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watbf of-IMdV *1rhicfe•liar* »d,of * iewardi tbs d lhau S.(beeoev-11 are lakes i altoiclare dl o do •lec-1 A»*. the with orgia11r theNow Ieory 0 in-hulikelybablvreaen-j butr*wm tkt ImUmmftUa jJtmmL Antat «T the Bmm iMkw*Oa Saturday foar parwon* connected with the Boone County Beak, u oAcen or circulators of ila cnrrawcy, were arreat-•d. At the i—liaoe of agitlinii from 8C Looii, who had bee* victimised to a pretty baavy tzteet, Jm. N. McLain, the Caahmr, end MU« A. Bradley, who has •clod u dutnbttter of t^ mowaj, wen uksa into custody. A prsbmiaary « munition waa loililuted before Jn*t*« Sullivan, which vu, wbeeqosotiy, waived, tad the partite committal for tail us ihe Circuit Court, they being nnablato give the required bail, which wee ixed a*£5,000 each. While the prooeediagi ia reference to McLean tad Brtdlev were progreaa, J- B. Hcgar and J. B. Humay wblt; hid been subpowd m witae—a were trreated ti principal* ia lha fraalt; tad committed lor lhair appearuoa before J tut ice Sullivan tint morning.A. Spoonet, lha Prendaot of the Bank left for pane unknown oa Frktoy might, or be would b»v« been keeping company to~diy with JleLaan and Bradley.Uagar’t trunk, which waa at the Bale* llouae at the tune of bis arreat, £5,000 in the fraudulent money watfoond Saturday eveuing. It Will be for him to abow today how he came by inch an amount of ipunoui bill*.A large amount of McLean1* eorrea-poudeuce, that fell into the officer*’hand*, show* him to have been a former dealerin watche* and jewelry. One letter waa “don” for money in payment of “goo ft that McLean bad at Rme time procured from »ome one in Brooklyn, New \ oik.To tbia UrUin hod wntleo an aoawer, but had ant mailed it, in which be promise* ilt;. pay the claim of bit cormpoadeni u toon a* be can make the money, and concludes hi* letter with the requeel to bit friend that he will“*ay nothing about the “maUtution,” meaning, we presume, the Boone County Bank.McLean’* corrwpondeoce embraced all the large northern ciliea from bt- Louu and Chicago to Now York. The moil of the letter* h*d reference to hit banking bunmeet *l Lebanon, and show* the fraud lo have been one of ihe mo*i eitnuirr of Ibe kind ever |erpetrau-d. Had there men U-en permitted lo go on for a few weeks longer, ihey would have had the whole couqUj flooded with their worthless iradi. At it it, it i* thought »ome S20O.OOO or £300,00 have been put in circulation.McLean i» a young man, drew* well, and ha* rather a prepo**«*»ing appear-»nce until hi* countenance u ciaoinej elotely. Bradley it a maa considerably over middle age, and wear* a long tieard well Uugcd with gray, llittaid that be w a* connected wra» year* ago with three fraudulent bank* in Maryland, and that1 ll.e business of dealing iu bogut currency is an old g*uie wilt him. liu»»ey and Hager are well dressed individual*, look like they bare alway* «een well fed, *nd hare ihe appearance of men who under-tland the dealing and shuffling at canli aa regular gamester* practice ihe art.Mrsir*. Siwoner and Mcl^etn have spent mott oi their lime in tbit city tince iho Mlablithmenl of their “ Bank, allhough they claim in an affidavit on file in the office of the Secretary of Male, that thov are retidenu of Lebanon.The following are the name* of ihe stockholder! of the Bank, a* thown by record* in the Secretary of State’* office: William Zion, Hi«h*rd Dormice, Jatn Combs, Milroy Lane, Jno. M. Hedges Black Brother,H. Wilton, A. Hpoooer .1. McLean, of Lebanon, John H. Moil of New York, and'f. H. Knight, of Wood ham, Long Wand.The evidence |i be laken to-day before Justice Sullivan will reveal, we presume some new fact* in tin* jicrpetrauon of thi* slupendout bank fraud-Since writing the above, we learn thai ('ktpman, one of ihe pr»prielors of the defunct •• Bank of llkrlfDrd,’' located at Hartford, Blackford count). it connected with ihe swindle. The llsrtiord Bank mi » bogus concern. It apjear* to suit Oupman adnurably well to be engaged in Hiving circulation lo fraudulent bank notes, fliipman was in jail on Saturday. He itahard looking specimen of human-iiy. Some time *ince be wa* Prosecuting Attorney for the Judicial Circuit in which Blackford county i* embraced.S(tcnuer, the Prrtident uf the Boon* iQtliluiion, left the city Saturday morning at one o’clock for lirwafifW, in company wiili a man named Sweet, also one of ihe bogu* ojieraiort, where ihey d nubile** took the early train on the Central road for the K*»t. The more lhat is known of Ihe affair, the more itupendoti* it apjr*ri. F.rery few hour* itnpl.catr* some addi-li- pal perron. Su»picion re*t* on Mveral parties, reaidenl* of thi* city, hut now ahwDt on “urgent bus intis’—perhapsto be », 97livedlivedi* uu-tls ofNowicgrorolir.ait is Tnlon ankrefi «iry of r thesn.bia adameThe id to thi*minuetttlp-;reilvolu-NHEnwa*•r, of king pro-onsi int-Ot)CeiBAreChNew . Bu-i hi*Bit-fiS.
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Lafayette Daily Journal
Lafayette, Indiana, US
Tue, Nov 06, 1860
Page 2
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Lebanon P.
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