The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-22
THOSE COIN MAKERS
Denver Authorities Believe They Have
q WATERPROOF Case.
HADLows STORY REVIVED
Mrs. Hyland OF Butte Is Merely
Suspected OF Knowing Some
thing About the Opera
tions OF the Gang.

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stance with the arrest of James c. Cor
bett. George w. Allen. Mrs. Gertrude
Corbett.. Mrs. Mamie Allen and Mrs.
Millie Hyland for counterfelting and
Tor having counterfeit money in L.tir
possession, Is fact that. at about the
time Mrs. Hyland left Butte. Mont, for
what she claims was visit to relatives
IN Colorado, United States authorities
were engaged In the task of ferreting
out and apprehending an equally bold
gang or spurious coin makers in that
city. About March the Butte officers
received a letter from William Hadlow
OF that city, in which information was
vouchsafed that a band Of regularly o.
ganized counterfeiters was operating
there and that II guaranteed immunity
from punishment he would divulge the
names of the members. their hiding
place and other useful knowledge. In
this arrangement the officers tempo
rarily acquiesced and the result was
that Hadlow wrote more letters detail
ing that the band consisted OF about
half dozen men and giving their
names. Their rendezvous. he said. was
In a cave on the outskirts of the town.
At this point the secret service agents
of the government were called into the
case. A detective was sent from WASH
fngton. Before the detective reached
the scenes Hadlow had disappeared
from Butte and the ken OF Montana
authorities.
twas then that the news was flashed
over the country that he had been de-
tected by the pals In his act OF betray-
ing them, and that, in revenge for his
perfidy, he had been wayiaid and killed.
Officers were at that time searching
abandoned prospect holes and caverns
about Butte. The sequel proved that
the search was ill-advised. for shortly
after reaching Butte. the secret SER
vice agent succeeded I'm unearthing the
mystery Of Hadlow's disappearance. 1t
was learned that he had taken a volun-
tary flight from Montana. On March
Il his whereabouts were discovered and
he was arrested by government officials
at Oswego. N. Y. From that city he
was taken back to Montana, and a
silver Bow county grand jury indicted
hirn Tor .counterfeiting. He now awaits
trial
In the meantime the agent at Butte
had been at work, and in conjunction
with local officers. had effected the ap-
prehension of Sanford w. Currier and
c. #. Nelson, two other members OF
the band. In addition. II was learned
that there were many others connected
with the law breaking confederation,
and even TO this time efforts are being
made to run them to earth. Currier
and Nelson are under indictment, along
with Hadlow. The story of the cave
was proved TO have been a fabrication
on the part OF Hadiow. 1t was about
the date of the arrest of Currier and
Nelson that Mrs. Hyland left Butte on
a visit to her stepsisters. Mrs. Corbett
and Mrs. Allen. in this city. That was
not her first visit. however. for on fire.
luent other occasions she had come TO |
Colorado for the same ostensible pur- |
pose. Before she became Mrs. Hyland |
she was Mrs. Jack Thompson. UyInrd |
s saloon keeper.
Developmentsin the now famous case |
n this city point strongly to the fact |
hat the Butte mint was an off-shoot II /
he Denver headquarters. and while A
$ not openly averred by the DEPART
nent that Mrs. Hyland was a member
II the gang at that point or that she
lcted as n go-between for the Butte
md Denver operators. her detention
vas largely on suspicion that she might
ave been. 1t is also claimed now that
here was a sub-mint in Cheyenne.
Vyo-. and the recent finding OF moulds
nd spurious coins by the officials of
hat place is recalled. Mrs. Hyland is
ut on bonds Of 800 TO appear at the
reliminary hearing before Commits
loner Capron next Saturday. while
irs. Allen and Mrs Corbett are under
600 bonds.