National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-01
LATE ARRESTS or COUNTER
FEITERS,
THE FULL PARTICULARS OF THEIT

THE FULL PARTICULARS OF THEIR
CAPTURE.
The arrival in town, last evening, Of Mr.. Chas.
E. Anchisi, OF the secret service division Of the
Treasury Department, bringing with him the
complete evidences of important arrests lately
made In the Southwest, permits the printing Of
the following facts obtained from the acting chief
Of the division, Mr.. S. P. Benson, to whom Mr..
AnchiSi has ofhcially reported:
First, it is proper enough to say that Mr.. An
chfsi is Justly indignant at the unWarrantable
and ignorant illusions in late copy Of the Bati-
more Sun to these arrests. He says that what
ever other detective oficers may or may not have
done in the way Of putting up jobs" that the re-
ports Of district attorneys, In whose heldsh he has
operated, and the records Of the division, show
that he has no need to put up any Job IN order to
secure the confidence OF the solicitor for the fact
is that he was one Of the frst Of Col. MhitteY's
Mr.. Benson, and that the number Of counterfeit
ers now serving their sentences in the peniten-
tiary, arrested at his instance, the only ones
who would or could approve the course Of the
Baltimore Sun in this matter.
However, all this has little to do with the
record Of facts to be made. Within the last two
months Mr.. Solicitor Wilson has received com
plants from North Carolina and West Virginia
that q great amount Of spurious fifty-cent cur
rency was in circulation, and that it was skill
fully dOctored by solution Of coffee and glycer
inc. The Solicitor soon determined from other
evidence he had that gang was not only sperat-
ing in the States mentioned, but in Tennessee
and Kentucky. 1t was at this point that Mr.
Benson assigned the acute nelder Anchisi to
work up the case. Proceeding on his mission
De Witt @. GhOrmley was first arrested in CherO.
kee county, N. q. On his person he had large
amount of fractional ffty-cent currency ready
for distribution. This arrest was Immediately
followed by that OF John o. HigginbOttom, Sam
uel Gibson, David LOYeler and ]. b. Digger,
United States postmaster at Stump Knott, Tenn.
After these the arrest Of Lee Baker Of West Viz
ginia.
/ These names embraced nearly the entire gang.
On the person OF Baker two express receipts were
found One was for q box shipped per Adams
express to Tennessee; another one to Harry Go
forth, Lynchburg, Va; thence to Thomas Go
forth, Bristol, Va, and thence to Charles Il.
G0forth, Louisville, Ky. Having by this means
the clue well in hand, Anchisi arrived in Louis
vile on the morning OF the 2Sth Of September,
press office to the last address. Just as the box
was found in Louisville 1t was brought to Wash
ington last night.
1t contained two thousand one hundred fifty
cent fractional currency pieces finished on one
side. Nine hundred and siXty-fOur hfLy-cent
fractional currency pieces, ready for use. Six
hundred and eighty dollars in tWenty-dOllar
cent counterfeit silver coin. Twenty pieces two
and-a-half counterfeit gold coin. One diverse
htty-cent steel plate with Stanton head. One re-
verse ffty-cent steel plate Treasury scroll. -Four
steel plates, unfinished. Eleven pieces of engrav-
ing tools. The plates were carefully Waxed over
in order to preserve them.
1t is presumed that this gang have recently put
in circulation q large amount Of counterfeit
money and It is believed that the arrests effected
under the direction of Mr.. Benson have wholly
broken up the operation of this new gang. Mr.
Solicitor Wilson has much reason to congratulate
himself upon the effectiveness of this blow given
to Illicit monetary operations in the Southwest.