, 1874-11-17
How Witnesses We're Ca1olc0, Dribel,
and Threatened,
An Important Capture Of Counterfeit
Plates in Now York,
The Mystery Of Maggie McMahan in
Southern Illinois.
Particulars OF tho Express Hob
berry ut Cincinnati.
The washington Sslfc-fsnrElurJs
TIL; wfLEs OF TIE N1Su-MES.

WAs.i1saroS, q. G., Nov. 1u.-At the opening
II Tho Criminal Court to-day. judge llnmphress
ulercd the Ciork Of tho Police Court ni'a Coi'
Whitley to appear OH "Wednesday noxt to show
nuAo why they should not b punished Tor con-
pmpt in having procured tho arrest OF Hayos
pr perjury, It is stated that on tho FIRST day Of
7ngca' teBtiu,ony q warrant for his arrost for
,erurv waB tnlcn ont, and he was notified oftho
hot in order to f1ightca him Into Keeping back o
par, Ut the truth, toiiHluco Lin to leave towa.
tIayro also aBBcrtg that ho ,sas
oeforY ho had testified, WHO told linn tllat II no
aoutd 70 to New York snd stop at ccrtaiM 10
scl, In sou!d flud thesf purse so's1a,'us ist ,a q
Thousand dollars, a11 :llRt, II no Monio lheu 3 ~
~ Ca,Ata ho would rnciyc s''llflar aim. il,o
sla uccrct-seryico gang were uptlrtng III th9lr
efforta during tic progress OF Tue trfnl
- break dorm tho Testimony for ta'o prose-
eutiou Two Young men were Gro'Ehf y; 1aros uor9
statements, anu tlcy were appfoached, u
charged, by Whitcly's nlcu, who tried to sell
thpsa counterfeit mouor, IN ofucr tlat tnoy
night bo arrested and driven from town, anu
their testimony rendered salo'ess' A'fi"sn
'Saa also
REPEATEDLY TnnEATENED
by dangers Of tho moet Hctjous nature, but as no
WIS posted Ill tho ways Of Liz ctlointes, :o n'a1
bcen permitted to tell all that ho knowB, and
that It is hia purpose, II llo il s1e1 for perjury
to hnyo ali tho facts come ont. Tho additional
facts that l,e has To reycal will bring ~ parties
whu haso heretofore boon only s'shpeeted 81 sou @
nection with tho conspiracy. lilo Is now III nov
Work working UP his casc.
Harrington has given notice That lo will fol-
low Assistant Attorney Goncral Hill III an argu~
ment III lB own dGfnilsc.
WAsu,Savov, Nuv. 1G.-Iho trial OF the al-
legged safc.burelary conzpirators was resumed ut
noon. =,
Jury 1 have al inquiry to make OF you tla
morning. Have my Of yoti Hoon nneWapaper. or
heard anything about what haB tranAprcd in
relation to this case eiuce tho court adjourned
last Friday, either III regard to counsel, Witness
es, Of, Judgo*" All tho jurors answered III tho
ilAe Judgo-"a1r. naiiitr, you will now tako tho
iury out into y comfortable room, until you arc
sent for to bring tLom in. Kocp together, gon-
.letncn."
Turning to tho Ctcrls, tho Judge sald i" n1r.
Middleton has anything tTnnspisea il relation TO
Ibis case snco tho court adjourned last Fri
iay?" -,
,ake the rccognizance, which waa cntcrcu into
by Mr.. Alexander. in the sun, OF 23,o00."
The Judge" What was lo i'll JUL fur? ?"
Tho Cieyh-"I understood it Was for per-
Jury" ....,
1he Judge-"11avo you auy record Of it bo-
tore the court 7"
Tho The cierkz."No, I;- s ssir,j on'y pencil memo
II, nel ~as brought cut ou tlo urler of Judge
CARTIER
Judge" What was he in gail for?"
The Murghal-"I can iiutl nut ut tho jail"
Judge" Go TO tho Jail md yet the commit
nent, and bring it here at ottce. We will taho n
:ecess Tor ten minutes, until tho information
HEiyes."
