Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-06-11

The authorship of tho Bogus Proclams.
tion has been traced by the government
authorities in this city to Joseph Howard,
late city editor of the New York Daily
Times, and at the time of his arrest city
editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The
method by which the authorship of this
gigantic hoax was traced to its author was
most ingenious, but cannot at present be
made public. 1t is sufficient to know that
it was most successful, and that while the
perpetrators of the swindle managed the
major part of the affair most adroitly they
still left sufficient traces of their work to
enable the detectives to get at the princi.
pal offender.
The Arrest The evidence was found
to be conclusive as early as one o'clock
yesterday morning but the arrest was
delayed until balfpast three o'clock in the
afternoon. General Dix then issued an
order directed to United States Marshal
hurry, who detailed Deputy Marshal Took
er to act with detectives Radford and Nc.
Dougal in making the arrest. The officers
proceeded to the office of the Brooklyn
Eagle, and found the accused, to whom
they stated their business, telling him that
they had the most conclusive evidence of
his guilt, and that they had traced the
origin of the matter to him through sew
eral different sources. Howard appeared
like one thunderstruck, and as the detec.
tives detailed point after point to hin in
the chain of testimony they had gathered
he appeared bewlldered; and at once con.
fessed his guilt. He was Immediately
conveyed to Fort Lafayette.
The Prisoners Notice-The prisoners
motive in promulgatins the forgery, so
far as himself was concerned, appears to
have been merely to advance his own in.
terests. His means were limited to de-
gree; bu, he had used such as he had in
the stock gambling operations in Wall
street. Not being in the ring, he became
II loser, and saw himself on the verge of
ruin, through some unfortunate specula-
tions into which h. had been induced to
embark The idea entered his mind that
we'll devised story, that would send
chill over the entire nation, already get.
ting exuberant over the victories of Gen.
Grant, would be sure to send up gold and
stocks, and if he could manage to buy
for the rise he would pocket a snug profit
To do this he was obliged to lend himself
to the designs of other gamblers as desper-
ate as himself, and even more unscrupu-
lous; those who had two.fold object in
view-tcst to make money, and, second,
to damage the Union cause abroad.--
Hence the selection of Wednesday morning
Steamer day. for the publication. The
long familiarity the accused had with the
operations of the New York press and his.
minute knowledge Of the usages ard work
ings Of the Associated Press, and the
manner i'll which their telegraph matter
was prepared and delivered, enabled hin,
to conduct the affair most successfully
He knew that SO important matter as a
Proclamation by the President,' coming
in at an hour Of the morning just before
the moment Of going to press, when sec.
onds even are more valuable than grains
Of gold, could not have that careful atten.
tion which would have been given it at an
earlier hour Of the night, and he selected
that moment fer the delivery eff The bogus
despatch.
The Prisoners 4n'ecc9ents.-I will be
a curious fact for the public to learn
though it'may hot astonish them much
that the accused has for long time past
been an active member of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, and that bis father is
deacon thereof, and that he has sat under
the drippings of Fathes Beecher's sanctu-
airy. and enriched the columns of the In.
ENHat" win ohSASHCS VI We prominent
members of the editors gospel shop"
The reading public are pretty conversant
with his ego,istic, not to say bombastic.
I" Howard of the Times,' which glared
out in Haunting capitals as Il preface to
his articles in the weekly papers. His
career as a reporter for the public press
has no. been long one. His influence
from Plymouth church more than his abil.
ity, it is said, procured him his position
as city editor of the 1imes--a place which
he did no. long retain. What he was pre-.
vious to that is of little Importance to
know. His crowa;ng act is sufficient 10
give the true impress of his character, as
it has been made by q superabundance of
egosism, sperGcal education, and a
brain completely turned by the intatua-
tion Of Wall street gambling, and mani-
puIa.ed BY the most desperate Wall street
gamblers. What the government may ul.
:imately do with him il Mt present un-
known. For the time being hs will be-
held in Fort Lafayette, a solitary prisoner,
ON soldiers rations.-Netc York Hrynla