Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-31
EAST TENNESSEE COUNTER
FEITERS.

Proceedings I'm the Commissioners
CONTRIBUTIONS Tricks Exposed
Liberal Discounting Done Down in
ga CeIlar-Cheap Mexican Dollars
| Four Bound Over-Others to be ES'
axuined.
We condense from the Knoxville Press
and Herald of Oct. 20 the following in re-
| gard to the captured counterfeiters:
Yesterday Jimes N. Ray, ESQ.,, and G.
w. Weaver, beth CT Knoxville, waived an
examination on the charge of uttering coun-
terfeit money, and gave bond for their ap-
pearance TO answer before the adjourned
term of the Federal Court. Hugh Harper
and John III. Sawyers were examined be-
fore Commissioner Aiken.
In the case of Hugh Harper, who is sa-
loon keeper on Asylum street, Knoxville, 1t
was testified that detective Bauer-who was
in charge Of the detectives in East Tennes-
see-haying bis suspicious alb 1ut Harper,
sent detective Dyer to "ieel him." Having
learned that Harper was in the business,
Bauer then called, ingratiated himself with
Harper, and asked him If he could let him
have any Of the "queer." Being answered
affirmatively, trade for 5000 of the
counterfeit ha dollars, at 60 centsIon the
dollar, was agreed on. Harper, it was tes-
tilted, said he paid SO cents for the money,
and wanted, naturally, to make little
profit. Harper took detective Bauer out Of
the saloon and into the cellar, and by the
aid of lighted candle, counted out seventy
three of the ffty-cent fractional currency,
and received $21.90 in good money from
Bauer for it. All this happened on the 25th
OF April last. This was The sum of detec-
tive Bauer's testimony. Commissioner
Aiken then bound Harper over in $1,000 to
answer at the Federal Court.
In the case of John M. Sawyers, it was
testified that he had sold to the detectives
at different times, Mexican silver dollars and
fifty cent fractional currency, all counter
felt. In the first sale, two of the Mexican
dollars were disposed of for seventy.fve
cents each. At another time, seven of the
Mexican dollars were sold for sixty ceuts
each. Sixteen Of the fifty cent fractional |
currency brought fifty cents on the dollar. |
The last sale was declared to have been |
made on the night preceding his arrest.
The Commissioner bound Sawyers over in
S., 900 to answer at the next term of the
Federal Court. The prisoner is a hotel
keeper at RuLledge and Deputy United |
States Marshal.
To-day, the Commissioner expects to |
hear preliminary examinations in the cases
Of A. A. Snodderly, Nicholas Sharp, J. j.
Sellers, Joel L. Myers, R. G. Sharp and j.
A. Wilson, all of Union county. The evi- !
1ence against some of these, it is under |
stood, will be very strong.
The arrested parties in East Tennessee |
are to have their photographs taken TO |
adorn the criminal galleries of the various |
police Offices of the Union. This Is done |
n conformity with the rules of the Secret |
Service, one of which requires that officers |
n charge of districts will, as far as possible,
procure photographs of all criminals ar
ested by them, or in their respective dis
riots, for any offence against the United |
states, and will forward the same to head
quarters.