Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-27


ARREST OF DAVID RLINN-HE rUEN- SgArE's
EVIDENCE AND duplicates ALL soRrs or
People.
our town, SAYS the Canton Mis- Mail nj
Saturday, wss in a lively state oil estitemeut
at Monday, on account OF the arrest q Davtf
Finn, who nov comes 10 light H. the 4 ng II the
counterieiters. lie has been living foG the pas
TX years IN Rankin county, near RatrIti"s
Ferry, ard IL known o. many OF the citizens o.
Canton. We had two hours conversation witt
the old man, ana hts story sounds N" re liks g
romance than anything We ever hcas l. lie b.
eighty I'VE years Old, but would readily PAS, tor
SiNty-nve or seventy has keen, penetrating
bsack eve, ana although unable 10 read is "a
remarkably Well-inforned man. especially o.
al things relative % chemistry. Although he D.
sele 10 counterfeit gold coin in a manner whi-a
absolutely cehes detection. sithOugl ne ha-
been in the business forty yesrs AMI las %.
the owner OF hundreds Of thousands Ui dollar.
he II now and has been Tor SIX wears b.
extreme poverty. lie declares thai he "a.
not tor years passed any counterfeit mon.
but that he has been in the lower
an extensive clan, which extends tr,rr
Georgia TO TeNss, many OF whom he D. .-
never seen, but for whom he has been ~ wOI Is
He says that he tauchtth art OF counterfeit z
10 Beecham, Cradick, BlantOn. Mullins, Ora
tree, and Ditchie, men who became famous .l
the art, and have eNpiated their offences us
weary years OF Imprisonment. he tells how p
supplied confederate officers with an abundAnr.
OF the I" queer" which they received aud passeJ.
knowing AZ 10 be counterfeit, aud. a. he IA.
turned states evidence, he makes no hesitanc.
in disclosing names, which will create a stu
after while. He saws that even ministers ~
the Gospel have rafiicke in the queer
knowing IL 20 be such. This chxrge seemed -
sweeping thatve asked and obtained permisE iou
10 publish the names; Their names are jon,
BrtscOe and Thompson, al of Morgan County,
Alabama. be made clear confession, giVirg
the names OF nearly 100 OF the clan, an ID.
course the detectives made good use OF the 2
graph. At WinOna a man by the name OF ti.s-
son, with his four daughters. have been ar
rested, and alsO Columbus Finn and HezekiAh
Walker. This man Walker a. well known IN
this county as Cow Walker. He was oyerscer
for Mr.. Brit Pritchard for ten wears
and so arranged the business that nearly al
Of Mr. Pritchsrd's COWS were in Walkers
mark, hence the name OF Cow Wa.ker. lie
also lived two years with Kicks Weatherby.
Two nephews Of the old man are still az large,
in Louisiana, and have n complete set OF dies OF
one, two and 4 half, i've and Gen denominations.
All these dies were made by the Oil man Finn,
and sold for sis. All q sse prisoners were nudrT
the charge OF q, Wiley Wells, United states
district attorney fOT the northern district OF
Mississippi, and j. IL. Pierce, United States
marshal. These gentlemen, aided by A hIst-
class corps Of detectives, have been on the
track Of these oounterfeiteTe FOR six months,
and flushed the whole beyy. kiug'sud all, by
little botch-wOTk Of Columbus linn, son Of the
king. These gentleman gave " much iniorma-
tion in reference 70 the whereabouts OF larse
number OF the clan, but it would be imprudeut
20 publish the facts until they are IN the
clutches OF the law. NeSsrs Wells and Pierce
deserve much credit FOR the manner IN which
they have conducted this business. They think
that about IS O10 OF this counterfeit money Is In
circulation in Mississippi, mostly i'm so pieces,
and the public are cautioned against receiving
this Imitation gold.