The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-20
BROCKWAY HELD.
Examination Of the Arch
Counterfeiter Before
us. Commissioner
Romaine.
SCORING THE DETECTIVES
Queer Developments as to the
Arrest-Counsel's Strong
Appeals.

United States Commissioner Romaine
was on hand promptly at 10:45 this morn
ing to resume the examination of Will
lam E. Brockway. alias Benson
alias Colonel Spencer. William
E. Wagner. Abbie L. Smith
alias Williams. and Sidney Smith. the.
ouartette of distinguished prisoners ac-
cused of having in their possession $o32,-
400 of spurious $500 gold certificates of the
United States. with the tools and instru-
ments in the shape of dies, paper and
plates for their manufacture. lmmedl-
ately following the Commissioner into
the First District Police Court came Will
lam P. Hazen of the United States Sc
cret Service and A. P. Sherwood of OF
tawa. holding a similar position in the
Dominion of Canada. Deputy Marshal
| Peter H. DAILY brought up in the rear
with the counterfeiters who We're linked
! together with handouts.
| The arch-counterfeiter, Brockway. was
neatly dressed and surveyed the curious
groups in the court room with tlfe ut
most sang froid, and appeared to be the
least interested person in the room.
The Smiths We're anxious and conversed
| in whispers with their counsel. occasion
consulting with him.
A few minutes delay was occasioned
! by the absence of Messrs. T. Hoffman
and w. B. Guild of counsel for Brock
way, Colonel Campbell for Mrs. Williams
and Louis Grant or Wagner, but they
entered the room at eleven o'clock. just
as Secret Service officer brought in
the large portmanteau containing the
counterfeit paraphernalia by which the
Federal Government hopes to send the
prisoners to prison for long term of
! years.
In the back seats in the court room sat
a smartly dressed young woman with
black hair. rosy cheeks and swapping
| black eyes. who famed herself with
black lace fan vigorously and continu-
ously. She was Miss Reynolds and form
erly kept house for DIR. Bradford, he who
| managed to elude the vigilance of the
detectives in New York.
| Miss Reynolds had been subpoenaed,
and in Inspector Lange's room there
We're a dozen others brought by Chief
Hazen. whose evidence WILL it is ex-
pected. weave a net around the coun-
terfeiters. Next to Miss Reynolds sat
Mrs. Smith, wife of Sidney Smith, "a
comely young woman with Titian's locks
which persistently came down about her
neck, and required an immense amount
of pinning and fixing.
BEEKMAN ARRIVES.
A late train brought on District At
torney J. w. Beekman after wait for
him of exactly one hour. Before the
actual business began ex-Judge Guild
protested against keeping his client,
Brockway, handcuffed in court.
IT'S a. outrage to treat a man SO
who is Y years OF age" he said to the
District Attorney, who at once instructed
Marshal DAILY to take off the bracelets.
The The, prisoners Were then put into the
del''
A young woman dressed in black took
! siding at No. SAG Ann street, West Hobo
ken. she knew No. 542 Ann street. where
! she knew as Mrs. Williams, and point
| ed to the prisoner sitting in the dock
as the woman. She also identified Brock
| way as frequent visitor at No. 542 His
name was unknown to her.
She could not, on rosS-examination by
M Gbd b or fe Wba h4T Tina many dTina ef b she had
a DISTINGUISHED looking genfieman?'' said
/ the District Attorney, with perceptible
irony. Brockway laughingly bowed, but
| his counsel objected to such an ''objec-
tionable question.
/
street also identified Libbie Smith as Mrs.
| Williams, residing at No. 542, and Brock
way as a continual visitor at the house. !
II thought they was fine people. I
keep the baker store und served her
| with bread. We was strangers, und |
only say good-morning to her alretty,"
Mary Keller, residing in the same
house as the last witness, gave corrobora-
xs testimony s., as to Mrs Mrs sRith aIias
4 being occupants of the house on Ann
Detective George R. Baggs, of the Sc
took the stand and opening one of the
valises containing spurious. bills, said
arrested at No. 542 Ann street the Smiths
| and Wagner and on searching the house
found a nice collection of presses and
500 bills of Canada, $500 false gold cer-
tificates of the United States. and every
thing necessary for carrying on a first
class counterfeiting business.
tective said, ''but he was brought into
| our office ON the following. day and
| searched in the presence of Chief Ha-
zen; In his pockets was found $500
was it a good bill?" asked Judge
Guild. 500 ,.,,.
| of Canada, three fifty dollar bills and
psfhe The detective Then opened another
! iIine 800 United States note between
/ the leaves, and bundles of bad bills.
/ all of which had been found in Brock
/ WAYS house on Avenue. D. In all there
i was about $500 of good bills found on
] the old counterfeiter. Some of the Wig
| nettes on the good bills. the detective
! said had been cut out for the purpose
of photographing them and using on
/ counterfeit bills.
1 APRONS IN EVIDENCE.
Two aprons made of glazed oilcloth
were produced. One had been torn off
HE other. In Brockway's house in, New
| York. the longer apron was found and
! lis counterpart was discovered in Alb
/ HE Smiths house on Ann Street. This
was produced to show the connection OF
| T2rnclswav with the remaining prisoners.
| fudge Guild then took the detective in
hand and submitted him to very pad
quarter of an hour. Taking the genilinee ne e
! IN a counterfeit $500 bill found in the
| Williams house. counsel made the de-
tective admit that the one was not a
/ copy of the. other because the check
letter on the good bill was G and on the
bad bill D. Brocsway grinned at the
discontinue of the Secret Service man:
"Whom did you find in the Williams
! house besides the prisoners you arrest
ed7" asked Mr.. Guild.
adolf Smith,
"Why didn't you arrest hjup"
| Baggs suuirrned and tried to evade a
direct reply, but the merciless counsel
piIloried him and insisted that Smith.
whom the detective very we'll knew
4 should be in court
Then rising from his chair, Mr.. Guild
thundered:-
Don't you know that this Adolf Smith
whom you didn't arrest was an engraver
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