Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-25
MANY CAUGHT.
WORK OF ITALIAN COUNTERFEIT
SHOWERS IN NORFOLK.
What They Claim-Turned Over 10 the
United States commissionsr-rhs
Kals crop-Hotes
0nn.pondencn Of enc RIchmond pI.pslch.l

uorc.pondence Of tho Richmond Dispstch.l
NORFOLK, September "a, 1883.
This morning the gang OF Italians ar
rested on Saturday for passing 80 silver
certificates were before Mayor Baird in
the Portsmouth Police Court, and
through an interpreter gave their names
as Peitro Motto, Cremorne Gerardi,
Giuseppe Motangno, and Cefoio Anto-
MO, from New York. where they have
families, they say. They claim that two
of their number are recently from Eu-
rope, and together they had thousand
francs, which they exchanged Tor the
silver certificates found in their posses
sion. The story is probably cor
rect. They are evidently not counter
feiters, but probably purchased the
spurious stuff from the manufacturers
for the purpose OF "shoving" it. -Four
storekeepers who had the spurious GER
tifcates passed upon them appeared IN
court and recognized the accused as the
showers. The fact that the prisoners had
in their possession quantity OF the
counterfeit money makes the evidence
against them overwhelming. After the
examination the Mayor ordered the ltal-
ians TO be committed and turned over to
the custody of United-States Commits
sioner Barry, who will examine them
Wednesday. 1t is believed that these
men belong to a gang recently operating
in Chicago and the West. The counter
felt is dangerous one.
Several small dealers discovered this
morning that they had counterfeit 50
silver-certificates in their possession,
showing that the operations of the Italians
on Saturday were quite extensive.
The oyster-catchers who operate in
the James river and on the Nansemond
rocks complain of the scarcity of oysters
this year. This was the trouble to
large extent last year, and shows that
there is such thing as the oyster crop
becoming exhausted Hard and con-
tinual work upon the same ground sea-
son after season must break up the
growth. The biyalves ought to have
time to grow, and from May to Septem-
Der does not seem TO be long enough.
The Salvation Army, after several
months inactivity, has resumed active
operations ut the army headquarters on
Bank street.
The protracted rains continue to inter
fere with the receipts of cotton at this
port and the arrivals do not average
more than 800 bales day.
Mr.. W. r. Lewis, after a fruitless
search in Hampton and Baltimore for
his missing brother, Alonzo Lewis, who
so mysteriously disappeared last month,
has returned to the city, and with him is
the son of the missing man. The search
will be continued here and along the
North Carolina coast, as Lewis was last
seen at the Virginia Beach Hotel.
A largely increased area of kale and
spinach has been planted this fall by the
truckers of the county and the crops are
looking green and promise an abundant
yield. These are the winter crops
shipped to the northern markets.
MIR. George A. German, a well-known
member Of the Norfolk bar, has decided
to remove to st. Paul. MINI.
Pickett Buchanan Camp has secured a
special train to visit Richmond on the
day of the dedication of the Pickett
monument. The Naval Post Band and
the Ladies' Memorial Association will
accompany the camp. u.