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Show THE COUNTERFEITERS. Tfctlr Trial Began this HorDis0 Before Be-fore MH Andersen. 3inS. (1AUXUN ON, Till: KITMJiS hTVM). Tli(t(lirg9Acalnt Ironk lint TaVen Vp.-OUf flagnon Will bl Called to Teatirj, The trial of the flvi counterfeit era wa fixed to tgln In Judgo Ander wnV court at 10 o'clock Ihla Morning, It had iKrnarrantid Hint each of the accused men abould be tried aepnrato ly, and tho careof I'.Dr Hfraitue, ln-dlcttd ln-dlcttd for uttering n portion of tbo purloin coin manufactured by Ong nou waa tohavebreu rillul on Aral; hut JuJcu I'jwure, the defondant'a counsel, produced a certificate) from Dr. Marshall UUng thai MrsSprague, hla only wltuia for the defei ae, waa aullcrlngfrom a aovtro ft!rctlon of tho hiatl.nnd iiuablu to be iriHUttoda), Judge Powers aiked thtreforo that H( rague'a rare be postponed for tho priwnt. Thla reipit waagrauted, Itwai thou decided that tho trial cf Win. Cronk should beirocceded with, ani the impaneling of ajury waa taken up. Unite IMtatta Dlatrlct Attorney Yarlnu roecuted. Tho Accmcd, who ll defLiided by Attorney Whlltemore, 1 alio ludlctcd for iitUrlugcounterfnlt money, Whcnnjuryhai biea at cured and thla recti j led noruo ccn-Ut Alio lime DUttlct Attornoy Varlun called hla tint wltnui-, without nuWrn; any openlugstatetnont. This wa John A. Terry, a jou Hirer, of Aberdeen place, to whom Crunk gaveat)Kolil kco In paynit ut for a turkey, the Uefondaut receiving the thauge, AsMxinnshe got thl ho hurrieil off, and a few momenta later the coin, which horu datolS7t, waadUcuvered to bo couo ttrfrlt. Olllcer J. ll.OT.ellly, who wont to arrcat thedvfeudaulat hi houe, ut2 In tho morning, saU that when he tukrd Cronk If be should read tho war rant over to him, the defendant n. pile J no Unit ho "mew what It was." B kb aitUrntlyho umarked, "lliat'a wbat a man (.it by mixing up with thll kind of iople." Healauaald that he received the coin from u matt named Uthaon, and that If ho panod It run couuter.clt the act wrui unintentional on hla part. (Juy Willis, plying teller nt the Utah Nntlounl Dank, testified that the $J3'gold" plecohaudel ta him was a counterfeit. Detfv.tlveJIUBhli.(llunti, who took part In Cronk' arte!, lald.tlmt tlio Uefrudant admitted having Aed two Coin, ontoliw loultciiruud ouoat a vcoul hand store. In croti Lxamlnatlon, the w linen eold ho uuJerstoiK: Cronk tu ay that ho got ouu of the two coin from Ulbson, a kick mtu, for kitting up with htm lu the B.URtr building, aud not from (Jignoti. OQUerMcCurdy gave formal teatt-tnony teatt-tnony as lo receiving tho $.!d colu fromthewltuta IV fry. Mil. JtKile Uajnou waa tho next wltttw. Hho relatw her prnrlou felaUmeut In Jommlaloner (Iruen min'a court as lo btrielf aud hutbiii I having apartments In the Hlnpnr building lu November lvt. Herhua-hand Herhua-hand waatm:agedlu"makluz money" luoueof tho room thure, and ultnwe saw tho work going on AtlhU stage Dlktrht Attorney Van UutvLtaluod nn order from tho Court tuhavotbu prisoner (Jagiion brought down from the ptnltmtlar.) forthwith, A battery nod othir piraphirnalla ued lu tho manufacture ot coin waa lure IntroJuced, anl Mrs. (Jauou Ideutllled theartichsaiA part ot tho minting lint uivd by her husband. ( ronk nnd othiH. aho talJ, wote lu tho hat It of vlaltlng him. A Hum bvrof llnlohed and unflnlaheJ reins were handed up to the Court for lurpcr tlou. Hho did not rea htr huahanl sui ply Cronk with any of the money. CruM examined, witneta ail I she understood that Cronk ntltn ltd upon u kick man earned (Jlhion.ln tho Hlntr building. Hho did not hear ttecon-verafttlsii ttecon-verafttlsii bttweeti her buibaud aud Cronk. Mr. Whlltemore m el thitall tho ovldeuco with refort nro totlagnon ma tiuhicturlng counterfeit cotu.os glvtn by tbo last wltm an t ulao wltti reference ref-erence totlio artlcltt Juit InUoJuLcd, btihtrlckea out, for tliorvaian that It did not tud lu nny way to coumct Cronk with tho matter. Mr. Vurlau Well, I will mako It lonntft; but Iciuuotdolt all at once Mr. Whlttemarw Wewaut our ob-cctlm ob-cctlm to go lu, at nnyratr. t Otllctr 1 rantv'Oleuii said he wat present at Cro nil's arrvit and hoird Iilmaay thst "that wai what ouu cot by ralxlug with fut people." At twelve o'cloik Dlatrlct Attorney Varum abked that a rtcuubettkou until two o'clock, by which tlmo, he sail, 0 a? no ii would hav arrived from the peultiutlary; but Judge A uiicreon, having anolbei engagement to fill, ad-Juurtisd ad-Juurtisd court until A p.m. |