The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
Captured COUbTERFElTERS.
Arrest OF u Gang Of Makers and
Passcrs Of Spurious Coin.
Sharp, Shrewd and Quick Work by
tho Special Agents Of tho
Government.

Tho special agents of the government who
won't into M isaisaippi At tho beginning ot tho
proaont month for tho purpose of rerretlnR out
i nest 81 conntnrfeitera. supposed 10 ~ located
Ia The ne9bborhood of ckaon. hnvo returned
to this city after Napiut Ing and breaking w
tho most export gang which has fallen or been
dragged into tho clntchss Of tho Inv In years.
The lob wna q Feat ono. and was very skillfully
worked NJ The clue ut first being slight ana thu
trail hard to got on to.
For some time past tho government officers
havs known thst vol executed counterfeita 81
coin from the denomination Of q silver half
dollar to 4 twenty dollar gold piece were IN
circulation ID the interior of Mississippi. and
were Satisfied ironl tho uniform appearance Of
The spurious pieces which came into their DOS
session that thsy were bsing showed by one
gnug and made by one aet Of dIes. but MI n ,rts
To trace the manufacturing failed, hnd failed
10 develop even u clue until the latter part Of
last month. Az that time
MAN WAS CAPTURED
in Alabama just over the line. In he oct OF pass
Ing u counterfeit piece aud confined In jail.
The nnteoedents Of this man were looked into.
and II was fonnh that be hna com from Teyaa
which Htnta ~ left under cir umatnnees which
i'm plinated him III tho ascHpe " Y msrl named
Iiusarll Hollis. who had been confined on a
charge of violating the tnt"rnal reves ne laws.
name of stanley WIS arrasled In araanvllle.
MIsa. for beiug drunk and creating u disu,b-
nnrn md On hla b6ing searched Tor weapons
quantity of e2@ gold pieces wore found on his
The identity Of II ,lIis, or Stanley with the GA
cnped Texrs prisoBer WIZ easlly established.
and the detectives were
ON THE TRIAL.
The cnrear 81 Hollis was traced. md u WINS
found that ho hid boon III the habit VI going
Into Texas and other statea and making eur
cIr cumstnnces were favorable. In counterfeit
money fiis purchaaea ueto nlw va disposed
Of Mt u fair pr'n chiefly In Mississippi, and be
was rapidly max Ing money.
Following him III Il WAS discovered TINT no
had escaped from tho Texas vi hy brihing the
,iIor. hut that previous to his eecare TIL" man
Mississippi. II WINS tenrned after hard work
that this man had vlsen II short time previous
to his arreat u man named Jas. Finn. .esiding
Alter tint. the work of tho dotonlvaa was
eaairr. and ID short tins thoy Raiiefai ihom
selves that Fun mnd" the spurious coin.
Tho nrrest of Finn followed. he h ting taken
into custody on the fifth of tha month.
He was cnptured IN nm ont Of tho way place.
forty niles from Jackson. In tho northeast
corner of Rankin country. on piece nf Itrd "a
which he hni auun,tad originally. but Eukaa
uuantIy pacusea tho ,itla to. Tho officers found
Finn to be-
A MAN EIGHTY YEARS OLD
at east. but ma nrtive and energetic as ono
IL bia house NJ the time of tho unrest WINS HID
VITO " woman about twenty four years Of rye.
ana six children. all OF which no crimed "a Fla
own ind the youngest of which was not quite
three months old. Fian stated to the officers
that tn, woman. his wife. was tho mother Of tho
ak children. but that 1t was but II small portion
Of bta family. ~ he wIs the father Of fifteen
children more by former Wits.
Attor some atnrsa u number 81 dos and u
prras worn discovered conc aled under II lot Of
rubbish In tho ,nra.
FINN has nude u confession and given a state
m.ut OF bia methods OF procaeding. one of
which Ia hy the Of ALLOW TO increase 5000 In
$40 gold ptersHs to $500 III proceaa tn this raa "
waa u punch u III. ~ out If one ofthe coins mi ii
with the alloy and pass Il uhder the die. max
Ing au entirely new impression. and oonceallnR
Tho connection between the tW,, metals.
Finn states further that he has been In the
business for forty tlve years and has worked tho
Htntes Of Kentucky. Alabama. Mississippi aud
Atknnshs. HI connects Hollis with nil Of MA
recsn transactions. aud also Implentas quite
! number ~ other peraona. The man whose
arrest IN Alabama led To tho detection of the
gang WIS n new hand at tho busnese and had
frat called on Finn to get him TO make II snw TO
assist Hollis In cutting his uay ont of tho Texas
jail. and while visiting Finn he was induced to
purchase come Of tho Furious coin.