Belmont Chronicle Saint Clairsville, Ohio 25 Nov 1875 p3
Abram Culver, Calvin Stephens, and Wm. Shepard was arrested and held on $600 bail, at Ironton, Ohio, on Thursday, charged with counterfeiting. These three are but a portion of a band of counterfeiters who have been operating in Southern Ohio for some time. Their business consisted of manufacturing nickels. About half a bushel of the coin was molded on Wednesday morning.
Follow-up story in Cincinnati Enquirer 26 May 1876
The United States Courts – After completion of the Hatcher (of Belmont County Ohio), the case of Abraham Culver, of Ironton, Ohio, was taken up on the indictment against him for having in possession counterfeit nickels. In this case, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
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