The sun., 1888-08-04
WHY THE ISLAND LEAKED.
FORCED ORDERS POR IHERELBASEo
PRISONERS SOLD FOR SEQ EACH

Jniier Duuau of Jener,on Market PrI,o,
aud Two Other Men Arrcsted-DuEau II
ts Said, Furnished the blanks, Loseph
Reilly was Go.Bctween, and Another
Man FORGED Justice Ford's signature
1gnatius Dugan, u jefferson Market iail
keeper, living at 4S9 Greenwich street was AR.
rested yesterday morning. whilo on duty, by
Detective Sergeants ODrien and McCauloy.
He was accused Of completely In securing tho
rclease of prisonera from Blaokwell's Island
on discharge papers to which the signature OF
Police Justice Henry Ford had been forged IL
Is said that n large number OF forged discharges
have been issued, and that any prisoner not
likely to 10 missed vino would nay $50 cculd
get his liberty without tho slightest troulo
Superintendent Finn heard rumor of such
unlawful proceedings Il few DAYS ago. made
an investige' =, and could discover no evil
dence OF pa, 'l ,okedness But lie kept u close
watch on the E.o, 'rs. and for tho last few days
has examined all the discharge papers.
When Justice Ford was sitting at efrersop
Market Court the last two weeks in July. pris-
onets whom he had committed within u few
days for from one to three months coolly
marched before him again TO answer similar
charges: In most instances they were women
yellow. haired woman named Minnie Wells,
alias Carrie Holmes. was produced before him
three times II sg1t % DAY days ThS first time she
This was on July Is Three days later she
ma made s her second @ appearance and was sent to
again beheld her on July 81 he was startled.
She refused % to tel how she had gained her lib
legged that In one case % She % had got out wns on on
ha6eas corpus, Justice Ford Jailed to And the
Lea Leak; as, The he, following day Minnie was dis
laid the subject before Commissioner Porter Of
On Thursday morning last a man applied to
suPsrlntendent BakS at the office Of CHARITIES
street for pass to see Edna Clark. prisoner
on or BaekTell,s Island; The The man held piece
what it was. The man showed 1t to him. Mr.
Blake saw that it was an order for
peared to be the signature Of, Justice Ford.
MIR. Blake doubted the Gepuineness OF tho
sicner Porter he sent en- f m acefr With With % the man
the bench there, and Justice Ford was busy in
was taken to Police HeadHuarters. where he
Years @ DID, sio East . Ninth street % end that that he
was employed as watchmap in South Brook
s q
1l6 East Fifteenth street. and Keeper Dugan.
tod n Kim dns s carf SresteG
anu COmHltt6u 10 blhCkWell lSIADQ LOT Uy0
months. Huffw acquainted with the woman
informed him that friend OF his. Joseph Reilly,
Reilly ina saloon at 400 Hudson street and a bar
gain WAS made Huff had no ready money that
day, but on Wednesday he gave Reilly SIS. and
met him again on Thursday morning, when he
gave him as security for the remainder a bill
Of sale for an express wagon. HUFF received
the discharge bearing the signature: Henry
Ford. Police Justice" Reilly told him to get a
pass from Mr.. Blake, but not to let him see the
order.
Detective Sergeants O'Brien and McCauley
sent a man to see Reilly and make a bargain
to get a prisoner discharged He agreed to
lowed He first called Dugan from the prison.
and the pair went to saloon close by, where
they held q consultation with another man,
successful forger. When they separated
Reilly was arrested. He confessed and told
the detectives that Keeper Dugan and tho third
man. who has not been arrested were the pro-
jectors Of the scheme. Dugan furnished the
blanks. and got the signatures OF Judges which
were then forged to order by the third man.
Yesterday morning the detectives were Mt
court with Huff and Reilly In their custody and
arrested Dugan on his tier Justice Power
heard the case privately. Dugan protested that
thought i advisable to remand him and Hum
Ford, who was at Babylon, was notified by tee-
graph that n iailer accused OF forging his name
was in custody. The prisoners were locked up
for the nj ight in cell at Police Headquarters.
Dugan has been keeper in the prison for
ten years. He Is said to have collected money
using the, corridors and for granting other
fayOfS to them.