, 1880-10-24
rn,, Confession Of the Party Who En-
qrayed the Spurious Plates.
~ the Leading Spirits, Of the :Gang
Now in Custody.
Tbs Chicago Captive Has a Qaiet Talk
with Reporter.
=. Prsl.sses Filler Ignorance Of E'erythlns-
Charles L. Reed His Counsel.
r15E WASHINGTON END.

Enffu
v.eu1ycros. D. C.. Oct -:s3-Chief Brooks, Of
=" cs.rt.t service, this evening gave tho fol-
.'-,ro aceouut of the arrest Of the United States
~" ".,. Doyle and confederates
saait,,nr such portions us already known: "Ihe
:. ~, b.,s ,ccu worked up from bedrock. Vhe
.s.,tre received no information from any out
irsa sonrcc. When the 500 counterfeit Trcas-
,rrr note first appeared efforts were Immediate
= made TO discover its origin. Search was made
j, Ill quarters where such information was like
H. n he obtained. Levi Logan was flnully capt
,od In lava passing counterfeit $IOo b1ll.4|
ue VAS tried and r. sentenced to Juliet
for five years, where he nov is. Before that
ss,tennce, and subsequently, he declined to
soueal. Experts in engraving were called III 10
aetermIne the characteristics Of
THE NEW CouSTERFErT.
r,hov caye various opinions as to the probable
oryr,yer. The Secret Service for months |
..atched Il certain engraver until he died. but
,hr,o vas not sufficient evidence against him to |
confirm tho suspicious, aud the counterfeits
tcrt coming of different issnes. The Service |
xas at sea E. ". Spencer, alias Brockway, was
watched until the Bureau concluded that
the trail did not 1end to him. |
Further Watching, however, led to the
conclusion that he was concerned In counter
leit,ug something. From the time that point
saz settled the rest Of the work was conpnra-
nye.y easy. Brockway's connections were
closely watched, Gil his conffderates were fol-
lowed and every man is now under arrest save
one, who had nothing to do with the bonds but
who was connected with the 500 note In Its
earlier stages. There was no positive. evidence,
noxever. against anybody. We oulT knew that
Bfockway aud his associates were working
SOMETHING VERY lNPoRTAST.
Their hauuts: times and methods OF meeting
eere discovered. The various parts performed
by each member OF the gang were well defined,
but to this time We have never been able to trace
the emission Of single note by any one of
Them, or to find d man who could or would give
the Government amy information safe to act
upon. With respect to the c0untetfeiting OF
United States bonds, we never had the sliEntest
Information from any source, nor did We our
selves suspect that any such article was ABOUT
to be issued, ur Hnat any were ID process
Of execution. We discovered that this 1 man II,
Tbtrty-third street, New York, fur Chicago; that
be WIS to bo the custodian of some kind Of
PROPERTY or il CROOKED CHARACTER,
butwbat it was we. did not know We ascer-
talned the exact train on which he was tn leave
the city and his destination, and. lest he should
lose his way, suggested that there Should oe
somebody i; meet bin al his destination anu TO
sent" The rest is known The fact that the
Iame OF Baxter was pinceu on lhe "arIaiilr
and the charge Of embczzement nude.
doubtless put Doyle or hs guara enc made ',!. y.
take. as his name was not Baxter, ana he was
not defaul1er: No one knew anything 9 ct t any lt,
counterfeit United States bonds: Mhen @ Hoyle i:,4e
amount with him, and that be Wae connccteu
with crooked men. made the Inference easy II fhat
the bonds we're altered stolen bonds. This
seemed more probable from the fact TINT
Brockway's anfeeedcnts and former assocta-
lions we're with a GLASS Of men engaged In
~DocroR1Su STOLEN BoSDs
md raising checks Under these circumstances @
trace them through the Bond Division OF the
Treasury. The impression ut first ut the Treas,
ury was that the bonds he'd peep q stolen @ Ia sna 20
accepting this theory-nau1eiy: It was very eSr
tracr9linary that so large an amount Of bonds o. i
one issue, and that issue twenty IN yeaIs olu' 3n
rether in one mass without any public knoWl-
sdse Of schedule na rodos,,nv Of al stG1en he,f
o stolen bonds Of that issue Still it was argued
that the bonds might have been purchased IN
large amounts by brokers with
-, THE INTENTION OF SELLING THEN
to the Government In the regular purchases IL
large quantities, and that the loss might not
have been discovered An exa1nina don OF the
records Of the Treasury in re comparison ttot OF
the Secret Service had captured the right man at
the right time We knew that It the oonas
were not stolen and altered bonds they
we're counterfeits. They were not genuine bonds.
