The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-09-06
LOUSY WITH QUEER.
Sheriff OsgoOd Pulls in "Free Sill
Verite" who was Loaded with
the Stuff. An ImpOr-
tant Catch.

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On Thursday afternoon last Sheriff
0sgood pulled in fellow giving his
name as Samuel Hackett and his res.
idence at Franklin, who will stand a
very good chance of serving term
10 the pen before be is much older
On Wednesday morning Landlord
Brownell Of the Central House dis.
covered among his bar receipts of the
previous day a bogus silver dollar
He thought nothing SO very strange
of that, yet took the precaution to
give the Sheriff an inkling of the
matter and arrousiug that officials
suspicious somewhat, but on the fol.
lowing morning when be discovered
FIVE more of the same kind of dollars,
he became considerably indignant not
to say excited. This information
confirmed the Sherif's oil ready well
founded suspicious and he began
systematic watch over the individual
above referred to, whose almost hour
ly companions Of his entire stay in
town had departed on the morning
train. Shortly before the 4:15 train
north arrived the Sheriff made it a
point to be at the depot. Sure
enough bis man made his appearance
just as the train pulled in, altough he
had told the Sheriff but short time
previous that he intended remaining
till Saturday. AS the bell rang he
stepped up on the platform, but the
Sheriff took him gently by the arm
and asked him to stay awhile. He
made no resistance and expressed his
willingness to go along. At the
Central House he wac searched, and
in neat package in a hip pocket,
fourteen dollars of the "queer" were
found, besides about $S in good mon.
ey, mostly small change. He was
taken before Squire Sutley, where
more thorough search was made, and
eight more sinners found secreted 10
the lining of his vest and coat, max
ing % in all. In fact the fellow
seemed literally polluted with the
stuff, very inferior quality. He
was lodged in jail and the U. S. au-
thorities at Pittsburg were notified.
Hackett seems to have been the
banker for bis pals, as there is little
evidence that he "shoved" the coun.
terfeits here, and it is questionable
f whether much of it would have been
found on the others had they been
: caught.
! Marshall j. r. Harrah came on in
response to the information, and on
, Monday Hackett was taken to Viii.
/ Transport, where the U. S. District
; Court will begin its session on the
: 18th inst, in which court he will have
. his trial The officers say the catch
Q is an important one, and that the
= prisoner has done service before on a
, similar charge. They have photo.
graphs of the fellow.
, Amongst the stuff found on Hack.
, EFT was one dollar of 1885, one hall
dollar of 1877 and the balance were
of The series of 1892 and '93.
In this connection the Derrick OF
, yesterday morning has the following
item: Harry Carr, of the W. N. Y,
& P. River division, came down from
the Salamanca reservation Monday
!, and exhibited one of the silver dol.
q lars passed in that section by a gang
of coinackers, of which the man
, Hackett arrested in Tionesta last
n week is supposed to have been g
! member The coin is almost perfect
in color and die work, but is lighter
and lacks the clear ring of a good
coin. Reports from that section say
. that the gang have put over $4,000
in circulation inside of the past two
> months.