The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-02
Compsuuaing Felony.


ouoxEI. WILLIAM T. wooD SAYS Is "A DIS
cp.cr 10 vus GOVERNMENT AND ITS sEcREr
SERVICE"
The limited States officials maintained
,o,s,e,ious silence yesterday about TIE re-
1esse Of William T.. Brockway, the COURIER
,cI,er. aud any questions asked OF tbe occu-
nan,s of the United Stsies District At,or'
pe,,s Office and the United states mar
.hsps Office, in Montague street, BROOK
lyn. we've met with D'ank looms ana
formal. non.c0mmtttsi replies. Inc only
repre,eutative OF The Government IN me
Uniied states District Attorneys Office IN
the afternoon was boy, %ho said that The
District Attorney and his assistant bad gone
for the day; that they were lhere early IN
Tho morning 10 attend To Government bust
nos. and were in New York the remainder
~. the day TO attend TO piivStc business.
Fvery official In he building was under the
han of secrecy. United states Assistant
District Attorney Angel said that he was
nader promisc ~ the Secret Service men
moi 10 speak about the release OF Brockway.
On his way 10 the United states Court
la;ildinc ve.Ierday a Sun reporter passed
Rrockway In Fulton street, Brooklyn.
Rrockaav was well dressed, and was
smoking. lIc moved along q, an easy gait,
and seemed 10 be fully enjoying the liberty
which the chief Of the Secret Service de-
MED that he possesses, and which has led TO
~ much mystery on the pait OF others in
Government employ.
Nucb deception has been practiced 10
keep the actual facts from The public. The
account OF the release, however, was cor
rect, except n the impression that Brock
way was sill subject TO sentence on his
ple, of guilty to counlerieiiing the Govern.
nenf G. pcr cent. bond and the 800 bank.
pote. and that II he did not appear he
would forfeit bls bail OF IS 900. The facts,
- verified Yesterday, prove ID be that
Brockwav pleaded guilty, and that, instead
OF holding him uLder bail 10 await sem
fence. Justice Benedict, on motion OF
tbe Uuited States District Attorney,
suspended enttnCe, ana released him upon
ms own Tcco9niz9nce. a bond O1 $1,000
was drawn, which Brockway alone signed,
and Il j. conceded that for all purposes OF
lall the bond is worthless. The condition
q Brockway's release was his surrender Of
tbe pilates OF the counterfeit 800 bank note
ana the Government per cent. bond. The
negotiations for the release were conducted
bv William l.. Guild, Jr., Of Newark, who
=
boyhood. Guild is lawyer, about fifty
i've years Of age.
Colonel William u. Wood, the former
Chef OF The Secret-SeIvice ID vision OF the
Treasury Department, SAID yesterday: 81
have known these men-JameS Is. DOVE,
Jasper owens. anu William +. Brockway-
for years. | know all their transactions.
Their arrest was lucky blunder on the
part Of the officers CT The Secret-Servicc
Division, and had those officers the ability
10 follow Up and prosecute the scOundrels,
~ four cf the gang would be sent TO
prison. Their release now means that
they have simply been let 90 forever.
The Government las no idea OF prose
culing them. he mere possession OF
the counterfeit plates is an lnsignih-
cant matter compared with the trial and
conviction OF the most dangerous counter
fciters in the cum ry. These men can be
Of no service t. The Government. | Will
give the GOVcrement all the evidence that
II needs 10 convict them gratuilOu>y. |
made a statement TO John Sherman in reli-
ton TO the arrest of Doyle, Owens, Smythe,
aud BrOckw1y on the 2ffh OF the present
month, not only rs to their luuterfeitin",
but aS 10 their operations in the alterations
q stolen United States bonds. will say
this much IN relation 10 The plates from
which the counterfeit 100 Sl,000-nOtes
were printed The identical plates were
delivered by myself TO Mr.. McCullocb,
tuen Secretary Of the Treasury. They
are copper clCctrO-plaies. three in number,
TO print the back, face, and tint, and
they are now IN the possession OF Comp.
troller Lawrence. There never were any
other originals or duplicates OF them q
whole plstes. TIE originals were specihU
and segmcntaI parts, from which impress
siOns were taken in soft metal. The soft
metal impressions were matched togelbd
aud placed in The battery. The copper de-
p0St formed the whole plates that were de-
liyercd by me 10 the Treasury Department.
BrOckway and Smyihe were the authors OF
those plates. have no doubt that it VIII be
found that The plates DOW said 10 have been
surrendered ale electrotype plates, the pro-
ducts Of the battery, gotten up exactly as
The 100 plates were. | recovered over
$4,000 for the Government from bankers
who had obtained good money on those
counterfeit I 3Os"
"YOu VIII remember" Colonel Wood
continued, "that the Secret Service gang
has been putting out frequent alleged con-
LESSONS Of Ulrich, the Prussisn engrayer,
Il
story, a. fixed Up by Casalear, OF the Print
Ing Bureau, and Brooks. of the Secret Ser
vice, was that he made the counterfeit 7.3O
plates. CasaleaT, you know. swole that
they were not eli clro-plaies, but were en-
graved upon copper. He stuck TO this
assertion, in his ignorance, until better in-
formed by his counterfeiter friend, w. II.
Smythn.
"BTockway. who is known as Il. w.
Spencer. is The most experienced and sue
cessful cOunterfelter ia the business. lie
was the principal In the combination oil
cOunterftiters who induced the Langtons
to steal the lead impressions from macy OF
The genuine plates in the Bureau Of Engra-
wing and Printing. Thus the gang was ma
bled to make the genuine back TO the $780,
cOmp0und.interest nole which IL so success
fully circulated. Brockway is also one Of
the most expert men IN the world in alter
ing United States bonds. / have no doubt
that the bonds tbat Doyle had hyp0thecated
at the time he was caught bad the original
or genuine numbers on the face. You see
the plan OF these men Is TO take stolen
bonds aud alter them TO correspond with
genuine bonds with which they have pro-
yded themselves. Tie stolen bonds are
presented TO the Government and redeemed
first. Long after wards the genuine bonds
are press nied, and then for the first time
tue Government is aware OF the dupica-
ton. lids then too late to take action in
The hrsl Instance. There Is no cQmpu ing
The millions that may ultimately be taken
iron the Treasury in this way. can only
sag what l said IN the beginning. that the
escape Of these men on the preteXt that
they have given up plates OF no value, or
hat they have given any information. Is a