New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-11
IMPORTANT FROM UTAH
.Rob me the Exchcquer:'
. GREAT CONTRIBUTING SCHEME EXPOSED


b.zzlement Of public funds which had been brought
against DR.. Forney, Superintendent oil ln'iah
Afsirs of This Territory Heretofore me D'c'oi
h., been noticeable chiefly for the char't'o' anu
er,u, view be is disposed Ike his patron Tue
Pr,udent 10 take Of the peccaiiloes OF this Sanity
,eoole His recent fnancial operations have, SINCE
l..t wrote. been quite ecllpsed and THROWN iu'o
The ,hade. An attempt TO rob the Treasury 10
,s,s direct and dashiDg style, and on much more
.,,s,;scept scale, has been brought 10 light and
.,ssrly traced 20 the TthDg- House on the very
premises Of the sanity and prophetic Brigham
According 10 the programme Of this operation,
the United States Treasury was, by means OF
forged and counterfeit drafts, Purporting 70 De
drawn by Deputy Qn,rtermaster-Generd w. H.
S,rosman. on The United States Sub-Ireasurer at
ST. Louis, u be tapped TO an indefinite amount
I give you a condensed summary Of the evidence
relative TO this mater, decided this morning oet)re
Chef Justice EckIes, sitting as committing mag
istrste.
The first witness examined was a man OF the
name Of Brewer, Mormon, who, am informed,
has three wives here and two in the States. He
VAS himself prominent partieePs erm.h's; ont
after having been detected and arrested, concluded
the best thing be could do was to turn State e'i-
Aepce.
According 10 bis statement he was approached
some time during the month Of May by man OF
the name of Mckenzie, (whO is N custody, al
epgraver, and the feasibility of raisiog q large
amount of money by ccunterfeitlDg and forging
Ou.rtermaster drafts, number OF which were IN
circulation in the Territory was broacbed; 1t was
minated to witness brewer, by Mckenzie, that
he (MoRenzie) had already hsd certnln conferences
in relation 10 the matter with Mr. John Kay, who
il Territor Al Marshal, and that Kay thought that
they could make good thing OF 1t. Witness SAID
IN Mckenzie that be believed John Kay TO b.
id rascal, and declined t. have anything 70 90
with him. He furthermore told Mckenzie that
before he decided what he should do in the matter,
he wished 10 see and consult with friend Of his,
John NJ. Wallace. He saw Wallace subsequently,
and it was arranged that the plate for the draft
should be engraved by Mckenzie, aud that Wallace
(who is a gambler, living in Fairfield or frogtown,
adjoining Camp Floyd, should procure draft to
serve for copy. 1t was furthermore agreed that
after the plate was engraved and the blanks pr nted
and filed up, they should be put in circulation by
Wallace. lie was 10 be furnished with amounts of
thirty thousand dollars at a time, and was to give
10 Mckenzie awritiDg, or due bill, binding himself
~ p.y over two-tbirds Of the amounts realized.
Mckenzie is M eDgraver, and his shop is IN the
Tithipe- House. The TthDg- House is in the same
Enclosure with Brigham Youngs residence. 1t
belongs either to Brigham Young or the Church,
witness could not say which.
Some time after the preliminary arrangements
had been made az above stated, witness met Nc
Kepzie, and was told by him that be thought OF
giving up the undertaking, whereat witness ex-
pressed his grief more on account OF his friend
Wallace than his OVID, for Wallace's hopes, as he
supposed, had been raised to high pitch Mo
Kenxie expressed some conscientious scruples
about the matter, and declined proceeding any fur
ther in it until he could consult Brigham Young on
the subject He did go to see Brigham to lsy
the matter before him; bur found him very much
occupied and received some answer from hun, the
nature Of which the witness did not explain very
satisfactorily. AT any rate, Mckenzie determined
to 70 on with the undertaking and carry 1t out at
all hazards. The profits of the transaction, either
in whole or in part, were to go to the Church.
Mckenzie continued to work at the plate; but
there was another difficulty to be overcome, and
that was to procure rimilar TO that upon which
the genuine drafts were printed. Mckenzie said
that a son inaw of John Kay had some that would
answer and that Kay could get it from his daughter
hut this was not done. The witness, Qirewer), at
length got the paper upon which the drafts were
actually printed. He procured il from John ID.
Watt, the Church reporter. This Watt, by the
Way is the man, who, among other wives, has his
own halfsister, who was previously divorced from
Brigham Young. After the plate was completed,
and the blanks printed, and some wholly, and some
partially filled up, witness came up to Camp Floyd,
where Wallace lived, who Was to put them into
circulation, and brought with him the blanks and
the engraved plate. There he was induced by
Wallace to pass one Of the counterfeit drafts fol
the sum of three hundred and odd dollars on a mar
named LEM, and the next morning he was ar
rested upon Walace's premises BY the Deput!
United States Marshal, and the plate and counter
felt drafts which be had brought out were found
where they had been put by Wallace, TO whom he
had given them. II rds the understanding bet,cc,r
the parties that no drafts for sans less than fre hun
drea dollars should be pat IN circulation order Il
pr,rsmt them from falling INTO the hands Of the PEG
pie ofhe Territory. 1t was though, that Wallace
being a gambler near Camp Floyd, would h,v,
opportunities Of passing them in circulation with
cat creating suspicion.
The next witness examined was Brevet-Msj
Fiz,John Porter, Of Gen. Johuston's staff. VINE
testified that some time in the month of May last
John NJ Wallace sought an interview with Gen