The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-24


y HfussrIvs FaoM yusrloE.--An extsa.-
I've and most sudacious scheme Cor couns
srfeitiag Two popular msdielnal preparation
has recently heen erouehtto ligeetn sa@
city. A few etths Leading fscts lave p
peared In rseertasf the lea prseeedsnes
growing out d the AFFAIR, aoos its eonPts.
hensive charseter. has been ~ iaestsc
y developed IN tAsss bro ststeesn. ~
would seem thss Ac principal person ~.
plieatsd in this sfensscuon y dsag orokef
named wIItIAx LxIrH, lately doing bust
naas A. Q Geld strsels And . William ssssst,
il .his city, and residing q I qaion street
Brooklyn, He had conceived Nhe idea OF
establishing a factory for the purpose Of
sounterfetting, on = wholesale scale the
most popular and widely advertised med
icines in the civilized world, viz: HoLLo.
wars Puts and HoILowAy's OINTMENT.
This as1acicua project he intended to car.
~ out in the city Of New York. almost with
In hail, ~ il were Of the great central Office
for the sale Of Holloway's medicines in this
country. He, had il sppears. ordered no less
than 100000 copies Of the pamphlet or book
Of directions. aruoad each boz, and the prin-
Tor to whom the order was given, suppos-
| Ing il to smanate from Professor Holloway.
had no hesitation in executing the work.
An accident led to the detection OF the fraud.
ksith failed TO meet IN obligation he had
given for portion of tho Job. and the prin-
ter went % Professor Holloway . Establish.
ment, % Maiden Lane. TO inquire the cause.
i Then, Of course. Tie fraud was Disclosed
/ And il was found, on comparing the coun.
terieit wrappers with the original, that the
former were perfect jas siMijes Of the latter
With the exception Of the sster.m mark. This.
| water mark consists Of the words" HoLLo-
Il WAY, Nav YoaK AND LONDON" and ID visi-
Bile upon every leaf Of the authentic pam.
phlet when held against the light. In al
oshe respe cts, there was perfect identity
betwesa The falss document and the true.
i William Leith, the author OF this afro
eious forgery, vas subsequently, arrested
end fully charged on examination before
1.-The eonmisdns magistrate. with procuring
the psiasing and tutoring Of the above coun'
ftsrfeits. bes through Al indiscretion on the
sart Of the magistrate he nsnaged to escape
ifom the custody Of the olacers, and 10 now
4 fugitive from justice. Professor Holloway I
L aQsats are on the qsi vsvs 10 discover hi
i where bouts, but % far he has sluded thsil
vigilance. He 10 q 3cotchman BY birth
i ana still preserves little Of the accent
his voice 10 deep, HE articulation emphatic
| and In speaking he gsstieulstes . good deal
| and interlards his sentences with ffsquen,
oashs. HE height is abest 8 feet ~ inches
HE person rather stout. complexion dorid,
lisht hair and thin whiskers, and bic aes
about - years. His address 10 good and
busin esslike. AZ it i not known TO wha
extent he may have cosaterfeitsd the med
icinss, il would be well for druggists in thu
interior to beware Of purchasing articles
| purporting TO be AoILowAY's remedie,
hon irresponsible parties. There il on.
test Of seasInsnsss which may however b.
relied upon, viz : the vaser marx on tht
leaves Of the book Of directions accompa
nyins and snveloping each box Of the Pill,
and pot Of the Ointment. II when the lea
10 held between the eye and the light, th,
words HsLLewAY, N1v Yolk AHp Los
DON" are liscsrnibls in semi-transparsn
| letters, in the substance Of the paper, then
the pamphlets and the medicines they en-
vslope are genuine; if not they are PERM
cioxs csxate.fsits. Let this test be universal J
adopted National Po.ies 0asstte Nso York