Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-06
THE C0UNCERFkIrERs.

Examination Before Commissioner Car
dozo-Held for Trial.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock henry Jones
and George Ottawa, of Eyota, were arraigued
before U. 8. Commissioner Cardozo, on q
charge of making and passing counterfeit coins
Of the value of five cents.
Deputy District Attorney Green appeared for
for Henry Jones. Both prisoners plead mot
guilty. to the charge, and on motion of Mr..
Hurd the case against Jones was heard first.
q. 8. Marshal Mol, aren testified to arrssting
George Ottawa at Eyota, and to searching bis
room at the residence of Henry Jones. where
he boarded. A melting pan, plaster paris
mold, and paper containing plaster paris
found on q shelf in the kitchen of the house
were shown and introduced as evidence, as Was
also bag of the bogus pieces found in . trunk
belonging to Jones, near the room occupied by
Ottawa.
A. W. Cressup, deputy sheriff of Olmsted
county, testified to assisting the marshal in the
arrest of Ottawa and the search during which
the above articles were found. He also testified
to arresting Jones at Winona.
Howard e. Bartc, clerk in q drug store at
Eyota, remembered that George Ottawa had
purchased quantity of plaster paris from him
ABOUT month ago.
Edward Il. Derby. butcher. testified that
Ottawa gave him two nickels on February 24th.
Both were bad. (The coins were produced and
introduced al evidence).
James ElIislevy, farmer, testified to receiv-
ing two bogus pieces from Ottawa in change
for q quarter.
J.E. Smith, employed as clerk in a grocery
store, testified to receiving bad nickel from
Mrs. Jones on February 9th. An account book
found on the person of Jones at tho time OF
= g.
tries read showing that Ottawa and Jones COM
menced keeping house together on Nov. 5th,
the agreement being that both should pay
equally the expenses.
Henry Jones, being sworn in his own behalf,
stated that he had known Ottawa since August
last; met him first in a saloon, af.erward board
ed at the same hotel; when he commenced
keeping house Ottawa offered to pay half the
expenses if he could live with him; consulted
his wife and made such arrangements; knew
nothing about the making or passing of cOun-
terfeit coins; had heard the matter talked of in
the stores but did not give it any attention;
seldom visited the top of his house and did not
know what was in the trunk where the bag of
bogus money was found.
Mrs. Jones being sworn testified that the
trunk in which the bag of coin was found had
been open all winter; the trunk stood close by
Ottawa's room; she neither saw or heard Of
tawa making any counterfeit coins in the
house and could not account for the mold and
pan being found on her kitchen shelf; remem-
bered buying spool of cotton of Smith and
gave in payment nickel she had received at
another store.
This closed the testimony, aud the counsel
for the prisoner moved that he be discharged
as there was NO evidence against him to sus-
tain the charge.
Commissioner Cardozo said that although
the evidence was very light, the surrounding
80, oh 20 10 Ha-
ing held for trial. In view of the evidence,
however, he would fix the bail at the small
BIZ m of $500. The examination OF Ottawa was
continued until this morning at 10 o'clock and
Jones being unable to obtain bail the prisoners
were committed to Jail.