The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-25
CONSPIRAYORS FOILED.
Startling Bond Robbery Exposure in
Newark.
Actors in the Washington Safe Burglary
in a New Eoe

or late Newark has unenvabe distinction be.
cause OF an amos, endless record OF bloody crimes,
and now IL commands attention in consequence OF
being the scene OF criminal plot and countcrpoi,
the details OF which are highly interesting: and the
actors in which are persons OF national notoricty.
one OF them exit ntcd States Detective lchabod Z.
Nct,lcship familiarity known rs "Nettie, " the same
who was indicted AS the arch cons pirator In the
famous Washington safe burglary. Another Is Thomas
r. Somervllle the New YORK lawyer, VINO was
implicated and indicted for completely in the same
piece OF vlany. Slill another is George Eugsi, OF
Brooklyn, u noted iorger, otherwise called "MaJor
Howard" The plot was one In which tho lawyer anu
the orgcr sought To convert quarter of II mill
ion oil stolen United states bonds, nvetweni les into
money al the expense ut the governnient The coun.
plot was that Instead Of ,heir having "skinned"
the government. tho government has ''sknncd' them
they sought to get Nc,tleshp 10 conspre with them,
and he entered into their scheme which after iour
months OF careful labor on tho part OF all three has
just ended in Their being trpped up and safely Gagged
the Essex County jan, anu IN the ex-dccctve being
the hero OF most extraordinary Iiece OF misplaced
confidence
Last November Netteship received a de patch from
mis- old friend Somcrvilc, asking him 10 vast him in
New York. Neltlesnip did 80. Believing that Net
tleship was ready 10 join IN profitable job Somer-
VILE told the cxdetectivc that friend OF his had
between two hundred and dtty and two hundred and
sixty thousand dollars worth OF United States Ave.
twenty stolen bonds, which 1t was desirable change
into money. As the owners had, Beyond doubt,
stopped payment by advising the government that
CERTAIN numbers had been stolen, It was necessary
concoct some plan whereby tho government could be
circamventcd. "Net.le" gave "rom" to understand
that he could proceed aud talk freely with him.
"romn did So
RoBuERY.
The plan whereby tho Treasury was to be robbed
loliows:-By some means the numbers were TO
be obtained from the Treasury Department of sum
Gent number Of good bonds-bonds In possession OF
their owners. The names were also 10 be procured
The names ana tho stolen bonds werc to be
skiiiulv erased and the names aud numbers obtained
from Washington were to be forged IN their places.
| As "Nettc" was we'll acquainted with government
people IN washngt on and especially in the Treasury
Dcpar tmcnt, It was believed that he could Ind
employG there who, Tor II handsome consideration,
would the aud numbers required. George
| Engel, the Major" was on hand 10 do tho
forging and altering. and that enough to assure
part OF the business being done IN rst class yie
Tue altered bonds wcrc to be taken 10 the Treasury
Department, exchanged tor iour-thrty bonds and
turned INTO cash. Ncttcship l,stcneI to tho story
through lie would he sau, take little time to cob.
sider the matter and would give Tom AN answer a
day Two. Meanwhile Tom could rest assured that
hc "Nettle, " would stand to his duty Ike man. The
| pair parted vowing everlasting friendship
BENEYir ''sETTLEs" CONSIDERATION.
The ex-dctective took into his confidence ad
wiser Newark friend, Alderman De Noursncy, and Il
decided that Nettieship SHOULD 90 TN TO Washing
ION nd law the matter before Secretary Morrill, NJ
did ami there agreed that Nettleship should
proceed with the scheme ana have tho torger anu the
lawyer caught IN adgrdnte deicfr. Meanwhile Nettie
ship mad seen Somerve aud informed HIN that ht
ready to Ego III aud win." He had boon wLrkinl
long enough Tor others getting ali the kicks and few
| he would do q little work tor himself. Meanwhile,
Netlcshp procured The following TO SHOW that he wa
| In the confluence OF tho Treasury Department:
DEPARTMENT JUSTICE,
Orrick or soLiciron OF Tns Treasury.
certify ,Sa. s 4 S. H. sSw H. hs lT
tho Secretary OF the Treasury OF certain frauds which
o "s ar to &c sudusn altered and nre
3D. so :s % method s sy @
does prejudice the its creditors
-'''''G EoKGE = TALBOT. Solicitor Of the Treasury
Armed with this NettIeship proceeded with hi.
