Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-12-19
CRIME AND ROMANCE.
Daring OF Dan Brown, the Son
of Old Jimmy Brown. the
Ohio Countcrfeitcr.
The Means lie Employed 10 Conceal
and Perfect Ills Plans, aad the
Men He uacd.
(Chicago Times, Nov. 2o,b ;,

Issish Rynders, former marshal Of the
United States, Of New YORK, writes Den
yer correspondent of The Cleveland Leader,
OF the life and times Of James Brown, who
who lived on and owned an island IN the
Cuyahega river, at Akron, aud there nc
cnmulated a large fortune by making
counterfeit United States bank notes, and
the place, too, where all the great counter
feiters oil the west most did ccngregate,
away back in 1888, aud 30 on down TO ls45
we take up The history OF his son, Dam
iel Brown, alias Daniel West, who followed
In his fathers footsteps and continued his
criminal business. and whose life and
deatl, constitute a romance in crime thu,
far exceeds the stories Of Mrs. Southworth
or any Of the red covered novels Of this or
past dayA
Daniel Brown was the Oldest son OF old
James Brown, and when first saw him,
in ls45. was about 90 or % years of age,
and Was nearly six feet high, very spare.
dressed with exceeding neatness in black
in the style Of young clergyman, with
white nectie, and the whitest and mosl
beautiful hands ever saw on \ man.
Large blue eyes. a voluptuons month, and
teeth like pearls, he was altogether ono OF
those striking persons whom every observ-
ing man would stop, stare ut, turn aronn,l,
and say, "Who is this splendid Young fel.
low? What is he?" Thi. appearances Of
Ills was the more Impressive on me because
,..., T., ,I,. N, 81.
IL. .,., tr"n, p.r.n., n'' : NIX
~ ,r dn,L oo,i wi,t.n s,-,,,. w., "oI ~ ,o.o o.
,,nS.r ,,sc,i;,r ,;,cn,,s,a -. ,,''; " ;iI o i..
,i.vni,n.1 ers wa cin.a III. ." ~
In. ~, ill.,. ,..s, ao -, '''' VI
nmr;ng Tho octoi,.r ,.r,s ,.t uo Ir,,;,.J
G, .,s. ,,;r.,,;, co,,, -, n.,r,;, IA H.,
Iohn M,Isan IN ,is v.ar 1910 Iw.. =,
G1n;,.J S,sIs. a;.,r;o, s,,o.,as ,,,,;ssJ
,h., ~, ;v.,i,a ,orL.r. ,t O.h,., ,,,,.
ns,r VIA, w.. known n. ,Ls 0atiand co..
,.,,. ,,Lar. d.mu,, T.;,.a So"
sh nj ,hsn lived and t.ni Nh =, .,vsrn co,,n.
,.rf.;, currsncv cons;st;na Of ILL.,, h,if
I,i,,r. ,rJ r;.r,ar. Iii n,.1. Ill. -
nsar,nce ,nd war. 6ns,v .y.on,aJ on;
were c;rculaied freely ali over ,L.i rsoion
Indssd INV ;nt.rm .n, told ~. a,h,, ,I,.v
were ;u., a. o,,,d 10 oenn;n. c,;r mn on :.
wnnIj s,ec, nh. ,l;e:,rsnc.,0 a., d...
after mi, by The Pontiac railroad , yerv
l., roe ,;src. mr. ,uncbeon wI;c,, h,J oncs
c,n n,,;neJ crockerv c.n,a m n.,r,,;, f,r
sL;nn,en, h, The lake to W.lIsviIis a., ,hs
,,ou,h of ,h. Oh;o c,,.I o,, ~. OI,;o
R;vsr vi, Cl.vsI,nI con.;a,a,I ~ D,n;aI
W., AID soma o,e el,o IT, ,nIo,d;,n :,
=, G.,rIor W;,I;.m,s Ill, a.. ,;.a
.,,r,oI a. ;f Tho d.,;l 4, Z, ,I lii 4
over and over un,,I \, had na.rlr crn,hsJ 4
ths mon who we're h,ndl;ng /, .,d fr;nh-
,sn,J hon, out nf ,hs;r VT. T.L;ns Z.
