Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-02
Wholesale'Frauds-A Fugitive from
Justice.

An extensive and most audacious scheme
for counterfsi,ing two popular medicinal
preparations has recently been brought to
light iD this city. A few of the lending
facts have appeared in repbrts of the legal
proceedings growing out Of the affair. bur its
comprehensive character. has been but i'm
perfectly developed in these brief state
ments. 1t would seem that the p-incipl
person implicated in this transaction is a
doing business at 8 God street and Will
liam street, in this city, and residing at 4
Union street, Brooklyn. He had conceived
the idea of establishing factory for the
purpose of counterfeting, on a wholesale
scale. the most popular and widely advertised
medicines in the civilized would. viz: HoL-
LowAY's PILLS and HoLLNwAY's OINTMENT.
This sudacious project he in'ended to carry
out in the city of New York. almost within
hail, as it were, of the great central office
for the sale of Ilolloway'I medicines in this
country, He had, it appears. ordered no
less than 800 900 copies os the pamphlet or
book of directions. around each box, and
the printer to whom the order was given,
supposing it to emsnate from Professor Hol-
loway, had no hesitation in executing the
work. An accident led to the detection of
the fraud. Leith failsd to meet an obliga-
ton he had given for portion of the job,
and the printer went to Professor Hollo-
ways establishment, so Maiden Lane, to
inquire the cause. Then, of course, the
fraud was disclosed, and it was iolad, on
comparing the counterfeit wrappers with
the original, that the former were perfect
fac siniies Of the latter. with the exception
o the raisr-marh This-warer mark con-
sists of the words "HoLLowAY. NSw YoRx
AND LONDON" and is visible upon every leaf
of the authentic pamphlet whsn held agains.
the light In all other respects, there was
perfect identity between the false docu-
ment and the true.
William Leith, the author of this atrocious
forgery, was subsequently arrested, and fully
charged, on examination before the commit
ting magistrate, with procuring the printing
aud uttering OF the above counterfeits, but
through an indiscreIion on the part OF the
magistrate, he managed 10 escape from the
custody of the officers, and is now fugitive
from Justice Professor HolloUay's agents
are on the quirirs to discover his where
sbouts, but So far he has eluded their VI
viIance. He is Scotchman by oirin, ana
still ureceryes little of the accent; his
voice is deep, his articulation emphatic snas e,
in speaking he gesticuiates good deal, and
interiards his sentences with frequent oaths.
His heigh, is abaut 3 leetsl inches, his
nerson rather stout, complexion aIrid, ligat
h, ,ir and thin whiskers, aud his age abiuI
IS years. His address is good and business
like. As it is not known to what extent
he nav have counterteited the medicines,
it would be well for druggists in the interior
to beware vf purchasing articles purporting
~ ne HoLLowAY'S remedies from irrssoon-
sible parties fhsrs one tesf of gen
uineness, which NAV however, be relied
upon, viz: the sa!sr MA. ON me leaves f
the book Of directions accompany NJ sad
enveiopins eaci ~. u tue Pills ana 20, O.
he Ointment. Il, when the leaf is held
hs;wess,fnS eye 0nG the hight, the words
:. HOLLOWAY, NEw loRH AND LONDON"
are Giscernible IN Semi-tranSp0Tent letters.
IN the substance o5 tae paper, then the pam
uh!c,s aud the medicines tney eBveloDe are
genuine; NOT ;hcy are PsrHicio..s cosr,-r-
isfs Ler rh's test be universally adop,a5
-.Na!io.dl Po.'ce Gass.ts Tog Yorl