National Republican., 1883-11-13
TIE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measures

year ago. gentleman connected with the
treasury department, who has kent up with
the case from first to last made tho following
statement in conversation with the Man on
tho Avenue last evening;
"The secret service bureau did not place
any reliance in the promises Of Brockway.
They put their men on him within thirty
days after his release from custody, and they
havo kept an espionage upon his movements
ever since. lIo is q very sharp, shrcwd man,
and adopted the right course to throw tho
government detectives of the track. It was
his practice to put himself in tho way
of tho bureau men, talk with tho
greatest apparent frankncss, hoping
thereby to lead them to think that nothing
was farther from his mind than engaging in
tho business of countcrfcitng government
securities. Thegovernment agents, of course,
do not concern themselves with outside mat
tors, and ho knew that If he could satisfy
them of the honesty of his purpose he would
be left FREQ to work in other lines. He knew
that SO long rs ho was under suspicion he was
liable to be jumped on by government agents,
and it is ovidont that he believed he had sue
cocded in convincing them long ago that no
would sin no moro against the laws of the
United States. His movements for several
months have satisfied Brookes and Drummond
that no beloved ho had completely lulled
their suspicious, aud that he had free
swing"
''How was it first ascertaiued that he was
doing crooked work"
"Oh, that is very easily explained. 1t was
ascortainod whore ho had located, and then
the secret service detectives in that district
were directed to find out where he was stop
ping and what he was doing. IL he put up
| at o place and lied about 1t, that of itself
was n suspicious circumstance. Brockway
did this. 1t was not difficult matter TO find
out what he bought when he made purchases
of chemicals in drug stores, or to learn the
nature of tho business that took him
to engraving establishments, banks, bond
brokers, paper houses and other
places. Tho character of his associates
also gave tho officers clews that
proved valuable. In Brockway's case the
government detectives, while satisfied that
he would not be apt to sin against the govern
mont, were convinced that he was at some
crooked work, and it was not long until they
had it down so fine that they knew he was
getting up spurious bonds of one or two out
of n possible half dozen railway companies.
They knew he was at work on a plate to
print the bonds of one of tho Pacific roads,
and that Foster and Lu Martin were
in with him. When thoy got this far into
the case, Supervisor Byrnes, chief of the Now
York detective force. was called in, all the
evidence obtained was con6ded to him, and
the case turned over to him, the government
men rendering such assistance as they could,
however.
"Lu Martin, Brockway's pal ana financial
hacker, for l fancy that Brockway was
broken man, has long been under sus-
picion, but he has done business very
| adroitly, and by this means es-
capped arrest, although indicted once in
| western Pennsylvania. He is a we'll known
sporting and turf character, and travels from
one end of the country to the other, showing
queer money on the various race tracks and
vctimizing faro banks, but never playing his
hand high enough to attract attention to his
operation. He was a dangerous man, and has
undoubtedly worked off o great amount of
bogus money and bonds.
''You may not be aware of it, but as a
matter of fact the secret service operatives
are employed the greater part of their time
watching known couuterfeiters. Whenever
q "coney" man gets out of prison he passes
under the surveillance of the government
detectives, and reports of his comings and
goings are made to the bureau at stated times.
When he moves from one city or one district
to another the fact is reported and the watch
is resumed by another set of men, He is
never out of sight for long at time"
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Jacob w. Ker, formerly paying teller of the
National Bank of the Republic, committed
suicide March 49, 1882. He left noto in
which he said unfortunate specuations
! the result of which is moro than l shall ever
be able to meet. Goodby one and all; forgive
aud forget"
1t is presumed by the friends of Mr.. Bige
low, the defendant in the case now on tra
in the criminal court, that had Mr.. Ker sur
vivcd he might be able to give an insight
, into the mysterious disappearance of fund;
. which has caused tho present trial
: There is mystery surrounding thi'
. case which the careful review of the evidenc,
A has not been able to dispol. The manner ant
appearance of the defendant in court hav,
tended to awaken in the minds Of many al
n opinion that he is innocent of the charge
Q preferred uSalnSO nlIll anu buo luoh mas pooi
0 frequently expressed that the late Mr.. Ke
c might have resolved this mystery more clearl.
u than Mr.. Bigelow seoms to be able to do.
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1 Mr. Carlisle says that he intends, for hi
II part, to make the spcakership contest sue
C that it will leave no sting behind, whoever i
IL chosen. He says 4" l shall not put the chair
manship of committees up at auction and
don't want to be understood as intimatin
that my opponents will do So" Mr.. Carlsl
y says that he has received pledges of suppol
70 from members who have been claimed by MI
r Randal's friends. "Tho great bulk of tn
vote in the SOUTH" he says " is for me or fC
some candidate pledged to revenue reform
have received pledges from every stat
10 except those in which the other candidate
1t live OF neighboring ones which they must l
expected to carry"
Report OF Surgeon General or the Navy
ID Surgeon General Wales of the navy in h
lp annual report says that the present system
'd annual statistical exhibits of the health
~ the navy began with the report issued
10 $780, and that q uniform system Of tabuatio
oo has now been perfected which will, in fe
40 io years, afford valuable mass of facts bearin
W. upon the geographical distributions of disea