Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

chance on suspicion of CoUyrERFEIrER DOYLE
another ofense. Thus the bogus bonds
were captured in Doyle's valise and confis-
Gated, although the Chicago banks were SO con-
WINGED OF their genuineness that they expressed
desire to purchase them even after they wore
seized in this manner.
TWENTY YEARS OF UNsUsPEcTEp CRIME,
Smiths twenty years Of unsupported crime
reads quite like a romance, eliminating as it
cid IL his arrest, in 1881, which was like an OK
plosion from a clea- sky. 1t came about more
or less by chance. had suggested to the chief
OF the secret service that perhaps it would be
as well to keep an eye on Brockway, who had
been IN jan, but was out again, living an ap-
parently respectable life. So detectives were
put on to shadow him, and one day he was
seen TO enter the house at No. AZ Herkimer
street. Brooklyn. 1t seemed desirable to as
certain who lived there, and so the Brooklyn
directory was taken and gone through, begin
ming at A. At last the address appeared
Charles II. Smith, engraver, No. AZ Herkimer
street. BY Jovei That was the key to the en-
tire mystery. Charley Smith was Brockway's
pal: Ii SO, the extraordinary forgeries which
planned. raid was made upon the house and
everything was discovered. Smith. the hitherto
respected citizen, made a full confession
owning up In detail to the 800 national bank
note. the $50 legal tender note, the
bond, the 500 United States note
and the $1,000 per cent bond. The whole
mystery was made clear in moment; he had
been the author of all these dangerous and un-
paralleied counterfeits. 1t was great weight
taken Oh the minds of the authorities at WASH
ington. Smith and Brockway turned states
evidence, gave up their plates of all sorts, in
GLIDING great variety OF imitation money!
and both escaped imprisonment by this means.
Thus came to an end the most formidable
counterfeiting conspiracy recorded in history
/ cal MT tiop IN <~ok
that 1t was the consummate dexterity OF the
engraver that made it successful; there were no
Photographic processes employed. Notwith-
standing his long career of crime, Smith las
never spent one day in Jail and is q free man
now, with no legal perils hanging over him so
long as he refrains from further offenses.
When the trial came on he and Brockway
fought each other like two mad rats in q trap,
each trying to secure his own release. To dis
credit Smiths testimony Brockway went so far
as to accuse him of having murdered his first
wife. Brockway is pursuing an existence of
more or less elegant leisure in New York, hav-
ing accumulated satisfactory pile, a. il 10 sup
posed. Smith is employed in the same city
now a. IN engraver.
SOME PLATES NEVER CAPTURED.
'The plates for the $1,000 notes, with the
head of Robert Norris of which spoke, have
| never been captured. This il one of the most
perfect counterfeits ever produced and when il
oPPcoASo q Va SOPlCo wore pbhSeQ I'M
Questioned on the banks. For all the govern
ment knows, the plates are today in criminal
hands, but there is a curious story, quite gener-
ally believed, to the effect that they were buried
years ago at spot on Long Island over which a
railway was subsequently, constructed, filing in
the roadbed with many feet of earth and ballast;
so that the rascals never able to dig them up
and today the locomotive peacefully toots above
these valuable relics of scientific crime. The
| seven-thirty United States bonds referred to
were equally marvellous works Of art OF the
| fact that they had been initiated no surmise
was entertained until, when they were being
| called in, Jay Cooke l. Co. of New York for
warded es4 600 of them to the United States
| treasury, in tho usual course Of business, for
redemption. At the treasury their genuine
ness was questioned and when they were SUBJ
| mitted to me as an expert declared them for
geries- So admirably we're they executed that
| it was claimed by Jay Cooke and many other
parties that, though duplicates, they
had been printed from the orig
| inal plates and were therefore gem
uine. On the strength Of this assumption
suit was brought against the government to re-
cover the money, but it was proved that the
bonds were merely forgeries and tho case was
lost. The man who was occasioned the greatest
distress Of mind BY thss business Was NJ.