The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-19

cd Win tuWhrus, MS LneS were Dotu IN .
the same business. Barger then stated
that he would bring edwards around and
introduce him that evening, and accord
ing to his promise did 50, stating at the
time Of the introduction That they need
have no tears, as sll parties concerned
were al right. A proposition Was made
to give Edwaris Sl5 Tor the SlUO note,
to which ne agreed, aid al ! o'clock
in the evening he lett the Lingamsn
house for Benwood, where be had left
the money, to secure it, and returned
with it about three hours later
THE DEAL" WAS MADE.
Edwards receiving the price agreed upon
for the counterfeit bill. The transaction
having been com pleted, the CONVEX
sstion turnai On other subjects, Gur-
ing nlch Edwards informed the Ie-
tective that be had passed large
number OF spurious so bills in Wheeling,
on the bank OF Richmond, Ind, ms
iority of which he disposed OF IN gamb-
ling saloons, and that sporting men were
greatly puzzled to know by whom they
were issued. Leaving Edwards and
Barger, the detective then went 10
Marion county TO visit James 2. Free
land. He arrived there on the l4th OF
December, 1876, and another trip to
Cincinnati was proposed, ard Freeland
sent his son TO the house o! Jeremiah
Wilson, for whom Freelsnd WAS to buy
u quantity OF
COUNTERFEIT MONEY,
for funds to make the purchase. Wilson
did not have the collateral, but
agreed to meet t. osrty at
Cincinnati on the l9 g same
month. Freeland and owi ~ reached
there on the 18th, and at the app" tied
time along came wilson. But : ~ H.
agreement arose between them by Free
lands failure TO make good cartain prom.
ises, and he disappeared on the night o!
Wilson's arrival. With hls disappear
ance, Wilson began 10 look about tor
himself, and succeeded in finding party
with whom he had seen Freelsnd make
IDEAL" some time previous. Negotiations
were commenced Tor quantity o..
the money, and. on the I'D OF
December 1876, Wilson purchased
1915 for $40, and SwIheart Sl3O ut the
same rates. The latter gentlemsn i'm
mediately turned over the $3.50 pur-
chased by him to the chief OF thu On
cInnati district, and informed him OF the
IDEAL" made, after which he and Wilson
returned to West Virginia, where
WILSON WAS ARRESTED.
Soon after the arrest and conviction Of
Wilson, followed the arrest OF Man
ion, Witscl, StTosnider, Freelsnd
and Edwards, all members OF
the gang, the two latter Of
whom were only yesterday found
guilty by the United States District court.
During their trial strenuous efforts were
made TO lmpcach the character Of
Detective Swiheart; and q. +. Cook,
Nathaniel Jones, Spencer NJ. Hadley,
Hiram Hadley, James Troy and Francis
Barger swore fesrtuly hard TO break
down ms evidence. But how miserabIy
failed their efforts Is shown by the tact
that ons of their number was
ARRESTED AFTER GIVING IN HIS EvI-
DEECR
for the same otferse which he mai been
swearing so hard to clear Edwards, and
we have reliable Information that the
others absve mentioned have not their
skirts clear of the very grave
charge of being implicated IN the
matter, although there is no. sufficient
evidence to push the matter at present.
Gen Golf l. also deserving OF no small
amount o praise and credit for the man
ner in which he conducted the prosecu
ton of the case, and but for whose Ell
ergv the countertelters might possibly
have escaped the vengeance OF the
law and still be at large to Issue
additional quantities OF spurious money
Freelard is supp sed to be the chief O.
the gang, y. he admitted to Detective
SwihearL that ne had been in the bust
ness for upwards OF thirty year, and At
one time mad left Cnciurstl with $l7,-
500 in counterfeit moneyin his possession.
His assertions are also confirmed by the
fact tnat he is acquainted with all the
noted counterteitcrs IL the Western
! States.