Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-30
CAROLINA COUNTERFEITERS.
A Comedy of Errors by q. s. Officials.

Foreman Of a Grand Jury Arrested
People Crazy to Hoard Coin, Coco
or BAD How a Nice Old Gentlemen
has made $4,000.
GREENSBORO, N. G., Oct. %, 1263-Un.
fortunately, for the public good, there hsl
been uncailed for delay and the crosses
Encouragement in effecting the arrests o
the counterfeiters in this State. The origi
nal and careful matured plan determined
upon in general consultation by the Secre
Service corp, al Knoxville-thst of making
general and concerted descent on Mon
day-has been departed from, and the pros
pect now Ia that quite q number of the
counterfeiters will escape. The
United States Marshal here die
not act with the promptness
secrecy, and determination the occa
sion required, though urged to do so by the
Secret Service men in this section, anC
hence the delay and uncertainty about the
arrests. Added to this the deputy marshals
sent to make the arrests were selected from
the very worst material, some of them be-
ing careless, cowsrdly, and of q moral status
that evokes the contempt of all honest men
No action was taken here until Tuesday,
and then only a partial movement was
made. Two squads of deputy marshals
accompanied by Secret Sert ice men, were
dispatched to the counties of Cabarrus and
Rowan, where arrests were made to the
number Of nine, three of whom escaped OF
were lost after their capture. The most
singular of these is the arrest of William
A. Houck, a wealthy man at Salisbury,
where he was at the time foreman of the
Grand Jury at the State Circuit Court
When it was discovered by the State author
tiles that United States Marshal had laid
violent hands on so important civil func
ionsry as
THE FOREMAN OF THE GRAND JURY,
warrant was forthwith issued for the ar
rest OF the Deputy Marshal for contempt
OF court. The latter, with more than ordi-
nary zeal and determination, retained bis
prisoner, notwithstanding, and when
brought into court exhibited as his justi6ca-
ton for arres ing the juryman Uncle Sans
warrant. Upon this the Marshal was re-
leased upon mis- own recognizance, and the
indictment, was brought before United
States Commissioner and bailed in the sum
of $1,000 to appear. Flynn s. Bradshaw
was arrested at bis residenca, five miles
from China Grove depot, in Rowan county,
having on his person two half dollars and
two god dollar counterfeit coins. David
Arnhart, farmer of responsibility, was
captured about fourteen miles from Sails
bury, but while en- route to thot city, gave
the Marshal the slip, too, and was lost.
j. A. Loudrey and @. +. Loadrey, both
tobacco speculatoss aud farmers in Rowan
county, were arrested at their bones, the
former in feel, the latter at his house.
While the former was being conducted to
his houss be requested the innocent
officer to allow him to return TO
the field for his basket. The humane Mar
shal granted the permission; but Loudrey,
failing to appreciate his kindness, vanished
and is gone. On the person and in the
trunk of the remaining Loudrey the officers
found $3.50 il counterfeit gold coins of the
denominations of one, two srd half and
five dollars, and box full of cancelled to-
bacco stamps. He was taken safely to Sails:
bury, where be was bailed in the sum of
$4,000. W. r. Blsckwelder, farmer liV.
ing six miles from Concord Station, on the
North Carolina Railroad, in Calbsrrus
county, was quietly arrested at his resi-.
dence while dining with his family. He
had S. legal tender counterfeit when ar
res'ed. He was also bailed in S., 900. Ed
ward and David Lipe, both farmers in CAL
barrus county, were arrested at their homes,
where quantity of base coin and "queer"
currency vas found. Both were bailed in
$1,000. Joseph Baker, ...-
A NOTORIOUS DEALER IN THE BOGUS CUR
RENCY
and base coin his whole lifetime, was ar
rested in Rowan county and taken to Sails
bury 10 a hotel for the night, from which
he skillfully escaped through a back way.
Squads sent to Rockingham, Wilkes and
Watague counties have not yet returned,
and the success of their mission remains
uncertain. am told there has been an
intense greed among the people in this sec
ton to obtain cola. They make any and
every sacrifice to get hold of it, and then
hide it aud hoard it with the jealousy of
misers. No attention whatever is paid to
the character of the coin, so it is coin, and
it is now believed that immense quantities
of the spurious specie is hid in all sorts of
secret places by the people throughout the
entire section of Western North Carolina.
MORE ARRESTS. -...-
The New York Herald Of the 18th, one
day later than the first report, says that one
of the psrties-Joseph Baker-who escaped
was recaptured. While at large he showed
off one queer s.. The Asheville expedi-
ton had to travel over an area of five hun
dred miles and had not yet reported on the
25th. The Herald says:
A MEEK OLD SINNER.
Among The arrested parties brought in on
that day was Willism r. Black, of Madison,
Rockingham county, and the leader of the
gang known as Blacks. He is about
eiehty.tive years of age, and owns most of
the town in which he lives, his estimated
wealth being about $150,000. Black is re-
ported to have had dealings in the 'queer"
his entire lifetime, and it is supposed it was
by this means he accumulated his present
wealth. 1t is related of him that he never
failed to take back and redeem in genuine
currency any counterfeits which might be
brought back to him. One person who
found himself in possession of a $50 coun-
terfeit bill-he did not know by what
means-went 10 Black and said "Mr. Black,
the $50 bill you gave me few weeks since,
find is counterfeit" Black, putting on
his spectacles, replied, "Excuse me; my
eyesieht is bad; but here is the money for
it," at the same time planking down five
guinea tens. These the individual pocket
ed conscientiously, though he had not re-
ceived counterfeit from Black, knowing
that that person would easily dispose of 1t
in bis "queer" transactions. When arrest
ed be expressed himself as entirely igno-
rant of the charges against bim-knew
nothing about cOunterfeits-and accom-.
panied the Deputy Marshal without q muir
muir.
A POOR Turkish slater of Constantinnnla