Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-20
FAT FIND.
Further Disclosures in the
Case Against The Coun-
terfeiters.
Their Den Unearthed and Start
ling Discoveries Made.
Dies, Material and q Large Lot Of
Bogus Coin Recovered.
The Extent to Which the Bust.
ness Has Been Carried On.
Now the ooney Was Manufactured
In keokuk and the Country
Flooded with Il.

w men the Two COuut0FI6lLerD, L ous
cy and Reiter were run in" on Thurs-
day afternoon, the authorities were
convinced that there was more In the
case than had been brought to light.
So they kept 1T work and yesterday
morning Deputy q. s. Marshal Root
secured the assistance of Marshal
Hardin and Officer Mayhem and pro-
ceeded to search the premises at No.
4, in the brick row on Main near the
levee, which the men made their
headquarters. When they we're there
the day previous, the woman. who is
Tancy's wife, told them that Reiter
slept down stairs and that there was
nothing ON the second floor. This
time, however, they concluded to
look for themselves. They went up
stairs, instituted . search aud upon
removing the tin cap from An OPEN
ing into the flue and reaching in they
fished out
TWO TIN CANS
which were found to be partly filled
with counterfeit coin. Of this guam
tity ell5, mostly halves, had been
cast but was in an unfinished condi-
ton. The edges we're rough and the
coin of . greenish color. The process
of smoothing of the edges and giving
it the proper color is done by means
Of . galvanic battery which the OFF,
GERS were unable to find. In add
ton to the above sum there were ten
trade dollars and ten halves which
had been polished and were ready to
be Showed" making in oil 1927 in
coney coin.
Continuing their search the off,
GERS succeeded In unoarthing nearly
A COMPLETE KIT
for manufacturing the spurious mon
ey. Emptying out . sack Of flour
they found secreted therein . portion
of bar. Of nickel 40 it come from the
mines, and two bars Of timers solder.
these two articles melted and run to-
gether constituted the material they
used. dying down into . sack of
potatoes they brought up two cruci-
bles, used in melting the metal and
pouring 1t into the dies.
Repairing to the privy they discov-
cred hid away among the rafters .
number of old plaster Of paris dies,
which had been used and then shaved
off. Taking up the floor they found
several others secreted in the walls OF
the vault. All these articles taken to-
gether formed . complete outfit ex-
cept the battery and the new dies
which were not to be found. In the
coal box up stairs where they did the
the work were scraps Of the metal
which they had thrown out of the
crucibles. After tie officers were
there on Thursday the woman had
evidently made an effort to secrete
everything, and while she managed it
pretty well she did not succeed in get
them beyond tho prying eyes and
fingers of the officers.
After the traps had been collected
together
was taken into custody. She plead
piteously for herself and two children
"a boy and . girl-and insisted that
she did not know anything about It,
except that Reiter and her husband
were at work at something up stairs.
Her husband was fisherman and
followed that business, but Reiter had
got him into this. She had warned
him that he would get into trouble If
he didn't quit it. They would FREE
quently give her children . piece of
money to buy bread with, and when
they returned with the bead and the
change they would give them. nick
ell.
BY this means large quantity Of
the counterfeit coin had been put In
circulation in this city. 1t has been
passed at nearly all the saloons In the
vicinity of No. 4, as we'll rs at various
other places about town. After the
disclosures were made known, parties
came in from the other end Of Main
street with specimens Of the coin.
The woman and her children were
taken to the 'boose aud locked up.
and upon being searched . roll of
greenbacks containing $28 WAS found
In the bosom of her dress.
There is
ANOTHER WOMAN
In the case whose arrest has also been
secured. She Is the vito of Reiter,
who is at the head Of the gang. She
left here Thursday morning, going
west, taking with her quantity of
the coney, which the two men had
worked all night to get ready for her.
Gate City.