, 1879-06-17
Capture Of the Smartest Forger In
the Country.
C1,nr!cs I5roclsway, Alias Seymour,
Once Moro In tho Tolls. :
James Morgan, Tho Kid,' One Of His
Acoomplio.s, Under Bars.
An Elegant Assortment OF For
qers' Tools-Discovered
What Brookway and His Gang Have
Accomplished.

~. nt III
:. "A. p'eee OF b'e po'Isc WORK "ae nono .cS.er,
aay III ChtcsEo, which resulted In the arrest III
: h}sst1QttS oi one Of tho most dangerous gangs
Ttaa aotGcrs which has been known Of late
.,, ,,,,' ra,., ~. mi. l.,
2 anu 'a'e ope"'ea .''t only IN
e mt 'u useFr larcs city u 'hc Naraf''
'ss..ass M , tnen S s9hsernea . II, s,ne very @ 1arrs
uJlvEds n: H., nnIv ba,l III. w,,ule rr,vd ln.,,
= - - 49,. 49, "-
= sntuhc" . ~. o"' a.eo ''"t o'lieF esen "loss
dangerous men t'ad after 1onE yenrs ol
! bosltlon from which thry will find it
extremely difficult 10 wriggic OUT The credit
ot ttu vork,.s due to ptnktrtup,e dctcctiycs,
{! l1ho ,p.ro .N,v .,r,,,1 T., tt, ,.,,.t,.. ,,.-u
N w.. NV. ny ,t M'S,ar ] " ,eI ~ oe' ,, rr
W aru' rns ar, Ine, o, se sty Or
tie story III ill tts ramlfIrtto,s the statement Of
sMr. William riukcrton. as ttetatIr., In. a Tn,u.
uxn rcn,r,rr Inv, rvc,,,ntr. ID .uhio,nn,.
somo non,hs ~, ''' an i .sa J"vtIp Wr p,vto,on
ave Nero informed Of 4 series OF forgeres
which Ind beou committed OF, n humber Of tho
prIueipal banks Vt lllts city. Thu First, Fifth.
and Mcrchants' Natio,,aI ind others were sui.
crowd wore Mt work, Iuu,,ouc Of Operations VIVA
fur one OF TIC rnur to buy sulnli htji nj rouls
from aomu WHOLESALE house. Then he would
inv tl,at he wantctl n clcci IN, sotnr small
mount in prosabiy IS or siS to 10 scni I to oIa lie
nuutry. It uas too Iats TO obtain a
iralt, und hc would be Obliged for
he accommodation. The merchant would
1 sk wrs s5 cut s It, rns s n9 % 1sssys s H.
IL sy sse odo o asn ou ' 3 nesf q
tntng. They bad p!cuty ot blanks, which cau
be obtained almust anywhcrc. md iii thrv
Ind ~ to do % was s""s' to make axe o. out '''es !
new chcrk for a larEe amount. u,i,,r Tho nu,n.
ber all,i copying thc signature. So pertect wrrc
tile limitations iint even tl,e 1uo6t cxprrt noyup.
tcliers were dscclyed, and il was evident iiat
i1rst-class peumu,l
was AT THE NOTION or TIE ,on
mr. ins ,..s, tut.oA 4,,' w ins son.
~ hna,, ha,,.4,,,, tt'r nr ,u9% ,ac eEs VINO
and whp lad uttered opr o; tl,sn. '@0e'"''
mai tic same time We aseerto!ncd
eljas cnares sla seSMour uAies was nfoSf%as' iaS
and we sspoltcd liIul fur TIM inh. ,ic r",nn
here iron Nuw York slx or c.Eht months b.
fore, anil for several tuou,hs operatcI IN
tho Board of Trnae, holding % t,ckct tI,cfs. ua
tic % 1laus Of Of Charles ssy",r @,nh"' wtth s'''9 #
Slaughter, tie Iaukrr, uni ihat im l,a,i hui
accounts witl Az rlrst Natlonal and ,l,r pauk
Nstiona! could moi rctnGo,lrr an # n'.rr,rc5 sni
tint he had checked out tue iu an,ut,ai Of ID,
deposit, ll,ks refused to saraI. and VIVA l,,.i5
10 lie Cr{lll,lal Court iu Si.UUW but 1,ns uv,,r
been indicted.
