The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-08

wealth considering The slig TEX W ].
The SINAI iamcu 4 or labor performer Y lls
achievement Not eyen Efnhad the eaiol l:.. ~
his most successful voyages, eyer met VIII af
such thrilling adventures as tell 20 se .1s "
these two men. Between 9anu ~ Oc l,ss
stl,es entered the Treasury tb1iiding Dya
back window. and, taking the acuts,. il Toll
the denomination of five dollars up 70 o az
thousand dollars, they placed them On TUG.
press and printed off five millions OF aolists.
irhe bonds were printed on kind OF tn,ss
white paper. with no impression on , LUG
back Of the bills. There WIS no more dl I'LL
culty in printing them than there "oui ua
have been in printing q common pus.lisss
card After dividing the funds, enu ns l..-
ing the g cuts and placing them IN . W..
uroper places. they left the house as Iney
had entered It, going to their resp es y.
nbodes in the highest exhiiaratson, Iof ~
that time Confederate bonds were equlva-
lent to gold and silver, and in some Oh Tue
cotton States commanded premium.
The issue was then being signed oy youbs
ladies. and there was more than hunaleu
so employed. Elan had lady acquaintance
or two i'm this department, and by TINS means
he bad his own aud his partners oonus
signed. after remaining q few DAYS ne a.u
nnc OF the Young ladies went on q Vlsit 10
Lynchburg, little dreaming of the de'ouh'e"s
which was so shortly to follow.
" Napoleon feeiDgsricher tnan MS uame,
sake. took one of the young LADIES' 10 jew
elry store and bought her an outnt OF lew
e,ry, rendering hundred-doilar OH III pa.
meut. for which lie received I'D cfahse
about sixty dollars, mostly IN goia auo
silver. Next door be purchased IN arV
Goods house silk dress and other articles,
and here rendered another hundred-aollar
bill. Late that evening the two merchants
happened to come out on the pavement at
the same time, and one spoke TO the otner
in relation to business affairs. The JeWelry
merchant said times were flush. and tnat ne
batI'received hundred-dollar bill OF the new
currency. The dry goods merchant SAID ne,
too, had taken in one of the same denomlna-
ton. After a short parley, describing the
party that had passed the bills, the dry goods
merchant felt convinced that something was
wrong. He took the bills to the treasury,
and submitted them to the scrutiny OF the
Superintendent, who pronounced them gen.
uine.
But here l must mention the fact that on
the morning after the printing of these
bonds the paper on which they were printed
was missed by the superintendent, and q
notice appeared In the papers stating that
the material was missing but there seemed
to be no suspicion that the money had been
issued
The fact that Elan had so uuceremoniouSly
left bis employment taken in connection with
other developing circumstances aroused sus-
picion. Detectives were employed if posi-
BILE to bring the guilty to punishment: After
using all the facts communicated to them III
furtheriug their object they decided to make
bolder move, and arrested the so-called
Napoleon" He seemed overcome with
tremor as the detectives ard police ap'
preached him. Having many facts OF his
guilt in their possession, they accused him OF
the crime. Trembling, he made full con-
fession, eliminating his partner, and giving
all the facts in detail. He was then NEAR
cerated, and Il dispatch sent to Lynchburg
for the arrest of Elan, who was found in all
the enjoyment that wealth could oestow.
After the arrest of Eiam and his fair COM
panion they were hurriedly taken to Rich
mond, but he alone was imprisoned. No
prosecution was brought against the two
Young ladies, as all seemed satisfied IN get
ting hold Of the principals.
OF the vast amount Of bonds they printed
but small sum fell into the hands of the au-
thoritieS. Only about sixty dollars was found
upon the persons of Elan and the young
lady who accompanied him. Napoleon y
suspected before his arrest that he was
spotted as one of the fraudulent bond-print-
ers, and either secreted or destroyed his por-
ton of this immense issue, as 1t was never
| re, overed.
After short Imprisonment the relatives
and friends of Elan effected plan for his
escape. BY means unknown to the public
he disappeared from the prison, made bis es;
| cape n0rthward, and for years afterwards bis
| whereabouts were unknown. But poor
NAPOLEON" after brief trial, suffered on
the gallcws. ...
a bereayed husband in Ohio has sued the
Cleveland Woman's Medical College for the
valve of bis deceased wife, whom the lady
students in that establishment dissccted too
small for decent interment.
All Look was taken to San Francisco
prison because lie threw vitriol on the gar
mcnts of Choy Choy, who would not listen
to his love-song.
The lemon groves of Corsica are suffering
The frIlIt dries