New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

tiou>lv He began our ascent. each man draw
hl~ revolver as Ire realized We're gong aga
desperate men. The ground floor fitted sim
as Iarlor and dining room. and we continued
.ur way after a cursory inspection. At the toI
The next flight OF stairs was a long hallway, anC
-hc room at the end found the printing plant
We tiptoed back, and the FIRST warning
caused the workers 10 Talsc their heads found II
~jaring down the barrels of our revolvers. II
were three men IN the room. one printing b.
notes. another placing silk m paper, and another
elderly man. was stamping red seals on the coun
.cIt bills. He MAS the only one who attemI
resistance hut blow the herd silcnced i
We placed three men on guard, who forced
tWo submissive prisoners 20 continue work. Tor
icar the sudden cessation OF the pounding OF the
press might alarm Others IN the house That
tins was wise move We discovered when
came upon three other men at work in the front
room oi the next floor. Although taken BY
surprise the countcrcitcrS attempted fight, and
Il was only after sharp struggle that sub
ducd them These men were cutting paper,
dampening It IN preparation for the press mix
ing inks. and making bundles of the completed
CounterieIts. We marched these men back with
The others and placed them under guard.
But so Tar we had not captured Brockway.
and without him the whole affair was a failure.
lookout was posted at a front window while
the rest OF Us made a search of the house. We
found no plates besides those on the press.
The Capture of Brockway
THE woman of the house was the first TO
Il return, and she was easily Subducd III fact,
pleading innocence, she offered to help us in
every way possible Shortly aftcrward BroCkyyav
arrived As he stepped into the entry a revolver
was thrust into his face and he was ordered to
surrender. He complied with the greatest of
good humor, and even INDUCED in a laugh at
the neat way IN which we had trapped him 1t
was general saying that when Brockway
laughed under such circumstances he meant
trouble; we handcutfcd him for safety. He
made no resistance, but his good humor seemed
10 melt away when the irons were fastened on
ms wrists. We decided not to permit him to
mlngle with the other prisoners and so started
with hIm toward a separate room on the second
floor.
As neared the top of the first flight of
stairs, Brockway made several efforts to bear
over toward the carved panels in the wainScot-
lng with his shoulder and for some instructive
reason never could explain pushed him away
and made him keep to the balustcrs. | may
be mistaken, but III view of lat developments
am convinced that my watchfulness saved all
our lives.
Brockway politeness itself but would not
furnish the slightest information. We put him
through the third degree time after time, but
70 all our questions regarding the missing plates
he was sphinx We finally came to the con
clusion that it would be better to keep the =
oners at the house until some of the outside aqr
OF the counterfeiters strayed into the net
judgment was partly indicated in this resD,
by the following night five men had arrived :
been nabbed one by one These were go
tweens" and showers" from out of town who !
come in for supplies of bad money
Until the following night kept house with
band OF captves Meanwhile a large furniture ,
was being sent from New York in which 10 rem,
the prisoners secretly. This arrived DURING
evening of the second day, and with as much SD
as caution permitted the prisoners were placed in
1t tell to my lot TO escort Brockway's brothe