Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-23

COyERED-THREE MORE ARRESTS.
The arrest OF Doyle. In Chicago with lot of
bonds In his valise has eliminated as the secret
service force expected. He has been engaged
In the counterfeitiDg business extensively. The
arrest has also been the means, as was ex-
pected, of unearthing and grabbing gang OF
dangerous counterfeterS. The gang were no.,
They were only known TO be engaged In coun-
telfeitiLg notes. The discovery OF the counter
felt bonds Is a complete surprise to the secret
service. IL Is not thought that any of the
boLds have been passed upon the public.
MORE ARRESTS.
Yesterday afternoon, at half past O'Clock,
Chief BLOCKS, Of the secret service, received a
dispatch announcing the arrest OF E. W. Spen-
CIR alias Bill BfockWay and Charles H. Smith.
both residents OF Brooklyn, New York. At a
later hour the same officer announced to the
cb1ef the arrest OF a man whose name is sup
posed to be Joseph owens. The houses OF
these parties were thoroughly searched, but
IOthing was found TO indicate the business
hitherto engaged In by them. These arrest !
were pTedicated upon the intimate relations
which seemed TO have existed between the ar
rested men and Doyle. who Is now In cuSto fy
at Chicago. Their movements had been sucn
as TO indicate what business relations tley bore
10 each other. By the
ADMISSION OF SMITH
since his arrest IL is now known that Doyle and
BrCckWay were joint owners Of the counterfeit
plates upon which have been printed the various
counterfeit issues OF the 500 national b1nk
notes which have been SO extensively circu-
LATED. Smith states that he engraved tho Ae
plates and delivered them to Brockway. lie
also confesseS that he engraved the plates fro n
WGcl have been printed counterfeit 81 ,Oo0 [.
5. coupon bonds OF the issue OF 1851. He d.
Hvertd these plates to Brockway six months
ago. lie says there cannot be a doubt about
the bonds found IL the possession OF Doyle 7hea
arrested in Chicago. They are not stolen or
altered bonds, but purely counterfeit. Smith
admits that 1t was eWho engraved three plates
I,2n - do ,ian
We're put upon the market in 1861, q large nun
ter OF which were accepted by the government
az genuine before their true character was dis
covered. This admission OF Smiths should settle
the longmooted question as to whether the
plates from which the 7-3O counrertettS were
printed were the impressions obtained from tne
genuine plates In the possession OF the govern
ment. Smith states positively that he ellgrdr III
these counterfeit plates and delivered them 10
BrOckWay.
THE 80 COUNTERFEIT PLATES
nave not yet been captured Charles Ulrich
says he buried them in the New Jersey meade US
al Newark and that The spot where he buried
them has been SO changed by filling and the
erection Of buildings that he cannot locate it.
Smith states that the last counterfeit plate Tor
national bank notes engraved by him was on
the pittsburgh National Bank Of Commerce.
BROCKwAY
Is six feet high, genteel looking and trim, about
5S years old. He is a notorious cOunterfeiter
anG, until Smiths concession was supposed ~
have been the engrayef of the 80 bond plate. He
mas na0 WOIkInen Under IL II OF the best skill lie
has been engaged In making the Following na
tional counterTeits: The5-20 bond plates; s. coun-
terfeit national bank note; 500 compound inter
est notes: $50 legal tender note. He Is native Of
connecticut, and is a printer, not an eograYer
lie was engaged as a printer in a bank IN tn 4:
state. lie stole a lot OF the unsigned notes ami
signed them For this he served five years In
SlDg-slng penitentiary, commencing In 1855
He was again arrested In November, 1861 by
cod. then chfef OF the secret service. He was
released being granted immunity By Wood OF
condition that he give up the plate upon whicl
the $50 bonds were cOunterfeited. He did no.
give up the plate, only an electrotype OF it. The
OILY thing found in his house when arreSte |
was a lot Of correspondence with notorious
people
JASPER OWEN.
Jasper ovens parents were English peop!a
he is about thirty eight years old. medium
height. very ordinary looking It is said IL.
was born and raised In CoIumoiavlle Colum-
bla county. New York, and Is a machlni5tS b.
trade He spent portion Of his life in CuDi ~
an engineer on sugar plantation. Sooa after
his return to the states he became engaged il
counterfe1ting for which crime he was arrested
A press and other cOunterfeJing material wa,
found in his home. 4 few years ago he mar
RE a rich widow with one daughter.
But little Is known OF the criminal history o.
Smith beyond what he confesSeS TO himself /
would be exceedingly 1njudiciouS to publish a i
account OF the means by which this dangerous
gang OF counterfeiterS has been scooped. but !;
is not Improper TO state that the cases We G
worked from their inception to their culnltn4
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