Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-19
ROMANCE OF CRIME.
Curious Sequel to the Brockway Fo

HOMANCE UF CNlME.
. Curious Sequel to the Brockway Fox
gerry.
1. March 23 letter to the N Y. Herald.
! The facts are these: Chas
: Brockway, alias Vanderpool, alias Sey
mour, alias Trowbridge, alias Dins
more, alias Waterman, committed for
gerry on the North American Bank IL
New York, and
FLED TO CANADA,
the city of refuge for police-pursuet
) thief and the prosecuted burglar Ht
was accompanied by "Mrs." Seymour
or Mrs. Dinsmore, as che was known
} here, a pretty sparkling blonde They
boarded with Mr.. John Pike at very
comfortable mansion on Bay street
Mr.. Pike was married, and his wife's
| sister, Etta Hackney was also of The
; household. Pike is an American by
birth, about forty or forty-fve years OF
age, and his name-or several of his
names, for he has as many titles as in
infant of Spain-is said to be written
in the annals of his country-to wit, at
Sing Sing and at Mulberry street head
quarters He came to Canada in 1865
or 1869, and has been
sHADowED
ever since his arrival, but no opportu.
nifty of capturing him has ever present
ed itself till last week He has en-
4 ployed his leisure moments, it is
alleged, in selling county rights for
patent churns to confiding bucolics. It
need not be said that the rights are
counterfeit
As [ was saying, Mr.. Seymour came
to live with Pike shortly after his ex-
ploits in New York. Early in January
he and Pike went to Detroit on pleas
ure trip. The end of this Clark was
the "beak," :" for Mr. Brockway was
drought to rights by the cops,'' was
called to the bar at New York and then
took upon himself the VOWS of the Or
der of La Tappe in the
MONASTERY AT SING SING
C Mrs. Brockway, or Dinsmore, was
in Toronto when the escaped Pike re-
turned to tell her that her liege was
in the hands of the PhiIstines. It is a
mooted point whether OF not Pike
"gave away Brockway at Detroit for
ulterlor purposes. Perhaps he did. ANY
way, when Brockway had first found
refuge in Toronto he had deposited his
ill-gotten gains in the Canada Bank of
| Commerce to the extent of some Sc, 500.
Pike, on his return from Detroit, told
Mrs. Seymour that the detectives would
probably be after her, and that it would
be a crime to leave so much monev in
the bank where thieves might break
through and steal. He urged that the
money should be drawn out at o1ce
Mrs. Seymour acquiesced in this view,
and said she had her husbands bank
book and check book. Pike, the wild
owls friend, asked how much Mr.. Sey-
mour had drawn Mrs. Seymour knew
of enc check for S400. Pike said an
other check had been drawn for 50, 500,
which would leave about So, 500 at the
credit of the absent forger Mr.. Pike,
to be on the safe side, considered it ad-
visable to draw only So, 900, and filled
up one of the bank checks for that
amount, payable to Bell Seymour, and
signed it Charles Seymour, with
fair imitation of Brock
ways signature. This business
transaction took place on the last Sun
day in January Mrs. Pike was pres.
L
that signature would pass" and Mrs.
Seymour said she thought it would.
Mrs. Seymour took the check and kept
it till Lext day, Monday, when imme-
d1ately after breakfast she and Mrs.
Pike went to the bank. Mr. Pike,
should say, cautioned her not to tell
her husband about the forgery, because
Brockway was of an impulsive na-
ture, and might at some future time
"give away" Pike. He also expressed
modest doubt of his own abilities as
a forger, and thought Mrs. Seymour
could do better; but Mrs. Seymour let
well enough alone. This attempt of Pixies
to make Mrs. Seymour do the forgery was
perfectly of a piece with his conduct
throughout-mean and cowardly. The
two fair danes went to the bank,
where, of course, the gentlemanly
cashier wanted Bell Seymour identified.
Mrs. Pike promptly introduced Mrs.
Seymour to Mr.. Lash, a partner in the
firm of j. G. Joseph & Co., as her
cousin. Mr.. Lash, dazzled by the
beauteous apparition of
AN ANGEL IN A PANNIER,
with a So, 900 check in her hand, prompt
/ ly indorsed the check, and it was
promptly cashed.
Home went the ladies to the exultant
Pike, who ripped up hassock and con
| cealed within it 81, 500 of the money,
and diamond cross of Mrs Seymour's,
/ who had retained the other $500 for her
own uses. Shortly after Mrs. Seymour
left for New York, when Pike handed
her 50, 900, but did not account for the
other $500, nor for q considerable
amount OF Mrs Seymour's iewelry
When she was in New York she called
on Mr.. j. j. Donaldson, the manager
of the bank on which the forgery had
been committed. One result of the in
terview was Mr.. Donaldsons s speedy
advent to Toronto, where warrants were
obtained against Pike for forgery and
embezzlement, to press which charges
appeared.
/ THE BANKER AND THE FORGER's BRIDE.
II Warrants were also taken out for the
arrest of Mrs. Pike and her sister, Eta
Hackney. The detectives found the
ladies at home, but as for Pike-the
bird, or fish, had flown. But while the
fair Eta was doing up her back hair,
under the disadvantages of two gentle
men in blue in her boudoir, mud lark
gave signal whistle. Miss Hackney
rushed to the window and shrieked,
"Go way, go way; we don't want
} you" One of the locust brigade rar
after the boy and captured him with 6
note from the absent Pike, and guided
| by that note the detectives found theil
man in hiding on Berkeley street.
Next day the Pixies and Miss Tack
, ney were arraigned before the police
} magistrate. Mr.. Donaldson deposed
, to the original forgery. Mrs. Sey
mour.
BRoCKwAY's BRIDE,
pretty and vivacious blonde, CAV,
evidence as to Pixies forging the sigma
, ture of Charles Seymour. She sale
frankly that the money was drawn les
the detectives should seize it, Whel
: pressed in cross examination, she ad