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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1892
Page
3
A fragmentary report notes a warden and prisoners at the Ohio Penitentiary exposing a counterfeit coin operation. It states convicts found opportunities to manufacture and spread bogus currency within the prison walls, with circulation among inmates being a noted risk.
Miles Ogie, a famed Ohio river counterfeiter, earned a lengthy list of sentences across states. He served at Ohio Penitentiary in 1590 for fifteen years from a Memphis federal case and had prior convictions in New York City, Indiana, and Pennsylvania for various crimes. He was captured in Cincinnati less than a year after completing an earlier term.
A sprawling clipping recalls counterfeiter John Peter McCartney the prince of the trade who died in Ohio prison after a half century in crime. It also mentions Essie Davis Miriam Eaves a woman with a troubled life and a murder tied to her husband. The piece ends noting a Chicago brick shortage and a World’s Fair demand.
A San Francisco arrival profiles Charles T. Emmerson known as the American king of Apemama in the Gilbert group. It recounts his youth as a California pioneer and engineer, his ventures in gold mining roads and sawmills, and a famous December 1830 contract with King Tembinoka granting Emmerson exclusive trade rights and governance in Apemama, plus humorous anecdotes of his trading.
In New Mexico near the Oscura range a campfire crowd argued whether to hang a captured thief on the spot or surrender him to law. The majority favored a legal process, proposing a lottery with cards labeled Death or Prison to decide his fate.
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