The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-23
TRIAL OF A C0UNTERFEITER
THE SEIZURE OF THE lIOLDs rs
TOLD IN COUNT.

james Mcguire Refuses to Plead Guilty
The Case Tried Yesterday and the Ac-
cused is Found Guilty-His Pals Plead
GuiIty-They Want to Go to Sing Sing
PrisOn-Maguire Gets Ten Years, oliver
Five and Brown Five.
The trial of Frank Brown, alias Allen
Of Paterson, N. j., Henry oliver, known
to the New York police as big" Oliver,
and William Mcguire, also of New
York, charged with counterfeiting, was
set to be heard before Judge William
X. Townsend and petit jury in the
United States district court yesterday.
District Attorney George P. Mclean
prosecuted. Ex-Judge Blydenburgh was
counsel for Mcguire, Attorney Charles
II. Fowler for Brown and Attorney G.
70. Hoadley for oliver Brown and Oil
yer decided to plead guilty and so the
only one tried was Mcguire, he decid-
ing to stand triad, The first witness
called was S, Ray Bogg, who superin-
tended the capture of the party in
Bridgeport December 10 last. After tell
ing the story of the capture in answer
to the questions of the district attorney
he produced the plaster moulds, ladies,
mould frames and other implements
found in the kitchen of the house oecu-
pied by the three prisoners. They We're
exhibited ON the clerk s desk and a COM
plete outfit for the making of counter
felt standard dollars and half dollars
was shown as the result of the capture.
A small bag of counterfeit coin was
shown also as the result of the find,
Frank Esquirrell and Owen owens,
two ether secret service men, testified
to making a deal with the three men
by which they purchased of them a
quantity of false coin in New York.
The deal was contaminated in q saloon
at the corner of Blocker street and
South Fifth avenue, and was the result
of an arrangement made by Matthew
r. Griffin, another secret service man,
with William Brown, brother of one
of the prisoners.
After the purchase was made the Sc
cret service men Swallowed the men to
a house in Nassau street, Brooklyn, and
there learned that they were living In
Bridgeport. After locating them there
the raid and arrests were planned and
carried out.
Mrs. Liesk of Nassau street, Brook
Ign, where the trio stayed while they
were selling their spurious coin, was
called and corroborated the detectives.
When the government had put in it's
case counsel for Brown and oliver di-
rected that a plea of guilty be entered.
Ex-Judge Blydenburgh then signified
that he would try the case against Ma
guire. Brown was put upon the stand,
and testified that he had gone to Ma
CURES house in Brooklyn at the request
Of his brother, who knew Oliver and
that he found him boarding with Ma
guire. Brown testified that he was
looking for work at his trade of painter
and decorator; that he arranged to
board at Maguire's house and share OIL
iver's room until he could find work.
On cross-examination he admitted that
he knew that oliver had served a term
in Sing Sing for ''till-tapping."
Brown was under rigid cross-exarni-
nation for nearly three hours and final
ly admitted that there was an under-
standing that Mcguire was to share in
the profits. oliver was then called to
the stand.
oliver and Brown, who pleaded
guilty, have requested that they be
sent to Sing Sing and not Wethersfeld,
as they say the 1atter0place is not
healthy
The jury came in in Maguire's case
at $50 p. m. with verdict of guilty,
and he was sentenced to ten years in
state prison. Oliver and Brown were
also sentenced each to five years.