The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-08
AN IMPORTANT CAPrUM.

A Gang OF Indiana Counterfeiters, After
Months of Waiting and Watching, Cor.
raled and Captured, Though not Without
Desperate Fight.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. l.
On the train arriving here at six O'Clock
tonight gang of showers of counterfeit
money who have been operating in the
southern counties of the State were brought
under the custody of United States Marshal
Foster and Chief Abbott, of the Secret Ser.
vice. The scene of the operations of
this gang has been among the hills
of Pike, Dubois, Warrick and Crawford
Counties, and for more than nine months
two detectives, Henderson and Killain,
have been working with them and planning
for their capture, which was finally so
skillfully and successfully accomplished.
Jimmy Kinder was taken at his home in
Blind Tiger, Warrick County, twenty-five
miles from Evansville. He was arrested
at his house on Wednesday afternoon,
while the others were taken during the
night, the last arrest being made about four
o'clock this morning. The names of the
others are Jesse, Columbus and Joseph
Hanchin, Barney Smithers, Berley Woods,
Philip Taylor and Henry Grossman. These
men have been operating in this section of
country for the last two years, and have
manufactured thousands of dollars of coun-
terfeit coins.
The workshop of the counterfeiters is To-
Gated among the hills below New Albany,
and the man who does most of the work is
a professional criminal, who has served
several terms in the Penitentiary. Hen.
derson got in with the fellows, and under
pretense of obtaining better money in Iowa
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terfeiters to be all in the same locality in or.
der topurchaSe from him when he should re-
turn. Reporting to the authorities an attack
ing party of fourteen was formed, under
General Foster and Chief Abbott, with four
detectives and nine Deputy Marshals.
They were divided into two parties, one of
which started from Boonville, Warrick
County, and the other from Huntings burg,
Dubois County, driving over the country
twenty-four miles and meeting near Hol-
land. The Hanchin boys were at home in
Pikeville, Parke County, and six of the
party, headed by Henderson, invested their
house while the others encamped in the
woods, a half mile distant, so as not to at
tract attention in the little village. Hen
derson went into the house, after agreeing
upon signal to his outside associates. He
remained there for nearly two hours, when
he said he would have to go out and get his
"boodle." The suspicious of the Hanchins
were aroused, and when Henderson started
out one of the boys drew his revolver and
Immediately the firing commenced. The
outsiders rushed in and joined in the battle,
while the camping party, hearing the shots,
hurried forward to the engagement. Joseph
Hanchin was shot through the lungs and left
for dead, while Jesse was shot in the thigh,
but managed to escape. Killain, the detec-
tive, was shot in the wrist, and three or
four others received flesh wounds. The
wounded Hanchin walked four miles to his
mothers house, where he was afterward
arrested. Smithers was arrested in his
home about two miles distant, and Woods,
Taylor and Grossman were taken from
their homes in Stendal, Pike County. Hin
ders, the one first arrested, was left at
Evansville, while the six others were
brought here and lodged in jail. 1t is be-
lieved that Jesse Hanchin will die, his ride
during the night over the hills and his long
railroad trip TO-DAY having had the effect
10 greatly aggravate his wound.
1t was desperate adventure, and the at
lacking party was we'll armed and prepared
for dangerous work. The raid was well
planned and heroically carried out. Hen
derson, the detective, is the one who some
years ago broke up the gang in Upton, in
Howard County.