Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-12
FOUR COUNTERFEIrERs
Arrested at Poplar Bluff and
Pied mont.


United States Deputy Marshal
shall at Poplar Bluff, Mo-, reached st
Louis yesterday. bringing with them
the four men arrested day or so ago
at Poplar Bluff for passing counterfeit
coin. The prisoners names are Frank
and Harry 'rresize, VIM. Mabee and
John Carroll. They were brought be-
fore United States Commissioner Gull
len yesterday tor examination. and Mr..
Miles related the circumstances of their
offending and their capture. Last Sum
day evening, and OH Monday morning,
number of counterfeit dimes were
passed upon the merchants in Poplar
Bluff, who reported the matter to the
city marshal That official was on the
lookout for queer characters during the
day, and about dusk saw two sus-
picious looking fellows in front of a
butcher shop. AS he approached them
they moved away, and then a third
came out of the butcher shop and
walked towards them. The marshal
followed after, and Just as he reached
the butchers door, met the butchers
boy coming out, who told him that a
man had just bought dimes worth
of sausage, and had given counter
felt coin for it. The marshal hearing
this continued after the fellows, and
found two of them standing in front of
bakery shop. He arrested them, and
was searching one of them when the
other turned and ran towards the rail-
road Miles fired shot after the run
away, but without effect. AT the re-
port of the pistol, he who had entered
the bakery shop came running out,
and was arrested. William Mabee
and John Carroll were the two in the
marshal's hands, and while standing
there had tried to empty their pockets
of the queer stuff. On Carroll was
found the mould, and large amount
of newly and partly made coins, and
several pieces of the spurious article in
Mabee's pocket. Locking up those
whom he had captured, the marshal
went down to the railway station, and
learned from the station master that a
man had been seen running down the
track. He was also told that a freight
train was just moving out, and the
runaway might get aboard of it. The
conductor was notified to be OH the
lookout for any suspicious characters,
and soon after he started discovered
Frank and Harry Tresize i'm box-car,
Information of this finding was tele-
grapied to Piedmont, and mile or sc
out from that place the Piedmont mar.
shall met the train and took the men tC
Jail. When searched counterfeit dol.
lar was found upon Frank Tresize, and
Mr.. Miles, the marshal from Poplar
Bluff, recognized in Harry the one
who had given him the slip.
All the witnesses for the govern
ment not being on hand yesterday Mr.
Drummond, the district attorney, ask
ed that the hearning go over for ter
| days and in the meantime the prison
| ers were committed to Jail. Agains
the Iresize brothers there appears tt
be but little evidence, but there is {
mighty strong case against the others
Frank Tresize spent a month or so il
ST. Louis last summer, judging by let
tiers and papers found on his person
The counterfeit silver dollar bears evi
dence of excellent workmanship ane
is very different in appearance from
the dimes, which are such poor imita
tons that buttons would pass more
readily for money.-Republican