Hcdden, Two Newark bank cashiers. he obta.nc.
names and numbers OF b0ndhoders and bonds. proof,
that no was gong along sw,mmngIy In his con
ndence, lending him Whatever ard he needed, Mr.
james J. Brooks. Chef OF the Secret Service.
FAILURE NUMBER oXH.
When everything had been arranged. the bonds
beautifully altered aud names forged. Mayor Howard
backed down. He was AFRAID TO 90 on To Washington
sidcrution he wouldn't 20. Somebody else cou d. bu
no Washington Tor him. This upset Ncttes plan t.
have the par oasssa at ,he rs"sury Department a.
telegram
BROOKLYN. N. Y. March IL. 1877.
To Mr. NEr1LssnIP. M Pennsylvania avenue Newark
Don't leave. Twin come TO see you tins AFTERNOON,
The "Mayor'' didn't, but Tom Somervillc came In
stead the next day aud explained why the Mayor
backed down. What NcttIcshp now wanted was tune
to make new arrangements to make the unrest u
Newark instead OF Washington. He offered plausible
excuse TO SoncrviiIc Tor delay and consulted with The
department. lie tOlu Tom he would write 10 friend
Ia Washington TO know II certain papers required to bs
signed there That night Ncttieshp received letter
from Soncrviic stating that perhaps II would DO better
% q q n d 4 m
ton Instead OF trusting To tho answer by mall Net
tlesnip agreed 20 THIS. got s2o Tor expenses and
started, us SOmcrvIlc supposed, Tor Washington In
stead OF that no stayed ~ home and completed his plans
for the capture
FAILURE NUMBER TWO
Finally the countcrplot completed. Tuesday
night was sct tor the arrest OF S"ncrvllc and Enge
Ncttlcship's house, No vs. brunswick street, Newark
was the place chosen Tor the arrest SoncrvlIic and
Engle were To visit Ncticship, bringing the bonds viii
them Meanwhile Ncttcship had secreted IN his bed
rooms Henry X Curtis Chlet OF tho New York Depart
men OF the secret Service David Gl!kinson AN assist
ant. and one or two other officers Small holes had
boon bored In the OcdOoO doors, so that everything
going on Ia the parlor could be seen, VIII al
heard. A lew blocks oil, IN DR.. Lyons house, No
y Orchard street, United States Com sioncr jour
| Whitehead sat ready to hold court any law.
breakers -cainc before hun. Al The appointed time
Somervilis turned ~, alone Engei had renamed m
Brooklyn. Ncttcship and Tom had "A long chat, ever,
word 81 which Was heard and noted ny the officers be
hind the doors sonervillc pulled out a bundle o
bonds, some $40 900, ana placed them IN Nctticshp
hands 1t was agreed that Ncttcahip should take
these and get them exchanged, return aud divide
day. Engc was to come sure and get his "dvyy" on
Friday night aloog with soinervie Ncttleship con
cludcd to wait and catch both, so Somervie went
away unmoested
ARRESTED
ON Thursday there posted III Washington q letter
written by Neticsbip TO Somcrvc, and OH FRIDAY
ION hrs way home" as II were. Nottcship had
despatch sent to Somcrvic from Wilmington. II was
sent between twelve and O'Clock, tho time tut
Washington tram stops there. Despatch and letter
were duly received by Sonervillc, and satisfied hun
that ai was right The same evening according 10
agreement, he turned up ut Nclcship's house. tins
time accompanied by the ''Maor" When shown
into the parlor lhey found Nettlcship win
his boots and coat OIL his travelling vMse
by his SIDE. and showing every appearance
| oi beng travel stained and wcaried. The
man had not been outside his house all day. Mean
while, rs OH the Tuesday evening, the officers were
sccretcd In tho adjoining ana the Commissioned
waiting ut Lyons residence. After saIutIDg hts
yIsOrs giving them and that