The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-30
WESTERN COUNTERFEITERs.

Omcers mt Cfnctnnatf-Thirteen Noto-
rious Wholesale Dealers and Manutac-
turers or the s.Queer'' In Custody-Their
History, Antecedents, sc.
CINCINNATI, May 90, 1874.
More than four months OF incessant labor in this
locality upon the part OF officers OF the United
States Secret Service acting under direction OF
Colonel II. c. Whitley. eliminated at an early hour
this morning in the arrest OF thirteen OF the most
expert counerieters outside the walls of the peni-
Tertiary.
As early as nine O'Clock on Thursday night war
rants OF arres. furnished the officers Tor these
parties, and by three O'Clock this morning they
were So ely lodged In jail. They gave their names
as John Mills, Bill Gordon, G. c. Berkeley. Antoine
Devota. Jake Devota (alias Italian jack, James
Earle John Mcclellan, Joe Miller alias Jim Ritten-
hoase,, Jim Seymour, G. Hoplekampe, Freak
Kreutznger, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mre. Jennie
Twitchell.
All the above named parties were banded to.
Retner ana composed an organization with head-
quarters at Cincinnati, through the agency OF
which the West and Southwestern States were
flooded with spurious issues OF the national cur
rency. They are IN the main old offenders.
John Mills was arrested In Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1871, Tor dealing in counterfeit money and sent
TO the Penitentary or twelve months. He is the
sOn-in-iaw OF Nine. Roberts, VINO has been several
times arrested ior dealing IN bogus money and
female count ereiter OF the period. HIS brother,
Bill Mills is now serving TOUR years. term I'M
prisOnment In the OHIO Penitenuary as counter
ieiter, and is also a sonnaw OF Nine. Roberts,
John Mcclellan Is an expert forge, and is one OF
the very few men who can initiate Mr.. Treasurer
Spinner's signature to perfection. He is an old
offender, having dealt IN counterfeit money Tor
twenty years past. He resided on the ONO River,
near It's mouth, ana up to this morning had man.
aged TO evade the officers.
Joe Miller, alias Jim kittenhouse. is wholesale
md ttfoe of hnfsn 10
ope ateu for long time and success.u Ily in the
Eastern states. but suddenly disappeared. and the
oncers lost all trace OF nm untll they commenced
their labOrs In the West when they found hlm to
be one OF the heaviest dealers theie.
Mrs. Jennie rwitcnel was the keeper OF an inlam-
GUS zen IN this city which was the resort VI lewd
women and OF counterfeiters burglars and thieves.
She was known 10 the .'queersmen" as "the
banker-tnat IL, as confidential party to receive
the counterfeit money in large sums and hold it
until 1t was disposed OF to the small dealers She
was also q whoiesa e dealer herself
Mrs. Mary Brown Is probably one OF the most
successful female dealers IN counterfeit money in
tins county She Is the rs. q B BOYD
CITY, with Tom Ballard. the engraver, and Is the
Vile OF William Brown, ST., now serving term OF
Imprisonment llor counteriettlng IN the New Jer-
Bill Gordon has already done three terms Of
service In the ONO Fenitentary for the crime OF
oounterie,ting; he having last been sent there In
1871. He IL q wholesale dealer, and had boasted
's he IS
last IN the meshes ana the evidence Is said to be
complete.
James Earle was waiter in one OF the Cncin-
natl restaurants. a position WHICH afforded him an
excellent opportunity tor passing bogus fifty cent
stamps but wncn he improved once 100 often.
HOpIekampe aud Kreutzinger are German lager
beer saloon keepers; they were also wholesale
dealers in counterfeit money, aud their saloons
were the resort Of counterieiters and thieves.
Antoine and Jake Deyota arrogated to them
selves the right to furnish their Italian friends
with the queer and managed to dispose OF
large quantity OF it, but were un OF tunate enough
to number one OF Colonel Whltey's ''ltaliausr
among their Gus toners and came to grief.
q. g. Berkeley and Jim seymour were small
dealers, but were rapidly attaining not0fiety ami
charging their business when their plans were
spoiled by the Officers.
Many OF the above parties were surprised in
their beds; some at Jennie Twtcheli's, where they
were having car0usal, and others at an Italian
lodging house, There was some little resistance
shown, but IN the main they submitted peaceably.
TDis raid iorms ss1iiel 70 the one organized by
Colonel Whitley in october last IN the States oil
North Carolina and Tennessee. and full account
OF which was published exclusively In the HERALD
at that time.
That raid was more important In numbers than
this elghty-tw0 persons being then arrested, but
was not nearly so important as to the class OF
men, as they were. with but lew exceptions, small
dealers, and OF the class who pass the bogus
| money. The men arrested here this morning are
manly wholesale dealers and manufacturers. 10
tGem the smaller dealers come from all parts " the
West and southwest to obtain their SUPPLIES and
pied, II not entirely suppressed the tra1c in COun.
ter.eit money in this locality, tor the present at
least. The of11cers have started down the river,
armed with warrants OF arrest for several other
parties, but up to the present no tdlngS Of their
operations have come to hand.