The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-26
BOGUS MONEY MEN.
couNrERFEITERs cvTELv CAUGHT.
4 Gang OF Showers Of Tie "Quser" Operating #
this state Neatly Dseoysda and Arrestsd-very ,
bright netsctlve Work Displayed
In Working Up the Cases.

PAnHERsnuGc, December 25.-Your cor
respondent has learned the following adli
tional particulars concerning the arrest 0
the counterfeiters:
Lust week gang OF counterieites wa
placed in JUL here that has long infeste,
this vicinity and flooded the country will
tho queer" The complete story is some
what long, and much OF it reads lik.
fiction. At the soldiers reunion here las
September, two brothers, named Alcorn
from Ritchie county, were arrested ant
jailed by Policeman bartlett and Detective
Hogan, OF this city.
ASSUMED INNOCENCE.
They assumed innocence and said the,
got the queer, some 5000, from Jacob Hash
man, Of Richie county, in payment OF cat.
tie. Deputy Marshals J. B. Gibbons and
J. W. llaggerty arrested Ilashman the
next night ut his residence. They found
u man named Miller there and arrested
him on suspicion. lie slipped the officers
at Ellenboro, which WIS strong evidence
Of his implication, although he had not
been under suspicion.
llashman and the Alcorns had their pre-.
liminary examination before Comtuis.
sioner Powell and were bound over 10
Court.
THE FIRST TRAIL.
Some two months afterward Marshal At
kinson and Deputy Gibbons took boat ut
St. Nlarys for Parkersburg. Miller happen.
ed to be OH board but concealed himself
and run ashore ut the first landing, leaving
trunk on the bout. When the fact yas
learned Gibbons took possession Of the
trunk and found in it some
$3.50 in counterfeit quarters, halves
and dollars. Communication was then
had with 6. B. ferkens chief OF the Pitts.
burgh division Of the secret service, who
came down and by the aid OF decoy de.
tective located his birds. Miller was found
running saw mill in Il ravine back Of
Raven Rock, under the name OF Hamilton,
Jones 4 Co. The partners we're r.. ".
Manion and Peter B. Pagan, who proved
to'be partners in the entire business.
KIN IN ny DECOY.
Fagan was run into the National Hotel,
Of Marietta, Ohio, by the decoy under u
pretcncc Of disposing Of his goods. When
lie struck room No. 10, where the buyers
were, he,was Immediately gobbled by Per.
kins and Gibbons and jaiIed. Peter was
to be married the next night to respect.
able Marietta lady. Miller and Manion
were arrested the next day and iailed.
But this was only u beginning, according
to the plans OF the shrewd decoy. Last
Sunday party OF five started out on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad 10 make further
arrests
FURTHER ARRESTS,
Captain J. r. Sfehin, Chief Of the Park
ersburg Police, was dropped at Ellenboro,
and soon bad in Limbo +. D. Limit, who
had in his possession galvanic battery,
scales and big lot OF tools and material.
Captain J. r.. ELY was dropped ut New
Salem and took in Vim. ieater, and Per.
kins, Gibbons and the decoy took in Jas.
n. Cunningham ten miles back oi
Nlannlngton. There are two others still
at large, but will probably be housed by
the time this reaches you. These arrests
involved a weeks labor night and day.
and some seven hundred miles travel.
The prisoners waived m examination, and
will have Il hearing here in January
PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THE PRISONERS.
Three OF them are old offenders and are
not unused to cross bars for window
shades. Manion, Miller and Pagan spent
four, three and five years respectively in
the Allegheny Peniteutiary, the
first two for counterfeiting and
Pagan ior arson. Nlanion was
formerly a Baptist preacher, and in 1861
represented Wetzel county in the Legisla.
ture. He was also once Prosecuting At
tornep for that county.
General Flick, who will prosecute him,
was member Of the same Legislature. Ii
y the best and biggest haul OF big fish for
the season. 80.