[2] As the source for Murray's early life is his own writings, little reliance should be given them for details of his own participation in events aboard the Michigan.
In that year, two attempts were made to capture the ship and free the Confederate officers at Johnson's Island.
He held the position until his death and solved hundreds of crimes including the murder of Cornwallis Benwell at the hands of J.W.
The forgeries were identified by an expert at the US Treasury Department in Washington when he noticed the bills were suspiciously beautiful.
He had printed one million dollars' worth of counterfeit bills using 21 exceptionally engraved copper plates.