New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-12

and underneath the everlasting sand and pot
metal. What adds to the romance OF this case,
i that the victim expressed his fears, on taxing
tho box. that he might be robbed on his way
home. To quiet his alarm, {" Tom Bogus ur-
nished him with loaded pistol. His morhhca,
ton and despair, on finding how grossly he had
been dupedw great that he seized the Plsto!
70 shoot himself with But the pistol, to hls hor-
roy, like the box, was loaded only with the same
harmless sand.
Again. about two months ago, IN village ol
Madison county, stranger, an operator, stopped
at the tavern. and soon 5ncidentdtty II not acca-
dcntaliy, exhibited two Gold Eagles In the
course Of a long talk the operator sad these
eagles were counterfeit gold, which he had bought
a: about five dollars apiece, as curosltles, aud
that their real value was about four dollars each; /;
that they were so we'll counterieited but iew
podsnlitl,s could detect them, and if any gentle
man wished them as pocket or fancy pieces they
might have them at five dollars each, as he knew
where he could buy two moro like them with
his consent, two persons present took them 10
goldsmith to be Tested, by whom they were pro-
nounced to be good gold coin The operator sad
that doubtless the goldsmith thought So but he
was mistaken; that they could only be detected
By weighing them In water by their spccl1lc
gravity. The two men bought the pieces and
paid ten dollars, the stranger assuring them again
they must not pass them as they were counter
leits. He left the inn and within mile was
overtaken BY the said two men, who contlden
iially informed him they wished to buy $500
worth of the article The stranger told them
where the man with that kind Of money would
be in the next night, and that they could proba-
DIV purchase of him but cautioned them again
I mt to If
br;ng them up at State Prison. notwithstanding
this solemn warning, the two innocents repaired
to the place of assgnation the very next night
and in the depth of woods, with every precautlon
of secrecy and confidence received from Thomas
Bogus Esquire" 2 specie box comprising within
It's strong board three thousand dollars in god
for which they forked over fifteen hundred dol
lars in current bank notes, and went their way
rejoicing. When the light Of day broke upon
the :" insdcs," the Eagles and Half Eagles,
where were they The sand, the shot and the
pot metal had taken their place.
| could multiply these anecdotes ad antin't"m,
and add others showing the way In wlch they
manage TO negotiate the notes taken IN payment
for the Bogus, but these must suffice.
You must not deem these stories Incredible
They are true 1t is painful to hear how many
men, heretofore considered reputable have been
stripped Of their money and reputation by thus
gilded bait OF two dollars for one, so temptingly
placed before them. Their names are freely
given here and are in every body's mouth. Very
strangely these facts have not, before, been 6 ven
to the public III the papers. Will you not be
contributing to the preservation of some who are
yet upright, by helping to disclose the wies by
which i.!,e crafty and unprincipled seek to ap-
proach tnem on their f" bind sde?''
Respectfully W. j.