Show counterfeiters COUNTERFEIT ERS CAUGHT worked a mint in an under underground i aund cave Buci buckets of coin guthrie Gu thrle 0 T dec IIA II A squad ot of deputy united states marshals hive lesve lust just unearthed a s powerful and dangerous sons gang ot of counterfeiters counterfeit ers who he have been bean operating in conjunction with confederates in indiana missouri and other states A chance word uttered rby a member ot of the gane gang while intoxicated led to a raid and the subs eVent lodging in the united state stat jail of 0 the Toi following lowing leaders of tile the rang gang guy harper L crawford Craw tord joseph tillery jess lockett and sam lockett after shadowing these men man three montha the wore ware nabbed and unwillingly led their captors to an underground der ground cavern a few miles east of perkin Perk lna used by the tha counterfeiters counterfeit ers us as a saint and general rendezvous after locating the underground mint the deputies organized and armed themselves to the teeth and ana at af 2 oclo ak yesterday morning descended into V hiie I 1 a cavern after traversing a a mean passage for a hundred yards yarda tey burst ina in dour door ande and covered twenty ali alve e men with winchesters Win chesters the counter deiters hd bad been be strapped entrapped so adroitly and were so taken by surprise they failed fio 0 show tight fight and scattered through hidden exits every man escaped but it 11 afterwards atter wards developed that the prisoners were the leaders of tho the sany gang and the others were only cappers whose work was to float the spurious coln coin the officers gathered ea in three bucket ets ivull of oc counterfeit dollars perfectly made and two tubs tuba tull full of 0 dimes quarters find and nickels besides a costly assortment 0 sort ment of 0 moulds and other para P pher hern nHit aila the men had bad been operating in n the eav c ave nearly tight eight months and mich of the spurious col coin n was boxed mid and expressed to agents in western matta all the tha prisoners are ara educated and ana irell BU dressed tillery was at one time aa empo employee yee in the mint at philadelphia oia lockett brothers rent lad tn were considered tan plary young men the prison rs ia far art reticent and refuse to talk |