Show touched it secret spring new york nov 30 30 assistant die district attorney gordon battle touched a secret spring kv by chance while bile sitting silling alone in his hl office in the criminal crimin nl court building and was soon looking at bonds and certificates of stock to the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars possibly millions of dollars and what he considers a great fortune fortuine fort for trine he had in hit his hands evidence that he had long fought and which may convict men who are suspected to be connected with the greatest syndicate of swindlers lers the spring was in the side of thi the iron box found two weeks ago in the trunk of charles R mclaughlin one of the conspirators to rob with alth which stephen A dulton the selig brothers and others now under indictment tor for swindling are said to be connected the box has ben be n in mr battles office tor for several days its known contents hall licen been examined several times damaging evidence against members of the gang had been found in the box that decumen tary evidence tested rested upon a false bottom between which and the tue rue bottom of the box mr air battle found much information and wealth ol of bonds and certificates of stock some of which are known inon to be worthless paper issued by the swindlers lers syndicate syndi date some of which appeared genuine and some of which will hac tobe to be looked into be bc foie its worth or worthlessness can be determined ap |