The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-17

1 him and State prison, for lie possessel
knowledge worth more than gold.
|. In. q comfortable house in the mos
respectable part Of the city Of Brooklyl
lived q quiet gentlemanly man, who wa
regarded by his neiyhbors as a mode
husband and father. He was above til,
middle height, spare and saliow, ant
might easily JIave passed for the deaco,
or trustees Of one Of the numerous churches
in the neighborhood. His wife wa.
admired rs II most excellent woman, ani
his children played with the othe1
children about there, and attended one
Of the very best private schools in tho
city. Mr.. Spencer was q stock broke,
over in New York, and though the family
lived comfortably, there was no ostenta.
ton about them to excite envy, but some
| of the neighbors remarked that they
neither made visits or received visitors
Sometimes men called but only in the
night; i'll the daytime no strange foot
ever crossed their threshold.
The United States officials at Washing
ton were startled one day by discovering
among the $1,000 dollar bonds of the
government certain duplicate numbers,
and nothing was moro certain than that
they could not both be genuine. The
alarm was sounded, search was instantly
made, and to the horror Of the Washing
ton officials it was discovered that quite
number Of them had been accepted at
the National Treasury. Counterfeits on
the government currency had not been
uncommon. Elves, tens, twenties and
fiftiess had been passed through the
country by millions, but here was a
higher flight Of counterfeiting genius
than any that had been yet attempted.
1t was on a class of securities that were
only being dealt in by capitalists and
banks, and they challenged the severest
investigation. The Treasury officials
and the detectives were completely off.
At last the conclusion was forced upon
them that there was only one man in the
country capable Of the job, and that man
was William Brockway. About this
time Mr.. Spencer, the quiet deacon-
looking gentleman, disappeared from his
house in Brooklyn. There was quite
number of gentlemen who called to
inquire after his health. It was under
stood that he was suffering from malaria.
ana had gone into the country, aud it
was so accepted about the neighborhood,
Till one fine morning the news was
brought Of the arrest of William Brock
way, one of the most expert counter
letters in the world, and it is hardly
necessary to say that the place which
knew Mr.. Spencer, will know him no
more in Brooklyn. He gave up the plate
from which tho $1,000 had been printed.
which, however, instead Of being a
'ounterfeit, is said to be genuine plate
stolen from the engraving department of
The Treasury of the United States. Who
committed the robberyf There were
millions in it. Does Doyle knowf Will
brockway tell Are there any officials
high up in the government concerned in
he theft How much of the stuff il
lftoatf There may be hundreds of thou
ands in bank vaults to-day as security
or loans which will never be paid
ortnnes may be dependent on them, for
obody knows how much there is at1oat.
little Doyle was sentenced week aeo.
nd in the meantime lie does not 90 to
rison, for the government has cried a
alt, and like Micawber wo are now
'aiting for something to turn up. But
Notwithstanding all the detective ayen-
les and the police department and all
le other forms of regular and irregular
rejection, vice and crime walk OH the
'ghWays here, not only in the shadow
night, but under the broad noon day.
All through Ann and Fulton streets
e ga'nblins-dens, infested by outlaws ,
well known to the police as the CITY :.
all Or the Post Office. Men day after
", month after month and year after
'ar prey upon the unwary countrymen
st as the shark preys upon the weaker
mes OF the sea. They hang about the
cps OF the Astor House, looking ont for ?
me. You can see them in the saloons, f
III on the corners Of the streets. Every
'dy about the neighborhood knows
CIR business. Yet you rarely hear of ]
e OF them being arrested They are o
ought to my mind very forcibly this :,
eek by a suicide reported in the papers :.
lew days ago. He was I. clerk in q
ercantile house down town, aud only P
me to the city about two years ago
ling in with one of these incarnate
wills, he was lnred to game of faro he
1t two hundred dollars Of his employ-
money which had been entrusted him
deposit i'll the bank. He tried to win
back and lost again, and went deeper
"a. crime till last week lie was a defaul-
o., in other words, a thief, Of Sic, 900.
hid bis disgrace in suicides grave.
We have here some vory
my applications for divorce. The
est was decided on Wednesday. This
Fortunate man, the day lie was married.
tit Of ga1lantry, vowed before high
wen that lie never would raise his
~ against woman, no matter what
5ht be the provocation. Mrs. Rail-
nd ont that she had a very soft thing
It. She could shy skillets at his head.
ow d'ppe's of water i'll his face, empty
ps i'll his boots and mt his Snn.,,,