Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-03
THE COUNTERFEITERS
The Balance Of the Crowd in North
CarOlina-A Comedy of Errors by
United States Officials.
Foreman Of a Grand Jury Arrested
People Crazy to Heard Coin, Good
OF Bad-HOw q Nice Old Gen.
tleman Made S150,O00.

From the New York Herald.I
GREENSBORO, n. G., October %, 1873.
Unfortunately for the public good, there
has been uncalled-fOr delay and the
grOssest mismanagement in effeeting
the arrests of the eounIerfeiters in this
State The original and carefully ma
tlred plan determined upon in general
consultation by the seeret-service corps
at Knoxville that of making general
and concerted descent on Monday-has
been departed from, and the prospect
now is that quite q number of the cOun-
I terfeiteTs will escape. The United States
marshal here did not act with the
promptness. secresy and determination
| the occasion required, though urged to
| do so by the secret-servlce men IN this
section, and hence the delay and uncer-
/ tainty about the arrests. Added to this,
| the deputy sent 10 make the
arrests were selected from the very worst
material, some of them being careless,
cOwardly, and of q moral status
/ that evOkes the contempt of all honest
men. No action was taken here until
/ Tuesday, and then only partial move
ment was made. Two squads of deputy
marshals, accompanied by secret-service
men, were dispatched to the counties of
Cabarrus and Rowan, where arrests
were made to the number of nine, three
Of whom escaped or 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 authorities that
81 Il 1as,
hands on so important a civil function
airy as
THE FOREMAN OF THE GRAND JURY,
warrant was forthwith issued for the
arrest of the deputy-marshal for con-
tempt of court The latter, with more
than ordinary zeal and determination,
retained his prisoner, notwithstanding,
and when brought into court exhibited as
his justification for arresting the iuryman
Uncle Sans warrant. Upon this the
marshal was released upon his own re-
cognizanee, and the juryman, being
sadly required to make an Indictment,
was brought before a United States COM
missioner anl bailed in the sum of five
thousand dollars to appear. Flynn S.
Bradshaw was arrested at his residence,
five miles from China Grove depot, in
Rowan county, having on his person
two half dollars and one two gold dollar
counterfeit coins. David Arnhart, a
farmer of respectability, was captured
about fourteen miles from Salisbury, but
while en- route to that city gave the mar
shal the slip, too, and was lost. ]. A. |
LOudry ana G. f. LOudrey, both tobacco |
spectators and farmers in Rowan cOun- |
ty, were arrested at their homes, the |
former in the field, the latter at his house. |
While the former was being conducted |
to his house he requested the innocent |
officer to allow him to return to the field |
for his basket. The humane marshal
granted the permission; but LOudrey,
failing to appreciate his kindness, van
ished and Is gone. On the person and
in the trunk of the remaining Loudrey
the officers found two hundred and fifty
dollars in counterfeit gold coins of the
denominations of one, two-and-a-halft
and five dollars, and box full of can
celled tobacco stamps. He was taken
safely to Salisbury, where he was bailed
in the sum of ten thousand dollars. w.
r. Blackwelder, a farmer living six
miles from Concord station, on the
North Carolina railroad, in Calbarrus
county, was quietly arrested at his resi-
dence while dining with his family. He
had five-dollar legal-tender counter
felt when arrested. He was also bailed
in five thousand dollars. Edward and
David Lipe, both farmers in Calbarrus
county, were arrested at their homes,
where a quantity of base coin and
" queern currency was found. Both
were bal ed in five thousand dollars.
Joseph Baker, notorious deal
-, |
and base coin his whole lifetime, was
arrested N Rowan county and taken to
to a hotel for the night, from
which be skillfully escaped through a
back way. Squads sent to Rocking
ham, 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 section
10 obtain coin. They make any
and every sacrifice to get bold
Of it, and then hide it with the
jealousy of misens. No attention is paid
% the character of the coin, so it is coin,
and it is now believed that immense
quantities of the spurious specie is hid in
III sorts Of secret places by the people
the entire section of western
North Carolina.
MORE ARRESTS.
The New York Herald OF the twenty
fifth, one day later than the first re-
)ort, says that one of the parties, Jo-
eph Baker, who escaped, was recap
ured. While at large be showed off
me queer five dollars. The Ashe-
lille expedition had to travel over an
.rea of five hundred miles and had not
ret reported on the twenty-dfth. The
Herald says:
A MEEK OLD SINNER.
Among the arrested parties brought in
N that day was William II. Black, of
Madison, Rockingham county, and the
eader of the gang known as Blacks.
de is about eighty-five years of age,
nd owns most of the town in which
le lives, his estimated wealth being !
bout one hundred and fifty thousand
lollsrs. Black is reported to have had
ealings in the "dueer his entire life
ime, and it was supposed it was by this
means he accumulated his present
wealth. 1t is related of him that
e never failed to take back !
nd redeem in genuine currency
ny cOunterfeits which might J
e brought back to him. One person |
ThO found himself in possession of q
fty-dOllaF counterfeit bill-he did not |
now by what means--went to Black \
nd said, ''Mr. Black, the fifty-dollar
i'll YOU gave me the other day l find is
Black, putting on his !
replied: ''Excuse me; my 9
ye-sight is bad; but here is the money 9
Dr. it." at the same time planking down c
We guinea tens. These the individual t
ocketed conscienciously, though he had s
OF received a counterfeit from Black, Z
moving that that person would easily '
ispOse Of il in his "queer" transactions. 8
When arrested he expressed himself as 5
ntirely ignorant Of the charges against
im-knew nothing about counterfeits {
and accompanied the deputy marshal '
Tithout q murmur. c
A small Fire.
EVANSVILLE, IND, November e !.
row Of four double buildings, belong .
lg to Joseph Stahlhefer, and valued at :
x thousand dollars, were destroyed on :
atUrday; insured for four Thousand five {
undred dollars.
To the Policemen Of Omaha. Il