of buying or
thing OF his occupation at ALL heard he coun-
terfelter; do not know Dutch Charlie; DO not
ae or me learned 1s at MIXERS house
Miner OF the printing OF those $40 counterfeit bills
about two years and eight months ago; never was
in partnership with tins James calvert.
o. what has been your occupation since you left
the State Prison, besides passing counterfeit mo
ney? A. Boating in the summer season on The Erie
Canal; have followed the water AZ boatman
twenty years, off and on have owned o boat, the
Re-direct-when was at the Boulevard, at the
time Miner arrested there were lamps lighted;
down to Colonel Wnlley's once it had, think, tho
same bun cover on 1T; when went up to Miners
house for the purpose Of entrappng, him. da d not
there's never saw such people.
Counsel then asked questions as to what had be-
come OF the original memorandum witness mad
made OF the amounts OF counterfeit money he had
sold Miner Witness replied the memorandum had
the memorandum produced from the old one-wlt.
ness calling or to him the amounts and figures;
which ne understood were "fast horses;' had heard
that man named Elliott alias Hank Hall, had been