The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-07
Extensive COunterfeiiing Operations DlseS
Vere0.

THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF THE C0UN-
TEEFEIT MONEY foUND-ARREsr or THREE eE
THE ALLEGED PAssERs OF FALSE BiLLs-A oLgs
OF SPURIOUS BILL BROKERS BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
Yesterday officer Hugh Masterson OF Chiefs 3hiec
assisted by officers Murphy aud Sutherland succeeded u
bringing To light OF the mort extensive Offices or the
circulation OF counterfeit money ever brought to tho
knowledge Of the police or the business public
From present appearances IL seems thouEa sixa-,
haE been obtained 10 the headquarters or Of x|
full couLterfeters, who fer years have been eo0usr
their dep edaiions on society Word eyoaS' . !, .
Chiefs office tha, number OF tknlfaDy ~ -, ..,.
the Morris County Bank were :. s'.S~,.,.'-
which almost deGed the experience =, 80 o.,nor =
Of the bank TO detect WHY ,,o,ar. ~-na...1
Iy took them ior geuulr s.a =. 60.
wished Mr. Maseil to send csnne,on, oocs, "a
arrest as be thought he xneu who or. !,
were. officer M,s.ersoa was .ccuran,,v a....,.s.
work the ma,ar up, and he found that a mar -
John earrsoA naa nots,l be hank ,bs, be rp,x
the fAse moae5 co.,. bo nousb, .l,or noe .,.
Na,.,.o- = bank. It was At lonsla agreed that Mr.
ahcria be inu oduoed BY Gsrrieou 10 the sui
ct6d party @ drover who wished Ihe count rien
ney TO pay fer cattle. He accordingly taken the
Commercial Hotel in Courtlane street. where Gsrrisoa
Introduced him 10 n person whom he called John We
sms Williams offered TO furnish the supposed droves
with counterfeit money the Morris Couu Bank 70 ana
amount or iory ceats on tho dollar, and produced
money 10 show how well Il executed. Al this me.
ment one OF tho other officers entered the room ana
WhNnm, suspeciing something wrong, sprsng for me
crate thrust the bills 10 his han the re bat thcy
Hero pJcseo out In VI ne to ahoF wha. they were.
Williams vas taken 20 tie Chiefs Once where a.ter
ome solIcl,a,ou h inioTmei the ollcers that hc hs|
procured me ialse mo- ~ OF Taylor Brother rnouov
brokers, doing business tho corner or Chatham Ana
James streets The ofhcsrs, Acc 'tned BY the prsosc
preceded 10 the place ind.cossd, and aiicr
LGuverine iucccedet In krr.sttag Jscs NJ and Frank
Taylor on the charge OF p.tsng eoanternei: money.
The plan tor catching them Ia the act o. pass.
ing the money, laid most sdroity, and
succeeded admirably. II was tore by wlyams buyiag
the spurious b. h of Of the raylors while tho tWo
officers stood by at another counter pretending 80 wanA
the change OF two ten dollar blr. until tney The
counterfeit money proc uced when they immedatoiy
rested The Two Taylors.
The premises then searched, when q numhos
Of packages of counterfeit money found, uns-
Ing In all 10 over s2c, 600 The prisoners, -
reiher with all the morey IN the sio a good
and bad, taken 10 the Chiefs Office whore the
matter viii be further investigated to-day. Among the
counterfeit bills were number the Merchants BANK
OF this city, Morris County Bank New Jorscy Farm re-
Bank OF New York, Hamilton Bank Of New Jerrey most.
y Of largo denomlr atons EastoD Bank OF Penngy
and onoDdnga Baak OF New York besides others VII.
ams said, was recently pardoned out Of stAtc pvi-
by GOV, Clark.