, 1880-12-02


Ills anfoccdcnts wera investigated, and 1t
WIS learned tint he had tfono :" crooked
work. - x few days before Doyle left for CHI
cagn. flrockwny aud Doyle werc seen to-
gesi,er. and few hdurs before tl}oylo LIFT
for Chicago. Drockway WIS discovered 10
PISS bundle to him. so,.u days before
that n bundle was also glye1,
1,nyle by 1'rockway. Doyle was not arrested
iii New York, for tho reason that tho Secret
Service desired further 10 push their clrw
against the rest Of the gang, and for the rca-
son, also, TINT 1t WAS expected t1lat contra-
baltd goods would be 'fn,tnd on Doyle. The
stnry OF Ills arrcst .nnd The capture Of the
bonds In Chicago, and the subsequent arrest
In Now York of
nHocKwAY, s,YrltE, AND OWENS
Is known. S.nythe confessed 10 United
States Attorney Tcnrey, IN Brooklyn, In tho
presence Of Secret Service Opcrnthr Drtisn-
1nond, t1,at ito had dono work for Drockway,
and was IN fear Of him. TIc Inat1e Ills con-
fession upon plcslgc TINT he should tell tile
whole truth, at, t1lat, IT. he did, his evidence
: should nut 10 tsral against him. lie con-
fcsscd that he engraved the plates that wera
: found np0n Doyle, antt that ho nlso engraved
thu st00 counterfeit, but he claimed that he
Ind done no 0thur "crookcd work" Mt any
tfmc fur anybody; TINT he would mot lave
done this hasl he not been
IN TILE rNTEH or H1soCKWAY,
by Ills hnyinE 1nntlc false step fifteen years
, ngo. When these three men werp arrested,
thc'r premises were searched, hut nothing
was discovered. Soon afiGs tho arrest Of
Doyle, Guild, counsel for Brockwny, intt-
mated 10 the Secret Service tint Smylhc, tho
clgraycr, llntt not madr truthful confcs-
That hr,1 N,
true, and l,at ma.lc false statements; lint, 1t
tho Government Ind no other evidence
against Drockway than tic pretended con-
fession nj Snytlle,' Drockwny would bo
: easily acquitted; !; that he would bu able to
show that
sMrTHE VAS a rEnIunnIs,
, had been n countcrfettcr from his boyhood,
and Ind done n great dcal Of other work
agntnst tho Government which hU linsl not
, confessed. Drockwny further offered to STIR
render to tho Government a great deal Of
valuable Information ntnl tho original plates
In his possession, which S1nytlle hatl tll-
gravett, to plead guilty to any Just. intlict-,
mcns that. might he found agatnst him. and
to pledge himself t!laf, II. at any tl,no In Ills
future life he should bq found to have y1o-
fulcl tho United States laWJ tho sentence
should TO pronounced against hin, without
trlnl, and tllat lie would 10 nil In Ills power to
nssfst the Government In breaking Tip this
countcrfciting gang.
nisrRlcT-ATronsEr TENSEr,
knowing TINT tic evidence against Brock
way WIS not Of sucl, n character ns would be-
likely to secure conviction, advised tho ne
ccptancc of Broclswny's proposal. Brooks,
after carefully Investigating 1t. also rccoul-
1ncnded it: Secretary Sherman nnd At
torncy-Gcncral Deycils, after careful Ill
quiry, approved II. In view Of tho circ,tnl-
stanccs, 1t was regarded rs i eood stroke of
dinlonacy for tho Government to obsat, tho
plates and property ut tho price of brock
why's liberty.
sMfTilE AND nHocKwAT wE1.E. BROUGHT
TOGETHER. .-'.
Drockway nccuscd Smytlo of bnd faith In
Ills confession, and said that l,e llad professed
to Toll the whole truth, bit had not told half
OF 1t. 11e made Slnytllo confess, in tic pres-
cncc Of The Distr!ct-Attorney, officials and
Ut Operator Drummond, of tho Secret Scry-
Ice. that llo Ind been "erookcd engrayer"
since Ito was IL years Of nge; that l,u lad
do'ic work for tho noted cnunterfc1tcr, Jerry
Cowdcr; TINT he had also engraved plates
for the countcrfeltcr Dalselnor; tint he had.
engraved the plntes for tic 80 United States
bonds which Urockway dcsIgled to deliver
to thu Government; tint tho old 7.30 bun,ls Of
tho Issue Of 1865 anil 1860 Wcro nll printed In
Smythe's house; TINT
THE NEW DANGEROUS St00 NATIONAL BANK
COUNTEHFEtT
WIS printed In his house; tlat tho @ DOR cent
bonds fund upon Doyle yere printed In his
{Smythe's) house, and TINT Sn,ytho still re-
talned sc, coo OF these bonds in his possrs-
sion. and hal either sent them to Europe,
wllero l,o has friend who ncgotIates tlcnl
for htn, or hat destroyed them. Smythe
admitted that NIL Of l,rockway's charges wcre
true havo TINT tho . per cent bombs found m
Doyle wero not printed III his (Sny1llo's)
house..
TlIE NOODLE.
Btockway also le!lvarclI to thu Secret Sery.
leu tic following counterfeit l1aterlal:
4 bet pristtng-IIrcss.
a set ut rules nnti bcl-plates.
Two ruling -mHchncs; 1lue specimens of bank.
plates. from which woro printed tho por cent
cotl'lterfelts In tho possession of Doylo.
One border plntc, with five coupons attachpt.
In copper.
One faco-p'nto. with I'VE coupons attached
the head of Chneo. In copper.
Two e'ppur pnles, being tho original coppcr
Plates from which tho other plates werc On.
RrRyed.
Tho seal Of tho I.oan Division Of tho rrcasurv
Department for tho l,ufsds
Tho scnl of tho Tscasnry Department,
EiKhty-four hxurcs for bnnds, usol for tho
whoie issue, which ahows that tho pang hat!
mado extensive arrangements for printing
millions of tho ho,,ds. Ono hundred t.ollur
Nattonn!-bank plascs-thrco ptatos, one tho
orlglnRl Engraved plato In SKELETON, onu conner.
Tour honlcrs. ono original atd tho rest clpctrp-
typcd, ono buck euutro on atrcl ono separate
title Of tho flttshurg National Hunk on steel, a
$t00 counter.
ouo stcol.rato Of tho 5.eo 81 900 coupon,
Threo plates with coupon.
Two coupons on steel.
4 sttol heAd Of johnson,
Two original t!lcs.
Une copper "tW,'
be grHNinu. ' '"'''''oA ;"
"ksa5D" fnco value. in 300 Nutlonal.bank
notGst sSt tG tGGHh,fiete4 on ityo different banks,
tS10o Ut $l00 unfinished p!ntDa. I'hcse would
nnvn leeti O.! Maryl4nd bunk, rrsltl.Ily thv
NnttonM E1chnlIKu hank nf baltimore 1n1
OuO. ~'oo~'''e" 20 e@'""''
Brockway failed to proluce two seals. hut
tie Secret-ServIce force is still hunt lue far
them In thu woo'ia of Long Island, THIS
counterfeit property wns
BURIED IN Tlll1EE pIFFEngSr PLACES on