TIE information was speedily comnlunicntcd to
the Secret-Servicc detectives i'll New 1ork Clty;
The location Of the confedcrates or D9yie anu
Brockwny was known. There was quick work
for the next twcnty-four hours in New York and
Brooklyn. The officers proceeded immen1atels
tostrike without waiting Tor any 1nrf4er nnoc r.
WY in Brooklyn, where he resides Ihey
searched his house, but found nothing except
same letters from several important persons.
at a. amone m the ietters discovered in Brockway
house were several from Bill Wood, former
Chief Of tho Secret Service, and recently
osE OF BARkuM's MOST TRUSTED SECRET
AGENTS In INDIANA.
Charles Il. Smith was next arrested. ne Is an
engineer. residing on HerkiEner street, BfooKlyI.
1t u later hour Jasper Owens was occurred; Ae
i printer living in East New lork: Iney +,.3
men- As soon as Smith Was arrested ne IN
mediatelY begun to 'squeaL' He han cSloent-
lr beard Of Doyc's arrest, and doubtless PIT
spned thnt Doyle would try to turn state e'l-
dence,. and did not wish to lose time til ,eaan N
letraying his confc,erates in the hope OF ncne-
itlng himself: He told bis part n ne trsssHo @ A.
ton. He said sut,sra ntiaily that he had peen a'
hitaseA engraved the 7.oU United Stn1es notes 1
tnat were put upo1, the market In isa, AM 1In t.,
xhich Jay Ctok suffered loss OF about So2Voo
that be engraved the plate for HrockWay; tnaa
ae also engraved the new $l0o National Ircasuts
aotc, from which '- -"
EoUNTEEIE11S on TIE FOLLOWING BANhS (
we're issued: The National Revere Bank. bos-
ION; Merchants National Bank, New Beatora
st'c,nd National Bank. WilResbarre. "a: ttts,
Melu National Dnnk, massachusetts: Nalonu
Ht1ehange hank, Daltinure: and the Fltts9uT.
Nauonal Bank vi Commerce. Smith sald t1e
IT plate he engraved WAS Tor the flttspur2
Nano4al Bank OF Commerce. AL these he en-.
etased Tor Spencer, ulius nrockway.' he alae
eonfesst.d thai he engraved for Brock Tay tnt
! soumeffe3t plate from which the bonds 1onne
l n n tae possession OF Doyle we're printed, and tni
delivered the p!ate to Brockwa3' SIX 1nonth: q,
.F1H .Fe1H 13e history ct Brockway Is quite femaEk,
ifrai aue; he is king of couftterfeters, aud ma ma
IN nGonnecticut stands about six feet high hrn
salit stncwy. not ttcshy. straight Us nn arrow
aao about IS years OF age He has
NEVER BEEx KSowy. TO no ANYTHING =
s ance. be reached maturity, except to bt
m1nected with counterfcttinC and crookct
iM ia.M nc has wife living In BROOKLYN
ua.I ae llSes in another part OF Brooklyn VIII
otaef ref woInan- He hNs yAcht, which has Dccl
shs useful 10 him in promoting his :1lllcl
fneMes f.naM His conferences with his confederate
nsse rs oeen nninly held Oh this y1.cht- He would
r.sGeed ':'Sd With the yacht to Cauarsie. where h'
;s, ;u,u take them on bonrd+ and then SO on t1sh
nps.s17ps.. He ts knuHn az printer; never wa
inEraFer IN ESsaeraFer He worked for a lime for = bnnE
nnnnecticut, and while In that capacity stolt
number Of unsigned notes, signed them, nil.
r.. .tucn on the market Hr was arrested nj
taast,n taaas lily Tor this Ibout 1856 and WIS sen
sas .eed tor hve years. The next heard OF him ht
.,s,a1 a. arrested by Bill Wood i'll 1867, but WI!
mould deliver