The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-08-15
nss~overy or nm Arrempt 90 Per
.-.e~ a Gigantic Fraud.

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petrase "A Gigantic Fraud.
on last sat6rbay an attempt at the most
a,gantlc fraud that was ever perpetrated in
mis- state was nipped % the bud. The cir
cpu,starees are these About q week ago
the state authorities were notified by detec-
tives in New York City 10 look out for
certain box that wopfd be shipped by sx 3
press from that city To this place lew
DAYS since a telegram was fecetveh sfaiing
that Il had been shipped, and 20 WHIST adj
dress. also stating fts contents. The box
was addressed to VIM Cartwright. care OF
7 +. Cunningham. The last name person.
age had been enquiring anxiously tor The
box AT the express office for several days
prior 10 its arrival sClnst Saturday m0rning.e
This is tlIe same Cunningham who figured
recentIysin the Districn Radical coIfv enttoii,
and made. hitusflf notoriousin Meridian lilft
fall. He was imported into the State about
the time that Ames raked the slums OF New
Orleans, Memphis, and other cities, 'iof
iudoes of election for this State. Cunning
ham at that time was a State detective
Cartwright has not been heard from, ifthere
be such person. ar4h aataA
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Tpon Investigation, the box was found 60
contain two large books of blank State
warrants exactly like those issued from the
Auditors Office very fine State Seal, and o
steel autograph of II. Musgrove, so much
like his proper signature tlrat Mr.. Musgrove
testified that he would not have been able
to distinguish it from his genuine signature.
Besides these there were brushes ink, and
in fact all tile appliances necessary TO run
see ond Auditors Office at short notice, and
il would not have been long before the
State would have been Hooded wish coun-
terfeit warrants, SO perfect that they could
not have been distinguished from the gem
uine.
A WHILE.
The State authorities, however, by the
premature arrest of Cunningham, have
made complete fizzle; though the whole
thing clearly shows that there must be a
number involved in this attempt at fraud,
they have only caught one, and that one in
the opinion of every body only tho striker
for the big villains, and he can only be pun
ished for having the articles in his possess
sion. We have been informed that GEN
Junkerman, the Bully Boys private secre-
tary, and contingent fund wood chopper,
managed the whole affair." and deserves all
the credit for the fizzle. The question
which is generally asked is, whether it was
ignorance that caused the fizzle, or a fear
that too many of the pets of the Radical
party would be implicated ii thorough in-'
vestigation was undergone. ggo
Iaa THE TRIAL. telr.u II
The case underwent an investigation be-
fore his Honor Mayor Smith, and, CHnnipg-
ham was placed under a $4,000 bond, which
he was unable to give. On the trial, &. ;.
Swami, the notorious perpetratOr of the
election and other frauds in Newton county,
aud who is under indictment for forging
Newton County Warrants. with Cunning
ham as security, testified that he and Gun
ningham lived together, aud that he had
loaned Cunningham 500 TO employ counsel.
The prisoner is to be brought before Judge
Tarbeu this morning upon awrit of IIabeas
Corpus. Judge G. L. Potter and Capt. VIM.
F. Fitzgerald, attorneys for the defense, and
Hon. a. Il. Johnston aud Capt. Frank John-
ston, tor the State.