, 1875-10-27

tho country eYsr Encw, and tho letter Tho mnnt
expert nnRraver In tho ranth of the kontAckers.
Tho caac. which was Under The special superTiB-
lon Of Chief WaslihurtI, Beotns to haso boon
we'll worked, or, what Ia moro probable. vol
"EiYcn Away" The Hcc1ot.Serrico Chiof kttond-
cd TO Tho riaoe of manufacture nt Centrhiia,
wlilc m operative of The Secret Hervlee, with two
incn, Approhended Bon Doyd At Fulton. Oh tic
Miesissirpt Hiver. Tho latter WAS caught at
work, and IN his room was found e2o plate,
4110 plate. and a e1.o0o pla.o al nntlO'sled.
A. CehtraA Tie Ch!of and thsos operau yes cap
tured tin pross and ail The accompany ing mato-
rla bcsldus anyera' PLATES aud IN largo amount OF
bogus money recsutly printed. In tho houso
thor found a man naraed ntadfe1t and bis wifc,
aud tie wifc Of Nelson briggs. briggs end Lis
FARMER. Charley Btadfeit, made their escape
from tho house Just previous to tho arrival Of
WasiIbllrp. and were pursued mlles OH horbo-
back BY Washbutn and two men, and finally
nu1sendored In pioco OF timbor. when they had
! been SHOT At many times. a1lch arc the bare
facts ot capture which Ia, by Ill odda, tho most
important made by tho secrot Service depart
1nent for years, u will be soon by pnsueaf Of
the following sketchea Of The career Of Tho crlm-
iDals: 1olh wore wost known to one or Two OF
| the IL. Louis dosoctiyes md II WAS in tbiB city
;hat briggs cana Ia grief for tue trat tuna In
his oyeutfu cAtaer:
| On tue 7th' Of Mstcll, 1861. John Eagsu, At
present do,nx duty 1T tho Union Depot, was in
| the employ ct tho Eecrot Hervice Department,
mud 1uokea upon as tho most competent man III
| tie Weat. On that day lie atldod to hin roputa-
| ton By aTrcsling Driggs at tho house Of John
nos. on 'ho npsa SIDE Of nSEsan between @
sosnoh Tas found S235 QUO in cou tertelt monoY
on dineront Slate bsuka aud twenty-one full
sets OF plates bosldea pross, inks: and bo,d-
| paper enough to make millions Of dollars were
l fJ,tiT IN In Fan ,thf
compnnlcd by besgt. Frances aud Duck barry,
lad Drugs ntlder arrest, bis l8-fear-od nep!lcw,
fieary Guthrie, aims Hcnty G. lItnry, eutorod
tue i'onso aceon'panied BY yalso which he
"a, G0U ii notes Oh q Cadlz, O., bank, anh $'Gn0
III gold wero found. Materials to "raiso' bills
were a1so found In trunk In tic house. Aa n
re,ust Of this haul, no less ttan tLirty-nine In
dlclrneuts veto found against briggs, and. being
| allowed to plead guilty OH BIngo count, he WAS
| aent to the peptttnt,arv 70 serve out ton.year
term. uia nophow. Guthrie, was also convicted
| mud Sentenced to Six years' imprisonment, but
bcfuro f,ta t,ne had expired Gov. Gamble pat-
| tpncd INN out.
sooi after Drsggs' release from tho Missouri
pen. 10 went to Lon|ntille and sold goods f9ra
! hunted up Boyd. aud In koYonber, lS7i, they
wont 10 Nauyoo. ILL.,, taking up tllelr residence
a. the house Of Louis sleight, "Nc!ec.'' WHO
rom re" & & 70 s sss y s s.. Gys9ss s
weil-to-do merchant controlling almost tho Gil
t,ro trado Of five conutos, and looked upon a.
l'ghly respectable. H. has beou dealing 10
cd torn in the Illinois Popitentary, before #
was rouloyod FROM Alton, for having boen found
with r!a!es in his pohbeastou. Twenty:
tlve o. thirty yoara ago, D'isgs waa connected
Eastern connlcffelters. and hls c.ouloa 10 tue
Wcst laya boon such mon as Louis Hleisht now
dend, Joln Frlsbc, Peto Mccartney. John Yea
| say, Clarlo nsthaHay. Nat hnsey. DR.. Parker,
r.Lt. rhr r1,-f M 1.itI hf
Chief harrington, IL this city, in 1866. In 1856
or 1857, briggs made Ills headquartora ut
siet,opolin H., near Ch!ro, basinE fur partners
Blotght sud Fr1nhle ~la subsequently, moynd to
Nauyoo, where krtsbies brohor was killed lo
an nllercaton Oh boat. Dtigss wa6 tho bust
uess, or moneyel, man OF tue party. Nit,
alias "Doc.or" Parker, WAS another Of the
gang. and he is now aerytug out term IN tho
Easlon Pennsylvania penitenLlary. under the
name Of Edwards. having beDn arrested and
convicted tu PhadetphA last year. During the
Har, paikeE, FTlsoio and 6leiRht we're taken 10
tho Old Capitol Prison, and kept there Tor sono
time.
Ben lloyd. us previously slated, IL Mc engrnvor
of the country. lie WAS arrested at Davenport.
In,. 1T 1858 Or 90, and sent 10 The penltcnsiary
in engraving plates for Jun Vensoy aad CGarlio
atLaHay who Were iu this city. although tho
hathaway fuluily lisod at Fort Madison. Alter
Lis relsabe from tue Iowa penitentiary Boyd
cnn1o to tls city aud operated for Slolght aud
aud married Allie Ackman, tie oldest daughter
Of Airs. john 3. Trout, whoBe husband hAs done
time In tho Michigan peniteutiary. for COULTER
feisiug Of oouree. Doyd's wife. uho was oap-
tured with hor husband At Fulton oa Thursday
uight, IL a astor to Martha Aun Acsn!au.
~ilo is The wife Of re.o htcCErtnoy. tho
great American briber, who believes In paying
well for liberty when in tho custody u n'en VINO
''can be handlcd." 1t was It lie time Of Nc
CaEtney's Arrest By the bhofiH Ut MAttoon, ILL.,
in 1876, Col. Wood then bong Chief Of tic