Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-10-30
Extraordinary Coueterfeiting on the Turk.
ish Bank-$400,000 Bogus Money.

One of the most extensive counterfeiting op-
erations that was ever known came to light yes
terday, nearly half million of the spurious
money being recovered by the police together
with the dies, plates, &c., used Tor manufactur-
ing the bogus stuff. The money is all Turkish
bills, and large amount of it has been SUCCESS
fully passed in Constantinople by woman. who,
from all the particulars that we have been able
to learn, was the prime mover in the operation,
and the principal or chief of gang who aided
her in its circulation.
1t appears that the woman, whose nameis Mrs
Seyesti, Moldayian, came TO this country about
year ago, and put up at the ST. Nicholas Ho-
telunder the assumed name of Madam Garfiner
1t is not known if she was accompanied here by
any person, but after a short stay at the above
hotel she changed her quarters to private
boarding house in the upper part of the city
Early last spring she called upon Mr. William
l.. s. Harrison, printer doing business at 50
Duane street, and desired to know what he would
print certain amount of labels for and obtain
the plates, &c, necessary for the printing Mr.
Harrison informed her of his price, when she
left; but in a few days after she again called
and ordered four dozen of electrotype plates 10
be made, representing a very curious looking
label, which appears to have been a copy of a
Turkish bill, with various Arabic letters in the
centre and around the edges. Mr.. Ha iris on
thought them to be a label for some Chirese in
vention, and did not for one moment hesitate
to accept the job. He accordingly agreed to
have the plates manufactured at the EARL est mo-
ment. An arrangement was then made that Mr.
Harrison should print COG, 900 copies at one
dollar thousand, andrhat they should be done
within a certain given time. The work was ac-
eordingly finished, and all delivered with the
exception of about e-quarter fthe bills which,
together with the plates, were left in Mr. Harri-
sons care, until they should be called for by
Mrs Seyesti. Nothing further was b card of this
woman by Mr. Harrison until yesterday, when,
about two o'clock in the afternoon, he was sur
prised by the entrance of body of men who
were no less than Sergeant Berney, Acting Ser
geant Thomas Sampson, and officers Busteed,
Blackwell. Hillard, Horrigan, Meals, Fowler,
Armstrong and Freeman, of the mayors squad,
with a warrant to seize all found in the place.
Madame Sevesti, it appears, as soon as she
procured the bills had three large trunks man.
ufactured with false bottoms, and in a short time
sailed in steamer for Europe. There she pro-
cured passagein the steamer Agia Sofia, which
runs between Liverpool and Constantinople, and
landed at SYRIA. On leaving the steamer she
appeared very anxious about her luggage, and
requested an Englishman, who was attached to
the steam companys Office, to accompany her
10 TIC Cuslohi HouoN' hoPiiiS lnut ny HIS uSSlS-
lance she might have the examination got throuh
more readily and with less rgor. She also ex-
pressed anxiety lest her dresses and other arti-
cles of toilet should be rumpled. The director
of the custom house, Abdallah Hiffet Bey, as
sured her, with the greatest courtesy, that moth
ing should be injured, but that her trunks must
be opened This was done, and the very first
looked at was found to have false bottom
On this the director had all the rest of the bag
gage removed into an inner room and request
ed the lady to follow him there. A further search
was then made, and two other trunks were found
to be made in the same manner, and to have
carefully packed in them forged notes of twenty
piasters, to the total amount of 100000 pias-
tres, made up in packets of 1000 each. The la
dy herself was afterwards searched, and there
were found, carefully sewed in her under gar
ments, 10000 piastres more of the same notes
The lady and her baggage were Immediately
sent off to the ministry of police, and on her
way thither she betrayed the utmost alarm and
agitation. On being Intercepted by the min
lister she gave her name as s. c., that
of one of the first families in the east. She stat
ed that she was native of Moldayia, and was
married woman. She was afterwards remov-
ed to the prison for women and carefully watch
ed, and on the following day was taken to the
Porte and examined by the grand vizier himself.
1t is believed that she is only the agent of band
of forgers who have made SYRIA their headquar-
tiers.
The fact of her arrest caused great sensation
for time in SYRIA, and steps were immediatsl,