New-York tribune., 1876-06-30
NOTED COUy7ERFEIrERs CAUGHT


which have been directed for several months to thc
breaking up Of tie extensive countereiting bus ness III
q city have with complete success and have .e-
su ed IN the raEtutc OF an entire gang Of cOuncteItc
inc adlfe of the most dangerous ant experienced
in ti, j. bi.iuess TIE gang has been existence for
jng 'n,. but attedi0n was brst drawn to II Dy thc
food ~ o. he city in Dec inbcr las. with counterfeit
r;vc n, ..otcs-' C Issue bearing the medallion 0i Sec
re- - D. con. detectives arrested one man on
c al 90 @ pa h thee notes. aud with tniS cie"
began thoii ,,Ork. Officers were Stationed III ue
POs-O'icc 10 watch persons calling for letters, aha
he movements OF several known suspected counter
feitcrs were carefully watched In Farch Last the trrt
cn,ntc, II - note on tue Mc.chau,s National Bank OF
NcyIedford n go appeared in the city. II was one o.
the mo-. skiln limitations issued, an! nlnher oi
Ee bills found their through several hahNS peloe
their earac,er was discovered As the fact ot
TIE cuuutcrfcug OF the no,es OF this bank was pun
scd another counterfeit which bore every appearance
of beng printed from the same plate, made Ia appear
anc, n imitation Of the 80 notes IL the Aortampton
Nat mel Bank of northampton, Mass. mi issue was
follow" ~ counterfeit Of precisely TIE same klnd on
the Iiampdon National }aui. OF N"stiell Mas. All OF
these cornierf,its largely circulated. AID number
o. -,ua n deal - were I..cs;cd for passing them
Tho detective raj sliaht cows became con
yin.cd ilat all Of t'cse spurious bills emanaei from Oh"
source "a Ncw-Yorl Brooklyn The search was con
tinred until about tSo mou'.p ago. when the h''n'
quarters Il the gang disco red at small house III
No. - Wi.sou-sL, Broodyn. Tio occupants OF tie
house .erc q r,-D ,ahlc widow LAZY and her four younr
children and some gentlemen lodger-' T1esc lod9S
were the persons whom tic detectives were looking for
They were cAtr,.r'y cautious ord calls %. the door
were ru.worrd Lv per appearing ~ the windows TO
know what war wanted. and II any gained admission
i' was only AFTER lose Glc,tirnng Night aud day the
lc' ciica- watched the place. They wanted TO make
irc ;nat their crnds were in.ic aud AT WORK before
thry n..i, their raid.
Ioy tspn a., the
oHI,cr s.v,n n number sarro ndct 'i' house =. the
dooiS4,s were watched, IuG one man guarded the
,cutic On tn roof D,e.tyc rpJ', Sc known ~ the
slicr,stuI grl.t, ruy" de rctive under secretary
T. -tcvt s'a4 tt .Its,. 10 that the way was clear
for toe ti.nr, ~ tgr oc,rs. rgung tie character
~ a census ,Jlmrga'o.-taMng the school c'isni MI
E.l,k- N't. p,.c', notebooks ana green cotton UNI
br , u DIT hands and klps lemon, kno' a'd at
front doar g.. the house. \ Young woman cEciul y
f...sd uut through u crnck In the .asene II
door ruI urkcd what was wanted. Brooks with
ap.5uI ,u' make inquiries about tic number
lf s,AuII children. &c. a, hr slowly walked DOWN tie
.,cps lhr bascmcrt door opohcI aide 'f.te Ie harw
lees fRor auI the inner door -, trry"n DacN
then oo.s gaze trc prr.Iurc-tcl s".' ''r attack, b.,
throw a irc l,riOr c,e. hs .hou.ac" a. DE ohcers
rl.lcd il a,d up staus while tie supposed cclhus-
tailor. uo l,rg.r hardiy Fn,n- cr'i'.ot the Young
woman E,.l silence witu r.craa-sa tha. enforced
obeaiorce.
The officers gained the ;.ifd floor without alarming
,,. -, 60. I,.,,,t.. T., ono r,,,, hard at WORT WAS
, >, ,.,,,,, ,,b, ,.i. go .>,,u,icn q. " -, .c
=. ,r,.y t, t,,.ir,d .. .un.t o,uert cg..ut, rf.tar
.. ..a United states. Before him large pile of
p " cpnutcg,.' notes on the Csilcon National Bank ot
.w-Yori. uyon which Con- ~l- putting the auisI-
o.. -, ~, ,h. ro,, -, ri. r.,d scal ou tho
80. ,d,oi,i,, r,or, ,,,n fine vires
-, ,,, 'i - fd. worn suro.d potcs
,,...s.,,t,,. raty,au $1,000 and 500 900
I'm n, , of drying portion o. these bill were on tho
C..,.to National ,nl, aud On The c,ianlcr the titles
,i bItul to b bI,,. in v,,n he name OF some other
i,pL. In the email r.pl.ulr srrcc another Inau was
,,,", ~, .., r,ipt.,, ,p r.tl,. lie WIS extremely
lug So, , ,.., 20 answer ,ue.tion. re rave
M ,. . M, ,,. ,f C,,r,.t c,,.tIip, but ne WAS after
., md q, a.. 81. .rr,t,,.r ~ r,oppl,n
.trrh ,g the r3,.u. AID Al the hiIiagplaccs in the
t,,.- -. D.. ,u,,t IN l.,hi the tools OF "A cou.pcta
,,,r,ocIr, # ,nt.l,. c4 After the stock ard mate
i , ,t ,. ili l..,,, .,.grl tl, officer, in prylnc
I'm, ,,I , r,y,il, dno- ill to one of the rooms and
a. s,,,c, b.p,.,tp we've about = dozen ulacs These
,, ... , f;, O. s,,! oo,, trot,. from which the
,,..tf.,I N,r,n,Ip,tn, and Hampd,u bills were
.,,.pt,d t,o af;y..cut fractional currency patc,
,,r, - , ,I,., ror a new count rfeit Oh
b Iirl National rnal, nj Providence and nber plate
Wrapn,d around one of thc plates piece of brown
-, ,u a., ;f.h WA written n tur ticket to IN.
h"' :, :, ,,,,. , t., ., a,,,,,t,r mann,
den' lh7 gave lhe l'''ol''' ''" 10 ''o,r'i "e''.
b.r OF the gang IAr plate Tor the Wcure on tue DICK o
, - ,.,,., , ,-sipy VIr Hr.t issues of this coun-
''' ~ ''''N' ' ''H'
tcr',.t cci'aihed q de.ect al tILi prture-"he oI
the legs II Christopher Columbus had been
u,,,i,,d Av rxue-ts AZ being Tide crooked
"'''''' ~ =. a.,
The mlri'"'e "a ''o "''''"''' ",' '
tuis Plat, hat been seat To the cgrIIrr Ia have ihe
i.. ..,...ii., 4, t,,o f.r. an ,f Tb,u,,s Cou.,nu 4
" - ,,,oI Al, o,,, ,,,,,
small meh,orninn ""oA "H i'hhL on one P'Sc
fttcn In peculiarly black characters wcr' the h-u"s
co- an ,Iot.r page written m :he same mann
'o'' ." "'o'l"' P"-o v" 49, -. ,,l
tn, Wuuls "N..nTi-strecr t"c drt''tN's r'"iio"
,.r -,.,I, f pbu,t, ipltti countrflc.trts aud
'' ,v,, an, ~ ,h, ablcst
mchhci'I George "ll''' JAW "
cnerayers OF counterfeit plates ~ the country
,ud I'm. nah r ot thu plates for Tue