The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-05
Rald on Couhteitefs.

BY tho telegraph AID through pri.
rate sources we are informed of sou,e
very curious operations Of the United
states Secret Service Corps. 1t is
atatcl that tue uuthuritios have had
'nf1 rmation for more than FIVE months
that there was in East Tennessee,
South Western Virginia, and Vest
ern North Eatol!na un organized
countcrreitiug fraternity, cugnged in
the sale and passing Of bogus green
bucks. The illicit money is said to
have been manufactured in Ohio /
and consisted Of 80 cents fractional
currency; SlO national bank notes !;
and $50 legal tender notes of tho Sc.
les cf 1869. With this spurious
curl cncy the country has been flood e.
cd, until there is comparatively little
legitimate money in circulation. The
detection Of this gigantic swiudle is
claimed by Col. Col. Whitley, Chief
of the Secret Service Bureau, WHO, in
conjunction with Attorney General
Williams, arranged an extensive aud
effective plan for the simultaneous ar
rest OF the guilty parties. as we'll cs
obtaining sufficient amount of evil
dencc against them. TO this end
large fo,cc Of picked men were sent
IN various disguises a. aocur the
suspected regions, gathering inforna.
tlon, and learning the hauntS Of the
gang. In due t,mc, these spies were
Called in aud their reports carefully
examined. 1t is asserted by some Of
the force that very extensive and
we'll organized confederation Of the
cnuntcrIciie.s exists in Western
North C1rolina. The Birchfed gang
operates in Cherokee, Swaine aud
Graham. The Blackburn gang ope-
rates in Mitchell, Yanccy, Wautauga
and Ashe. The 7. G. Black gang
operates in Wilkes. Rockingham and
Rowan. AID the Oscar MoFee gang
IN 1redcll, Cnbarrus and Mecklcus
burg. MeFee is said to have bccu
arrested nearly a year ago OH the
charge Of manufacturing and uttecing
base gold aud silver coiu.
The autholitics having made their
arrangements, dispatched two exrc.
dItions-oue in Tennessee, tho other
in Western North Carolina--each
consisting Of 25 armed and mounted
marshalls, with five days rations,
and number uf guides and pilots
from the secret corps. These cxpedi-
'IoEs c.rri,d warrants for the arrest of
nearly one hundred men, including
lawyers, DOCTORS Justices eff the
Peace, Post Nlastcrs, United States
Deputy Marshals, Prosecuting At.
torncyS, Clerks of Courts, ana nu-
merons merchants and moncycd men.
j: n. Eay, Il prominent lawyer of
NnoHvllie, is among those already
arrested. The Tennessee expedition
WAS very successful in picking up its
victims. --latest reports put the nu NJ
Ger OF arrests at seventy five all of
whom were carried to Knoxville. In
North Carolina, captures arc being
m"de in several counties but We
nave no definite information, except
OF the arre't of Messrs. j ohm Moore and
Wash. B!awley, of IredelI, who, ac
c"r''ng to latest reports were under
guard at Statesvillc. One King, ar
rested with them, had turned States
evidence.
1t IS said that we may look for
sta!tl'ng developments in few days.
we desire that justice should be done
and criminals punished as they de-
serve ! hut with our knowledge of
Tic tricks Of Federal Detectives to
make money ana a reputation for sa-
sacity, We arc by no peans sure that
there is not some rascality at the
bottom Of these extraordinary di<cov-
cries.
LATER.
Daniel Lipc, Ed. Lipe, VIM. Black.
weldcr, were arrested at Concord Oh
Wednesday morning, charged with
counterfeiiing.- Charlotte, Southern
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