The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
session. The prisoners are confined in
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the I1uUSOu OOG1lly jail.
The engrayer of the gang, Sidney
Smith, lived at No West Fourteenth
street. New York. AT his home plate
for 800 bills on the Bank of Montreal
and a copper plate for $500 gold eeritifi-
Gates were found. Smith admits that he
knows Broekway and DR.. Bradford. DIR.
Bradford comes from Pennington, Me.
He is said to be wealthy. He was once
N Sing S.ng for malpractice, and was
pardoned by Governor Hill. He is also
said to have been identified for time
with the famous counterfeiter Glasson.
BROCKWAY'S PRISON RECORD.
Brockway was arrested in Brooklyn
in 1880 Charged with having issued $204,-
coo of per cent. U. s. coupon bonds of
81, coo denomination and also number
of treasury notes. He was convicted and
sentenced to thirty years Imprisonment.
Sentence was suspended upon his promise
to surrender all the plates he had in
his possession and to furnish information
which would lead to the arrest of other
people who had planned to defraud the
government.
He was arrested again in 1888 for forg-
ing Morris and Essex Railroad bonds.
He was sentenced to five years i'm
pflSOIHlenl. lie IS a 1dnke6 anu was
an engraver by trade and studied chem
istry ait Yale College. He is now likely
to end his days in prison as the thirty
year sentence now over his head Will
probably be put into force.
BEFORE Mr.. ROAfAINE.
William c. Brockway, the notorious
counterfeiter and forger, with his ac-
completes, Walter G. Wagner and Sidney
Smith, who were captured yesterday by
Secret Service men, We're arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Ro-
maine this morning in his Office We'll
don Building, on a charge of having
in their possession unlawfully counter
felt obligations of the United States to
pay gold and silver in amounts of $500
The prisoners, each handcuffed to d
detective, were brought from Police
Headquarters at eleven o'clock. Brock
way looked especially defiant as the de-
tective unloosened his end of the steel
bracelets. In the Commissioners little
Office were United States District At
torney Beelsman, Chief Hagens and Sc
eret Service Agent Bagge, Deputy Mar
shals Haggerty and DAILY, with a bak-
er's dozen of newspaper reporters.
After long consultation with the
District Attorney Commissioner Ro,
maine read a long charge to Brockway
especially. enumerating the fact that he
was caught with the proof and plate
of $500 gold certificate of the United
States and concluded with the formal
question, Have you anything to say?"
During the reading of the long charge
the arch ccunterfeiter twirled his straw
hat nervously, shufiled his feet and
mopped his hoary head, and then angri-
ly replied to the ques tion:-"Do you
want to send that bill to the Secretary
of the Treasury and ask him if it is
genuine or not? If it is not genuine
bill, then I don't know one. The others
I bought for three-quarters of IA
Commissioner Romaine merely shook
mis- head and again repeated the ques-
ton as to his plea.
9TH tell you," returned Brockway with
anger, that the only test is, is the note
genuine? L know it is genuine, and if
you send it to the Treasury you will
quickly find out.''
A middle-aged man standing behind
the prisoners interrupted by asking what
was the charge against the prisoner
Smith.
"Shut up your mouth" replied the de-
leCtlfE uduuCulLSQ 10 DTOChWdy, you
are not lawyer and have no business
here" tsa
81 represent these men and am New
York counsellor returned the man
angrily and was about to say something
sharp when the Commissioner stopped
him.
HEAVY BAIL FIXED.
ST maintain" said the lawyer, who
brother of the prisoner, Sidney Smith,
that there is a question of jurisdiction
here. Should these prisoners not be
held in New York;" They are here now"
dryly replied Commissioner Romaine.
The District Attorney then asked that
the prisoners should be held for fur
ther examination. "They are charged
he said. mot only with counterfeiting
United States obligations, but foreign
notes as well. 1t is serious charge
and I ask that bail be fixed at s15,00O.
That's too high" said Brocl1way,
partly rising from his seat. 'It ought to
be only $1,5oo, when the money found on
me is genuine. 1 tell YOU
'iCan you get bail?" asked the Commits
sioner of Brockway.
mo. I don't think I would if I could"
Then turning to Smith and Wagner,
Commissioner Ronaine fixed the same
bail in their case. Then Counsellor
Smith again interrupted, but was curtly
informed that if he questioned the juris-
diction of the Commissioner he could sue
out writ of habeas corpus, if he so
chose
On Wednesday next there will be
hearing at half past ten o'clock in the