Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-17
WACO.
COnnterieiters Arrested-A Queer Stcry
Told by One of the Gang Con-
yiciion of Fred Davis.

! NN'Ah'NA -NiANiN iNHNtu u 0sNNi SUI
Told by One of the Gaug-Cou-
yiction of Fred Davis.
Special 20 the Gazette
Waco, December lG.-J. NJ. VALE
and j. $. McLendon, both OF MeXia
arrived in this city yesterday. Tn,
former il n detective and the latter .
deputy sheriff of Limestone county
! They kept shady during the day
| but few who were in their secre
/ know that they were here for The
| purpose of uncarthing gang o.
counterleitcrs, who, for several week.
past have been making their head
quarters near The little town OF MOODY.
in the western part of this county,
Late yesterday evening these Officers
were provided by United States
commissioner Finks with capiases
for the arrest of three
men, and at midnight last night they
bngge,l one of the Trio, answering to
NE name of Tom Lock. At s o'clocl,
TINS morning they found second, J.
NJ. Campbell, ard these two were
lodged in jail. Then it trnnspired
that The third man had left Waco on n
missouri Pacific freight train, going
,T"tti "O ~. u'iock ms morning.
w amer ana Mciendon left Lock and
,ah'pneii III the Waco jail, and Mt 10
y. ln started southwark in pursuit of
tlle thifd counterieiter who was
Known 10 be on the iTcight train as it
passed l;oreha. 1t seems that the
gang had been operating in quiet
way Tor several months. They first
!ocaIed NJ San Antonio, where they
iried heir hand ut turning out metals.
Rut tliS dld not succeed we'll, and
they moved 10 inns county, stopping
near moody. In their latter retreat
1ueS hsuhfth 10 something higher than
: nickel ana simulated the standard
'i!Ver collar. When captured Loci;
ma CAM bell each had several of
'iese spurious coins in their pockets.
80 lar as known they did not attempt
% pass any o. the counterfeit coins |
iere' The lhree men came ~ Waco |
rom Moohy yesterday, for the pur-
'osc, presumably. of working |
~ tnelr Stock of 1.-The queer.n |
detective Waller, through sources of |
information Which are for the present |
'ept private, learned Of the COntempla- |
en- lrlp 10 Waco and was here ready |
0 Dag the game. Lock and Campheil |
we're seen ~ tie Jail to-day by YOUR
Both are young men, NOT
ad looking, but not overly intelligent
,,ock declined TO shy anything but !
,ampbeli talked freely. He lived i'm
waco up TIA few months ago, and
as Rinio!ks here who are highly re-
pectable people. He was first onl-
l.oyed at the BRACES mills. in iiost
Waco, and afterwards cninloyed IA n
lrt OF subordinate clerk, by the Waco
ational bank. He tells n quser
DRY OF his connection with the
acksoI, chief of n detective agency in
an Antonio, to shadow the gam and
II into their secrets. In the nccorn.
lishmcnt of this duty.hc saws he ioin.
himself into heir r, contkIdien IN,
nd WAS soon recognized as a comrode
g says he kept the san Antonio dc,
Give posted, sent him SAMPLES of Tho
money, and had nine dnI.
snacked IL a box to express To .Jaok- {
II tn.lay. He saws the detective vii /
'riiy tins statement, and seems c,n. 1
lent he will get out Of the scrane Tha !
70 viii no doubt have n hearin~ &
fore United states Comm;s ,II,tmg /
nks tomorrow. Campbell saws Mi
c dies and material used In niould'
Z the spurious dollars nre hid away,
,ar Moody. The mutation ' u "may
ry bungling one, and could not h" a
ssed on person of ordina to' ne
ption save in the dark In siyso per,
.iSnt II was u counterpart of The ran- =
ne uoiiaf, on, The face of the coin
u give 1t away every time. .,
ms mas been u cool, but II delight :"
~ clear and bncing day, drawine =
Iaree congregations to all the city y
lrches. :,
,enitentiary Agent Frame left for - -
' y, this morning, carrying a
aver, captured here THURSDAY -
,ht., -,
red Davis, the young man who en- ~ ~
~ me room of lwo young ladies in ~
! M io,.a ~ ~, hotel, was last night W