Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-05-16
COUETERFEETERs CAUGHT.

The Huntingdon Globe OF the lIth inst,
says. Fer some tia4e past svui.us silver
dollars have hreu IA Circur,I5aL Il the
vicinity Of Lloyd>viiIe, Cambria c".uty, -ni
the authorities uni i-r,Oak tnv t->N ot Uu-
-srthing the shower, Of the .squ-yr'' The
duty VA Assigned - assistsn. UaItrei States
harsEsl Ford sai early Oh Friiay IGUrniu 2,
in company wIp Detective Simpson, he
drove t" LIoydsviile, on the Bells Gap r.ll
road. md arresi-1 Lace Ean..n=zz., --l,-a
he found At work in little attic room OF
his mountain cottage. Eiuonsoa had about
him cuuutel III silver none: of the varirGs
denominations, and with the remark: ssBoss.
the g l. up," submitted TO arrest. He A.
heavily chsiucd and taken to BelIwood.
Crossing through the deep pinewood
ihe Marshal continTeI his raid and made
the great haul OF the week By a winding
mouutai1 path bordsred by big bOulders
spd short oak trees, he reached HGrnrI IS
/ Hotel-4 wild pass IN the AIleghenies where
human footsteps rarely tread. Before him
Was rough log shsnty, covered with a
bark roof, aud iErouga thc chicks he saw a
man at work.
Your. NY prisoner - shouted The
Marshal, be broke in the door ard rush
cd Tor Tue cUuut,rfelter. The fellow wss
the notorious Daniel Garrls',, aud surround
ing him were diss, casts, melting pot and
other tools.
ave fight, we do was the response, as
the couuterfeiter reached for u carbibe in
the corner, but detective Simpson vas too
guick for him, ard piuiou:ng him down
soou had the irons on him. In a rough box
buried in the ground the officers found 2OO0
finished spurious dollars ready for tie
market. Following up the clues gi.en By
EcmondsOn the officers drove over to Coal
! port and unesrthtd two more cOunterfeiier.
, at work. They were Lord and Eziep
7 crooks from New YORK, and their worssho,
was an unused house at Blaia City. The,
had complete kits Of tools and some plate
! for bauknote engraving. Both We're put Il
irons aud tsken 10 B-llwood.
Marshal Ford completed the arrests L
taking into custody John Myers, 4 receu
appointment AS postmaster at Llodysvill,
' on the charges OF tsml.ering with the mai
= and cooperating with the counterfeire,
= The Irisoners we're brought to this city @
Saturday morning and given hearing befol
United States COmmissioncr l.. S. Geissil
ger. The evidence against Myers was n,
; deemed sufficient to hold him and he vi
discharged. The other prisoners were he
in 81 200 each, in default of which tn,
were taken TO the Allegheny county j.
az the same evening, where they will be tri,
in the United States Court now in sessi,
at Pi;t-ourgh.
g Edmu-ds was put upon trial last Wedne
1, day, for having counterfeit money in /
re- possession. The old mans story, in c
as plauation OF Low the coin came into
% possession, was that some time last fail
be strange man came and occupied a vaca
n building opposite his place in the mountain
w Hecam to Ed EdmondstOn'S for food occasic
in ally, and became indebted TO him for seve
al dollars for bread and potatoes One d
the stranger packed up his traps and we
#, leaving MIR. Edmond sfon a box whi
"a he said contlircd enO1gn 10 pay him in f
nd for his bill. Wh-n the oil soldier (he hi
.st been all through ths wan o. ue1 the b,
re it was found 10 contain fiio -pu-i"us az
of Ius. He had KEEP tth..n about ;he hou
sd f,r several We. Ks, when some Que of J.,
r. him twenty-five Gems for rWeuty h.e 1ll4
u of the bad CON- which he took, thinkii
II they were bortht more Gu, of curiosl
ne than anything else.
% The jury recommended him 10 the extren
III merry of III Courf-
I'd
n ''Six small boys pay ID cowboy" at BC
n setts;o~n, Pa, the other day, ami one vi
N, lNssoed 50 vigorously and effectively II
sir when mas ca ptors took the rope from h
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