The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-01
The Arrest Of Scarborough and Others
on The Charge of Passing Counter.
feit Mnnav


The Arrest Of Scarborough and Others
ON The Charge of Passing Counter.
felt Money.
From the Cleveland Herald Of yesterday. ] -rr
For some time gang oI unusually ex-
pert and accomplished Swindlers have in.
tested the vicinity Of steubenville, Jefier.
son county, ropipg in a large number of
the natives" and successfully eluding
arrest.
The brains OF the gang were coucen.
tratedin the leader, John Mcdonnell, a
noted manufacturer ol cnunterleit money,
and his companions, three in number
named respectively John Lyons alias
Logan alias Boyd, George Brown and
JnO Scarborough, although talented rogues,
were completely under his direction, and
leadership. Their plan Of operationsiwas
both novel and ingenius. After finding
man not Over.burdened with brains but
possessed of sufficient cunning 10 be
likely TO jump at q chance OF defrauding
his neighbOrs with counterfeit money,
one ol their number would offer 10 sell
him q quantity for twenty-five cents on
the dollar. II he considered the proposal
tAVorably he would be taken to some &C.
cluded place where the counterfeit would
be given him for the stipulated sum. As
soon as the bargain was closed and the
victim was about TO depart, . pretended
United States Deputy Marshal would
rush into the room and arrest the
whole party on Q charge of handling
counterieit money. One Of the swindlers,
pretending to be terribly frightened,
would offer TO compound the matter, and
the victim, trembling with real terror,
would hasten to take the opportunity to
make compromise, v hich is speedily ei.
fected, and he is allowed TO depart with
empty pockets, and in most intensely
disgusted frame Of mind. As the victim
was not usually Of high standing in society,
he seldom or never made known his
losses, being well aware that he would
meet with little sympathy and no redress.
The game above described had been
going on ior considerable period, when
1t was efeciually put an end 10 by the ar.
rest on Monday last OF the ringleader,
which was followed by the capture Of the
others. 'i sIg.5.t .l.T .5sFa1' ~
Mr., L. B Whitney, Of the United States
secret service, has been working up the
case for some time, and on Monday he
went downto steubenville, accompanied
by DR.. n. B. Prentice, United States
Marshal and Deputy Marshal Odell. Nc.
Donald, the chief Of the gang, was soon
found and seduced into one OF the rooms
OF the hotel, where he was quietly put
under arrest, and locked up, no one being
allowed TO have any communication with
him, as 1t was thought that perhaps the
entire gang could be caught. This proved
to be true, for Lyons was found on board a
train on his way from Wheeling, West
Virginia, and the two knsves werc put in
irons and broSght to this city by Dr..
Prentice. As the remaining Two were
supposed to be in Wheeling, Whitney and
Odell started for that city, where they
soon brought down their game. Odell ar.
rived with Brown on Tuesday night, and
| Whitney came on Wednesday with Scar
brough. All four were taken before Com.
missioner White and held 10 bail. Nc.
Donald's bail was fixed at $4,000 and
that OF his companions at 5000. Their
preliminary examination will be held be.
fore the Commissioner on August 18th
and 18Th, They are now lodged at the
county jail, and take their imprisonment
with Characteristic coolness. Mcdonald
was visited by his wife on Wednesday
She Is oil lady. like and refined appearance
and takes his capture calmly, as one
of the sllght drawbacks incident to his
line oI business. Scarborough seems "a
have been but little connected with The
gang, and Is apparently much less hard
ened than his companions, who are old al
their trade. He was employed as freight
conductor on the Baltimore s. Ohio Rail-
road. The othels had no other means o.
support than that described above, and
will probably be given an opportunity tc
learn some more honest II less profitable
trade in the penitentiary. 4r ,.s5