Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-21
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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE aAzETTE.]
The Raid upon the Counterieiters.

IMc tSa1O upon the COunterleiLerS.
NEW YORK Oct. 2l.-Additional partcu-
lars OF the raid upon counterfeiters IN Tennes-
see and North Carolina have been received. The
crusade was The most extended, strategic and
well directed ever organized and resulted IN the
arrest OF about sixty outlaws, with quite a
number yet to be heard frou. The despera-
docs belong in the main, to the couoterteitng
fraternity, who are banded together by fearful
oaths and deadly ties Known only to themselves
and they have spread broad cast their bogus
issues to such an extent as to vitiate the. gen
uinc circulating medium nearly one. third and
in some instances to we'll nigh bankrupt smaller
merchants and trades people. Alter consulta-
ton at Washington it was Determined to place
the entire matter in the hands of COL Whitley,
Chief of the United States Secret Service
| Corps, by whom, with the assistance of Attor-
ney General Williams, plans we're matured to
entrap and capture the guilty parties. White
| " selected from his corps number Of the most
experienced officers. The Secret Service Off
GERS obtained the confidence of the counter
| feiters and communicated their doings TO the
District Attorney a, Knoxville, Teun., aud
Ashvilc, n g. The officers became aware of
the organization of the counterteiters into dis
| tiuct and separate gangs, all OF them CO operat-
| ing and working together each gang mum bcrlng
! from five To eight members, reckless, dcterm-
| ued and thoroughly armed. Each gang was
| fully aware of the movements OF the others aud
| the communication was such as TO enable them
! to summon all at short notice. Becoming CON-
! muuicative, the counterfeiters told where the
| illicit money was made. 1t came direct from
| Ohio and was in denominations OF fifty cents
| fractional currcucv, ten dollar national bank
| notes, fifty dollar u. S. legal tenders OF the
series Of 500. 1t was transported into IenDes-
| see and North Carolina the same as any other
commodity, by wholesale jobbers and dealers
! with regularity and precision, and supplied to
| customers and friends in sums to suit accord
| ing to the demands of trade. 10 addition 10 the
currency trade there vas also extensive dealings
| in Mexican dollars, which were principally put
! of on travellers and emigranis going 10 Texas
aud the far West This money was manutac-
tured 10 Kentucky The transactions IN both
| kinds Of money were enormous. The criminals
| include men IN every station in life, lawyers,
| doctors, justices OF the peace postmasterS, u.
| S. deputy marshals and numerous merchants.
Sufficient evidence as TO the guilt of the parties
having been obtained to justify action on the
part of the government officers, warrants to the
number of 80 were issued by the United States
District Attorneys in East Tennessee aud West
| North Carolina Expeditions were organized,
mounted, armed aud equipped and startci.
| The territory embraced an area of Us miles
long by 81 broad, The ground in North Caro-
| iua embraced an area Of six hundred square
miles. The programme was admirably carried
out. 1t is estimated that abou, seventy i've
arrests in all will be made.