The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-09
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND the VICINITY.

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.-r Pg1TtY -1mRrY AEHKsrs ALnrADr MADE
ffqur HrNpeHp FoHSEp Enlistment PArERs
for'p, PEORIA Or rnH BouSII DusrsssA Fro
u Ans stated in yesterdays SUS, - b. Il item Of
news, that the naval rendezvous In Brooklyn had
hrru c.oscl Tho real cause Cor this sc,ion va.
y .tuholi from the public for The reason ,hs, We
rrsrdrd Il injulicious 70 publish. Al that time,
G'e usiounding facts that now submitted 70 III.
readers Of the sus Since they have leaked on,
through other ohAnneiA II Is proper tia. re facts
IN our possession should be given " our readers.
Tho War DEPARTMENT having become convinced
ths' extensive frauds were being committed by
bounty brokers in this city and Brooklyn, de.er-
mined n ferret ont the perpetrators, break up the
system, and hrng the offenders IN justice. To ac-
couTlsh this end, Coz. Baker, chief of he Govern
mont Dct.ctivo Police, was instructed 70 come W
ths lily, with such -ubordinstos - were necessary
Tor tie purpose, and work The case up" According
~ arrived here shout three weess ago, 'neoo.,to,
oi course, aud = cursory examination Of his work
ei'ished him that The evil WAS far greater than he
had leen lei n expect. lie took apartments st
Ne Aston II use, and represented himself as one
ri the supcrvis Of . small town In the Interior,
who had como " uo city to hire recruits for the
exemption n his patriotic constituents. He was
sreill to have the ob,oc, OF hi. mission roach the
sounty brokers, aud 10 . short tune be was called
opon by two. men, named jaime, Ds,lin and James
rshih who were runners for . Brooklyn boun-
" broker John Dcvln, brother " the first n,met
.unner These men informed him that they were
IN he quota filing line and could furnish HIM
SiLh any desired number Of "able bodied" men
De made an agreement with them W furnish him
bur men-or rAtfor the papers acknowledg ny
M Enlistment n four men ~ he credited 70 his
c~n-s,pulatng W pay the runners two thou
s.Dd dollars therefor They agreed TO hlhll the
eontrso tho foil wing day, and IN compl anco
hore~lth brought tho papers and received the said
NO thousand dollars Buscr then Told them that he
santed one hundred sud twcnty-s moro mon or
t>pos w that effect and that they could III the
order on he following day be would pay lh' m at
ne rsie OF Quo hundred and Iwenty -nvo dollars per
asn-thA, tsSg he amount which he Au-
toriscd by hir constituents 70 PAY. This mex, day
Me mop appeared punctually and informed him
hAi they bad papers representing niue.y men, but
hsy had heon unable I, obtain ITO full number,
and would require smother day h. complete ths
agreement Co. Baker took tho papers knoWiua
very well lhs, ninety had not been enlisted II
the city in one day, much lehs by one officer, Nil,
believing The evidence " be conclusive s.ains
Devhn and Cahill, he made sign to two OF h
AsAst>nu who were conveniently secreted, Hrresle,
he men, Told thom he WAS sgent u the Wa
Department. and charged them with the fraud
The prisoners WERE terribly frightened At this un
Ilo~sAnt termination OF their profitable bus nes.
snd bOIh Immediately made a iull breast OF thel
transact ons cunessIng oil they had done, detAilin.
uso manner M which lheir swindlng practice,
we're o-rnvt cut aud duplicating a number q
o<her parties
Having ssourcd thess culpriu, Col. Baker mex
prooosdod W make sweeping arrest OF al whom
hey implicated NJ like transactions as well ~
prs whom the Colonel had already 'spottol :
Among LleSe John DAWN. hA l.tu oh.
br whom the aforementioned runners were op
Natng, and who IN United states Interna
Revenue As'essot and Notary Pubhc James Lo
AND michael honAhAn, VINO are ~ the bounty bru
karago business ~ TsnmAny Hall Fay & Dalton
.hrm II DE stno line, who are opetAtiu. Al IA
eornor Il Hudson avenue and York street, Brook
lyn; William Turner, who held die position
Assistant Cnid CLERK In the Brooklyn naval rou
devious Arthur CarrOn, = Canadian, Of 80 Whit
arecS who, a. alleged, has been engaged III tAkin
moa W GoNernors ls'ano, getting the bounty 70
khein, AM hsn running theln oil boryoauI hu
charn, ~ the lwsntt VI New York battery, BEL
geant Brown AMI Ss',seAnt keegsn. These are oul
small proportion ~ Nc number Of men scsuAll
Arrosto.i, buI a. many VI tie others havS accom-
plisas whom Col. Baker 10 now ENGAGED in ferret
Ing OUT 10 not dee nlsd e1podisnt " publish lhe
uAmes.
The manner tn which como Of thess broker
operated, shows that they Scrl, led no CRIME ui
WAS calculated W AID their fraudulent uAusac tNon
They have committed iorsories by the ~ho4cssi
and Col baker states uiAi he has slTeady setatt
hbuut oAFht lHbeu lAItIh, AA Ats nkt,i
s4tiy oi,SciAl sek nowledgmeun VI men actually p
INTO uhe s-rvies. rhess frauds " course, oau
poI have loen perpslrated by tho brok'Ss Aiuu
PIr,les employed IN tbs GovsrnmeuI service,
connrt ZION With the recruiting busness, ha'S t-,
in cullunon With ths brokers, and have Tsori
then iuh proposition q ths Perqulsitos Tue cu
clerk A. Die brooklyn Naval kSnduzvOus In cha =
with ha~ns s4ded ,hs brOEers by furnishing ~,
wien Ihs nAlass Il so,oal reyTuSsa. Tbs nsao :
,cne loes hAble W detection, for Tie reason ~
AnS u mo fArNAs " whom thaso boSus men We
'.tulshod vco poT Aastoni enough W mast IN 81
ul The enToned names. thy could the 10 fouu
Or ans service, "A AAId. the ehiel clerk
N.Nrd A. his share " tho GEolL hity dollars
,'t man. In orior W deInonsri
'no bounty jumping StnrieA Colonel B,A,
IN dNyuise took u hA AssisIAI
tuA recruiting offcOr to enilss him On throwi
olA hint shout tie possibility OF "lumplng"
man, he Was oOandsnrsliy informed ual the thi
'Vli 10 done "IuAi sliok OIL" lie gocos
ingiy eu,istod h,s man, aud TcIostd lhe ,ar ~
t.IVO tunes IN three successive a~yS s-anuS
bounty oAcs hms The Colonel pSrHi
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