, 1880-10-03
SETTLED AT LAST.
Brockway. the Forger, Sent to the
Rhode Island Penitentlary.
He Gets Eight Years and His Con-
federates Three and Four
Respectively.
4 Dangerous Gang Placed Where They'll
DO the Most Good.

conviction was possible, and that one Of tn
greatest rogues Of modern times has met hi
just deserts- The fact Of his arrest seyera
months ago at Providence, r. l.. charged will
forging check upon the Fourth National Banl
OF that city, has already been chronicted, aut
the fact that be WIS safe behind the bars of the
Providence Jail has been constant source oi
congratuiation in circles where his nefariouE
crimes were s. naturally feared. Slnce
his incarceration at Providence, Brookway,
who bears the reputation Of being Whit in p0-
lice circles Is termed 'ssck oue," has tried in
every possible way TO secure his release, but to
no purpose. Last Friday morning he was
brought to trial, accompanied By his "Pal,
Joseph Cook, who attempted to pass the check
| OF Rrockway. The Providence papers gave full
particulars Of the trial, aud Brockway g attempt
toprocure postponemeut Of sentence.
When arratgned before the Court the accom-
pl,saed imitator Of other peoples signatures
! asked for ant was granted permission to address
! for several reasons he should be grnDted
had visited Boston, Washington, and New York
was lying at the point Of death, was also an i'm
J portant Witness. He had important affairs to
! arrange, his babe was lying unburied in the
| t.,mb, bis wife wAs young and inexperienced.
! He was without money Or friends, and the great
criminal. ut last driven to the vail. ptteou sly
begged the Court to trant him further time.
| His counsel also made an earnest appeal to the
came effect, but
JUDGE BURGESS REFUSED
to accede to the request. reminding both coun-
plenty of dime to ret their witnesses aud make
d satisfactory defense. Dr0ckwny, facing the
positive certainty Of conviction, lost all
always marked his appearance under adverse
clrcumstanees: and sesned utterly broke9 both
pesd Ey a b
stopped him. After i. whispered conversation
Bockway stated to the Court thar he had no de-
tense to make, or IN legal parlance entered a
The case of Cook .wus then called, and the
pal" was arraiEned and pleaded not gnfl ty.
He was hrst confronted by Charles F. Ultich,
Whe 1s one OF the most accomplished engravere
in America, and Q NUN who in former years en-
feiter in the country. Of iate years
he, has for a consid GRAFTON reformed,
Department. where his assistance is often re-
qutred In ferreting out the forgers and counter
feters OF whose methods he has thorough
Ulrch testified to bis acquaintance With Brock
way, which had extended over period Of fifteen
August, 1879, at Which time Brocxway endeav1
to fe5 ad h f9 CHECKS % 90 The Fourth
evidence as the same which the prisoner had |
shown him. Rrockway, beiIering Ulrich could I
be trusted, explained bis whole method Of proce-
PERPETHATING THE FORGERIES
which have made him notorious throughout the |
country, and promised to give the witness $1tl I
II he would stand in with him Ulrich, as
SCAN as Brockwny had given him his confidence
ana as as dq1shr s secured bis active cepera
dence, aud the Pfnkerton Agency In New York. |
Of Rroekway's movements: by. continued to
watched Brockway closely. md saw T Sim eninE
IN and outof Ulrich's shop preparing his scheme !
day in his shop Initiating '>ih tie sianxtnres I lures
Of btr e. G. Cranston and Chace, watson
Ulrich also swore that be made the plates a. re-
Quested. struck OF the blank checks, and gave
seTs9sy 1Trlsa Or eighty Of them to the prisoner
his shops was corroborated BY that Of Peter
Bauer, printer ia his employ. The rest Of the
the plates were made at Brook9sys ~ iess reaues
and the notes delivered to him. and the identity
Of the checks presented at the bank having been
to the Cashier Th 5 fact was firmIy estab-
si; shs6 og gas5s 5hs e. ,a Fnr, Of we
gansett Hotel. who directed Cook where to and ,
In hts attempt to swfndie the Providence (
oanks, Krockway secured. the services Of Will
IS The fellow who was arrested while attempt
~ the Mcrchants National Bank Of this city, |
md George Havell, Notorious
CHICAGO sSEAK-TH1EF
md burglar, whom BFockway first met while the |
'reeHr1ens pair were confined ia the Cook coun
ss ss Els ill.,; ionT E. iss & & forseries e'4nsis;
vas oc1ed Is up 1poa charge Of burglary The
)dell and Harell, and dispatch received !
ity states that. after a trial continuing two =
entenced to the Rhode Island PenitenIiary.'
y yers so9srf sua aasg aSgs foS
could not be nsccrtuined Inst night whether |
he man tried under the name of Joseph Smith
s 'as ne slippery odeil .,r the odorifcrous Haveu,
THUS eliminates for time ut Ioast the career
t q man whose trnnsccndent ability in bis |
ecnlar ecu th ,ne % or r. crime has not been eqnaled
espnia forger, who was arrested and convicted
tter great trouble and expense BY the com
ined action Of Philadetphia bankers who had
as tried, found guilty, and sentenced to i'm
slsonment a,t for term Of years After serving
1eut t.s one year Of hls sentence he forged him-
,lf M out Of prison On = pardon to which be him-
elf had attached the signature OF the Gov | D
rnor Of Pennsylvania He then came West. u
ttemPsed TO practice his "profession upon p
passing forged check on the Second M Il
onal Bank in 1850, For this ho was convicted Il
ID sent to Jol3et for seven years =
gcncy. which for the past two or three years Il Il
Is devoted much Of its energy and all Of its | -
lent 10 keeping track Of RfDckway and his r
as 10 aeans tesE 9s crimes thai e
e most expert torRer or thief dead to rights" =,
the detectives term 1t, aud, when thew do. m =
1nlic a, pasa9e & Is made Of the means through d
Ete, ia this county. y y