J.n,,, n,,r.haI I want ,o III i,oL on.nod
tha L.,d of The hnoe t;srcs ~ ,,,nnhaon
found ,hsr.;n . snIer,l;J .c.av mra.. 10,
cm,,;nr .,amn;np and sveda;nv co;n IL.
I.v.- some tsn fee, LONG and ;n, r,on.a h, n.
Iits cannon h,jls 6,,.S nm - a,,,,.r al -,
The lever and vei,L,no al, hnnd,sJ
| Mound, ..cl T, wss 90 n..,aJ =, ,i. y, -
liza, vben n was ,olIeJ mn ~ III. osm,ar -,
.r, v;,v Tho horrsl would s,ar, nt Iii ~,
Sn,;i Z ss.nsd 70 no nron.,,,sJ h. ~ " W.
=, vst.r,ou. evil sn;r;, mr. n,.,o a.
;,nar ia. A'"' y" '"e
We found alan scr,ns af c,,;, ,rfr;.h.a
III. ms,,I nIa,e. fr,,n, ,,,;oI, L., .a.a u.s.,
n comnlete 40, of co;rer'. Tools ri hs,u,it''I i
n,,,arn. a,c.,,.,, 6,;sh III ~ H. 'i''
IF ,hons,nIs of dnII.r, tn. ,,;,I,'
ware oil rsn,,ta ad aid .s,, .,an,n,.;a'1 IT,
n den,,v n,,r.haI In Clev.I,nJ viii IN
s,rnc,inn. m clnssIv u,,cI, ,ha oo,,,'i.,,
hous. there IN which thex wers cnn.'nnsd
and w,,I, warrant. m ,ryes, D,n;.I W.,.
ami b;s confeIera,. in cr;m. vL.nav.r H.,
,bnuId cali for the n.ter,,j wh;cL fnr,,;.,.'
oil comulat. evidence NJ ,hs ,r;,,a ~ No.;
age aoain,t iLeir owners D.u;sI W..
w.. 100 sharn hovever f,r ,L. ,lnII ,,a,.,.-
,i,. He oni h,s ,ool. aw,x aud Isf, H.,
i ,I.,ec,iv. Ia return IN De,,o;, anil ,sI, H.,
n,,rv.l,,,, s,orie. th.re th,t Dan Re-,
wa, The Slephen Rurr.,ghs of Oh;n NV.
NicLiyan. About Cb,i,tma. Is42 taL,n,
INV vii. and youny AIs. Howard ,L. .,,,
nf our IJuI,ed STATES m,r,L,l ~, n.,r',;,
v.ut nm io ,he Oakland c.,t,oe a,,,
Travelled aII over that cu,,nIrv nns,,;ns III,
IN ,,,,r.,it ol game. deer r,c I,ut rs,JIv -
6ud when and by whom ibo.. co;,;,s
lool, had be.n used. and Inv diligence M,
.iI.ncs I sonn discovered ,b,, .i,on, San :
600 in couutsrlei, coin had been unannfnr.
tur.d ll,ere by Daniel Br.wn and his ac
comulice.. whom he had inyegl.d into i
nm ,i,,. ,,r.,en,r ,h,i II wa. i'm, ,s o,,oJ :.
,,.,,,i, cn;n ti,ot nnI.,,,v c.,,IJ L., 4,
ga ,i,.,.fnre i, WA, ,, lin NJ 80. - =.
make or p..s il. But Brown himself wa NJ
wI,nI.s,Is sm,n,i.c,nrer ,,., v.,,.I..r 49,
,,.,,,;,. ,,,I i'm. :. i. ,nI ,,',
,;'i, lin, hi. saoo ooo -, W.m.";lis "" ".e' ,.''
,,,nm,i, NJ ,i,. nn,., c,n., iii i, ~. ,
,a,, d.n,.r. =, 5o c.n,. ,,n ,h. J,,,s.
'n,,,nsrf,.;. ,n;u auI ,,,..r.,,v .,, n
,,hom, 800 600 ,,.I, dial nn, ~ H.. Mi,.I'
,a.,, n,,,,',fD,,nrv R,.L.r.. ,.,,,,..''.', >,
-" '' 'e''"" -