The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
HELD IN SIS, 900 TO ANSWER
His Aeeompliees Smith and
Wagner Must Furnish a
Similar Amount or Go
to Jail.
Description of the Big Raid and
the Arch Counterfeiter Nabbed
in Hoboken Yesterday.


n+ +o nress Yesterday afternoon, oe-
cret Service men captured the renlalhaei
of the gang of counterfeiters OF "lliSii
William E. Brockway was the leauins
spirit Brockway's arrest was ;, toIu -
the News yesterday, but the Pai't
lars surrounding his apprehension were
kept secret until his accomphces ii0N
4een lodged safely behind prison doors
Broekway's accomplices are all as
aesnerate as he is asserted to be ana
have been as active as he has IN siiaus
schemes For two years and nan
Brockway and his gang have peen d
work and during all that time the Fed
eral government has expended tllne'
energy and money to secure the gans'
who were forgers as well as expert coun-
terfeiters.
The gang, it is said. had active ac-
conoDlices in three states and skleu
agents in Canada. The Secret Service
men were hard pushed on the case as
r CBotnearly every day seemed to draw ne"
seymen into the gang. The leaders msle ,
tuteBrockway and DIR. o. E. Bradford, VINO
Kiesvas ostensibly dentist at No. ol4 Thlrd
RoEavenue New York City, but Who' II
strcappears has a States prison record.
A. WHO COMPOSED THE GANG.
stit Wt Rrockway. it was thought by the secret
SService men, had abandoned counterfeit
Ne'ing and forgeries. He is u years oiu
IQovaQd already has d I'LL y > go
Haitence in State prison hanging over ms
Rohead. Mrs Libby Smith. William b.
STlIrssNagner. Adolph Smith and Sidney
S1smith. the latter an engraver ana a
Bo son of the noted bond and note forger.
ooaaSxare also under arrest.
Do The information about this gang Oh
swscounterfeiters was first sent to the Gov
% 1r 31reernment in March. 1893. Some person LII
r F,arraineton. Me. sent word to Secre-
efft hot persons IN
saulsthat neighborhood who were prepared to
T,rissue a large number of counterfeit 500
sit and $500 bills The information said that
ma the counterfeiteTs would use fibre paper
Tas The information appeared to be acchr-
ate, ard details were such that secre-
tary Carlisle instructed Mr.. Drummond'
then Chief of the Secret Service, to spare
no efforts expense in hunting doWh
these counterfeiters
BAFFLED THE CHIEF.
Chief Drummond set every branch OF
the service at work, and his men worked
tirelessly without locating any Of the
gang or even ascertaining that there
had been counterfeiting in that locality
There was still an idea in the Treasury
Department that this gang was at work,
and when on February ], 1894, Chief
William P. Hazen relieved Chief Drum
mond of the command of the service
among other valuable points Which were
impaired to him was the informa tion
such as it was which the Treasury De-
partment had of this gang Of counter
feiters The counterfeters. It appeared
were prepared to confine their work TO
Issuing notes of large denomination.
Chief Hazen went to work with a WILL
and his efforts have been crowned vita
unusual success, it being admitted that
he had lodged in jail the most daring
set of counterfeiters that ever flooded
this country with spurious money
PARTICULARS OF THE RAID.
The headquarters of the gang at No.
542 West Hoboken, is near Schuetzen
Park. Union HILL Chief Hazen had
hoped to bag the whole gang in the
house All day Saturday the house was
kept under surveillance, and at fifteen
minutes before six o'clock the raid was
made. The detectives surrounded the
house, and then Chief Hazen, with two
assistants, entered and placed the occu-
pants under arrest.
Those in the house were Mrs. Smith,
Wagner and Adolph Smith. The house
was searched at once and the mill
soon located the second floor,
entrance to which had to be forced
A RICH HAUL.
There were a press, acids and a guam
tity of fibre paper, such as is used by
counterfeiters, in the room. Another
coo, all of 800 denomination. the
Bank of Montreal, Canada. They were
printed on one side only. The plate
for the face side of the bills was found
in a secret closet in the
Another batch consisted of counter
felt notes representing 100000 worth of
$500 gold certificates with the vignette
of President Lincoln. These were print
ed on the reverse side only. There
were, in addition to all this, $1,000 worth
of gold certificates that We're ready to
Joe shipped to the agents of the gang.
except for the numbering.
According to statement made by
Mrs. Smith the fibre paper was made
in the house, and it has been pronounced
the finest imitation ever seen.
TO GRAB THE DOCTOR.
After condscating all the property in
the house, Chief Hagen returned to New
Yorl, City for the purpose of grabbing
DR. Bradford The latter had been
shadowed by detectives. and no trouble
was experienced in locating him. In
stead of removing the doctor to police
station Chief Hagen left Detectives Call
1gan and Burns to guard the house, and
10 prevent anyone from escaping. The
reason for not arresting Bradford was
ito keep the whole raid secret, so that
any other aecomplices that might show
up would be captured.
THE DOCTOR ESCAPED.
Sunday morning Chief Hagen went to
DR. Bradford's house and confronted
with the disappointing information that
he had escaped The detectives were at
loss TO know how he got away, they
having carefully locked every door in the
house. Caliigan is the oldest detective
in the service, but he and Burns will
probably be dismissed for their apparent
carelessness.
When Brockway was searched $500
gold certificate was found in his pos