Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-03-28
Wuo1rsALE FRAuDs-.A Fugiiirs

WuoIEsALE FRAUDS FuSHtce
from Justice.-An extensive and mosi
Iaudacious scheme for connlerfeliing TWO
popular medicinal preparations has recent
" been brought to light in this city. A
few Of the leading facts have appeared in
reports of the legal proceedings growing
ou, of the affair. hut its comPre hensIve
character, has been but imperfectIy devel-
oped in these brief statements. II would
seem that the principal person implicated
in This transaction is drug broker named
William Le,h, lately doing business at 8
Gold street and 5 William street, in IhiS
city, and residing al 4, Union street,
Brooklyn. He had conceived the idea OF
establishing factory for the purpose OF
,ounterleiting, on wholesale scale, the
most popular and widely advertised medi-
cines in the civilized world, VIZ HOiio-
vau's Pills and HoHowoy's Ointment.
This audacious project he intended TO car
ry out in the city OF New York, almost
within hail, as it were, Of the great CEN
trail office for the sale of HoIloway's med
icines in this country! He had. II APP
pears, ordered no less than SOC, 600 copies
of the pamphlet or book of directions
around each box, and the printer to whom
the order was given, supporting ii TO ema-
nate from Professor Holloway, had no
hesitation in executing the work. An ac-
cident led TO the detection Of the fraud
Leith failed to meet an obligation he Lad
given for portion of the job, and ;he
printer went TO Professor Holloway S es-
Establishment, 80, Maiden Lane, TO inquire
the cause. Then, of course, the fraud
was disclosed. and il was found, on com
pairing the counterfeit. wrappers with the
original, that the former were perfect fac
SimiieS Of the latter, with the exception OF
the acaier mark. This waler-mark con-
sists of the words Holloway, NeaD York
and London, and Is visible upon every
leaf Of the authentic pamphlet when held
against the light. In all other respects
there was perfect identity between the
false document and the true.
William Leilh, the author Of this afro
cous forgery, was subsequently, arrested,
and fully charged, on examination before
the committing magistrate, with procuring
the printing and ulteIing of the above
counterleils, but through an lndlscrenon
on the part of the magistrate, he managed
to escape from the custody of the officers,
and is now a fugitive from justice. Pro-
lessor Hollowav's agents are on the ga
UiUe TO discover his whereabouts, cnt so
far he has eluded their vigilance. He is
a Scotchman by birth, and still preserves
little of the accent his voice is deep, his
articulation emphatic, and in speaking he
ges,iculates a good deal, and interlards his
sentences with frequent oaths. His
height is about feet 81 inches. his per-
son rather stout, complexion ford, light
HAIR and thin whskers, and his age about
80 wears. His address is good and busl'
ness like. As il is not known 10 VIVA, eX-
tent he may have counerelted the medl-
clnes, it would be well for druggists IN the
interior to beware of purchasing articles
purportng to be HoIloway's remedies
from irresponsible parties. There Is one
test of genuineness, which may, however,
be relied upon, viz the acMef-mdrh on
the leaves of the book Of directions accom-.
panying and enveoping each box Of the
Pills and pot of the Ointment. If, when
the leaf is held between the eye and the
light, the words HcNowuy, Ne'c York
and London, are dlscernlbIc in seC-lran-
sparcnt letters, in the substance of the pa
per, then the pamphlets and the medicines
they envelope are genuine if not, they
are pernicious cotmferfeitS. Let this
test be universally adopled.-Neac York
National Police Gazette.
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