Daily globe., 1879-04-10
THE JARRETT GANG.
Tho Wabashaw County Counterfeiters'
Mint Discovered and Capture of Tools

Tho Wabashaw County Counterfeiters'
Mint Discovered and Capture of Tools
Made.
From time to time, the GLOBE has made
mention of 'counterfeiting'' and Counterfeit
ers," added to, now and then, by information,
as to the prevalence of the former and the
great number of the latter, by United States
Marshal McLaren. Occasionally this kind of
news has been given immediate intense interest
by the capture of gang or some one in the act
of s'shoving the queer" Most important among
all the recent captures by Major McIlrath,
special agent, was that of the Jarett-Adams
gang at Zumbro Falls, on February the 9th.
1t will be remembered that the account ran
duly celebrated by dance at the small village
of Zumbro Falls, in Wabashaw county. Among
the guests were Sheldon and Fremont Jarrett
and Edwin q. Adams. They took in the
festal affair with HILARIOUS zeal and good
spirit. The trio were free with the drinks and
which received the highest appreciation of the
crowd, (which every time stepped up and said
they'd take sugar in their'n. Every treat was
paid for cash down, and the Jarretts were in
high favor. As the night wore away and morn
ing appeared the Jarretts and Adams left
the merry making, after stirrup-cup all round
for luck. Next day the wearied saloon keep
ers got to counting over the profits arising
from the patriotic exhibitions of the day be-
fore. Everybody found they had goodly
store of counterfeit COIN. Every quarter and
half dollar of the spurious mouey was traced
to the Jarrett crowd. Headquarters in the
custom house here were notified of the trans
action. Major McIlrath went out and affected
the capture of the Jarretts and Adams in
shanty, which they had erected on the edge
| of pinery, where they were seemingly en-
gagged in cutting timber. They were brought
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| this has been related before, but is worthy of
repetition as a preface of what is to follow
! At the time the capture of the boys was
made, no find of utensils, ETC., was made.
| Some few coins only were discovered on the per
| sons of the captives. From that time until
on the cottage by the wood. Then the whole
shauty and surroundings, heretofore well
Frozen were overhauled. The labor paid for
the trouble. A whole lot of dies. moulds
metal and other machinery of the business
was un sarthed. This evidence is pretty con
elusive that Jarrett Bros, q Co
business. All the evidence of thu
business were brought to the city, yesterday
and consigned to the custody of the proper
federal official to be produced at the trial OF
the gang next June.
mitment for counterfeiting: has created M
little excitement and considerable rumpus il
Zumbro Falls. Thomas Jarrett, the ;fathe OF
the boys, resides in that vicinity
He has made himself business for his SON
welfare since their incarceration in the jai
hi re. Returning home he began series o
prosecutions against all the saloon keepers fo
selling liquor to minors-his son, Fremont, on
of the captives being minor. His motiv
\ soon developed. He would have the partie
arrested, as all were witnesses against his boy
; in the counterfeiting case, and then attempt
q compromise with them. He promised to drc
the case against them if they would ''go easy
!. with his sons when they were brought to trla
man named Schroeder, whom he had a
= = rested, divulged the old mans scheme. It
: pretty confidently believed by the authoriti
: that this one gang isn't the only one operati1
j | in WahashaW county.