New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18
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Unu iFor Spencer.
The inve.pga;ion bersflosed for the Day.
DR. BROCKETT, TIE LITERARY
FORGER.
EORE or his OPERATIONs-HlS GOODNESS
WHEN RESTED-MOTIYEs FOR SWIM
yysn II. R,,ffs,d 7Yn,s FsA 70.


Ysste,day sfsrLOon DR.. Iiaus p. Brpcks'', Toy
m.riy a. tine inn q. B,o'ket y Hu.chl'EoE, LJJh-
seeIs was arrested OT forging TIE i2dorsr n"ht -
Allyn s. olinsn I, a hot- Tor 30, N-Ich Lo Ia
lef silh Geo Z. Bsssll d Co., -nSsT-, eDIa.ersl
FOR a losB. Dr. Br1cket;s operations b-ye been car
ried on for u !oog time, a3s involve lirge amount
Of money IN, fact II hl7 f'EsIies hss been kno 20
for seyerhi DAYS Mr. S.ilnan, last Monday, clsrgef
him ziih having forged his 20 tS) Iotes hnd
he acknowledged the fact bus cad I. vac Lsr1 up
a. the tEe sIl would attend to II ara see 1s M
vere taken mp In ADDITION 20 me pane OF W.
Still man. he has forged the names Oi Newton Gaze
and Carlos q azieT-lIom the latter OF whom nc yee
ttrday borrowed siUp
Mr.. Biockett's paper l. held by the 1Etps Bana 20
the amonbt Of nearly $1,000 STATE Bank, s!,tp E.
charge BsIk 500. FaIm-rs' and Mech ,Dics' Bank,
81 GO: City BsIk $780, Geo y. Bis.ell 4 Co, 500;
DAVID Hawley 500 ard Lynde q! instead, Fest Hat
f,rd, $50. some Of tn.s paper IS soo1i be. seeu
81 30 Bnd 81 COO is genuine. Ibe : ne Bank ana
Mr. Neys'os Gaze hold collateral or other good secu-
yiy sufficient 70 cove! al treir liabilities. Mr. Sll-
man holds collateral, bat much of IL - worthless.
How much further bis operations extended q IeZaI
investigation only will determine. II - pfet'y certAn
that his forgeres will feach $1,000, md probably
more as ANY p1rties in this city do not rs 20 have
il stated how riuch Of bic psper tney do hol3.
DIR. Brookett is literary man, contributor 10 Ap-
plc ns CycOpedis, % ysrJus magazines, ana - ne
E-ening Press for which he has Erten some very *.
ceuent reviews. lie hos heretofore been consiefed
an mpir e morality and pi-ty AM vas respected
by al who hns" hin: lie Tos ef2*ed 70 f'h 1'n at
=
We uLdeTs and that the CoIrecticut RIVER Bsaking
Company have not discounted dollar OF the forged
paper, neither have they any II ther hsIds iof CO..
IscrlOn.
DIR. Brcckett was before the Police Cour. thi. Wed
nesIayl morning. on charge of fJrg y, ard u'terns
f. note for 500, dated Hartford, Dec Z, 1898, AMI
endorsed with the maze OF Allyn ,. S'lilm4n. l.. b.
Robinson appeared for the prisoner, aod ID. w.
Pardee for the state. By agreement, the GAMMA
IA Of the was postponed III Inussday, the@t1,
g. 9! y. N.
Aiter remarks. bail was Gxed at 5000, Judge
Gilman stating that though be wished u DC just To
Dr. Beckett etill he DID NOT think that the amount
of bail was large, when il acsno vlejged by the
cou1 sci on both sides that the amount OF the prison.
ers forgeres was not less than - cOD Dr. Brocket,
during the proceedings appeared ICES excited tnan any
coClness and posses ion OF sOul, or rate power OF
ctntrohDg oil exhibitions o. feeling.
DIR. BrOckett ia 2 regularly educsted ard college
graduated physician. For the past few years be has
not practisei bis profession, bat was engaged for
some time in the bOOkselhng aud Publishing business
in this city in company with H. W. Hutchinson Since
he lett that irm he has been employed " some extent
in writing for IewspaLers and magazines beng gen
tloman Of talent and cultivated literary tastes. lie
was member Of the First Baptist Church. lie has
wife Dat no children.
As d specmen OF Brocketts imperturbable coolness,
last night while in charge OF officer at his own
touse, and his wife deluged in tears he csresssy
ark ed aludr to the larre.t O Samuel r. Jones IN
New-York: "WeD, they We O.Jones in tight place.
lie afforded Becchers lecture on Monday evening,
appesr cool and easy, though he knew his iorgeres
had been discovered.
lie i, now in jail failing 70 obtain bonds and If ne
cessary the officers are instructed 20 arrest him on The
half dozen complaints now IN Their hands.
Notwithstanding his warning, says TIE Ner-H1rsl
Paliaaium, Brockett though in daily expect alton OF
arrest went boldly about town as usual, appe .rlog
th the most perfect cOnposure, and only yesterday
morning he borrowed $iOj of Mr.. GlszieT though
knowing that be must soon be arrested.
The community feel the utmost sympathy for his
family and esp caly for the father, wortny clergy.
man 10 Wethersfel,, now in his 7ist year.
No motive, says The Hartford Press, given by the
Doctor except pc ubisry embarrassment. His co1nec.
ton with the book business resulted in loss to him,
and the beginning of his crime dates back one year.
Once involved the only possible escape from instant
detection was cor slant repetition Of the ofense-tAe
game Of the iugger tossing dozen balls in the air,
the fail of any to be followed by dishoI0T aud per-
ut nal lsrrace