Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-29

store they obtained another on the con-
dition that if it suited, they would buy
1t, II not 1t would be returned next day.
Our theory was that they broke the
seal when they were nearly through
with the job, and BY using the new one
one day were able to finish.
'They now began meeting fine-look-
ing man in Brooklyn, who lived in a
beautiful garden. The three came and
went much together, but nothing sus-
picious was seen, except that one day
they stopped at a corner and all three
closely inspected small open package,
which was passed from hand to hand.
Our agent then concluded that the
young man was going away, as he
bought fine overcoat, although it
was yet summer. He also got a new
satchel. One day he purchased ticket
for Chicago; he entered the sleeper;
two OF our men had adjoining berths.
Another was anxiously expecting him
in Chicago. If he had left the car at
any place he would have been arrested
by our men on the charge of being
q Government embezzler, in order
to give us plea on which to search
his baggage. If that proved all right,
the other man would have stepped up
and apologized, and said to the officer:
why, this is not the man told you to
arrest; you must pardon US, sir, etc.
But he made no attempt to leave the
car. When they arrived at Chicago.
they found the officer with his carriage
waiting. The Chicago man laid his
hand on Doyle's collar and said: I
arrest you, Baxter, as Government
embezzler." g
] "'Why, my name is not Baxter. I
can bring fifty men here to prove my
| Identity In the meantime, he had
dropped his two large satchels. All
right said the detective; if you prove
all correct you will not be long de-
tanned. Here is a carriage; we shall
take you to the United States Marshal,
and after examination you will prob
ably be dismissed The two satchels,
the man and the detectives entered the
carriage. We expected to find on him
counterfeit one hundred dollar notes.
In his inside pocket he had seventeen
500 notes, but they were genuine.
The first satchel contained only clothes.
The second, wrapped in some soiled
| linen, he had two hundred and four
81, 900 bonds, in other words, $204, 900
worth of Government bonds.
"The Marshal asked him: How
much is there herep' His answer, do
| not know" gave him away.
"Our men took them to the banks.
The bankers declared them genuine,
and said they would be glad to buy
them, as they were at a premium.
Well, to make long story short, it
took us week to prove them counter
felt. They were absolutely a better
job than ours, and there (pointing to a
framed bond), is an enlarged photo
! graph of one of his bonds.
''And where is he, Mr.. Brooksp''
''He is now in the penitentiary in Illi-
nois. His first sentence was for eight
years. He was highly indignant-must
have new trial. He had it, and was
sentenced for ten years. He has not
hankered after another trial"
''And Brockaway?"
"We found more in the possession OF
Brockaway; but he was old and feeble,
and we let him off on suspended
sentence, but kept watch on him. In
six months we caught him counter
feiting railroad bonds. He is now in
| Auburn
"And the man in the garden?"
"Well, that was the strangest OF all.
| There he lived, so close to the chief OF
police in Brooklyn, that the latter could
have seen the lever of his presses, and
was never suspected. He practiced
counterfeiting from the age of eighteen
to sixty-two. BY legal technicality
he, who probably made them all, or at
least most of the bonds, escaped. =
| "How much of this have the news
papers given?''
''They have given general outline,
but never knew the particulars l have
given you"
| On one occasion Mr.. Brooks was
shot through the body-the pistol
placed against his back. Four assassins
were in the room to kill him, SO as to
get rid Of the only expert who could
convict a party then arrested. But
Mr.. Brooks got we'll; lived to convict
his man, and all his four would-be as
sassins are in the grave or in the peni-
tentiary.
Surely, in his case, civil service is an
excellent thing for the Government.
Probably there is no man now living as
expert as he, or one who could be so
useful in protecting the Government
currency and bonds from the counter
feiters. Mr.. Brooks is an Englishman
by birth. Were he displaced, the lead
ing banks and express Offices of the
United States would give him more
lucrative post than his present place
Fl. e. Monroe, in Chicago Graphic NeaCs.
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