Evening journal., 1895-08-06
lEEY NAnE BIG BILLS.
Dangerous Gang Of Counterfeit
ers Raided and Arrested.
OLD BRooKwAY Was AMONG THEN.

Tho Veteran Maker OF queer" Money
stepped Into Trap and Was CauEhi.
Made 800 and $500 Gold Certificates.
Secret Service Detectives DO Good Work.
NEW YORK, Aug 6.--The expert coun-
tericitors who for two years past have tcen
engraving and printing $500 and 500
United States gold certificates and flooded
Canada with notes of smaller dcnomina-
tions have been discovered by secret serv-
ice detectives, and four of the gang OF five
ave now locked up in Jersey City. Tho
niih member the bnckcr of the plant, was
arrested. but escaped from the officers.
William E. Brockwhy, who is regarded
as the most expert counterfcter and for
ger in the country was perhaps the princi-
pal. He is now 73 years old. When caught,
he had in his possession 70 $500 gold ccrtit-
icatc and $3.50 IN Canadian money, all
supposed to be counterfeit. He had less
than 81 in bills ana coin that are believed
to be genuine.
Next to Brocl1way the chief figure In
the daring enterprise, the man who sup
piled the funds for the plant, was DIR o..
E Bradford, who heretofore, If he has
been engaged I'm similar schemes has
managed TO escape suspicion. He conducts
dcntal parlor at 5ll Third avenue
Tho othor members Of the gang are Lib
bic Smith, a cousin of Bradford and Sid
ney Smith, the ongravcr OF the party, who
is said to be Libbie Smiths husband, and
William $. Wagner Smith was arrested
lato last night with counterfeit plates i'm
his possession.
A Most sldIIful Gang.
The plates and paper captured by tho
detectives show this TO be the most daring
and slyillful gang that has operated in this
country I'm years The plant was located
nj 542 Ann street, Hobokcn.
The huilding was raided on Saturday
night last Besides valuable plates for
both United States and Canadian notes,
$500 600 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 10
prlRt 500, 600 more Of Canadian money
was also located I'm secret closet. The pa
per, according to experts, Is even superior
20 that prepared by the Hoyt gang IN Con-
ncctiout Unoompleted plates for $500 and
500 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 beon
located by the secret service men for years.
It is worth many thousands of dollars.
How long 1t has been running at this
place is not known, bnt Il is believed that
the gang has had the Hobokon house as
It's headquarters for moro than year.
For ten days or moro since the 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 whore the counterfeiters were
working,
BroclSway was known there as Colonel
Spencer, hut the detectives had no diff
Guilty in recognizing In the very tail old
man with gray whiskers ana sharp hazel
Owes. that would reveal his identity no
matter what his disguise the great forger
Brockwny.
How Brocl,way Was Caught.
He came and went daily but the officers
made no move. He was then shadowod,
and it was found that he was running a
cottage hotel at Rockaway Beach under the
namo of E. w. spencer There, too, he
was known as Colonel Spencer A doteot-
ive watched his every movement from
the first day.
Tho detectives hoped by postponiug the
raid to get DR. Bradford with the othcr
four, but they waited in vain for several
days Chief Hazcn Of the secret service,
who in person was directing the proceed
ings, ordered the detectives TO enter the
house ON Saturday night. Libbie Smith
and Wagner were the only members of the
party there.
They would say nothing about their COM
panions, evon after the detectives told
thcm they know who they were They
were taken 90 the county jail and locked
up The fact OF tho arrest was kept quiet,
oven the Jersey City police being kept in
the dark as 20 the character of the prison
crs. Detectives were kept shadowing the
house expecting Brookway or Bradford to
appear, but their vigil was unrewardcd.
The former was finally decoyed into the
hands OF the detectives.
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 been
making and uttcring counterfeit gold Ger.
tiicatos OF the denominations of 5000 and
Sl0O.
As yet the detectives have not been able
to locate the completed plates for the Ger
tihcntes but thoy profess to be confident
that they win turn up before many days.
To supply Tokyo with Water Pipes.