Connecticut western news., 1895-08-08
BIG HAUL OF CROOKS.
A DANGEROUS GANG OF COUNTER
 PETERS ARRESTED IN JERSEY.

A Veteran Maker of Queer" Money
 Stepped Into a Trap and Was Caught.
 Made sioo and $500 Gold Certificates.
 Secret Service Detectives Do Good Work.
 NEW YORK. Aug 6.-The expert coun- terfeiters who for two years past have teen engraving and printing $500 and Sl00 United States gold certificates and flooded Canada with notes of smaller denomina- tions have been discovered by secret serv- ice detectives, and four of the gang of five are now locked up in Jersey City. The fifth member, the packer of the plant, was arrested, but escaped from the officers.
 William K. Broadway, who is regarded as the most expert counterfciter and for ger in the country, was perhaps the princi- pal. He is now 73 years old. When caught, he had in his possession a $500 gold certif- icate and S3g0 in Canadian money, all supposed to be counterfeit. He had less than S7 in bills and coin that arc believed to be genuine.
 Next to Broadway the chief figure in tho daring enterprise, the man who sup piled the funds for the plant, was Dr. O. E Bradford, who heretofore, if he has been engaged in similar schemes, has managed to escape suspicion. He conducts a dental parlor at 5l4 Third avenue.
 The other members of the gang are Lib bic Smith, n cousin of Bradford, and Sid ney Smith, the engraver of the party, who is said to be Libbie smiths husband, and William .. Wagner. Smith was arrested late last night with counterfeit plates in his possession.
 A Most sknlful Gang.
 The plates and paper captured by the detectives show this to be the most daring and skillful gang that has operated in this country in years. Tho plant was located at 542 Ann street, Hobokcn.
 The building was raidcd on Saturday night last. Besides valuable plates for both United States and Canadian notes, s200, GOO in Canadian currency, with the reverse side all printed, was discovered. The plate for the front side was found last night in the possession of Smith when ar rested at his home, East Fourteenth street, this city.
 A sufficient amount of fiber paper to print S400, 900 more of Canadian money was also located in a secret closet. The pa per, according to experts, is even superior to that prepared by tho Hoyt gang in Con necticut. Uncompletcd plates for $500 and s100 United States gold certificates were on the tables near the machinery for print ing the bills. No plant of such magnitude and so complete in every detail has been | located by the secret service men for years. It is worth many thousands of dollars. How long it has been running at this | place is not known, but it is believed that the gang has had the Hoboken house as I it's headquarters for more than year. For ten days or more since tho plant was located the detectives have had the | place under surveillance night and day in the hope of capturing the entire gang in one raid. Daring tactics were employed | to learn where the counterfeiters were working.
 Counterfeit Canadian money was found on the persons of each one of the four ar rested, and the secret service officers say they have clear case that they have beer making and uttcring counterfeit gold oer tifcates of the denominations of $500 ane $100.
 As yet tho detectives have not been abl, to locate tho completed plates for the cor | tiflcates, but they profess to be confident that they will turn up before many days