Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-04-26
TIE SECRET SERVICE.
THE PEOPLE 1T Has TO LOOK AFTER
FUK CNCLE SAM.
Countrrfriters and the Very Sharp DodEes
They nre mp TO in Their Work.

IdStt1 DAuh diiu AatlouaA AoteoI "'
The word bad phnclred out in each, con-
tains go, 900, ard we have here the his
tories and photographs of $500 crimi-
nails, perhaps ten per cent. Of whom are
women, said an officer Of the Secret
Service, at Washington. William i.
Brockway is the most notable person IN
the entire collection. lie Is called the
"king of Counterfel.crs," and occupies
the first place IN This album. Next to
him are his two pals, Doyle, the man
who passed tho money, and Charles 4.
Smith, the most expert engraver OF
"crooked' work in the country. In all
their operations Brockway furnished the
money, laid out the plans, and was the
brains Of the gang. Doyle passed the
stuff and Smith was tho cngraver.
Doyle is now sexying a twelve years
sentence in the Illinois State Prison.
Brockway was captured some few
weeks ago on the charge Of counterfeit
ing some railroad bonds, samples Of
which we have here in this Office. and
Smith is living with his family in Brook
Ign, y. Y.
Smith engraved the plate from Which
the famous 1000 + 80 bond ofthc Issue
of 'C5 was printed, and $50, 0on worth Of
it were actually redeemed at The Treas
nry Department before it was discovered
f. be a counterfeit. The impression was
so good that the experts were unable to
determine whether the bonds were gcnu-
inc or counterfeit, and the matter was
only decided when the Government is..
sue bearing the duplicate numbers came
back for redemption. Smith alao en-
grayed what is known as tho Hamilton
$50 grcenback, and the 800 motto Oh diff
ferent banks, which ore the finest known
Of these seriea.~ Several years ago n
very shrewd dodge was played by one Of
Smiths c~onfederHtcs on r. Fl. White &
Co., OF Boston. A woman entered their
store and looked ut some very expensive
shawls. Finally she made up her mind
to take one, and rendered n thousand
dollar bill in payment. The clerk took
the money to tho cashier, who sent it to
the bank to find out whether it was
inc or not. Tho answer came back that
the bill was good beyond the shadow of
n doubt. Then the clerk said that the
shawl would be sent to the woman's ad-
dress, but she proceeded to get very an
cry, and said that if they could not take
her money without question that she
would go elsewhere, and hounced out Of
the store in great rage. About an hour
nftcrward she returned, and told the
clerk that she had visited Jordan, Marsh
& Cos, Shepard & Norwelrs, Hogg,
Brown & TayIor's and G. +. Hovey &
Cos but that she had been unable to
find n shawl which shifted her MS we'll as
the one she left in their establishment.
She sad she would take it with her, and
rendered 81 900 bill in payment. The
shawl was valued Mt 5000 and the woman
took it away with her, together viii
$500 in change. The bill first rendered
was genuine, the second was a counter
felt, and the firm was just 81, 900 out o
pocket.
Smith engraved the plate from While!
this counterfeit note was printed, and i
was SO nearly perfect that only a minut,
examination would have caused detcc
ton. Smith also engraved the plat.
from which the $1,000 6 per cent. bond
were printed, but We captured the entir
issuc on Doyle in Chicago, amounting il
all to S20l. UG0. Now l wish to call You
attention To- two curious facts. Conn
tcrtciting runs III families. and witho,,
exception the men engaged in it are n
poor. For instaiioe, take the Bullar
family. Thomas, Benjamin, George an
John, four krsthers, oil in our clutches
together with m. cunt. There is on
brother out of gail. but we are statistic
That he IS M honest man. Thomas Bul
lard is n wonderful fellow. He is II,
Only person. SO far as We know. who he
succeeded in initiating the fibre pare
nron which the grnnino notes and bond
arc printed. At present he is serving
thirty wears sentence as a reward for hi
discovery. He. is q chemist of no ord
nary attainmclts, anil he invented. u n,
cess ~ Which Ne was able totake
Genuin Two or n dollar bill, aud con
p"l'tely remove all the traces Of ink fro,
rs surface INCA with q counttri,
rla'e Of a higher, denomination, he w,uI
rrint uponthe' genuine paper. and III,
raise the note. Speaking about raisin
notes, here is n check on the Third y.
'ional Bank az New York, which ".
raised from ~s4Ito SO. "es, aad pas
IN ls'6. : Tho perpetrators worked {
with chemically al that was written
'hec check except the signature, and
regret 10 say that We have never he.
allie 70 discover who did il. lloro a
three steel plates which were engrav.
~ rich for a flve-dollar issue. II
engraving is done on soi, steel, s.
W.cl comrlefea the rlate i Ior1ara