The New York herald., 1876-02-21
CoUNTERFEITERs CAPTURED.
THE LoUoHERr BRornERs AGAIN UNDER AR

THE LoUGHERY BROTHERS AGAIN UNDER AR
REsT-A JEALOUS woMAN's REVENGE.
The counterfeiters OF five cent nickel pieces who rc
Gently escaped from the Raymond Street Jail, Brooklyn,
have been recaptured and are now in their old quar-
ters, The prisoners John and Thomas Loughery,
brothers. both natives of Canada II will be remem-
bered that the Lougherys arrested last summer
for manufacturing nickel five cent coins. which were
of such excellent workmanship that hundreds OF them
passed undetected through the sub-Treasury In New
York. The countereiters were in league with ono
Philip Lewniski and carried the business in stable
on Franklin avenue The machinery seized by United
States Marshal Harlow the time the brothers Lough
cry were arrested was valued $40 o00 and said
that they had put IN circulation about
$780, 900 worth of the spurious coin before they
fell into the clutches of the law. Lewinski
was indicted in conjunction with the Lougherys by
the Grand Jury of the United States Court and In the
early part of December their case was called for trial
before Judge Benedrct. They were defended by Gen.
era Catn for days, during which the for the
prosecution was very strong against the prisoners On
the third day Lewnsk was present. but his associates
in crime had fled On the night of December the
Loughery brothers cut hole through the partition
of the debtors room. in which they kept and
capped. The counsel stated the to the Court but
Judge Benedict ordered that the trial against them
should proceed, and, in event OF their being recap
tured it would only remain for the Court to pass the
sentence OF the law Lewiniski convicted and
fenced TO the Albany Pententiary for term Of Eve
years
Large rewards offered for their capture by the
Sheriff and the Marshal's officers also energetic
in their search Keeper Stinson of the jail engaged
a special detective work the case, and the
panons and friends of the counterfeters who lived in
Brooklyn kept under surveillance 1t finally
ascertalned that the ''wanted' were secreed in
New York. They traced to the 'Mills House."
of Fourth avenue and Twenty seventh street. in
this city Jail Keeper Stinson in company with ofl-
GERS Schultz Cassidy and Evans, went Saturday to
the house, taking with them the prison They
also obtained the assistance of the Twenty first pre-
cinct police They entered the ''Mills House, and
searched the for the fugitives 1t was found
that room No 13 locked the inside and Stin-
son told the proprietor of the house to open
the door. The said there a sick
person in that and 1t would not do to disturb
him. Stinson raped three times the door and the
bar was removed cautiously by those the inside In
a moment the officers from the jail the other
side OF the threshold and confronted the Loughreys.
John hid behind the door in his nghtdress while
Thomas covered up his head with quilt in the bed.
''The Jig is up now, exclaimed John, and he shook
! hands with his captors. The two men then dressed
themselves and quietly accompanied their captors to
the van. They then taken TO the prison in
| Brooklyn, where they placed cell No. J.
/ rather damp apartment the lower tier
They attribute their capture TO a woman with whom
John had been intimate but eventually discarded and
thereby excited her Jealousy, The Lougherys say that
when they escaped they walked from the Jail TO the
Fulton ferry through the side streets in company with
some who had aided them 10 get out. They laugh
the Wanted vigilance Of the police and say that they
have been out walking openly the streets of New
York every night since they lett Brooklyn They
sidered the crowded city far more available as hiding
place than the country where all strangers become OBJ
ecs of attention and curiosity They Will be arTaigned
for sentence / day two.