At tho expiration of tho rcccss tho commit
neut was brought into court hy the Clerk. 1t
sas signed by l.. u. Dawson, Clerk OF tho po-
Ice Court, and charged Hayes with committing
,eEiury in tho case now at isaue+ After 1t waa
cad, tho Judge directed tho Clcrk to ssno q
nit and guhpnna ducis locum to the Clerk OF
hat court, together with tue person swearing
nut tho writ. ant. summon them to appear befoso
his court Oil Wednesday, next, ct o'clock, with
he records Of tllat court, and also 10 show why
hey should not 10 proceeded against for co1s-
Bmpt Of this court.
Judge" "Gentlemen, do you want to arguc
bis case nowt"
Counsel conss,ntcd, and tho Judge directed the
ary to be called in.
1lr. Dayidgo desired to submit prayers for in.
,ructiene III relation to soule potnts Of tho law
lie Judge declined to hear tllem Gt this point it
he cuae, but said tint he would DO 80 ut propcl
inc. Mr.. DasIdgo reserved tho right to cntc7
Mr.. niI then opened the cese to tho Jury tc'
ao prosecution.
important Capture OF CoHn9eFfct
Plates by the Secret SERVICES Is1rctlts.
Special Disuatch to Tie Chicago 7rtbuHc.
New YonH, Nov. 16.-Tho United Stuto'H Sc
lot Service bureau i'll thip city has recently bccl
ugagcd ip eome excclont captures. Tho Wash
.gtop safo- burglary business has given counter
uters confidence. aud holdom las couutcrfei
onoy beeu 90 plentiful in thu West mt Gontll
Gre the operators havp boen pretty quiet. Ill
,ltatious used arc generally 80 excellent tha
~ except tlrst-claas experts Gnu detoc
,o1n. Among these aro counterie
res on tho Traders National Dau
Chicago, which seem to the ayorago cyo t
,as good AZ tho orgnAl. Thoro arc also cour
rfcils on tho Third National Bauk Of Chicago
almost equal plenty. Tho similarity OF a
ltional Bank notcs Of tho sumo aonomluntio
> Il great benefit to tlo conntcrfciter, Us Oil
lta may servo for Impressions of the uotcs q
rious banEa. Tho secret service men bclioYe
rinstauce, that tho two CoHuterfcits abovt
entioMod were rnado from Tho sano plate th
,rd 'Traders' boiDg erasotl nud ''rhird hul
itutod. These aro 80 well done tint probably
k1ority will not he detected TIL tIleyare returnot
gged and worn, to tho Treasury at Washing
ii. Mr. benson. OF tho Secret Service Diy't
q, stated today thnt thay Ind succeeded, witt
tho last three Weeka i'll discovering over sd
in counter{oits, tnostly OH Chicago bnlllss
d chtellyin notes III tho denomination Of i.
d in obtaining and destroying tho p1ntes, MI,
somo iustaucoa, nrrebtlng tho colncrloitnrI
.cao arrehts were usually kept Recrct for til
rpoao Of obta'ninE oonfasalonH fran tho prie
ars which may implicate ot!lors. Mr.. Doiiso
an important witness III the trial ut Anbutt
morrow, Of Tom ballard. captn
al buffalo month ago, aud ii
pst ssfful countcrfoitcr III tho cont1tr
d left for TINT city thiB oyoning. lIo hoIB
1nbor OF pIatos captlrol from ballard. a,no,,
,icl, is ono ony purity finished. which WIS
70 bcen an impression OF tho 10 bill OF Ii
NIX OF Drltia, North Amorca IN Mnntrcu
th which, Billiard boaHtctl isc could have ban
ptcd all Canada. llr, Benson believes nallal
owB, as ho sayB ho does, the secret by wiki
nntericiting can bo forever prevented. II VI
remembered TINT l}allard 0lforc1 tho Ooycr
mt, for his unconditional liberty, to rove
secret
Plle N1yatcry oR Hlng9ip 7lcltlnlanM.
From tho ST. LoHt1 Lenno:saA, .%pp. 10.
lar1loy Mo31allan, small farlaer uoar Il
nlot OF Durkcsyllle, Monroe County, ILL.,,
It now attracting to himself IL largo a1aro
nnt;ou Au vail t1nro i.ln m ,,,u;t{,,o aut,1a,,