, 1864-05-25
THE BOGUS PEIOCIA3Ta.
T1ON,
hrest or the Culprit-Hoyv the Doeu.
tncnt wan Prepared@ and the motiVex

| - AoAA4 %AG ~ l. 4uEebs May u. Il
It turns out that J. Howard, Jr., CITY
editor Of the Brooklyn Eagle, is the neran1
| rho forged the proclamation, and procnred
1ts insertion In as many Of the city news.
! papers as he succeeded In dupinc. he has
acknowledged the TACT. and was sent down
!ast evening to Fort Lafayette. lie SAYS he
1,a,,n nau no othsE e. motive e1ceptto make little
never occurred to him that Bis performance -
effect. ~'~1' ~ os11oue
1t seems that something like a week aeo
howard consulted A1r: Kent, member Of t6e
Inlt, urn Gt KEN and clapp, brokers, as to the
clamation calling for 3O0, COO more men. Mr
Kent gaze him lis opinion, and aubge-
quently Howard showed him the draft of =
proclamation which be claimed to know.
through secret channels of intelligence nt
- asnlngton. .aE was about to be issued. After
t1e pnphcation In the World and Journal Of
Go,n.ae'oe On Wednesday morning, III,
Kent, Kent at once identified the pub.
lished proclamation with the draff
which Howard had shown him and gaye
Information OF the circumstances to Generni
DN. Howard vas arrested and brought to
.ne osnelais headquarters yesterday after
noon, where be ut once made full acknowl.
edsmen1 OF Ills agency In the matter, and cx-
culpAtto 81! the newspapers, which he euc-
ceeaed In T1cttmiztng from any connection
with It, directly or Indirectly. nc employed
anotner person, whose name We believe is
sent to the press. It is reported that several
other persons were cogulzant Of the pro
ceeding, and also made it the basis of snecn.
4attve operations in gold. But Howard we
Understand, denies that any person was at
ali Implicated with him In the transaction,
10" aru had been connected in various ca-
pacn1es Nth several of the city newspapers,
the 1t'nfa aud T,.bune anon. them. and had
thus acquired a knowledge Of their routine
81 business which was Of service to him in
this imposition upon them.
lf1on the n. T. Evening Post.1
no"Aao l.. TIE FoRT-u1s ACCOUNT TO TIE
INMATES OF MS ARREST.
Howard was taken to Fort Lafayetto last
night and locked in one Of the lower cells
He said little on his arrival further than that |
live te1eg raphers would be released.
LUIS molnlDg one Of the inmates, de3irinn |
to.kno~ npon what charge their new com. |
panton WIS incurcerated, 1ntimated his wish |
arrested because he put something in bis |
m EapeI (t,le !, Brooklyn Eagle) about the procla-
Society at the Fort, which Is in peculiar
eense exclusive. and which assumes to decide
On me responsibility of the crime committed |
hr. Howard. '"
HIS case Was discussed in advance; and II
was dec'dtd d that whoever wrote the procla-
mation, thus injuring tho IFvrM and Journal
eJ Commerce, should not receive their conn
tenahce and support, Ii he were scut among
ehem. AS consequence Mr. Howard ie not'
LOT t6e present ut least. to be admitted tn thn
y mess" hich the elect who may be able to
pay tor It are allowed to form.
:. Therefore, until Mr. Howard can CONVINCE
!ne company that his act wns Performed
WIZ the purpose Of aiding the cause for
y men lhey, according to their own theory,
re- re made martyrs, and not Of injuring t6e
u o'td anu JonTHat # Commerce, they will |
consider that lis crime is highly yepat md
:ontenptible, md Will refuse him their asso-
:iation aud sympathy.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The following statement, derived from nm |
sn1cfal source, giyes condensed account OF
aowa.d's crime;
Since tue publication Of the forged pro-
ianatlon Of the President, the most indus
Ilous md searching investigations, with Q
lew OF discovering the authors. lsye been
made under the direction Of Maior-Generul
)ix, by Col Ludlow of his staff.
These investigations resulted Yesterday
tternoon In the arrest OF j. Howard. Jr.. az !
he Brooklyn E1glc. The evidence against
i'm Was clear and conclusive, and finding It
., Howard made confession Of his crime, ,
1d has been sent to Fort Lafayette.
He exonerates from all participation In and
noWledge Of bis crime the newspapers and
:legraph companies. He says that his only
99sct M IN the forgery was stockjobbing.
The forged proclamation was shown to GER l
lin brokers and bankers several days before r
3 publication. and attempts were made to :
.rtorm successful stock operations pending a
5 appearance In print.