, 1873-08-10

tic AbuG1lC0 or fG1lGbt 1OF homo Dt!lCF ElRIby-
nla1, performs the last sud o1lcaa of tho Church.
LIBERTY Or DEATH.
Young. tho 1l0noy-Orilcr Counterfeit"
CT, Jumps from Il Train ttlid Esctape*
--Intcrcsaimx SIxctcfl OF n tscIl1sIElkil-
bio CnTcers
John W. Young, fornerly clork in tho |
Monoy-Orler Department In tho poat-Ofl]co |
in ths city, was arroatol last week |
at Boston, N1asa., for countorfoiting money |
orders and drawing money Oil tho sauo. A |
fow days ago, U. II. IIawloy, Special Agent Of tho
Post Office Department, loft for Boston to bring
tho mali to this city to DO tried for counterfeit
ing and forgery, md should have arrived night
botoro laat on tho Michigan Southern train, aud
quito numbor Of tho formor acquaintancos of
Young were nsso1nblod ut the depot to
got . glimpse at tho reeeally oflicial;;
Agent, Mr., Hawloy, stopped of tho platform,
having In his charge Youlg'B vito and cano.
But whoro was Yonng.2 Judging by uawleys
faco, everyone jumped at tho conclusion that
quircd whnt was the. matter, but Mr.. Hawloy
was dumb IS al oyster. whilo no information
could bo gathered from tho railroad officials or
passe9geTs -. Yesterday m9rning, l however It
liovo lows 10 ia3 H' tho tho eholors morbus, and
thoroupon MI. uawley allowed him to retire to
a TIN o of
the train alightiug on hiH feet, and mado for tho
woods. Tho srain was travelling twenty miles mn
hour. As tho prisoner ronlainod ut tho water
closet rathcr a long timo, Mc. Hnwloy suspected
something wrong aud forced tho door, when he
found, to his sorrow and surprise, that tho bird
had flown. The train WAS Immediately stopped
md the Special Agent and the railroad oillc!als
Htartod In pursuit, but as ho Ind gained too
much Roadway, thoy wore compelled to return
minus tho prisoner
Tho Boston Journal gives tho following ntor-
osting account Of Young's llfo:
1Ie first appears In history Of tho insurgents
in Cuba, with prico sot upon hlH head but with
this hanging over oyer him ho lad ntorview with
He wna, other before ator this in tho army Of Max
inillan In Mexico. Aftorwnrd hc WIS, at ono tine
% mant %during the War Of the Robeliion, in which
he says he We taken prisoner BY tho robols, ana
n hts trunk, ysrfy tIe afst 1,rt Of hia story Mss
e b. ss R 9, f nos 1ns or es9nt sS Int
presided at Congressional Convention: For these
ss5ees a9n Macarthur got M him elerkship Il na tue
where ho appears to hayc at laid hs p1ans for
1as9g n
the te5is q G4saso b4t 10 doesyoi his fa5era:iaw
aforo they found ont hie poverty: He neither drank
gamble, but discharged from the office on
young lady employed in the Office, Inviting her to
a matucc.
prepaeons ~ ar may
procuring dies md atalnps, and conies Of "ad-
ehassd ss aNovptyS prlntins prsss and E Toni Of
type corresponding with those uso in printing money
s Ii fGa d
business Of co'interfoug nnd forgng money orders.
ohsaso hes
] aas e ssssS e. so s5 ss i sg Gsa
h mental uotel 0f the thrty-four who applied before
Monday noon xGnns % sngagc1 ono d JaMcs "a a.; nraS
Of poverty. Ho had interesting family, ont Of
o employment, and just tic man to ba made too
vas publishing paper al Wauleaha, wis md wanci
- man to tnho charge Of tho mechanical department
:. owner In tho Cedar IMMORAL Springs. Burke Jusnrct
Mt the chauco Of earning $50 week, md Young
!. tosns for monOy orers ind letters ot aiyce. In
wsn no attempted to to ,tr s,rko tsa them or III
nss fo"n '0 ond 10 IN aD' GnH aa oS oc
proprietor of which neither know nor carrd What ua
To o Rs On
Ios-omee 1noney-order blanks, which ho delivered t
Gn IT, SE then his ow y
NJ as Arcola, ILL.,, snd started out to usc his capital.
Tho suthorlttes Q, tho roatoacc Department. wer
Ono Of tho parties 10 whom burke applied to lay
ss ps p9ss s1sfs ssssat' iSs a: ali "
~ Young I'D meanwhile isit Chicago proIasng
poor Dn1Eo had Of any irrcgn1sry was tho apreaas
rIo ade trss ] and fu confession, and % ss si slo
cd to 60 ut largo upon hiB own recognizaneo. Youn
w.t. to Ase' e Ss Ssh sS sas't noa tss viii Geas
j" 3uly 3, ana two days l9tor went to 1ndta1
% oress TssG & rs fsS he opsas
tho cash It was found aftosward that before going
M oan %hsh Ss not
a. SO each Il M!wauheo and two for so each at Rank
On the 7h Of July ho presented six $50 orders
been advised by telegraph to look out anl capture
nan answern to h!s lcssrption but they sowe
It. Now York and Albany, md finally Springfield. whe
ill eyrnpstoa Of number Of the leading citizens, VT
induced tho managers Of the Connecticut River Eai
'e 1ie had not eou ihare two days boioro ool Ic
Postmaster s Springfield. arreselhir on tho atrong
% seu tho sos IL %;.hsos SieaEo as sna ss
y, aad while sIeciai Agent 0aap., q tho noste
aud escort hln to Chicago tor tral. Tho abaon
ialers authorizing them to rcmoyo tio prisoner fro
IT. Gounty Jail, brought before Judge Lowell upon
L. tlon Of lnahtnMus proscntoI by Distrct-Atorllt
Bangor and order granted fur tho grlnoyal Of il
1t' acuuBcl from Massachusetts.
-, Among otllor thuga IN bis trunk wero lot OF bal
~ checks, which wore partly filled out-two fur $l,2
each, two drawn thu farkcr Savings Dank Of Park
Landing, pa., In favor Of J.J. canlpbol and sigu.
By Peter Grace, ono signed A1Hrshal Bros. l. Co.."
la!tsbur9h, Is, for $23 .25, and others which were
Allied up Tho trunk also contained several paaslor
III Spanish commission Issued to John ". YOU.
= aaa deacon Of church in Wisconsin, and policy
insurance upon tho firm buildings Of tho father-inla
0f Young to the amount Of $4,000, which ara b
oyel to 10 forgeriea. Among the clothing in Il
trunk was r3chly-cmbroilered military coat, whi