The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-09
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Washington, S.-Secretary FOlger,
In report on the Doyle counterfeit
bond plate, after describing the
method of checking off bonds, when
paid, says. though H. these bonds
have been redeemed. except S27S, OOO,
of that issue, never have bonds Of the
same number been offered. 1t is
also fact that there has never been
offered for redemption 4 bond with
a number higher than or different
from the same genuine number re-
corded in the book. The existence
of counterfeit bonds Che Doyle
bonds was not known to any branch
of this department until in October,
1880, when Doyle was arrested in
Chicago and tie spurious bonds
found in his possession. 1t after
wards appeared that three Of the
spurious bonds had been before that
pledged as collateral with bank in
Peoria, Ills. There were then taken
from him in all 204 Of the spurious
bonds with one S50cOUpOn attached
to each bond, and fourteen detached
coupons Of the same kind and demo
mutation.
A special agent of the treasury
and detective from the assistant
treaSuTer'S Office, at New York,
neither Of them in any wise con-
nected with the secret service Of
government, and acting without q
knowledge of that service, were de-
tailed to ferret out the matter.
They have reported to this depart
ment that nothing has yet been
found to give color of truth to the
rumor that more were ever in the
possession of Doyle than the 2OT.
Quite as important a matter is the
statement that the plate from which
the spurious bonds were struck was
either itself genuine or was re-
produced from genuine dies, and
that the work and the means Of do
ing so were furnished from within
the department. [ am thoroughly
satisfied these allegations are en-
tirely unfOunded. Doyle was
brought to trial a second time at Chi
cago on the I'd day of May last.
Shortly after Samuel NJ. Felker,
private detective in that city, came
to this department and declared that
he was here in behalf Of Doyle to
get for him Immunity from punish
ment. The consideration ne offered
therefor was the surrender of the
plate from which the spurious bonds
were struck, and that the proof was
the genuine work from which the
real government bonds were struck;
or that it was produced by the Use OF
that genuine work, and that the
genuine work or use was had blythe
completely of officers or employees
of the government haye no reason
to suppose FelkerswAs not sincerein
his offer or in his belief of the facts
which he asserted. This department
declined to interfere for post
ponement of DOyle's trial. In the
Doyle had been tried and
convicted
Felker did put a plate into the
possession Of this department, and
a promise was given him that an eff
fort would be made to get a suspen-
dull VI OOuGCAOO u pun Ivy ACs anu al
assurance of clemency if, through
his means, it should be proven
that the matter from
which the spurious bonds
were produced was procured from
officials or subordinate EMPLOYEES of
the United States or otherwise
wroHgfully obtained from within
the department, the purpose being
TO punish any department. officials,
if proven guilty Of the same.
Nothing has been shown this de-
partment tending to show that any
official or employee Of government
had anything to do with the produc-
ton Of the spurious bonds. or Of the
plate OF dies, or any part thereof,
from which the spurious bonds were
stricken. The most that has been
learned is that the plan, or part oft.
was furnished to BrOckWay and
Spencer by Charles II. Smith, the
by calling, who has here
tOfore been under suspicion Of COM
plIcity with the counterfeiters.