Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-20

! that the men have been received; tie
+ fact that the names Of the recruits
are indentieal with those upon which
I the money has been already paid, on
ship-board or elsewhere, is not known at
the Office in question, aud the green
backs are forthcoming.
Enlisting into the army is more
simple thing. There is hardly a recruit
ing Office IN the city that IS not haunted
/ By brokers, with their experienced
I iumpers-some ofwhom havebeen through
the sham enlistment process upwards Of
twenty times, aud few Of these fellows,
I II hey are adopts, will ever get so near
actual service as peaceful Governor
Island, after they have elutched the
bounty and divided II, according 70 lhe
customary rates, among their associated
Once on the Island, if they ever get
that far, twentyfour hours seldom
elspses before they retarn to the city, By
q system Of bribery equally ingenious
But il must be understood that this part
Of the programme is distinct branch
Of the fine art Of bounty jamping
FuLIS6 qUoTAs wIToUT MEx
But probably the most startling feature
Of the whole affair IS the .wholesale G
ing Of town and county quotas BIZ forg-
ed returns Not long after bis arrival
in The city, and having taking up MS
headquarters at the Astor House, Col
Baker communicated with James DeY-
lin, saying thai be was an agent Of
town in a remote part Of the State, aud
stating his desire 70 obtain enlistment
papers 20 answer for she qRota Of the
place Upon being asked what he
could afford to pay, be said that be
would give $500 for each recruit, or for
each set Of papers representing one. The
bargain was struck, the number Of re-
cruits stated, and two thousand dollars
handed as a first installmsut 70 the bro
kers They thereupon departed, aud ia
! due time returned with the necessary
number Of bogus documents, having
worked many hours in preparing them.
T They received tseir m0ney--a large
Z suni between ten and twenty thousand
dollars, and began to congratulate the
psaedo sgest upon his new "reeraits"
before they discovered that they we're ia
a snare
/ The Colonsl Immediately arrested
them, confronted them With the many
signatures, which be proved 10 have
been written By their own hands aud By
4 those Of their associates ia crime, aud
4 won a confession from ther, ~ ya~srA
! 10 their past operations Others we're
J implicated, and, one after another, the
/ ringleaders we're captured, but 90 ailoni.
! ly and skillfally that their manner OF
( exit from their accustomed haunts was
a complete mystery to their Numerous
I eonfedeFates who remained At large.
I No arrests were made without abundant
proof being hFst collected, in the shape
Of forged doeuments; aud as an IN.
stance Of the wonderful secrecy with
which the captures we're effected, en ad-
vertisement appeared in the Express Of
! Monday in relation TO the unaccount-
able disappearance Of one Of the par.
ties captured
Col Baker has already Ia his posses.
sion $50 sets Of forged enlistment pa
aers, which were drawn up daring last
month alone or course, all Of the sig
natures are fetieious, although tbs city
Or State have been duly credited with
the names, as belonging 20 actsal re-
cruits
THE HONEY w4nE, &C.
Hundreds Of men walk the streets Of
New York daily who are desertsrs, and
who have been enlisted upwar Of q
dozen times and at the present time
there are prisoners confined in Castle
William who have jumped booniies
tweuiy.seven times. Men are regularly
sent away 10 adjacent cities, ard even
into the Western States for The purpose
Of en6stinE, and then escaping with the
bounties, which they rarely fail to do
They then return TO New York. and,
after dissipating their illgotten gains
in debauohery, apply to the nearest
broker for fresh employment
The brokers themselves, however, are
those who reap the golden harvest. Shod-
| dy IS drudgery and petroleum q tadi-
Gus path 10 the swift gains Of the boun-
y svindler and forger John Fay and
- Dalton, partners as bounty brokers,
cleared $250,00O during last summer
alone. The Devins are both men OF
wealth, the humble Sergeant Malborn
has bought farmer for $4,000, and the
bankbook of James Lee, = poor, Ignorant
boatman year ago, shows a snug bai
ance Of $40, 600 But instances are, toe
= numerous