Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-12
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
HORRIBLY MURDERED FOR THEIE
SUPPOSED WEALTH.
Robbery-Attempted Train Wreckinr-
2Suicide-Brockway,t the FOrger. and his
Companions In the Toils---A Series !. Of
Hooster Tragedies.
MURDERED FOR THEIR MONEY.

was thrown into feverish state of excite
ment early this morning by the discovery
of the dead bodies of Brossfeld and Bryan,
in an unfinished hotel, with evidence of a
life and death struggle about them. The
men had sold large stock of peIts and
hides on Saturday, and were supposed to
have money on their person, but they had
deposited all except $500, which, together
with personal property, was taken. The
murder was committed by two notorious
characters, Sege Brush and Jack the Whist
ling Kid, with car coupling pins. The
murdered men were asleep in blankets,
all the lodging houses being
full. Both were captured
late this evening. Lynching is expected,
Later advicss say the law will take its
course.
CoUNTERFEITFRs CoLLARED.
New YORK, Nov. 11.-Inspector Byrnes
learned two months ago that VIM. E.
Brockway, Nathapiel B. Foster and Lewis
S. Martin. the most noted counterfeiters in
the country, were preparing to counterfeit
securities of some kind. He learned that
Brockway, under the name of Spencer, was
living at boarding house at 270 West
Gilbert reported to be his wife. Martin
occupied rooms in the st. James hotel.
Foster lived at boarding house, 231 Lex
ington avenue. The men were watched
and it was found they met daily at the
st. James hotel and house on Lexington
avenue and remained together for hours.
Brockway also daily visited the
Offices of bankers, photographers
and printers, last week. They
were seen carrying several packages
into the Lexington avenue hotel yesterday.
Search warrants were obtained, the SER
vices of United States secret officers &C.
cured, and it was determined to make a
raid on the places named. Brockway was
followed leaving the Lexington avenue
house and arrested. Detectives subse-
quently obtained entrance to the Licking
ton avenue house and arrested Martin and
Foster. At the same hour other detectives
raided Martins room in the st. James
hotel, Brockway's room on One Hundred
and Eighteenth street, and at each place
found counterfeiting implements. In Lex
ington avenue they found the die, stamps,
plates, type and batteries, and found the
counterfeiters had already struck
off spurious $1,000 7 per
cent. construction mortgage bonds
due 1901 of the Morris & Essex division of
the Delaware, Lackawanna e. Western
Railroad company, and $1,000 per cent.
gold bearing bonds, series B, of the Cen
trial Pacific Railroad company. Even
United States internal revenue stamps or
bonds were also counterfeited. It is be-
lieved some spurious bonds have already
been placed on the market.
Brockway is native of Connecticut,
aged sixty-ene years. He is printer and
electrotyper by profession, studied chenis-
try under professor Silliman of Yale col
lege in 1858. He obtained an impression
in lead Of the genuine plate bills of the
Hate bank of Connecticut and printed
100000 in So notes. Since that
time he has been repeatedly connected
with some of the heaviest counterfeitinp
ventures in the country. There were two
indictments found against him in the
United States district court, Brooklyn,
not long ago for forgery and counterfeit
ing. He pleaded guilty, but sentence was
suspended In consideration of his surren-
der of the bond and note plate and giving
information concerning other counterfeit
ers. He was warned, however, if detected
in any further counterfeiting schemes. he
would be sentenced on the old indictne nts
to thirty years imprisonment. Lewis
| Martin alias Luther r. Martin alias Martin
Luther, sixty years old, in 1875, WAS in
dicted in the United States district court.
western division, Pennsylvania, for man
| utacturing for the counterfeit of $500
notes, but was never tried. At one time
he was member of the New York Jockey
Club, and known on all racing tracks in
| this country. Foster Is forty years old
and native of Bradford, Ills His father
| and brother were also counterfeiters and
he mas been one ssince his youth. He IL
not so well known IN the east as his com
! panions.
| DEFAULTER RETURNED.
IRoEToN, O, Nov 11.--W. 5. Kuken
/ the official OF .he Ironion bank, charged
with defalcation to bank, returned las
night. He says he went on big spree anc
Is not defaulter and never took auy Of
| The banks money. He is under arrest.
HoosIEB CRIMES.
! INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11.--Patrick Smith
who has been separated from his wife some
time met her on the street tonight anc
assaulted her With a knife infieting g dan
| gerous wound.
| Pat Gross, who was run over by a train
at Brightwood last night, died to-day.
| Fred Dippenhauer was attacked by foot
pads. early this morning and his skull
fractured with slungshot. The timely
arrival of the police prevented robbery.
Isaac johnson and George Sands, two
laborers, were assaulted by highwaymer
three miles west of this city last night and
both dangerously beaten.
SUICIDE.
New YORK, Nov. 11.-Robert Pugill, &
travelling agent for twenty-five years, com
mitted suicide in Brooklyn, owing to il
| health.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 11.--Augusta Kohler
q girl of twenty, committed suicide OF
Saturday night by taking rat poison. Be
fore committing the act she confessed t.
her mother that she was in delicate con
dition, and charged William Tiedermann
q married man, as responsible. She tclt
that several months ago Tiederman, whC
was an old lover, had crimiually assaulted
| her, from which came the trouble
SHOT BT BURGLARS.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Nov. 11.-BurgIar
broke into the Office of the Dsrmstsetler'
brewery about 3 O'Clock this morning