The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
SHRIVERS ARE DISMISSED
Little or No Evidence that They Were
Mixed Up with The COunterfeiters.
The "Hunter" Caught in st. Joseph Proves to
Be Buck" Farley, Well Known t. the
Police in indianapolis.

Yestesday afternoon Samuel Shriver and
wife and @. w. Whitehead. alias z. III.
Hunter, were ayraigned before Commits.
sioner Van Buren,, to answer to the charge
Of having made and circulated counterfeit
silver dollars. The prisoners were arrested
by q deputy United States marshal at Mad
ison. two weeks ago. on information di-
vuIged by the confession of another c. III.
Hunter. who was recently arrested at st.
Joseph, Mo-. for the same offense.
Ii now ~transpires that the Missouri Hun
ter Is none other than Buck Farley, the no.
torious thief u pickpOcket. whose repu-
tation is well known to the Indianapolis
police. The witnesses against the Shrivers
and Whitehead were Francis NJ. Marshall,
United States marshal of the Missouri dis
trice, Mrs. David Hess and Mrs. Margaret
Kane. of ST. Joseph. From the testimony
adduced In the preliminary hearing yester-
day IL appears that the Shrivers were not
guilty of ectual complioity in the oontem-
plated work of manufacturing spurious
coin. but by q chain OF circurn stances were
in some way associated with Whitehead
and Farley. which brought them under
serious Suspicion. Shriver and his wife.
who Is O mild, delicate woman. were living
on q farm near North Bend. Neb., last No
vember, and employed Whitehead to do
general work about the place. He told
them that be was known as Hunter, having
acquired the name while on q ranch in
Wyoming. He remained with the Shrivers
until they sold their farm last March,
when ell three came to Madison. and from
there to this city. Here they met
Buck Farley. and during the latter
part of April the latter. in company with
Whitehead. went to ST. Joseph. Mo. where
they remained until the LIST of May. when
Whitehead returned to Madison. Mrs.
Hess. one of the Missouri witnesses. keeps q
boarding house at st. Joseph. and during the
stay of the two men IN that city they 0c-
cupied q room at her home.
On the day that Whitehead disappeared
Mrs. Kane, another boarder at the house,
CHANGED to pass the room occupied by
Whitehead and Farley and her ttentionw as
attracted by q small furnace in the apart
ment. Inquiry rs TO the use of the article
elected the information that 1t was util-
lied In heating the room. but the landlady
was not satisfied and Investigated further.
The result of her search revealed q num-
Der OF other peculiar implements and
she communicated with the police.
United States detectives were sent to the
house, and with little search unearthed q
complete coInterfeiters outfit. including q
large number of half-finished silver dol
lars and q large quantity OF metal neces'
sary to the manufacture of the coin. The
tools were seized and Farley was arrested.
He admitted that he knew all about the
scheme, but denied that he had been asso-
plated with il. He testified to having seen
Whitehead make the spurious money. and
said that lie had been told that an arrange
ment had been made in this city by which
the Shrivers were to furnish the genuine
money sufficient to carry out the plot, and
they were to look after the eastern branch of
the business ut Madison. The st. Joseph
marshal yesterday produced the outfit
captured. aud also the confession of Far
ley. the United States Judge at st. Joe re.
fusing to allow the prisoner to be brought
here.
After O close examination into the evil
dence the Commissioner decided to dismiss
Shriver and wife. there not being sufficient
evidence to convict them. Mrs. Hess. in
her testimony, stated that while White
head was at her house he produced a pic
tnre containing n group of himself.
Sbriver anu wife and a child. She in
CURED who they were. and he replied that
the woman was his wife. The examination
of Whitehead was continued until to-day.
and will be resumed st 10 o'clock. The
prisoners were represented by Attorney
Kealinp.