The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
ULRICH'S YARN.
He Fails to Connect Brock
way With the West Ho-
boken CounterfeiteIs.
HIS LONG CRIMINAL CAREER
Mrs. Smiths Damaging Remarks
About the Industries Carried
On in Her House.
HIS LONG CRIMINAL CAREER
Snecfal to the Jerseu Cfty Nsacs.

SDecfdl to the Jersey Cfty Neacs.
TRENTON, Feb. 10. 1S96.-The trial of
William e, Brockway, William E. Wag-
ner and Abbie L. Smith. the counterfeit
ers apprehended in West Hoboken last
summer, was resumed in the Federal
Court this morning. AS the triad grows in
interest the crowds in attendance grow
larger, and this morning the court room
was packed to the doors. The first wit
ness of the day was Charles r. Ulrich.
the old counterfeiter, who in this case
acted as stool pigeon of the Government
agents by working with the Brockway
gang and then betraying them to the
officers. Counsellor Rose, who is prose
cutting the gang, had Ulrich tell the story
OF his connection with them.
He said that he now lives in Cincinnati
He made the arrangements with the detec-
tives at the st. James Hotel in New York
1t was DIR. Bradford who took him to the
Rouse in West Hoboken. He took him
there at eleven O'Clock at night. first
walking him around the whole town so
as to confuse him concerning his where
abouts When he entered the House he
found Mrs. Smith and Wagner there.
DR.. Bradford took him to the garret
where engraving tools were found. Ul-
rich was told to put mating on the floor
to deaden the sound of his footsteps. Dr.
Bradford said he expected a printer in a
q day or two who would work on the
floor below. This printer. DR.. Bradford
Sald, was an old friend of tOlrich'S, but
there had been ill-feeling between them
and ne did not care to have. them meet.
Dr Bradford dig q nqt 1u tsll me my old
then testified that he agreed to hang a
towel out of the window so as to let the
government agents know his where
abouts.
Before going to the house he purchased
Two small steel plates and some asphalt
varnish and certain kind Of drying
powder. This was with the knowledge
Of detectives and the articles were mark
ed by them. He left the house three
times during his stay there to mail let
ters to or connected with the detectives
Mrs. Smith and Wagner were in the
garres w,t room ,as with /, him NJ great deal he
| house and on the second day Of his stay
there Mrs. Smith said:LssThere are four
or If five things made in this house
-, ll i,rfinl there "a are" said aid ulrich, we are
ulrich urged the woman to explain what
she meant and she showed him a counter
felt $l00 Canadian bill, telling him that
that was one of the things made in the
house.
He had long conversation with her
on on this occasion and in the course Of it
ernment Agent Burns. The bill was
It as the same which Mrs. s Smith 1a' SAID said
had been manufactured in her house.
Continuing his story Ulrich said Dr.
Bradford used to visit the house at mid
night. Gradually Bradford and the others
showed him everything there was in the
house. He. heard DR.. Bradford working
when he : learn learned ali tn there e1v was eeGaspa e. be
learned, had located the whereabouts of
the press, the fibre paper, the counter
1eit b money h alreaey made the tools ete
| raid followed. When the detectives ar
rived on the scene Ulrich, Wagner and
table. Besides what he. testified to, Ulrich
| enlphatically declared he had taken moth
ing to the. house and none other of the
counterfeiting implements were there by
his direction or assent.
Ulrich said he was an engrayer. He
had been en- in prison for engraving a sloO
Since 1876 he had done no counterfeit
ing. "a long time for you to be idle .
remarked 41 Counsel Guild socially.
first came to this country in 1854. He
was arrested in New York, but could
not not; say how many years after his ar
wards, in Ohio in 1867 and then in New
Jersey. He declined to tell what he had
been arrested for in the State of New
York on the ground that his answer
would tend to criminate him or leave
him liable to punishment Ulrich de-
| MED that he knew Detective Burns
when he QJlrich) was an inmate of the
Ohio Penitentiary.
Many questions propounded by counsel
| with view of proving Ulrich's criminal
career were ruled out by the Court on
| the ground that the records of his con-
! victions were the only competent evil
dence.
| Questions as to whether he was not ar
rested for crimes in various States were
thus ruled cut Ulrich denied that he was
| arrested in Germany in 1885 for a fraudll-
| lent real estate transaction, and that after
| being sentenced to twelve years irnprison-
ment he was released on the agreement Of
his family to ship him back to the United
States.
Queries concerning JJlrich's term of
Imprisonment in the New Jersey State
| Prison were ruled out, but not before he
exclaimed, THAT is matter of note
ing his connection with the prisoner on
sight, whether they were in uniform or
not
How can you, do that?" was asked
by Colonel Campbell.
rsHayenf got experiences enough?''
said ulrich amid great laughter in
which he and the Court Joined.
Ulrich. said the press used by the
counterfeiters was bad one and that
| lithographic ink was used, which was
improper He did not connect BrockWay
with the gang at all, and Brockway's s
counsel did not question him.