Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-09

Tered to snlist men who are physically snst
| Tor service; and BY forging gaardian's papers
tbey enlisted boys of fifteen.
| IL Is ailesrd that Unitrd States oflcere In
the civil service have viaked At the bounty
brokers' procee sings. Col. Baker thinks that
nearly il not quite two-thirds OF our recent
creors' are based upon forged ert1cates Of
ehiis Im' nj OF ON recruits who have deserted,
and are now walking in the streets: and there
tore he inclinss to the op,nion that Proyoet
Marshal General Frys demand for 2i, ,oOo men
Is not unjust"
The follow ing are the names OF some OF the
parties arrested: William TURNER, Assistant
chief cle-k Al the naval rendezvous, In BrooH.
yn. friend CT John Dsvin, In whose com
yany he was when arrestsd. John Devlin, q
substitute broker, internal revenue assessor In
Erockly lyn. who has made sixty Thousand dol
last summer. James Devlin, substitute
iroker. but rather a runner fer his brother,
John nevlin. They are both married men,
and Ieside at No l2S Hudson avenue, Brook
tyn. James Cah,l, also a married man, in the
b. 'okersg- business with James Devlin, with
john Deviin as the guiding STAR. Richard
Carron, of No. Sc White street, q French Cana
dian, an enlisted man, and a desertar himself,
has been In the business here for about eigh
teen NJ nths, and If, to quote The Language OF
Col. Baker, "T without exception the most pre-
clOus rascal l ever had any knowledge off,
SeIleants keeckan, Mulbern aud Brown, all
- tie UnIed states service, and for q long
NE luc1hUvP1y impO IN getting bounty
j mrors OIL Governor and Harris Islands, for
confederation from the hands of brokers
operating in the city.
THE MODE OF swIspLrss
The most important swindl-r thus far ar
re- q d is the chief clel K OF the Brooklyn Naval
Rendezvous, which Is located near the entrance
to The navy yard. Upon being secretly arres ted
ard hroue nj into the presence OF Col Baker,
at his rooms in the hstCr House, the prisoner
assumed an air OF injured innocence, but q pom
being confronted with incontsstibIs proofs in
mpY dnan
which the willy detective had secured, he
turned State evidence rs the only rem aiming
course, and made clean breast Of the whole
affair. All, or nearly all, OF the OFT er partjes
arrested have likewise made full con fessions,
in one or two cases in the shape Of All
da yiis.
case OF the forgeries was rather complicated.
and somewhat as follows Twenty men are
enlisted for the navy at the Brooklyn rendez-
vous. These are genuine recruits; their pa
pers are cffciaiIy drawn up and regularly at
tested, and they are accordingly sent on
hoard the receiving ship Nsr,h Carolina.
Bur, a few hours later, Mr.. John Davlin, who
seems 70 have been one OF those most exten.
sively engaged in the forgeries, goes to the
office where these men were enlisted, and,
through his confederate. the chief clerk or mis-
assistant, TURNER, obtains access TO the regis
ter and makes a memorandum Of the twenty
newly registered names, VII ID the particulars
attending heir enlistment. Then, returning to
his own office, he deliberately. with the assist
aDce Of n few others concerned, makes twenty
duplicate enlistment papers, forges the respee-
tive names at the bottom, signs his own, sffixes
his noary seal and stamp, and the patriotic
labor is half completed. The next act is to
forge the II ceipts for the bounty money, which
the brokers are accustomed to take to present
for the hountv or oountIes due thereon. Upon
presenting these il is not necessary that they
should have accomplices In the men who tell
out the money. The forged enlistment papers
ana the forged signatures of the United Sites
recruiting officer on board the receiving ship
are ample evidence that tie men have been re-
thoft ttax
are identical with those upon which the money
has been already paid on shtpbeard or elss-
where is not known at the office in question,
and the greenbacks are forthcoming.
The New York Express Of yesterday says:
"To.day, the Colonel followed up thisim-
portant work, and his labors were eminentfv
successful. The publication Of the arrests
made yesterday has seemingly alarmed the
large class who have amassed small fortunes
by enlisting G men for other States and counties,
aud whose recruits often were to be found only
on paper. Tke developments SO far made
show that the bounty jumpers, like Arabs, have
united together in order to evade the PUNISH
ment OF their often nces, and preserve the secrecy
SO necessary to their success. IL is charged
that many officials were in league with thts
class, thus securing them immunity from arreet
and imprisonment
"The information which COL Baker received
relative TO the bounty jumpers In general OF
New York and Brooklyn, and which was OBJ
tained by himself personally, and the detsc-
tiyes under his control. was so perfec: as 70
leave no way for the guilty parties to escape
Their antecedents, forged papers, and their OF.
Ices, haunts and residences are known to him
Some OF those who were arrested were almost
dumfouDdsd at the evidence presented agaipst
them, hich included papers that LEFT NO
doubt OF their gnilt. Having disposed Of these
parties by sending them to the Old Capitol
plison, Col Baker resolved to day TO visit
other quarters, where members Of the same
class abound"
visit 10 Brooklyn and his in INVESTIGATIONS in
Hudson avenue, during which a number OF
p' ties were arrested, but whose names are at
PR sent withheld from publication, and adds:
"1esteTday all the papers Of the parties
arrs sted On charge of bounty jumping were
seized by Col; Baker. Among these bank books
and certificates Of credits and stocks were
fonnd One hank book issued by the Long
Island Bank. belonging to Richard Dalton
81 owed he had S6o,GO0 to his credit in tina. in
sufuton Dalton Is Young man who was In
partnership with John FAY, ct the corner OF
Hudson avenue and York street, BrookIyn
Both are row in custody.
'John FaN is said to he worth 1900 OOO which
Is invested in real estate, banks, and stocks in
Brook1yn, and this CITY. The money found in
tne haEk K has been stopped by Col. Baker, and
It is deemed probable IL will be given over To
'hr authorizes of Brooklyn, VINO are said To
have paid it for recruits who disappeared.
"t'oI. B6ker is - present in poss ssion of
seven hundred certificates OF enlistments-tha
men they represent not heing in the service
"1h's morning Col. Baker re ceived number
O, m letters, said 10 be dated from Hudson avenue,
brooklyn, informing him that if he crossed the
ferry or yentnred into that neighborhood his
life would be taken. Two of the letters had
namss attached to them White In Hndson
avenue. Brooklyn. he was folio wed by an ex-
cited crowd. who were sufficiently awed,
however, not TO indulge in ANY at.pmpt at
violence. The Colonel was prepared for auy
emergency"
FINAECIAL-Fromy yesterdays ". Y Com.
meroiai Advertiser:
The geld market is unusually dull There
is no speculation in the Room, ana operators
are waiting for something to turn MP upon
which they can either buy or sell. The price
is weak. The supply of money is in excess OF
The demand, and The rates must he reported