Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-09-26


victim of her own weakness and error.
From the Philadelphia Press, Sept. Ill
The Coiner's Room.
NICKELs IN THE MoULD-oLD COUNTER
FEITERs CAUGHT RED HANDED-''Is IT
YOU, JIM ?" - HUNTED DOWN AND
Gagged.
On Saturday last telegram was re-
ceived at New York, from Col. Whit
ly, Chief of the Secret Service Division
| Headquarters at Washington and was
placed in the hands of two of the most
trustworthy and skillful officers in that
branch of the executive government.
The telegram stated briefly that the
Philadelphia money market was being
heavily flooded with counterfeit
NICKEL FIVE CENT PIECES,
and the perpetrators of the crime were
to be sought out and convicted. The
two officers repaired to our city at once
and began the piping" or watching
process. The trail, under the eyes of
these ferrets of crime, was soon struck,
and an old offender, well known to the
officers, the community and the govern
ment, rose to the surface
VIM. Grower, known COunteTfeiter
Of fifteen years practice, about three
months out of our penitentiary, where
he was put for two years along with
five others in the celebrated beer stamp
case, was seen the day after the officers
arrived Sunday to go into house No.
1929 Market street, where, it was sub
seQuently learned, an associate by the
name Of Lewis Harker had a room. The
mornings and OutgOings of Grower
and Harkey were closely watched, and
at o'clock yesterday afternoon the
brace of beauties issued forth with an
unknown COmrade, and passed quietly
but not more quietly or more WatChful-
" than the velvet footed and lynX-eyed
0fficers-up to the dark and dangerous
lurking places of crime and debauChery,
around
JUMPER AND RACE STREETS.
The two entered a narrow three story
house, No. 215 Juniper street, and the
keenness Of the government representa-
tives soon discovered the locality Of the
coiner's room to be in the third story
rear. facing an alley The game being
fairly earthed, it needed but the posses
sion of a warrant for the arrest OF VIM.
Grower. John Raymond, John Doe and
Richard Roe and the Deputy United
States Marshal to make the springs hold.
Commissioner Phillips granted the first
about o'clock yesterday afternoon on
the oath of one Of the detectives, and
DEPUTY Marshal Samuel Caldwell served
for the last requisite.
As darkness came on and the three
officers occupied respective stands at the
different points in the vicinity, faint
rI0w shOnp through the buff-coI0rod I'm
en- shade that hid the occupants or that
third story back room from view. Three
shadows fitted to and fro, and every
now and then the ruddy light flashed
ND and then darkencd down. The steady
GLOW. to the experienced eyes that were
fixed upOn that window, told OF large
fire in the rOOm-the intermittent flashes
and the shadows on the curtain told or
red hot metal being poured from cruel
bic. into mOlds. and figures were those
of men at the c0unterfeiteTs trade.
About s o'clock the time had arrived
when being fairly at work, the descent
could not be barren of C0nYlctIVe evil
dence. Leaving the marshal at ne rear
and passing around to the front the two
government detectives walked up to The
door. where the woman OF the house
was sitting on the steps. {" What DO you
want. gentlemen?" elected no reply bnt
that which might be drawn from the
quick action of going up the stairs, three
step at time Noislessly they approach
ed the door of the back room in the
third story and raped. \ heavy form
leaned up against the door on the INSIDE
and a voice trcmulous with emotion
caused by the unconscious excitement OF
the coming capture. whispered,
IS THAT Yor. JIM?
The Jim" who was outside this time
braced himself against his brother Off
Ger and crashed his StalWart shoulder
against the door The unexpected blow
was too much for the unprppared bar
ricr on the inside and the door flew open.
thrusting the chief cOincr back gasping
upon the bed The ready pistol in the
hand of the official silenCed him, and
the black Jack in the grasp of the other
detective, backed with the threat, IF
YOU say a word or move a hand TIL par
alive YOU" soon brought the the other
fellow to terms. The third man had
gone out for beer while the officers were
at the rear Of the building consulting as
to their mode of entrance. Returning
while the detectives were up stairs in
the act of making the arrest, and sus-
pecting that something was wrong by
the scared look of the landladv. he in
CURED. ''What is the matter?' and the
reply that two men had gone mp stairs,
made him drop the pitcher Of beer he
was carrying and run.
Meanwhile, although the fear Of the
billy and pistol was upon them, the
countcrfeiters made bold attempt to
escape by the back window, but tie
pointed barrel Of the six shooter in the
hands of the United States marshal in
the alley at the rear and the words.
"c0ME OFT AND Ill PULL,
deferred them. Grower yielded at once,
and Said
Its no use - you have evidence
enough; I'll go quietly" And so they
did.