The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-30
A DANGEROUS OLD CRrMINAL.
Detectives Followed Him from Penn.
sylvania TO the South.

| Detectives Followed Him from Penn
| sylvania TO the South.
PITTsBURG. Pa, Nov. 29.-Henry May,
an expert counterfeiter Of gold and silver
coins, was locked up in the Central station
| Thursday night. He was brought to Pitts
burg by Deputy United States Marshal W.
| w. Mouldin Of Atterlo, Ga. May had been
recently operating In the neighborhood Of
| Cory. Pa. and il is alleged by the officials
| that he Is the leader Of the notorious gang
that has for several months been operating
throughout the north Hes ern part OF Penn
sylvania d in parts Of New York state
May is 60 years old. He is a daring crim-
inal and II is not yet q year since he con-
| cluded a seven years sentence in the Co
lumbus penltentiary, having been convict
ed OF counterfeitlng gold coin in Georgia.
He was sent to the penitentary from the
same state for the same offense for five
years some fifteen years ago, and the officer
who Brought HIM to Pittsburg last night
says they have another clear case against
him.
Mays coins are said to be the most per-
feet counterfeit made, and the only way to
detect them is by their weight. May said
last night his only difficulty was in getting
metal heavy enough without using The real
gold. He makes no denial OF the charges
against him. but he laughingly remarked
government officials. The prisoner will
this morning be turned over to Marshal
Harrah. He will be tried in this district.
HE is FEEBLE AND INFIRM.
May is gray-headed and looIs feeble and
/ firm. He is an intelligent old man,
but is looked upon as a desperate character.
be has never been arrested without resist
ance, and hen overtaken in the wilds of
Georgia, about eighty miles south of At
lenta, bv three " I'd S--.os vliIcers, he
-. attempted to escape, and when covered
drew is gun to shoot. The officers, includ-
ing Mouldin, also drew their revolvers, and
the old man quietly submitted to arrest.
Mouldin. the deputy marshal, who brought
the old counterfelter to this city, is typl-
cal southerner. He gives decided southern
twang to his words, and he does not have
the remotest idea of what fear it. He is the
confirmed enemy of Georgia moonshiuers
and be says he always goes about prepared
for a battle. He says he is 35 years old,
stands feet l inch high and weighs 200
pounds. His prisoner was handcuffed when
he arrived at Central station last night.
II didn't want to handcuff the old mau,"
the officer said, "but he's acquainted up
here and I'm not, you see"
CONFIRMED CRIMINAL.
MAY is one of our oldest criminals"
Officer Mouldin said land he is certainly
one or the slickest In the business. United
States detec ives had located him and his
gang at Cory, Pa, but when they were
ready to nip him he was gone. They fol-
lowed him into Georgia, and as soon located
him in Atlanta. When we got ready to
arrest him he was missing, and it took us a
mon tn to again locate him. We finally
found him at Cedartown. where we arrested
him last week. l think we have followed
him to finish this time. He will not live
through another term in prison. yet he is
80 confirmed in his habits of making
bog US money that he is not safe to be at
large"