New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-19
THE COURTS.
United states Commissioners Court.


In this court yesterday, before Commits
slnner Weller, came up the case Of Pau
Wlnn, claiming registration in the first ward
| charging Mr.. Cass, the supervisor of regis
tration, with interfering with his rights
Also, the case of Michael Frame charged
with attempting fraudulent registration in
the second ward. Commissioner Weller dis
missed the charges in both cases.
Sixth District Court.
D. r.. Carroll & Co. and T. L. Airey g.
! Co. have instituted suits in this court
| against the city of New Orleans to recover
moneys paid the same in 1870, for licenses
| as cotton factors and commission merchants.
Eighth District Court.
The case of Crosse VS.. the registrar of the
! third ward, wherein plaintiff was refused
registration on the ground that he was
naturalized N the Third District Court, and
applied for mandamus, came up before
Judge Cooley, when the attorney for the
registrar stating that he had written a let
ter to his client advising him to register all
applicants, irrespective Of the court in
which they were naturalized, the case was
continued indefinitely.
This doubtless disposes of the question
thereto, and iInplies.tha all district courts
have at all times the right to grant natural
lzation papers.
The case OF J.'O. Nixon VS.. the State Au-
GibOAy bItL,fSiI lbE II IIduudLnuS 10 GOLupGt
the issuance of $50, 600 in warrants under
an act of the Legislature of 1871, appropri-
atlng that amount to the public printer of
the State, was decided this morning, the
mandamus being made perenptory.
The King Of the Counterfeiters Arresfeclo
The Associated Press dispatches pub
lished yesterday morning report of the
arrest Of David Finn, a notorious counter.
feiter This information comes from Holly
Springs via Washington, We reproduce
from the jackson Piiot received last eve,
ming, the following details published in the
Canton, Mississippi, Mail OF the fourteenth
instant:
Our town was in lively state Of excite
ment last Monday. on account Of the arrest
of David Finn, who now comes to light as
the king of the counterteiters@H He has been
living for the past six years in Rankin
county, near Ratlitf7s ferry, and is known
to many of the citizens of Canton. We had
two hours conversation with the old man.
and his story sounds. more like a romance
than anything we ever heard He is eighty
five years old, but would readily pass for
sixty-hve or seventy; has keen, penetrato
ing black eye, and, although unable to
read, is a remarkably well informed man,
especially in all things relating to chemistry.
Although he is able to counterfeit gold coin
in manner which absolutely deties deteco
ton although he las been i'll the business
for forty years, and has been the owner oS
hundreds of thousands of dollars, he is
now, and has been tor six years, in extreme
poverty.
He declares that he has not for gears
passed any counterfeit money, but that he
has been in the power Of an extensive CLAIR
which extends from Georgia to Texas. many
Ot whom he has never SEEM bus tog UhOW
he has been at work.
He says that he taught the art of c0uno
teGfeiting to Beecham, Cradick, Blanton.
Mullins Crabtree and Ritchie-men who
became famous in the art, and hayeex
plated Sheir 0ttenses by weary years Of dme
prisonmen6. He tells how he supplied Con
federate officers with an abundance of the
s'queer,' which they received and passed.
knowing it to be counterfeit, and as he has
turned States evidence, he makes no hess
itancy IN disclosing names, which will cree
ate stir after whieo He says that even
ministers of the gospel have tratficked III
the "queer," knowing it to be sucbo This
charge seemed so sweeping that we asked
and obtained permission TO publish the
namess Their names are JONES' Briscoe
and Thompson alb OF MogSaB county,
He 2ade clear confession, gfv3ng the
names Of nearly hundred of the clan, and
OF course !he detectives made good use OF
the Telegraph. At Win0na, a man by the
name 0t Gibson, with his sour daughters
has been arrested, and also Columbus
Finn ana Hezekiah Walker This maR
Walker is well known in this county as
Cow Walker He Overseed for Mr.. Brit
Pritcbard for ten years, and so arranged
the business that nearly all Of MIR. Pritche
ards cows were in Walkers qnarko hence
the name of Cow Walker He also lived
two years with Kicks Weatflersbyo
large in Louisiana, and have d complete set ;
OF dies Of ST.. 81 SO S. and I0denomiuae
tionss All these dies. were made by she old !
man Finn and sold for $l8.
These prisoners were all under the charge
Of Go Wiley Wellso United States district
attorney for the northern district OF Mis- |
sissppi, and j. II. PIERCE United States |
marshall These gentlemen, aided by a first 7
class corps Of detectives, have been on the
track OF these cOunterfeiters for six months |
and flushed the whole beyy, king and all. 7
by q little bOtnh work Of Columbus Finn !
son of the king. These gentlemen gave US
much information in reference to the where
abouts Of large number of the clan, but
it would be imprudent to publish the facts
until they are in the clutches Of the officers. !
Messrso Wells and Pierce deserve much
credit 5or the manner in which-they haze
conducted this business. They think that
about $4,000 of this counterfeit money js in
circulation 9n Mississippi, mostly in $40
pieces, and the public is cautioned against
receiving this imitation gold.