Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-02-01

! New Jersey town Where llVed 1ellOW
named Porter, who had certified by
letter his intention to keep his appoint
ment with Davids and purchase a
quantity of the green goods.
Davids's letter to Porter ha.. re-
quested him to bring with him any
friend who might wish to get rich fast.
and had offered Porter handsome
commission on the transaction if sue
cessful. NARROW went to the New
Jersey town, and soon made acquant-
ance with Porter. BY little sfirewd
and cranky complaint of poverty he
drew out an invitation to accompany
Porter to New York to buy ''some of
the needful," and on the appointed
day they arrived in the city together.
Meantime, Fitch, by bribing a
chambermaid of the hotel on West
street, had perfected his preparations.
Rooms were hired on either side of
room thirty-two, and in each of them
a brace of officers stationed. Other
officers were within call in case of
need. Room thirty-two, already oc-
cupicd by the man of three aliases,
contained large wardrobe folding
bed, which, on the day of tine meeting,
during Davids's supper hour was
emptied of it's contents by the chamber
maid, and Fitch ellsconced himself in
their place. The bed stood across a
corner, and through the crack between
the closed doors the detective could
see everything transpring within the
room. Here he waited developments.
First to arrive was the chief coun-
terfeiter, bringing a large package,
which, upon being opened, proved to
be composed of the several smaller
parcels that for months had excited
Fitch's suspicious. An hour later q
knock announced q visitor, and James,
opening the door, received with mark
ed politeness one of his correspond
ents from the country. Soon another
arrived, and another, and finally Por-
ter and NARROW appeared, making
eight men who had come many miles
by railway on such a rascally errand.
AT length they proceeded to bust
ness, and within an hour James had
sold many thousands of the spurious
bills, the last transaction being an iron
bound oath, which he demanded of
each of his customers, never to reveal
his name or that of each other, under
any circumstances whatever. All ac-
ceded to his demand until he came to
NARROW, who was the last of the eight.
NARROW demurred
But they had now reached the point
for which Fitch, in his hiding place,
had been waiting. With whistle, he
blew a long, shrill signal, and, in
stantly forcing open the wardrobe
doors, stepped forth, pistol in hand,
while NARROW at the same moment
threw aside his loose travelling coat,
and revealed the uniform of an officer
James made q dash for the door, but
was confronted by the officers from the
adjoining rooms. Thus, by one sweep
ing stratagem, every man was under
arrest and confronted by the most alb
solute evidence of guilt.
Leaving the prisoners with the Off
GERS, Fitch, with another posse whom
he had in waiting, proceeded to the
Bowery store. BY shrewd pretence
he gained admission without violence,
and, placing the clerks and proprietor
under guard, led the way to the base
ment. A bar quickly opened the door
into the sub-cellar, and four men,
engaged in the actual process of max
ing the counterfeits, were arrested.
The place was found to be complete
factory, with every known facility for
finished work, while the men were
noted experts at their several branches
of the business.
OF course, in due time the law was
applied to every man arrested. But
that is the lawyers part of the record,
not ours.