, 1865-02-13

has been worked to such M c1tentas to make
many of them enorm ously wealthy. a re-
crpIt legitimately enlisted ut the naval rem
! devious in York street, Brooklyn, would be
sent on board the North Carolina, where
receipt from the officer in charge for him
| would be good for tho bounty and hand
! money. So far so good. Col. Baker has dis
covered the following mode Of procedure On
4 the part Of the brokers:
and whose name will presently appear, would
70 to The chief clerk Of the Naval Rcndcz-
| vous and procure from him the names Of all
the men recruited on the preceding day.
Taking the names of these men, who we're
already on board the receiving ship, tbs par.
cate enlistment papers, descriptive rolls, &C.,
making out D tull set Of papers, to which
would be affixed the signature and seal Of
office = Of John Deylin, notary public,
making all appear straight and correct.
These papers thus prepared were presented
| men enlisted, q receipt would be given 6Y the
| officer in charge, which presented ut the rem
| devious. called for and was good for $3.50.
Again, there arc always to be found in this
| city numbers Of men from other towns look
| ing after substitutes to fill their quota. The
| out, who are waited on md told that they
can fill their quota, asking how many men
they require and how much their town pays3
On being informed, a bargain Ia struck, and
| the happy man ia informed the men to save
| their CITY from draft shall be Forthcoming In
The morning. The brokers 60 to their office,
] forge the necessary number OF enlistment
| papers complete-each List representing q
mnn-and, having attached to It the seal Of
! office and signature Of the notary public, who
| is represented as having sworn them 1n-this
notary in all cases being John Devlin. Every
c. +1,A 11a1-1 E,;.
| the broker representing that the recruit has
been sent On board ship, Or on the Island.
| Tic man pays Ills thousands Of dollars and
Eocs home, congratulating himself upon the
Quota for lis town being filed, the broker
pockets the money, and the government re-
carried of By the men who haYe paid their
money, and which are in the hlnds Of tho
p1ovosis of tho different towns, show their
quota Is 1lllcd, and they receive credit for the
came.
This is part Of the system Of ftana and
city and Brooklyn which Col. Baker has been
able to trace up. procure the proofs, and Or
rest the ecoundrels. To do this he has had
On infinite deal Of trouble; but, with his et-
ficicnt corps Of detectives, he las been able
to 60 to the bottom Of the whole matter.
The first arrests made was through repre-
scnting himself MS . man from an inland
town wishing to raise large number of men
to fill his quota. James Devlin, living at LIS
Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, brother Of John
Devlln, and james Calill, both substitute
brokers, operating through John Devlin,
called upon Col. Baker, at the Astor House,
and inquired if he was the man who had some
inland town quota to I'll. He said he was,
and would give ave hundred dollars apiece
for the men to fill it. At that time he pnr-
which he paid them two thousand dollars in
glecnbacks. He then told them he wanted
one hundred mud twenty-si1 sets more, and
If they would furnish the men he would pay
five hundred aud twenty-five dollars apiece
for them. They promised to do so, and
day they came again, but said they had been
able to get but ninety two, yet would pro-
cure the remainder In day. Col. Baker took
the papers and gave them a check on the
Hanover Bank for sixteen Of them, amount
ins to oysr m saying ns he would e wih ia
rest. a receipt for the money paid was asked
for by Col. Baker, which was signed By the
two intn-onc as James Cole, the other as
Jasmes: Higgins. Immediately upon see
ing the signature of James Higgins,
which appeared in one Of tue
listed and sworn in by John Dcylin, the no.
tary, as soldier, Colonel Baker knew he had
| the right men. He then told them who he
was; that be had been after them, ind that
their game Was uF, and at once arrested
them. As soon as they found they were
who were their accomplices, how the work
WAS done, and gave such information rs has
led to the arrest Of tWenty.seyen Of the prin-
cipal actors In the most stupendous fraud
ever attempted. They confessed the papers
were forgeriee in every case;
and found that the practice Of bounty Jump
Ing 1as carried to an alarming extent, almost
pnssing belief, and that these brokers had
regularly organized plan by which they would
enlist the t'jumper," help him to 'ssjump,"'
enlist him again. pocketing the city end
process on until the nun had been put through
t,ecnt1- serrn tlaes.
