The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-21
TWO ooUNTERFErrEBs CAUGHT.
They Tried to Raise a 81 Bill to a
SIS Bill

In a cell in the county Jail, awaiting
the Federal court which meets here
the first Monday in December, are two
young white men, - Allen and An
drew Olive. The charge against them
is a grave eiting-and
they will very Iigely serve a term
in the United States penitentiary at
Albany, unless they succeed in Civ
ing the bond and leave the country.
Little is known of Allen here. He
came to Raleigh about three weeks
ago from Virginia. He claims to be
a matchmaker and has little shop
on Wilmington street. Andrew Olive,
the son of Henry Olive, of Cary, is the
younger man of the two and seems to
have been the victim, to a certain ex-
tent of Allen. But the evidence a.
gainst both of them is of a most dam
aging character and Uncle Sam is not
in the habit of dealing leniently with
those who lay desecrating hands on his
circulating medium, and that's what
these young men did.
They selected as their victim a little
store near the railroad in the Fourth
ward. The light in the store Satur-
day night was dim and trading was
brisk-eTerytihing seemed favorable
for the accomplishment of their de-
signs. Besides, Austin was not a man
that one would take to be an expert
in financial matters. But he knew
just little too much to be caught in
the trap laid for him by Allen and
Olive
While Austin was busy and several
customers were wanting to be wait
ed on these two young white men
walked in and asked for two of the
best cigars in the shop. The mer-
chant respectfully dropped everything
else and set box of his ''choice Hav-
anas" before them. They carefully
selected one apiece and Allen handed
over what looked like a IS gold GER
tifcate. Austin laid it on the counter
before him, opened his money draw
er, cot out the change and was in the
act of handing it to Allen when he
detected something peculiar in the
bin. He picked it up again, examined
it closely and said he didn't think
it was any good
Allen and Olive insisted that it was
just as good as gold" But the
more Austin looked at it the more
suspicious he became until at last
tie suspicion became certainty. He
told the men it was counterfeit. They
! pretended TO laugh at him and offered
| 4 quarter in payment for the cigars
| and requested that he return the bill
and they would tear it up in his pre-
sence. He refused to do this and
when the two men attempted to leave
! the store ne called on those standing
around to prevent them from doing
SO. Thus, red-handed in their crime,
they were kept prisoners until the
! policemen arrived and marched them
| off to the lookup where they remain
| ed overnight.
Sunday they were taken to Jail and
| Monday they had a hearing before
| United States Commissioner Royster
and were sent back to Jail in default
| of $500 bond. J. C.. l.. Harris appeared
| for both defendants. Neither of them
made any statement on the trial.
The bin that they artempted to
| pass, and which is now in the posses
sion of Commissioner Royster, is a 81
| gold certificate raised to IS by past
! ing a figure s over the figure / and
| the word five" over the word "one,''
| wherever they occurred. The words
/ and figures were cut from Confed-
| crate bin and in some respects the
! job was very cleverly done but in
others it was exceedingly bunglesome.
When examined by the officers both
| the men were found to have Confeder-
! ate money in their possession, show
| ing that they were prepared to go
| regularly into the business of raising
/ bills If they should succeed in this at
! tempt, Tt is believed that this was
/ their first trial Of the kind here.