The New York herald., 1877-08-27

ness, Was also arrested LATER Dut WAS reieasoo
without an examination The men who actually
putt the check having been caught the detectives
began TO hunt for the forrcrs Each agency had It's
she theory that officer tho insurance CON-
pssy was Implicated. The credit OF nav.
s S.o..s DE ysy sorss Ess
who held all along that Gcssner and spraguc were the
mon who .'made" both the $64 900 and the S27, 900
check. Ednonds and Columbian, heretofore spoken
o wore arrested In March charge entirely uncon-
nected with these forgcres, and II was
ing for broker Tor Cannon. Cannon was
'shadowed," and his intimacy with sprasue
and when the detectives were hard at work, chiefly
pulling against each other, by some means and by
some person unknown TO the parties information was
given 10 some OF the detectives working on the
case. 70 tho Union Trust Company, to the
New York L,fo Insurance Company. TO the
Third National Bank, and 10 Winslow, Lancr 4 Co.,
that the testimony OF two parties could be produced
which would rst, the arrest OF the party who
negotiated tho forged check Tor S2 0oO second that
Sprague mad proposed 10 both the parties In
question to become messengers 10 cash largo
checks above described. The parties applied
dence. H A. Tdd heard OF this evidence that
be had and obtaned Introduction to B. q. JAYNE,
who said at that time, that no In the employ OF
all the interested parties aud that oil them would
receive Information or pay for sorvcc except
through hum. ridd told Jayne Of tho Information
which could be obtained, and forthwith the ''human
bloodhound" as he delights TO 10 called,
cepted the Elder theory that Sprngue aud Cess
ner the guilty parties. Tidd, after he had
made an arrangement with Jayne for n division
Of the profits, procured the man who could obtain
the evidence against Sprague, and jayne promised
the share. According TO the terms O the
agreement with tho last Of the trio, Jack Can
non and his pal Thompson were produced
IMPORTANT WITNESSES.
Thompson, who is alias Rogers, tho same who
made an affidavit Friday, on which Cess
ner va: locked up, made the, the following
sflidavit:- nat he knew Sprague for along tme;
knew him TO be ''crooked; - that during tho fall OF
1876, being very hard up, he, at the suggestion Of
Sprague, took position as cOachman on tho estate oil
gentlemen hvng out Of town, as Spraaue SAID he
would not like 10 have him seen mucn around
tho streets OF tho city; late in October early
In Noven ber last ho received, per agreement,
note from Sprague asking him to come TO town,
Spraguc stating that the business OF which they had
spoken was ali ready lie the city, met Sprague,
who told him hc wanted him To "ny down"-t.e e. pass
forged check; that he was without means; that
Spraguo paid his board IN u German boarding house
Eighth avenue; that Spraguo frequently gave HIM
small sums OF money; that about the time ne received
$27. 0j0 passed on the Third National Bank; that
sprague told deponent that he had the forged check
and had man 10 ''put II down" for him. Later ms
appeals 10 Sprague Tor money were denied and
finally he pawn his clothes In order to i've The
day before Christmas he made "a peremptory demand
for money to Spraguo ut tue Union Square Hoel that
Sprague said he would 90 anu got him $780, and held
him over the holidays.
Sprague did not appear. he went to look tor HIM.
lie found that no had in the meantime settled his
count at the Ashland House, who're he took his meals
and removed his baggage from ms room on Lexington
avenue About the middle Of January he heard OF the
check tDat tnat was tne
business proposed 10 him by Sprague
Juck Cannon sworc that he knew Sprague for some
time; that during the month OF November he met
Sprague Ut different places, and Spague proposed TO
him 10 ''lay down" check or II large amount, and
told him there risk in doing, as the parties
In the bank interested in the affair. In the
middle of January deponent heard OF the $64, 600
forgery, and knew 1t was the job Sprague wanted him
10 do.
JAYNE WORK.
These were tho ciews which JAYNE commenced his
work. they were all provided for him, his detec
tive skill need not be pumed. From Thompson and
Cannon Jayne also learned where Gessner and Spragu
were located. each In dliiercDt cities near Chicago;
also that they both frequently visited tnas CITY jayne
him discarded Jack Cannon and Others, through whom
obtained the cews and concluded a secret agree
meht with Thompson 10 aid him In catching Gessncr
aud Sprague. In different conversations Jayne
had with Cannon, Thompson and other parties aud
to encourage them make atlidavits, he repeatedly
stated that he intended only their aldavlts
obtain authority to arrest that the TACT Of their hav
Ing made the aihdavits would not become known to
their dctrlment in the ''cro0ked" community; that
they would any be quite sufficient convict
that intended TO get IRON them (the forgers
much the proceeds Of their work yet unspent
In consequence Of this agreement between Thompson
and Jayne there appeared In the HERALD early in April
a personal addressed 70 High Tower" and signed
ing the latter TO 90 TO Chicago and meet
the signer ut the Sherman House. lew days
after the appearance OF this advertisement jayne
suddenly disappeared from the ST. James Hotel, ut
winch he had been stopping with his family, and some
two weeks later on ms return II was disclosed that
had been 10 Chicago Tor the purpose Of arresting
sprague and Gessner but from Soma cause
out that he had abandoned the case. He
had authority whatever Tor the arrest of the par
ties, and merely undertook the job means Of OBJ
tanning money by exact'ng percentage OF all no
could lorce out OF the mon. The evidence ho had
against the men Sprague ana Gessner was worth
less as lar as securing verdict was concerned
and the District Attorney Is said 10 have refused to
give HIM authority TO apprehend the men, II now
appears that Jayne and his .'pal," Thompson. per-
aev their endeavOr5 lind GeSsner
Sprague, and finally succeeded Reports from
Chicago state that $360oO was found IN the
possession Of one of the men and temporarily de.
posted the safe OF the sherman House. What has
become OF the money or The man on whom It was
found remains yet secret 1t is claimed that OF the
three men who have been arrested but two have
denvcred to the police authorities OF this city 1t Is
supposed by the shrewdest detectives IN the city that
the Henderson frequently spoken of IN the
papers of the arrested parties really Sprague
that no had the S36,00O on his person whom
rested Against him (,praguc) the aildavts OF Cam
non and Tho pson conclusive and Thompson sand
that he had not even speaking acquaintance with
Gessner Ii is to be hoped that Jayne will be brought
from his farm and put the stand to testify In re-
garL to his prisoners. There no doubt that Cess.
committed the forgery he Is charged with as we'll
he had any conidants but Sprague, through
whom no transacted all his business, Sprague alono
testify against him.
A LrrHoGRApHIc STONE AND BIG CHECK
From this II seems conclusive that Sprague and
Gessner originated and uttered the $4,000 check and
that 1t WAS put In circulation by Chadwick and his
associates 1t is further claimed that the photographic
stone from which the check printed Is in the ros-
session OF the District Attorney and was found among
the effects OF parties arrested Tor completely in THIS
crime. 1t Is also claimed that certain cancelled
check for Sl5O,OO0 OF the New York Life Insurance
Company on the Union Trust Compsny, 10 favor Of
the Chemical Bank anu winch check has
been the possession OF lawyer IN town
for some time, was used by the forgers 10
the signatures the forged check for $G4 000
How tho check obtained from the sale OF the In
surance company the one problem yet to be solved
In connection with these forgerics The "bufhan
BLOODHOUND" not having been told who 1t was who
loaned the orgers tho check trace has yet been
able to ''discovcr" the parties