Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-09
The Doyle-Brockway Sensation,
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

NEW DENEIoHMENTS.
CHICAGO, June Ga Washington
special this morning reports sensational
developments in the Doyle Brockway
bond counterfeit case. In brief the
story is that about May 1st, Saml
Felker, who is known here as a verv
successful detective, gave hint that he
could surrender an original transfer
plate of the one thousand dollars
per cent. bonds of the issue OF 1881, if
the case of Doyle then pending in the
United States court here could be com
tinued. Felker went with the plate
which he had possession of to Wash
ington, and in company with c. B.
Farwell and John G. New. who had ex-
amined it with experts, and they tried
to secure an interview for Felker with
Folger, who, however, refused at first
to treat with Felker AS result
Eelker
THREATENED TO TAKE TIE PLATE
W llIutu, i1cNilI, hdIldIl anu OlueTs.
Under Farwell's representation, how
ever, the detective waited few days
and Folger, whose views had changed
during that time on account of some
startling facts that had come to his
knowledge, received Felker who dis
play ed letters of hearty endorsement
from Mayor Harrison, Sheriff Mann,
Sen. Logan and others that gave him a
status at once with the secretary. The
secretary desired to have experts Of the
bureau of engraving examine the
plate. Init Felker objected to 'that
gang" as he called them; they being
under suspicion and he having given
false testimony already in the case in
Chicago. Geo. Jones, president Of the
Columbia bank company, for forty
years the engraver, then examined it
and
PRONOUNCED 1T A GENUINE TRANSFER
work. Mr.. Lamb made the same
statement. Secret service officers,
meantime, declared the plate counter
felt. The experts told Folger that only
one man in Washington could say
whether the geometric lathe work was
genuine. and he was George Tichnor,
who does all that class of work. He
examined it with is glass and tools,
and after much hesitation, knowing
the Importance of his decision, de-
clared the work genuine, and that no
human hand could have done it in
lifetime.
NO HAND OF ENGRAyER
could have done it. The officials of
tho hr1raan Of apOrayi,,o, d;J not ly,o,y
whether they had the originals from 4
which these impressions were taken,
but subsequently said: "These vignettes
and dies were destroyed in 1S69-70,
in the presence Of committee"
A report was found setting forth that
fact, but the names of the signers were
torn off, an extraordinary unexplained
circumstance. The bank noe com
pany of New York, which dill the work,
had a government receipt dated Octo-
ber, 1864, showing that the vignette
h&d been returned to the government
1t was between October, 1864 and 1870,
the lead matrices or impressions must
have been made, and Secretary Folger
has now an acknowledgment from the
bureau of engraving that they had
these dies during that period. The en-
tire statemen ut Of Brockway & Felker is
that the
PLATES WERE PURCHASED FROM AN Ac-
coMPLICE
inside the bureau who is not named
1t is said Brockway declared positive
ly there was an understanding between
the counterfeiters and the officers Of
the bureau. The reports made to Fol.
ger show that very much more than
the 204 900 bonds found on Doyle had
been uttered; that three found al Peo.
ria were part of 100000 circulated
at Pueblo, Col. The statement
that twenty-seye.2 millions were issued
is adhered to. but the secretary be
lieves the 20 400 and the 1900 at Peoria
were all that were issued. 1t is be.
lieved the secretary has now very many
secret agents in the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing and will try to avoid
publication In the matter. Some Of
the persons charged with completely
are dead, some have been removed
and some arc now in the service. The
secretary has advised a suspension Of
Doyle's sentence in Chicago.
A DENIAL.
The Star publishes the following. 1t
is now known that Brockway made no
disclosures of any importance in his
recent interview with the secretary OF
the treasury. The treasury depart
ment was endeavoring to get at the
truth of many charges which were made
as to the eenuineness of the plate
which was brought here from the west.
1t was not the secretary's intention to
have Brockway arrested. The iDdict-
ment against him was found on
charges against him by outside parties
1t is claimed that Brockway will be
very soon released. If such is the case
it will not be granting immunity on
account of any recent disclosure made
by him, but will tend TO show that
Brockway has been able TO gi-e con-
elusive evidence that at the time Of his
trial, eighteen months ago, ne then
gave up all dies and plates then in his
possession or under his conssol, and
there is no necessity of keeping him
under arrest, and that the immunity
which was then granted holds good.