St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-02
AN IMPORCANT ARREST.

Detectives QuinIan and King Cap
ture COunterfeiter and Has
sPIant.s'
Detectives Quinlan and King made cap
ture early yesterday morning that will prob
ably put stop to the circulation Of spurious
silver dollars. with which the city has been
flooded for while past. 1t will be re-
membered that two arrests were recently
made of persons who were engaged in
SHOWING the queer" Through the me-
dunn of these people the detectives sue
ceeded in discovering the source Of supply.
He proved to be a very quiet man who had
habit of seeking the shady side of the
street. and keeping well out of sight The
detectives then got third man to scrape his
acquaintance This party undertook to
negotiate the sale of the coun-
terfeit coin in a large bulk,
and arranged plan by which a certain
business man agreed to take 1000 of the
coin at so cents each. The delivery was
to be made Sunday night. The detectives
were promptly on hand, of course. and when
the counterfeiter and his supposed friend
started out at noon in horse and buggy
to get the coin they followed at discreet
distance. The cOunterfeiter led his pur-
suerS blind" drive across the country
for twelve miles. A sudden turn in the
road brought the four men face to face, and
the counterfeIter stopping his horse rose TO
his feet revolver in hand. The detectives
to throw him off the track. drove into a
farm yard and cOOly proceeded TO unhitch
their horse and place him in the barn, as if
they lived there. They then attempted to
continue the chase on foot, but
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driven off towards the woods and got out
of sight There was nothing for the ofic
ers to do but to letu~n to the city and
watch for the delivery of the Doodle. At 9
o'clock in the evening their vigilance was
rewarded when the counterfeiter and his
companion were seen driving into the city
on Hennepin avenue. The two were ar
tested when in front of the West hotel and
taken to the lookup, where it was found
that the bag in the buggy contained 2 900
of the counterfeit dollars. The prisoner
seeing his game was up, made confess on
and offered to show where his plant was
He gave his name as James Hindle, and
said the money had been made by a gang
of cOunterfeters at Omaha and brought to
Minneapolis. The detectives accompanied
him in hack to a lonely spot near
Cedar lake, where, under his di-
rectonS, they removed a pile of brush
and leaves and found a cave. Detective
King entered and found that there was over
II, 600 of the coins slowed away. Having
convinced themselves of the trutnfuneSs of
of his story. the detectives brought their
prisoner back and locked him up. After
the case has been thoroughly worked up
he VIII be turned over to the United States
authorities. In appearance he is intelli-
gent and good looking, being six feet tall,
light complexioned. and about 80 years old.
He volunteered the statement that he served
a term in the Nebraska state prison for safe
blowing. He joined the gang of counter
feiters upon his release, and has been
showing the queer" in the Southern and
Western states. He has recently travelled
through Iowa leaving large quantities of
his dollars behind him. The counterfeit is
a very fair one, although the color is too
light for silver, and the weight is scant.
Some ingredient in the composition, prob
ably glass. imparts metallic ring to the
coin, so that people who make change
hastily would not be likely to detect the
difference from the genuine dollar of our
daddies.