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%An Old Crime Recalled by a Plowman’s Discovery Near Columbus.Memories of Notorious Gang of Counterfeiters Interestingly Revived.The History of Bartholomew County Incomplete Without a Record of This Gang's Deeds-Columbus, Ind , April 28,—DAvid Fix, residing one and oue half miles north oi Newbern and three miles west ofHartsville, Bartholomew county plowed up five 8-inch bars of metal which appeared to be a mixture of lead snd silver oxide. Mr. Fix was at first much excited over his find, and thought perhaps that it was pure silver. He soon recalled the fact that his farm had been formerly owned by the Miller sang of Counterfeiter and the finding of the money was explained.The story of the Miller gang of counterfeiters, who appeared in Indiana after the civil war forms a part of the history of Bartholomew county. The head of the gang was Mrs. Sabe Miller, known as Old Sabe. Associated with her son, Richard Miller; her brother inlaw, John Miller, and her second husband, Joel Doolittle. They continued to transact their ntfarious business in this county until about 1875, when United States detectives run them down and caught them in the act of molding silver dollars, Their “dies and outfit were confiscated and they were tried in the United States federal court at Indianapolis. “Old Sabe was sentenced for two years in the Jeffersonville penitentiary and her son for five years. Her brother-in-law and husband were released for want of sufficient evidence. Judge Walter Q. Gresham passed sentence upon them. After their release from prison it is believed they went west.—Anderson News.Democratic Congressional Convention,
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Columbus Daily Herald
Columbus, Indiana, US
Mon, Apr 30, 1900
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