The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-07
H0YT TRIED IN THIS CITY,
LEADER OF z INC OF co OUNTEBFnfr
 HRS UNDER ss. 900 BCNDs.


 HRS UNDER ss.O00 BCTDs.
 Lorenzo Hoyt Arrested in Bcthel-Head.
 quarters of the Gang Unoarthsd-Tooisl
 Plates and Papers Found-An ImpostAnt
 Discovery.
 Danbury. Aug. 6,-Detectives of eha treasury department have just sue. ceedcd In unearthing tho headquarte1 of gang Of counterfeitsrs of which Russell D. Hoyt and Samuel Massey who are now under arrest in Now York; are leaders and to-day they made one of the most valuable and impoSrtant finds of counterfeiters' tools. plates and papers that has been known In years. Agents of the department have been here since last Friday and have been prosecuting the search, based on clues that they have obtained during period covering several months, If not years. Search has been made in and around Bethel and 1t was here that the efforts of the officers were crowned with suo- cess. yo
 Last Saturday Istectives J. Scaufan and Frank Esquirreil placed a man who gave his name as James Davis under arrest ostensibly on suspicion of his being connected with the gang. Davis boarded with Joseph Morgan. three miles out of Bethel. which is the same place where Russell D. Hoyt boarded until three weeks ago. They had been there since last May. Davis suddenly disappeared from view Satur- day and there Is little doubt now that he was a detective who won the confl- dence of the counterfeiters and learn- ed their secret It Is supposed that it is the information this unknown Davis furnished that the whole thing has been brought to light. Morgan's house and premises were searched without any results to give color to the decep- ton. Davis real name Is not known, but it is thought to be Murphy.
 The really important arrest took place very quietly last night and the discovery followed to-day. Last night Lorenzo Hoyt, who lives in Bethel and is brother of Russell D. Hoyt, was ar rested by detectives, whose number had been increased by the arrival of Thomas T. Callahan and brought to Danbury. Little was known of the ar- rest, so still was the matter kept. The detectives surprised Hoyt by telling him what they knew of the case and his con- nection with 1t and he soon gave up the secret of the hiding place of the presses, tools and other paraphernalia used in the manufacture of counter felt bank notes and also of the plates. It was not, however. till after the offi- cers had made an examination of Hoyt's house, barn and premises. in which they used axes and hammers and tore up flooring and carpets in the house and pulled the sides of the barn down.
 Then Hoyt told them the articles were buried in the garden. To-day they commenced digging in the garden un. der Hoyt's directions, and great Quan- tity of machinery, bank notes, etc., was unearthed. Part of the find was SIS, 900 in $10 notes. These were of the issue that has been described as bearing the head of Webster and are considered ex- cellent representations of the genuine notes. In fact the bank officials have passed them as good. The plates from which these same bills were printed were found buried in the same vicinity. There was also found a new plate of $20 certificate. None of these notes had been printed. The plate has tho head of Garfield, and the detectives pro- nounced it one of the finest commercials that they had ever seen. A big bundle of green paper closely initiating genuine bank note paper, was also dug up. It weighed about seventy-fve pounds and would be sufficient to print several thousand notes. The officers estimated that the gang could have issued half 6 million dollars with the materials found.
 A very fine set of ensraver's tooli were also found. It is supposed that Hoyt, as soon as he heard of the arrest of his associates in New York, buried all the stuff. Hoyt Is about seventy-five years old and has lived in Bethel the greater part of his life. He Is a natter, and has been employed at Baird 6 Levy's, where he was very popular with his associates. His reputation has been beyond reproach. Now that ha is under arrest the neighbors tell stories of his peculiar habits. He had . little shop in the rear of his house where he spent great deal of time. often hav- ing the windows covered with papers. His Sundays were spent there. He told those who inquired about his dotnsx that he was working on an invention. He has visited machine shop in Bethel several times with parts of a ma chine which he wanted repaired. and al. ways said that they were parts of ma- chine that he had invented and per- fected. Hoyt was taken to New Haven and given hearing before United States Commissioner Wright this after. noon, and released under 5000 bonds. The detectives have not finished their work in this vicinity, and 1t Is thought that more arrests will follow 4