The New York herald., 1875-12-02
INFLATIONIsTS ON TRIAL.

Yesterday the trial or the makers OF counterfeit five
cent nickel coin John and Thomas Loughery and
Philip Lewinsk whose case was called in the United
States Circuit Court Judge Benedict presiding, on
Tuesday, was resumed Considerable difficulty ex-
pericnced in completing the jury, owing to the fact
that the had been widely published The case
was opened for United States by Assistant District
Attorney Hoxie, who reviewed the facts in
detail reported in the HERALD OF yester-
day. Ex- United States Assistant District Attor-
ney John J. Allen appeared for Philip Lewinskl
and General Isaac Catn, for the Loughery brothers
The first witness called was August Taubert the die
sinker who was arrested but released by the United
States Commissioner last summer, whose testimony is
mainly relied upon for the conviction Of the prisoners
Taupert VINO tediously examined through in
terpreter testified that he resided at No 4S2 Sacket
street. Brooklyn since last October sixty years
age engraver Of metal by trade and had been IN
America since 1867 left his native land because he
out OF work. first met John Loughery in July 1873
when he answered advertisement which appeared
in the New York Staats Zettan9 for engravcr
to make metal badges; a young German
called the witness the day after the advertisement
appeared and asked him whether he the man who
replied TO the advertisements the German called the
day following again and brought with him John
Loughery; conversation was then held through the
German whom the witness does not know with Lough-
cry upon the subject making five and cent pieces
General Catln objected to the admission OF the
yersatiop with Loughery By the witness as 1t might
not have been correctly interpreted. Loughery could
not understand German. The Court overruled the
exception. witness sald on resuming, that the Ger
man sad they had been associated a long time and
had met with losses and that they intended 70
manufacture hve-cent and One-oent pieces;
during the conversation he was asked what salary
he wanted and ne SAID SIS week as they spoke Of
having long job; the next day the Lougherys came
and took HIM 70 New York TO look at some machinery
in Elm street; they bought nothing then, however; at
thar time witness got 81 from them 10 buy small
articles there several visits made to New York;
he then commenced TO make engravers' tools with
which he made single letters Tor coin from pattern
given 10 him by Mr.. Loughery; these tools
make impressions on one cent and dvecent pieces;
last time Al his place in sackett street
when he brought him his salary; did NOT
Loughery again till June, 1874; witness said bis
work fell in periods for the Loughery's from July
1873 september Of the same year; next from June
20 1874 I'll the time he was arrested; the last time
Loughcry called him al No 90 SacSett street. Lew
inski accompanied him. and said s'Now they were TO
20 on with the work the hvecent pieccs;n witness
said he hesated for little, as he had not been paid
his salary regularly Lewinski SAID they would pay
him well and be gave him $50; he then worked for the
Defendants and took the necessary methods to make
the mint stamps made stamps for ve-cent pieces while
the onecen pieces we're set aside; he made the dies
upon steel for the purpose Of making the coin;
the stamps when done were given % Loughery; these
dies given 70 MIR. Loughery 1T was the usual i've
cent piece he made the dies just as he told and
Just as pear as he could copy from June 20 to Sep.
tember u 1874 be worked at this business; he was
paid for his work at times by Lewinski and Loughery
alternately: September, 1874, these Two men told
him they had rented house on Lexington Ovenue and
he could live there rent free; be insisted however
upon their deducting sl2 per month Tor rent John
Loughery wife, and brother Thomas also lived
there; he lived there till May last and those i've
cent pieces in the shop in Marcy avenue; there was
a round lathing machine in which the nckels we're
made; he moved from there TO No 245 FLOYD
street. where Lewinski paid the FIRST months rent;
this last move May l. 1876 while living in FLOYD
street he working IN the Marcy avenue shop;
the turning lathe was then kept 10 Lexington avenue
about one house from hfs dwelling, IN the rear while
their employ he made from four 70 Eve pair Of these
hve-cent stamps
Counsel for the defence here objected to the trial OF
the Indictment Upon the ground that testimony relating
20 the genuine coin irrelevant, the Indictment
charges them with 'forgng and counereitine forged
and counterfeit con.n The Court noted the objection
Exception was also taken by defence on the ground
that the number of coin counterieted stated in
the Indictment
Witness examined specimen Of the bogus coin on
both sides and identified them his own work. be-
fore going live IN Floyd street he had made stamps
OF the daJe Of 1875 for the prisoners
The Court Al -four o'clock, adjourned tn noon to-day