| Show counterfeit MONEY leaden dollars rattling around among the soldiers ers on wednesday night lost last edward W maynes proprietor of a secondhand store on commercial street was arrested by deputy marshals mars nals on he char charge e 0 of having money in ia bis is possession osse sion with the thee intention oi 01 pass passing n it andon friday john eckert an ex sol soldier ter was arrested on the same charge at the home of mrs hannah brightmore grantsville Grants ville tooele thoele county mrs brightmore was subpoenaed as a witness in the case but ai skipped 11 and an attachment haz ha been issued tor for her the cause that led to the arrest was th the e passing et counterfeit silver dollars do among the soldiers of fort douglas several of whom had handled tue toe queer 11 they were all very reticent about it however one person at the post who has to handle considerable moner money got his possession instead bustead of the spine same amount amoul of the genuine article the matter has been sup in the public prints until antil today I 1 at tile the request ot of tue toe officers w who ho were wor work ing the cast case up eckert was vas arrears ar restel for the same game kind ot of business in ia issa 1885 and served nearly two years in tae penitentiary there hasneuer has never been anything against laynea in the past except that mat he be has aas been drinking con si sider d drably ably I 1 th the q preliminary examination was set e t tor for today before norrell 0 rrell the defendants were not represented by y counsel when arraigned ari they both th pleader I 1 not guilty liT the first witness was edward edwar B bussy i he aed 4 I 1 am a foldier bol flier at rort fort douglas f know both de defendants end ants have hav e be seen n them at a store on commercial street i hd first time was early in november X three days later I 1 went to the s store ore and saw bekert I 1 asked him for some of the money but bat I 1 aad po cash 19 pay tot it ae ke would po no let me have any I 1 I 1 would d make it all right but he would not let me nave i me some coun beeten dollars he bad quite a quantity loshe lo she fig box lie he offered 2 for 41 1 mr maynes was not there at the fluie but ib t was in his store mr eckert was wag the he only other one there I 1 baw may wa a afterward list last wednesday night I 1 went to the store with another party having been sent there by deputy franks my companion compart asked him to sell some mon money y but he said be had one lie he a agreed reed however b however to geta get 2 tor 1 be 1 said he could give a was eckof of it on etyce days notice he be sail said the article was bearer toai that he hao had la no vember and had a good ring he su suggested 9 that ona of bf us dress in Oti zetra clothes and shove above the money baving bavine but one coin at a time milo beese bussas camp companion nion corroborated the others testimony he said maynes had bad offered him a bad dollar to boand go and get some beer lout but lie he refused it deputy arthur pratt testified I 1 inow know the defendants by sigh mayries keeps a second secondhand haa store or oberd erd I 1 mi mercial street I 1 went we t th vandercook franks and cannon on ion wednesday night and arrested maynes haynes lie he told us he talked to the suld soldiers lers as they have testified in order to find out something about the counterfeiting we searched hed the place lie he told us 1 mr eckert had gone to gr buthod but had left there and gone to beaver eckert was found at Grants at ai mra Brightmore ls two days after in the search we found some goldana gold and silver leaf and some lead deputy E A franks testified similarly to mr pratt and stated that maynes haynes said he aliew nothing of the counterfeiting but that eckert had formerly been in that business I 1 arrested eckert at mrs Brightmore ls and found his counterfeiting outfit anea I 1 proposed to search the honne hon ne he be sald said 1 I would rather admit this nan anan tuat you on would search the house 71 we me maje the search however and some gold eold and silver leaf a large spoon and some molds for dollar pieces eckert said lie he knew that there was counterfeiting going on at port fort job ff testified I 1 reside iu in salt lake am a shoemaker identifying a counterfeit silver dollar I 1 received that coin in november at the battery from a soldier to 40 not know his hid name I 1 received two bad coins at the time in pay for my work samuel samuela lH H conely and robert bruice 1 were also witnesses the substance of their testimony was that eckert had sold a quantity of gilders materials at bulmers Cul mers and subsequently he and mrs his brightmore had bad purchased some of the same class of goods othe gold and sliver leaf bronze ild gilded horse shoes large spoon and plaster mold for casting the money were introduced in ia evidence tile the commissioner hold held the def defendants end to answer to the grand jury and fixed the bill bail at 1500 each |
