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South Bend.i,heec-1.s.[-s.ddFOUND COUNTERFEIT GOINSOLD HOUSE IN BONNEVVILLE WAS ONCE RENDEZVOUS.Recalls Pioneer Days When Bonney Outcast of Civilization Turned Frontiersman and Ruled.;e11t-innDoane.v ville. the little hamlet near Bristol. in pioneer days was an important place and before Goshen and Eikhari drew the country trade, was Lille center of canoe and cross trail trade for a vast district.In ihe weenl demolition of the old 1 in iller's home just east of 'the present heme of Con C. Daily, proprietor of the Bonney ville Mills, evidences were this week brought to light that would seem to lend color to a story years 1 ago current in this section to the effect that the house in question was the secret, rendezvous, of a gang of counterfeiters. Away back in 1S35 a man by the name of Bonney. who built and for whom was named the mill and little settlement was accused of making bogus money.In tearing down the old building j Mr. Daily and bis father-in-law, in:oPi Itoofr.nio%\allt;1Hiil-a offroofSO’’COIVaMidoclxoigIKileche i ir*etohoCObit:Mipiltiling a. wav the obi jda-ter cameT1\Vfoig f' er:Migt •foig .acrc.s three coins, which they tin* ' I -mi i:--!'.c*4 tire counterfeit as they lackI the true ring. The coins are dated i are smooth edged, bear Vi!?! *•• and are denominated r,0 cents. Denney was arrested and taker, to! Indianapolis to answer to the chargecaer;inurcatkthagerArcounterfeiting, in the r. S. court ''but escaped from the officers, who Kl[IV%it,m-ormIsilsia.1iftoot-l:ad relieved him of his handcuffs, that he might partake of a meal, since which time he has never been heard from. Bonney claimed at one time to be a detective, was the author of a hook relative to his life, a copy of which Q. D. Winegar, of York township, onco owned.coat.ir»ordinlt;FORMER GOSHENITE FOR MAYORmioD
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Goshen Mid Week News Times
Goshen, Indiana, US
Tue, Mar 31, 1908
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