His own detectives have in several in
stances allowed themselves to be enlisted by
the brokers, for the purpose Of discovering
them and getting proofs agninst them, and
once Col. Baker went through the mill him
self, was detailed rs q clerk, and quietly
walked awny.
Arthur Carron, living at 50 White street,
French Canadian, and d desertcr from the
army, has been in the substitute business
months, has amassed large fortune, but has
made the most Of 1t by getting men ont of
the service after they have enlisted and gone
10 Governors Island. Through the connl-
vance Of Sergeant Malhernc, Of the Goth New
York Lattcry, who is in charge Of the rcndez-
passes to the men to visit the city, Carron
has been able to get several hundred men out
of the service, bT his own confession. Ser
gcant Malhcrnc received $50 for every man he
passed out, as also did Sergeant Brown. All
NE now ut tho Old Capitol Prison. The
proofs Of Carron's rascality were procured by
two Of the detectives enlistfng, Col Baker
agreeing to buy them of. They enlisted one
Qay, were sent 10 the island, and the next day
and by four o'clock In the afternoon they
were In New York. AS soon as they landed
the detectives arrested him and brought him
to The Astor House, where he made co1fes-
sion duplicating the others.
| To show to what extent these forgeries
have been committed and bounty jumping
practiced, it Is only necessary to show the
| difference between the number Of these
forged papers and enlistments, and the nun.
ber that has actually gone into the army and
| proceeded to tho front. Sergeant Malherne
calculates that but one IN ten reaches the 'front.'
! while Col, Baker thinks that one in six Is q
fair estimate He is making all efforts to ar-
rive at the exnct number, having q system
| working at present which would not be poll
| tic to disclose.
| ilea Of the extent Of these crimes: John
| Fay, substitute broker, corner of Hudson
| avenue and York street, Brooklyn, was at
one time hack driver In this city, and eight
| months aEo had not dollar In the world,
and was all ignorant, illiterate Irishman. He
went into the substitute business, and when
arrested he had largo drinking saloon in
operation, and owned over $4,000 worth Of
real estate in Brooklyn, purchased from the
sale Of these false enlistment papers. Uehad
| so completely got control OF the naval rem
| dezyous, that 1t was o nco1nmon remark around
there that he ran the Institution. Policemen
were stationed at the entrance, and nobody
but Fay and Devlin could get in. Capt.
! Young, an old, crippled officer, was In charge
| of the office !; but 1t does not appear that be
YVES cognizant OF the frauds perpetratcd uu-
der his nose, all his business being conducted
| in small back room and consisted OF sign
Ing the descriptive lists and certificates for
| The recruit who had no existence except on
paper. His chief clerk, whose name Is with
held by Col. Baker, received fifty dollars for
every name he furnished the brokers, aud has
made largo sum by his villainy. He is
married man, and feels the greatest anguish
for the pnrt he took; says the money was
curse to lin, and that he never had mo-
ment's peace of mind since he took the first
dollar. The assistant chief clerk, William
TuEier, Is also implicated, and was arrested
in company with John Deylin, the notary
pubic who prostituted his position md oath
Of Office to such base uses.
james Lee, . Tammany Hall substitute
broker, WIS also arrested. But short time
10000 deposited in the broadway bank to
his credit. He was once before arrested on
the same charge by Gen. Dix, but escaped to
Canada, where he remained by the advice of
his friends until the affair hleW over, when he
returned mud entered Into business again.
a. Dalton and Michael Monahan, two other
large brokers, were also arrested. After Ar