NOperat!ng with Seymour an1 rTteka WIRE
Innc1fnn VI. Monrn. nIins Eh,rInv Adam. ~ .',
man who robbed Consord, Il. H., bank of
for lob he did on I'M In. '' iuSSr,"i. s".s
Hank of Maine. Tctcr q nnr;s, III 1,nesoGn n',s IL
H!ng.6tup md a brother Of nl,iy
O'I}rten. who vas shot nr )n,,c .Tun,:s.
name al i,rrnunn we i,at, m cvt..,.. .',ius, ~,
UrorkWay Scymourl Guk We sl,nI".wst1 ii,n
industriously. Pending tuyoloutt,rnts tl,. wl,"lr
gang rot scared ulu Jumped ihs ,owl,, In CI,,.
bus tHe po]ico 70, huid Of O,Brs,I and nr.n,'n@''
srrestet them, and tuok fjtr nrt,r,. t,'r ~.
sRoguest Aluuu.' They Ind nothing to % hold t
them on. but this
.'" KUN s,,,,a THEN ts OUT n, or o'so,SS1rl, ~t
and they STUCK .lor New York: One Of their
og 1Ts1s rs1o 'esH onean Mas ~ drnit
sraTn b. rresioa Kean IL l. Gseo,iS Go ii ss ct1 w.
They got per cent bonds for t!m amount. Later
nn eps ,.e xs eass 0s IN attsp t.
Rational NE Bank Of GS Nav Y Yor "n;, Gn ts nafs *
sISE:siug. ND away A''' 10 ~"
"Ien DAYS ago we heard that letter lnt
beon received from Brockway to the cllast tia.
1arnou ~ W. e ,a ,'@rs vuek hete 70 operate. We
% a nun went inie ". Il. l. N. h, ihss"as tisn1Is
and %aata ssa rt 10 s.s.st 5 eosssss{ ucs
clIcck. 81, to send int, te rnn;ry ~ n. ri,,'r
inv tile FrlIitR pf tfts t1rr,rf lin m IN. .hn,, t
twu cherks. am for SSiSl nui N. "',hnr H., IL.
which wcro hall by The First Nntiaunl ~ lSmn f''
On tllr aa..e Iay an ut.r1nnt m o"". tt'..
Murrhnntsi Not,onni w,s in,fi. i,v y, " w. ~
William Odcl, VIC was arrcste am IL .,,,,'f n.,w ~
jail Ills bal! was Fixed n ST. .0Qu but il vii hc
GOOD deal b,et,rr beIure: tbis fhintr ia tbrnm,l
NTse two forged riocks wcro disroverc., in: H.
MIR. Cox, paying teller of the first Natiauu2
on Frtday at II. m. NM, NJ, hour in,cr h.ar
Of IT, rccorutzci BrockwaS's % hand @ IN nsaru w..
work, anu cousyItct With L,vut. Mcfinnric t
about tic case. fol,mi lin, 0isll was ' ~
iosr wom BrocKway bad Grourht mas %itae wv VIII ~
him frnm New Ynrli. Wo stnr,n,f .sini',s
nmt sttnr i,rokwavs ami m s",',,. suaons Ins',a
lila At tho WipJsor T iietr]. } n ,carh1ru !ora.e"
street, Willie We wers ,,IDtu% I'm ou,T ~
he wot imtn i,,,ouv p'rsIth pm"Ih ,rl.a ns..' " W
Early Mant}ay morning We ,),stnvc,af that vi, NJ,
lrtsli.nun nur,uu Jonu siurnhv. m Inn Va; ~
Hido ,rho nwma = ittfin 1,ano.tt. ~ ~, ~ "ese
psae to to 20 bal for OJsij. VIM was u.s r.nrp ~
esntsI by tbs DIV se.lrtw.nn tn la .s
vcars ~ Suc ' ,oln,r1,.'e 70 w 70
excellent excel family lu s'ns NV York; 10 a,n' on
lint Supt, Wajljuc OF tlai r,,v ,vas anxo,s sI" ~,
pni him eIl .,s,t % y w. a"aous T.
lint the Mcrehauts' Natinnsi iu,,s a'so EAU