The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-07
BIG GAME.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

How o., 900, 900 OF Surplus Warrant
ON Louisiana, MissfasiPpi, Arkan
sas, Aiabams and Texas were n
have been lssued-The Way II
which the Game was Spoiled.
New Orleans Correspondence N. Y. World.
You have before this date had SOM
tidings Of the gigantic scheme OF for.
gerry which contemplated an issue o
bogus warrants of the State Of Missis
sippi Late revelations have made i
clear that not Mississippi warrants
alone were to be forged. but that there
were to be simultaneously Issued on tn,
States of Alabama. Arkansas, Louisians
and Texas as well, bogus or raised war
rants to the amount of $1,000 600 il
all. The organisation which had thii
plan in hand was most complete. IT.
agents were in every State, including
one in your own city, and by compli.
Gated system of pass words, cipher and
aliases the secrecy OF his work was al.
most impenetrahle. The whole was
finally anesrthed and is now made
public BY the skill of Captain
Bell, acting private secretary tc
the Governor Of Mississippi. Ir
September last Bell was requested by
the Governor to make an investigation
in the matter Of certain forged and raised
warrants OF the State which had beer
offered at the jackson bank, and there.
upon began the search which has ended
in eliminating parties of high socia
standing in this and other cities, and
has reused breeze here that will moi
soon be forgotten. Coming to New
Orleans, Bell. after prolonged inquiry
learned that a qusrtermsster OF the
Cromwell line of steamers had offered
several Oft suspected warrants to a
broker 10 Camp street. Certain facts
led Captain Bell to the belief that 8
citizen Of Jackson, Miss, who hsG
various aliases, and was implicated in
the great Cunningham forgery, you will
remember as occurring in August last
had some hand in this new work, and
he visited Jackson to verify his sus-
picions. Meanwhile a woman, a
known intimate OF the quartermsster
was arrested in Camp street
where she wss endeavoriDg to
dispose OF one of the forged
warrants This woman, az afterwards
appeared. was a mere decoy, deputed tc
blind the search and give to the" ring
some tidings OF it's enemies move.
ments Accordingly she made to Cap.
tain Bell a partial confession Of the
scheme, with just enough truth in it to
make the deception more perfect. Hei
character as q spy was understood from
the beginning, and as she watched she
was herself watched in turn. and thus
-as the unconscious channel Of most
valuable information. The quarter
master was on his way from New York
in the steamer St Louis. The woman
warned him at Quarantine, sixtv miles
below this city. and the Jackson citizen
took him off. And now one scheme
was given up by the conspirstors fol-
another. The woman arranged a
meeting between Captain Bell and the
qnsrtermaster, at which the latter con-
tossed to the contemplated forgery o.
IS, 000,000 aforementioned. and detailed
a process wherein by the use of GER
tain liquid the written portions OF q
warrant for IS were erased and the
blank filed to any desirable
amount The pslimpsest was thus
genuine paper, seal and signatures, and
therefore was a most dangerous for.
gerry. The qusrtermaster asserted thai
some $4,000 of these raised warrants
are prepared. and promised that they
should be forthwith coming. Bell per
mitted him to 60 with the woman to
New York - obtain that amount from
the depository there, and he returned
early in November with $4,000 o
them, alleging that the balance ($40,'
OOO) had been Withdrawn by another
member OF the band and was out of hi
reach. 1t has since heen discovered
that there were in all 100000 Of these
raised warrants and that $50, 900 instead
Of $4,000 was reserved by the forgers
the quartermasters acting Throughout
in concert with them, and choosing the
partial surrender OF the warrants as the
most profitable action under the cir
cumstauces. This, indeed. was con-
tossed by the woman. Concerning the
missing $4,000 Gn reality $4,000,
nothing was heard for time, until a
warrant for $500. rsised from IS. was
offered at q brokers' office in Broad
street, New York, on December 3
Telegrsphing to Jackson to learn tbt
valre Of warrant 1924. the forgery was
at once discovered by the firm, and by
Captain Bell at the latter place. HI
telegraphed to Colonel Whitley. Chic
of the United States Secret Service, Il
arrest the quartsrnss,er. The woman
who fancied herself secure, was alst
arrested here. and most valuable pa
per. which implicate number OF prom
inent citizens found in her possession
An interview with the citizen Of Jack
son was had. ard he learning Of th'
auartermasters capture promised infor
nation which should lead to the die
covery OF the missing $4,000 Thu
promise he did not fulfill, and was ar
rested on the ODD of December. An
other person. . resident OF this city
suspected to be the penman OF the raised
warrants, was also arrested, and th'
two are in jail at jackson to be short,
examined on the charge OF forgery.
tbs New York Herald says that