The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-25
BIC FISH CAUGHT
IN FEDERAL NET
Prominent Counterfeit
ers in the Tolls.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PHILADELPHIA, ApII IT VI iiiC4
United States District Attorney Ellery
P. Ingham of this city and Deputy
Internal Revenue Collector Samuel Il,
DoWney of Lancaster were arrested py
secret service officers to-day on the
charge of aiding the Lancaster coun-
terfeiters in their efforts to flood the
country with bogus treasury notes ana
internal revenue tobacco stamps. Inc
arrest of Ingham created great SEN
sation on account of his prominence
and his former connection with the
Government as United States Attorney
for the eastern district of PennsylVa-
mia. Those who are now under arrest
charged with completely in the great
plot are: Ellery H. Ingham, eX-United
States District Attorney, of this city;
Henry K. hewitt, ex-Assistant United
States District Attorney, OF this city:
Samuel B. Downey, Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector of the Ninth Inter
nal Revenue District of Pennsylvania,
of Lancaster, Pa; Williams Jacobs Of
Lancaster, William F. Kendig Of Ian
caster; Thomas Burns, Kend1g's fore
man; Arthur Taylor, expert engraver
of this city, and Baldwin S. Bredeu,
expert engraver and mechanic, of this
city.
Ever since the conspiracy was I'M
earthed last Thursday the air has been
thick with rumors of further arrests
John E. Will1ie, chief Of the secret
service division of the United States
Treasury, and United States District
Attorney James Beck, who is lngham's
immediate successor, were in LancaS-
ter yesterday, accompanied by Captain
" Of In or loo
With the information gathered at
Lancaster, Mr.. Beck early to-day ap-
peared before United States Commits
sioner Edmunds and swore out war
rants for the arrest of Ingham and
Downey. Chief Wilkie and Captain
Burns went to Lancaster this after
noon and arrested Downey, while Dep
uty United States Marshal Foster took
Ingham into custody at the latters
law office. Mr.. Ingham was not sur
prised
The ex-District Attorney was imme-
diately taken before Commissioner Ed
munds and formally charged with con-
spring with Harvey hewitt, his law
partner, Ito promise, offer and give"
the sum of $4,000 in monthly payments
of $500 each to William ]. McManuS of
Philadelphia, a secret service officer
who was working UP the case against
the five men charged with counterfeit
l1S revenue StdHlJS anu LIE 91UU SILVER
certificates. Ingham waived hearing
and was held in $4,000 bail for fur
Their hearing on Thursday morning
Newitt's hearing. which had been fixed
for tomorrow was changed so that
both men can be arraigned together
Joseph r. Grundy of Bristol, Pa,
NeWitt's bondsman, went Ingham's
bail.
Ellery P. Ingham has been prominent
as a Republican in State politics. He
was appointed United States Attorney
for the eastern district of PennsyIva-
mia by President Harrison, but was
succeeded at the end of his term by
James M. Beck, who received his ap
pointment from President Cleveland.
During the last few years Mr.. Ingham
has been a prominent figure at State
conventions, as an adherent of eX-Sen-
ator Quay.
Samuel B. Downey, the deputy reve-
nue. collector, was in consultation with
his attorneys at Lancaster when Cap
tain Burns took him in custody. He
was unable to give the 1000 bail fixed
by United States Commissioner Mont
gomery, and was brought to Philadel-
phia and lodged in the County Jail.
The Secret Service officers say that
Downey received about $1,000 from ia
cobs and Kendig for furnishing them
with information regarding the move
When interviewed tonight Chief
Wilkie spoke guardedly as to the evil
dence he expects to produce against
the men arrested to-day. He said,
however, that Downey had practically
solicited brides from the counterfeiters,
having told Jacobs that he was in fin
ancial trouble and asked him for ad
vice Jacobs first loaned him 500, and
later paid him larger sums, Downey
promising to keep Jacobs informed as
to what the Government officials were
doing.
In regard to the arrest Of Ingham.
Chief Wilkie would not say much.
"AIl can say is this" he said, that
Jacobs and the rest of the gang wanted
to get inside information from the Sc
cret Service men in this city. Ingham
and hewitt were formerly United
States attorneys and. knew much of the
inside workings of the Government.
Jacobs knew this and approached them
cautiously, but he finally got there. To-
DAYS arrests are the last that will be
made in connection with the case, IN
less there is more in it than we know
now I am perfectly satisfied with the
result of our years work. In results
1t was the greatest capture ever made
by the Secret Service. Taylor and
BredeIl had already put into circula-
ton bogus 800 treasury notes to the
amount Of $4,000, and Jacobs and Ken
dig had placed counterfeit stamps on
boxes containing between 10000, 900
and $4,000, 900 cigars. The loss to the
Government from the cigar stamps
alone will amount to about $4,000.
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