The Tombstone., 1885-06-18
TELEGRAPRIC
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LoClevILLE. Ky., June l3


 United States Marshal Gross and l Detective Barnes returned from Yer
 sa;lles this morning with Alonzo Fug
 el, charged with counterseiting. The
 capture is the ,oost important that n"'
 beer made in ma,,y wears. tusei '>
 one of the best known ual skiIitnl
 counterfeiters in Amcaica, and his ra-
 cord covers pages in the books of tAe Secret Serrics. An eSYsc, engcAver
 he nas organized cans g,.ev c2ag ct conutcrie..egs and produced tLe most. deceptive curr"ncy erer utte7ei as fraud uv0n ,Ae Government Hs va~
 first heard os ]. New York siytcva
 years a.2, where ha ~c:.ae letlar e
 the nest stubborn az el,.r. 4s"g Of
 counterra.tcy5 that the detectives ever encountered. 7a,- v,s 5na.,E rr5.,a.
 up by o-o O: ;le crooks ,u.nu'g ss t",s evidence But @n.e! h.n,se'f csga. y,.
 He wss uc:.t hrar,! 2: j.; P>.ns}.sas,i'.
 wkore Ae cPerhd scvora!s years !n despite of ,.o7an lyye:nas-. ae,,.
 ti.ez, who a, ,.i,,eroat tine, a.; mp.l to hunt him down. Av las, that ;>tat~ becsro to warm for h.in and h- di>s'l
 paared, throw iug tAo officers co4.r.esa- iy of the scent a tu A:s wnereayoata Eight years af-rrwafJ t Jsoam4 known that he was snug'y entrarchcd iE ;nc mountains Of Tennessee, where he had heen since his departure from paapsyl- vania, with hi; house as the rand,ay ous, and himself the eheii of al th, counterfeiters in the Son:h. Abogs the time a descent was to be made up. on him by the officers he o5ta;aej it. formation of t through some 0: h.s spies, and disappeared again. Eetl@- became the head oftLe notorious Cr4j tree gang, which was rooted cut ;- 1876 and most Of is m4.ahers captured. Crabtres received ten years, Morgan twelve years, and some other of he. members ten years Imprisonment IL the Penitcntiary, where they are st;l serving cut tle:r sentences. Fu5ei himself was reported as having hcrA killed in one of the many skirus;shsi with the Government officers It Was not lOug however, hetoce his peculiar counterfeit was again observed by t.. Treasury expert. and the detective. were once mere placed on lis tra.Ls. By this time Lo had come to Dc Ie gsrded as the most dangerous counter --.--- --- - coo-.LE'. an" every gc.a:
 ols efo-: was made b obtain c,.a to the place where he was wcrL,... Nothing cane Of It uuti! last YYnIes day. when United S,atet Marshal Gross was secretly informed that Fugei could be tcuac about nine F les south of Versailles, wLe-e he located SIX weeks ago, and vas . uirtly preparing to go to work with LIS dies. Ths Mar sAsl arranged to haze Fugel drcoyed into the woods by an old pal and ar rested him at 10 o'clock last n'el He Lad him pursuadod to strike of sonle bills that night and tie Marshal, confederate lad called for Fusel Il ~ 5ugcy to :.ke hin: and his tools to the place where tie work vas to be dcne. Fugel protested that hs was a poor c!I man and a quiet citizen. He weaken ed, however, when the Marshal raI.ed out the box Of counterfeit,rs' tools from under the buggy seat, and alter that refused to talk, although he said this afternoon that of everything be- fore the examining trial Monday. De tective Baur regards 1t as the most im