The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-24
Washington.

Washington.
IMPORTANCE OF TIE CHICAGO ARREsr--A
GANG oY UNITED STATES BOND COUNTER.
FEIrERs DTscovERED-THREE MORE Az.
RESTS.
WAsHIgGTos, October 23.-Thc arrest Of
Doyle In Chicago with a lot OF bonds IN
his valise has culminat ed as the Secret-Ser-
vice force expected. He has been engaged
in the coun,erfeiting business extensively.
The arrest has also been the means Of I'M
eartbing and grabbing gang OF dangerous
counterfeiters. The gang were not, bow
ever, suspected Of counterfeiting bonds.
They were only known TO be engaged in
counterfeiting notes. The discovery OF the
counterfeit bonds IS complete surprise TO
The Secret Service. 1t is not thought that
any OF The bonds have been passed upon
the public.
MORE ARRESTS.
Yesterday afternoon, at half past 5 O'Clock,
Chief Brooks, Of the Secret Service, receiv-
ed a dispatch announcing the arrest OF 4.
w. Spencer alias Bill Brockway and
Charles II. Smith, both residents OF Brook
Ign, n. Y. At a later hour the same officer
announced TO the chief the arrest OF a man
whose name Is supposed TO be Jasper
Owens. By the admission OF Smith since
his arrest it Is now known that Doyle and
Brockway were Join. owners OF the coun-
terfeit plates upon which have been print
ed the various counterfeit issues OF the
800, natlonal-bapk notes which have
been so extensively circulated. Smith
states that he engraved those plates
and delivered them to Brockway. He
also cOniesses that he engraved the plates
from which have been printed counterfeit
$1,000 United States coupon bonds OF the
issue OF 1861. lie delivered those plates TO
Brockway six months ago. He says there
cannot be o doubt about the bonds found in
the possession Of Doyle when arrested in
Chicago. They are not stolen or altered
bonds, but purely counterfeit. Smith adj
mits that it was he who engraved three
plates Of the counterfeit 1870 81 900 United
States bonds which were put upon tae mar
ket in 1867, large number OF which were
accepted by the Government as genuine be-
fore their true character was discovered.
The 7-30 counterfeit plates have not yet
been captured. Charles Ulrich says he bu-
ried them in the New jersey meadows at
Newark, and that the spot where he buried
them has been so changed by filling and the
erection Of buildings that be carnot Locate
il, Smith states that the last counterfeit
plate for natonal-bank notes engraved by
him was on the Pittsburgh National Bank
OF commerce.
Brockway is six feet high, &c teel looking
and trim, about ti!ty-eight years old. He is
a notorious counterieiter, and, until Smiths
confession, was supposed to have been the
engrayer OF the 7.3O-b0nd plate. He has
had workmen under him OF the best skill.
He has been engaged In making the follow.
ing national counterfeit. The 5.20-bond
plates So counterfeit natienal-bank note;
300 cOmpound-inteFest notes $50 legal
tender note. He is native Of Connecticut,
and is printer, not an engrayer.
Jasper Owens parents were English peO'
ple. He is about thirty-eight years old
medium height, and very 0rdinary-look'
lug, and is a macbTfist by trade. HC
spent portion Of his life in Cuba rs an
engineer on a sugar plantation. Soon after
his return to the States he became engaged
in counterfeiting, for which crime he was
arrested A press and other counterfetinG
material were found in his home. A few
years ago he married 4 rich widow will
one daughter.
But little is known OF the criminal bis
tory OF Smith beyond what he confesses L
himself.
NATIONAL BOARD OF health.
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 23.-Th
National Board OF Health has submitted
| its annual report to the Secretary OF th
Treasury for transmission TO Congress
After announcing their opinion Of tn
unsanitary condition OF Baltimore, th
report deals mainly with the difference
which exist between the Louisiana State
Board OF Health and the National Board
the facts OF which have been published
heretofore. The expenses OF the Boart
M TO September 80. 1880, were 1926,
$40. OF which S2l0,177 were expended b.
the Board and $ll5,6j2 by the southern
States. Among the expenses OF the Boar
are included for pay Of members, en-
ployes, and inspectors, S,0l1; for print
ing bulletins, 1880; s50,226 for floating
quarantine on the Mississippi river; $50,
726 for Ship Island quarantine; Sl2,996 10
the nav of the Havana Yellow-Feyer Com
mission. and 81 300 for the report on vel
Ilow.fever OF 1878. The following amount
are reported as expended among the States
Alabama, 81, 1876; Arkansas, S7,72O; Flor
da, SO, 20l; Georgia, 1885, Louisiana. SlSi
O6l Mississippi, Sl6,e9G; Tennessee, S52
Ill, and Texas, $500.
AGENT BERRY SUBMITS TO ARREST.
WAsHINGTON, October pa dispatc
received at the War Department from Malo
Fletcher says that Agent Berry submittc
to arrest by the United States marshal o
the 20th, and would leave on the followin
morning without requiring an escort. I'D
Indians consented to Berry's absence wit
the promise of bis return in two weeks.
DEATH OF COLONEL ADAIR.
WASHINGTON, October 23.-C0lonel WI
liam Z. Adair, assistant Chlei OF the Che
okee nation. died here to-day OF typhOiC
pneumonia: aged fiity.two years. lie con
handed Il brigade of Indians in the Col
federate army, and since the close OF II
war has been the principal representative
Cherokee interests in Washington.
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