West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-12

BoyG IN hi> >hirl->lccyeS. abuut to com,
dow a. and placed him under arrest
lie made mo- resistance. u3. with CON.
siderable agitation. said. Who ,i,
Nou. When told him hc sjmpl, said
x have heard OF Nuu'
II then searched the house. and this
gave mo active employment for .iX
hours. I'm the room up.stair, from
which Boyd had CumvWhru / surprised
him found every evidence of th, WORE
ot cuunlrrtuitcr ThcIc wa, "a work
bench ON the ROOM Uttered with ~ laroc
number OF cngrnNvr-' tools ON th,
table was genuine twcnty-dollar nott.
ON Cine National Bank Of DAYTON. q
Near tIi- was % p0UtlN-,ugrayrd platp
OF lt. I'm another room found "a farce
dry goods huN On cmpuNng il, found
nothing but rags. but ON timing The
boN about ono ui the boards droppcd
ou, auo oryNcNied % morlisc from which
icl % plate engraved for printing Ia,
ceutvrhack ot twunty-dollar Nation
al Bank notes. The border an
rim 20 match thi, WA, the unfinishpo
plate ON the work-bcnCh asked MIR,
BOYD n there was any money i'm IN,
house. She reluctantly said there .,,a.
but refused 10 tell what it was. / told
her would give her half an hour, to
think about it, and then went out and
telcgraphcd Chief Washburn. While
was gone Mrs Bovd offered Mcdonald
one thousand dollars to let her take
what She wanted from the house and
keep II quiet. Mcdonald told M, of
this when | returned finally found "a
hoN lu the bedroom. across one end of
which was nailed "a clcat. presumably
10 serve as handle. On breaking the
boN TO pieces | found that the clcat was
hollow. and i'm 10 was good money nm
bills To the amount OF over seven thou.
sand dollars. While | was WORKING ON
this box noticed Mrs. Bo,d adr, uh
dropping piece uf carpet over 20 small
bon. turned my attention To il. and.
ON breaking it into pieces. found lhc
front and back plates for priuuu, the
SloO grccnback'. These plates were
stuck together with putty and covered
with watcrprooiug.
The entire party left for Chicago
that night. While ON the train Boyd
said To me: Iyrrcll. You are no, long
IN The secret service, are youa
told him i was not and hc rg.
piled: j thought if YOU were am old
member Of the service YOU would ukr
the property now iu your po,,c,-i In
and let me skip out the back door
Boyd and his wife were tried i'm toe
United States Court in Chicago ON Jan
nary ~ and 20, 1876, and Boyd cot ten
years imprisonment Ills wife was
charged with being hi. accomplic,
but the court discharged her ON the
ground that she was Boyd's wife and
10 was her duty to- obey and protect
him III, imprisonment was heavy
blow to The 'concymcn' i'm the West
and south To bc sure. they could
still get the queer, but they were no
longer next the plnte', aud the stun
they got was poor. And then they had
TO do business with middlcmcn, and the
profits were small
FThc most desperate efforts were
made from many quarters to effect
Boyd release, and one of these efforts
was most ghastlv in it, character, and
occasiOncd worldwide comment. ! re-
fer TO the attempt made i'm the winter
of lS76 10 steal the remains OF Presi-
dent Lincoln The gang which tried
20 carry ont this yllainous scheme was
organized in Lincoln under the leader
ship of % ST. Louis cOunterfeiter. In
case they succeeded their terms for the
return Of the body were to be two hum
drcd thousand dollars in cash and the
pardon Of Ben Boyd A disrcputablc
woman in Springfield learned OF the
job and reported it to the police in time
to prevent IT,, being carried out. -
ChicOqO NUN