The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01
From the Nej0 Kor5 UsraW.
TEE EOGUS PROCLAMATION

Ills Authorship Discovered - The
Author Arrested, Makes "a
Confession and IS Sent 90 Eert
Lafayette Particulars of the
Arrest The Prisoners MO-
tive and His sARfecedenns, &c.,
| sc.
The authorship Of the bogus proclama-
nation has been traced by the Government
authorities III this city to Joseph Howard,
late q city editor OF the New York Daily
Ifmes, and at the time of his arrest, city ed
itor Of the Brooklyn Daiy Ettgte The
method by which the authorship OF this gi-
gantic hoax was traced to lis author was
most Ingenious, but can not at present be
made public. It is sufficient to know that
it was most successful, and that while the
perpetrators Of swindle managed the major
part Of the affair most aaroitly they still
left sufficient traces Of their work to ena-
bic the detectives to get at the principal Of
fender.
TIE ARREST.
The evidence was found to be conclusive
against the accused as early as one o clock
yesterday morning; but the arrest was de-
layed until half f-past three clock in the af-
ternoon. Major Gen Dix then issued an
order directed to United States Marshal
Murray, who detailed Deputy Marshal Took
er to act with detectives Radford and Ne
Dougal in making the arrest. The officers
proceeded to the Office of the Brooklin Ea-
ale. and found the accused, to whom they
stated their business, telling him they had
the most conclusive evidence Of his guilt,
and that they had traced the origin OF the
matter to him through several different
sources. Howard appeared like one thun-
der struck, and as the detectives detailed
point after point to him in the chain of tes-
timony they had gathered he appeared be-
wlldered. and at once. confessed his guilt
He was Immediately conveyed to Fort La
tayette.
THE PRISONERS MOTIVE.
The prisoners motive in promulgating
the forgery, so far as himself was concerned
appears to have been merely to advance his
own interests. His means were limited to
degree; but he had used such as he had
in the stock gambling operations in Wall
street. Not being altogether in the ring
he became a loser, and saw himself On the
verge OF ruin, through some unfortunate
speculations into which he had been induced
to embark The idea entered his mind that
a well devised story, that would send chill
over the entire nation, already getting exu-
would be sure to to send up god and stocks,
and if he could maange to buy for the lise
he would pocket a snug profit TO do this
he was obliged to lend himself to the designs
of other gamblers as desperate as himself,
and even more un scrupulous: those who
had q two fold object in view first, to make
money, and, second, to damage the Union
cause abroad. Hence the selection Of
" Nednesday morning Steamer day. for the
publication: The long familiarity of the N.
Y, press and his minute knowledge Of the
usages and workings of the Associated
Press, and the manner in which their tele-
graph matter was prepared and delivered,
enabled him to conduct the affair most sue
cessfully. He knew that so important a
matter as a Proclamation by the Presi-
dent, coming in at an hour of the morning
Just before the moment Of going to press,
when seconds are even more valuable than
grains Of gold, could not have that careful
attention which would have been given it
an earlier hour of the night and he selected
that moment for the delivery of the bogus
dispatch.
THE PRISONER S SANTECEDEyrs.
1t will be curious fact for the public to
learn though it may not astonish them
much - that the accused has for a long time
past been an active member Of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, and that his father is a
deacon thereof, and that he has sat under
the drppings Of Father Bcecher's sanctua-
ry, and enriched the columns Of Tie hide
pendent with cketches Of the prominent
members Of the editors gospel shop. -
The reading public are pretty conversant
with his egotlstic, not to say bombastic
" Howard Of the Times, which glared out
in Haunting capitals as preface to his arti-
cles in the weekly papers. His career as
reporter for the public press has not been
long one. His influence from Plymouth
church. more than his ability, it is said, pro-
cured him his situation as cityeditor of Tile
Tmes-a place which he did not long re-
tain. What he was previous to that is of
little importance to know His crowning
act is sufficient to give the true impress of
his character, as it has been made by SUI
perbundance of egotism, superficial edu-
cation, and brain completely turned by
the infatuation Of Wall steet gambling, and
manipulated by the most desperate Wall
street gamblers. What the Government
may ultimately do with him is at present
unknown. For the time being he will be
held in Fort Lafayette, solitary prisoner
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