The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-08
TO STEAL MANY MILLIONS.
REAL AIM or THE JNGHAN-NEWITT
CONTEMPLATING GANG.

In tho Vaults and Withdraw Good
Ones for Division Among Conspirators.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. liver since the
friends Of Ellery p Ingham and Harvey X.
hewitt became aware OF their arrest in connec-
ton with the great counterfetinR scheme that
was revealed last April by the arrest OF Ken
dig. Jacobs and others OF the Lancaster and
Philadelphia gang. there has been great deal
OF speculation as to the motive that induced
the former United States Attorney and his as
sistant to take part In tho scheme that would.
in tho event OF discovery. incriminate them
and lead to certain trouble with the United
States Government Both young. and compar-
atvcly wealthy. prominent professionally and
with every prospect OF political preferment:
enjoying together practice at the bar that
yielded them jointly IN income Of from $4,000
to $4,000 annually. much wonder has been
caused as to the kind OF persuasion that was
used upon them. That the argument was
golden was not doubted. but the wonder has
been that they. being aware Of the law and tho
punishment that would be moted out to them
II they were CAUGHT. would involve themselves
unless II was for an exceedingly hgh stake.
aud Chat they were convinced that the chances
OF escape were almost certain.
During the trial nothing was revealed that
wo uld Iced to tho solution Of this puzzle. 1t
did not appear that the stake for which they
so'i themselves was exceptionally large or
that they were convinced beyond reasonable
doubt that their chances OF escaping detection
were greater than those of many men who. dur
ing the years that they represented the United
States Government, were sent to prison for
counterfeting.
The reason this anpapnt mystery was not
solved was that the evidence that would have
shown the sum for which these men banded
honor ana fortune ana rendered themselves
amenoble to the laws. was sturendous. For
worH "S !, ana oDs prns"n, .har nave u.ea
com plote I tafied. Their doxnial Nv was dus
I" to, two things, a., First; the failure OF OK, kendlr
tsdero,es and second a lack Of honor among uo
Ths Mia, ,hs ,s,dsr. J,.o,. an, Ksrd,s
WAS to make the United States Treasury the
distributing agency for their bad notes The
way in which me Cnrted States Treasury was
receiving teller In the Treasury at washington
or through one Of the su6:Treasu,iss. TO
the task OF securing III 9 man. and he was
authorized to pay i9r the service a quarter OF
eord,ns % shs orislns plss, but ior sons ,"s:
nn ill., 10 saus ss to
large SUN, an Official OF the Treasury at wash.
inelqn aud one at a suh-Trensury. Oi the lat
cities: New YORK. Boston, Oh caro-. Baltiinora.
ST, Louis; san, francisco. Cincinnati. Now Or.
Tn. puzzle that the Secret Service agents
have for months been eudeavoring to unravei
work. VIVA, success did he hsvsp Who was
the mani And In the hope Of hndins out this.
TssvnS ana I sa
aSa night they have been followed. their
Service and reported TO the head OF tho Treas.
Sry persIrt,mssn,, Men and wo%e3 have been
been "Sprndcl. hut although closer atten-
ton has been paid TO tive men than 10 others.
n9'hinE DEBATE NOT The slightest reason
covered. and Chic. wilkie has come to
the conc usicn tha, IS time, 70
snsrde ies9S S whether gs acSb. s See or
he w Ss be wh9
SAYS, howeyer that he was not successtni but
G SSt Wsia and these associated with him do
The cunning Of the conspirators was remark;
nh"; Mep o. comnn,a,,vS Wealth, accustomed
ss S %rRf' ?ss TSI sxssS hr sn
certificates and in order TO accomplish
this thcv had plate OF a Treasury
"H% il S S a. the ,hn n'G @a. cSn
tIkton. MI, after the confessions % Bredsll
and Taylor had been made aud directions So
cured from them as 20 It's hiding i'lca This
plate an onicial NJ the Treasury to-day said,
was perfect. II was absolutely Without the
slightest mark that would enable an exrert "a
distinguish that note printed from II was not
genuinc. The only ossIb,' lty OF detecting the
fact that the notes printed from Il were bogus
was that ln printing the colors would differ in
some slight degree from those used In tho
properly Issued notes
was thls same otflcial who eaid:
The intention OF the gang was to put into
the depository selected $1,000. 900 Of these
notes IN the shortest possible time. That Is the
reason that the PAPER Tor print ng 500 900; 900
WAS on hand when the place In Cumberland
county. Nd. was raided. How easy the
scheme would haye been to accomplish may be-
readily shown For instance. say that the re-
ceiving teller ut the ihiladelrhia Sub. Treasury
or the Assistant Treasurer had yielded 10
temptation Bnth these mon have access to
the vaults in which money H. stored. At pres
INT there are in the vaults OF the sub
Treasury here nearly SO ONO.OO0 In gold
CON and notes, the notes amounting
to nearly S,OOO,0OO. With the cOnni-
vance OF one NJ ths officials named
the good notes cou d have been nut in pack
ages containing possibly S5.OOO.OOO dny, nri
the roun,tierfets accented ani stored In Their
plac" When demand was made by bank for
money, the spurIOus notes could hayn been