, 1865-02-12
A GIGANTIC SWINDI,E,
HOW NEW YORK FILLS HER
QUGTA.
Arrest Of TEcnty-ScTcn Bounty
Brokers, and their Incarce-
ratien In the Old Capt.
tol Prison.
OFFICIALS kIDINa D0JNTT-JUM?ERS L
DESEET10N.

~ ullE q LOuau41lLEt VI tHE DuAfu VI super
yiEcrs Of this country are striving to show
| The Washington authorities that VIC have
| nearly filed our quota, number Of Govern
! ment officers are In our midst, ferreting out
a system Of gigantic frauds, the exposure Of
which, It is alleged, will show that we arc
| not entitled to more than two-thfIds of the
credits which VIC received on the'call for men
|. In July last. Col. Baker, Chief Of the Gov
eminent Detective Police, has succeeded in
showing Coy. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania, now
| 1t happened that Notwithstanding the pay
menI Of Thousands on thousands Of dollars
| In boun1ics, by towns and counties, they had
| fuiled TO place men in tue field and now the
Colonel intends to solve q like problem for
| us. he will show us that not 4 dozen Of the
| Ihany men who are engaged In the business
ef recruiting In New Yotk are honest, and
that nenrly all Of tho bounty -brokers' crew
| went ..rnpunishcd.
This charge is not made at hnphazard, but
upon actual investigation and positive proof.
| Col. Baker and his subordinates have been in
the city only three weeks, and since they be-
gan their investltations they have found over
whelmiug proof against more than fifty bouu-
ty-bsokers and Others who have been engaged
in deffauding the Government, and Of these
tWcnty-seyen have been arrested.
Provost Marshal General Fry, under the
pressure brought to bear upon him by our
Supervisors and other gentlemen anxious to
claimed, the unjust to q just number, became
convinced that IN outrageous system Of for
gerry was being pcrpetEated In this city by the
substitute brokers IN en1isting men, and that
the government did not get one twentieth
part Of the number Of men said to be enlisted
by them, and which this city, rs also other
citfs 8, had the papers to show for, aud who
hare been regularly credited upon the quotas.
Colonel Baker was sent here to " work up
the case" which he has done most successful
~, md which will undoubtedly break up the
infamous system Of substitute brokerage, ns
cmanating from It, and revolutfonfze the
whole matter Of volunteering and manner Of
fllfnElguotas.,
We will first cndeayor to explain how this
brokerage business has BEEN carried on how
quotas for cities and towns have been filed,
aud how the Government did not get the
men.
It Is we'll known that these vampires, in
following their business 1egitimately, would
make great deal Of money out Of men hon
estly enlisted and placed in the service: But
when the men became scarce, and profits did
about for means Of making thcm reach the
desired standard. This was soon found, and
has been worked to such an cxtcntas to make
many Of them enormously wealthy. i re-
cruit legitimately enlisted at the naval ren-
dezyous in York street, Brooklyn, would b.
sN0Iu III, q 1GColu kEpt I'LL tue btuce, Auu LIZ
sent on board the North Carolina, where
receipt from the officer in charge for him
would be good for the bounty and hand
money. So tar 80 good. Col. Baker has dis
covered the following mode Of procedure on
the part Of the brokers:
One of the parties, who has been arrested,
and whose name will presently appear. would
20 to the chief clerk Of tho Naval Rcndez-
yous and procure from him the names Of nll
the men recruited on the preceding day
Taking the names Of these men, vino were
already On board tho receiving slip, the par
ties engaged IN the work would forge dupli-
cate enlistment papers, descriptive rolls, &C.,
making out q full set Of papers, to which
would be affixed the signature ind seal Of
office Of John Derlin, notary public,
making all arpcar straight and correct:
These papers thus prepared were presented
on board the North Carolina, showing TIC
men enlisted, q receipt would be given By tho
officer in charge, which presented at the rem
dezyous, called for aud was good for $3.50.
Again, there are always to be found In this
city numbers Of men from other 1owus look
ing after substitutes to fill their quota. The
brokers employ runners to find these men
ont, who arc waited on and told that they
can t3ll their quota, asking how many men
they require and how much their town pays?
On beinE informed, bargain Is struck, and
the happy man is informed the men to, save
their city from draft shall be forthcoming In
the morning. The brokers 60 10 their OUce,
forge the necessary number Of enlistment
papers complete--each list representing q
man-and, having attached to It the seal OF
office and signature Of tue notary public, who
is represented us having sworn them in-this
notary in all cases being JOHN Dcvlin. Every
thing 50 far Us the, papers go-looks fatr,
the broker representing that the recruit las
been sent on board ship, Or on the island.
The man pays his thousands Of dollars and
goes home, copgratulating himself upon the
quota for Ills town being filled, the broker
pockets the money, aud the government re-
cei1eB ssnary"a soldier, although the papers
carried of By the men who hare paid their
money. and which are in the hands OF the
proyosts OF the different towns, show their
quota is filed, ind they receive credit for the
scme. =
This is Part Of the system Of fraud and
forgery perpet1ate3 hy the brokers In this
| city and Brooklyn which Col. Baker has been
able to trace up. procure the proofs, and ar
rest the ecoundrefs- To do this he has had
IN infinite deal Of trouble but, with his ef.
1icIcnt CORDS of detectives, he has been able
to 70 to the bottom of the whole matter.
| The first arrests made was through repre-
senting himself as q man from IN inland
! town Wishing to raise q large number Of men
| to fill his auHta. James Dcyliu, living ut 12S
| Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, brother 1f John
| Deylin. and James Cahil, both substitute
brokers, operating through John Devlin,
| called upon Col. Baker. at the Astor House,
| and inquired IL he was the man who had some
iuland Town quota to fill. Hc said he was,
! and would give five hundred dollars apiece
| for the men to fill it. At that time hc p,tr.
chased Esou, them fou7 sets Of papers, for