The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-23

MS rosrrrS, OPERATIONS AND now mE WAS
CAUGHT.

| MS rOsITItN, OPERATIONS AND now itE WAS
| CAUGHT.
PARIS, Wednesday, Nov. 20.--The interest
which somehow or other invariably ttlchcs 70
! ingenious roguery Is strongly reused in Paris,
and indeed thfoug hout France, JUST now, by a
case which is about to come on before the Court
of Assizes here. The hero Ia man enjoying
what thO French call "uacIpositiOn" in lis part
Of the country (ths neighbOrhood Of Anguu
lcme) lie has an independent income OF cjO0
year-a fortune in these distant regions he
WAS on terms Of intimacy with Monsieur 10
l'rtiect and the great men # the department
the President Of tho Imperial Court the receive
or Of Taxes, &C., were all ready to own
him as their friend. lie ia now in paol
and awaiting his tfiL. The manner in
which he got there reads like a chapter in "Gi
Bias For several years a number OF forged
2Wt noics have been presented TO tho Bank
OF France for payment, but so clevcrly was the
forgery executed that l. required the practicod
eye OF an experienced clerk to detect tho fraud.
Tho lank not unfrcuuontly introduced some
notifications in tho design of tho note, but
after short time these mod locations wore ac-
cu'Utcly copied by tho forge; in short, the only
means oi dcttc, lion were tho n conc I'D tucu rt
the capul letter mathiug the ssiisa with tle
number oi tho notes. The bank authorities, in er.
,stcd IN not throwing any disc edit on ,.s small
notes, invariably cnshcd tho forged ro'cs. q
mey hero observe that tho French, unlike Eng.
lish l'ai notes, are numb.Tci at the cnrner IN
small tgurcr, 50 that in receiving them In pay
u 'nt very few p oplc are IN ITO ehabit of noticing
ito nunber.) In io'ge-, ike = sensible man
dit not dtlurc the market vita nOies. lle issu
ed about E>UO worth OF hem every year an TIA,
game Las lasted 80 long that tho buk has
cUsho thtm 'u The amount OF a"Out e. OO1,
without the slightest cleo "a ~ tho where
nhouts Of their expert competitor. Ono of tho
officials of the cutshl shmcut, the SECRETARY
General, tn whom this unpleasant affair caused
a good deal IT annoyance, was talking about il
sCtuv duNs u, - TO a ltiCtd Dt HI, A CummiH,ary
ol Police IN r,ra, and asked hjtn II he know Uf
any ono who would design snm1 moi,i'ati,r in
tie form or t,sl,l ~ the notes, $50 rs to render
Va IN II capable # imitation. hava your
man, replied tho othccr. d" l. Is ffiend of
mine, gentleman who lives in thc country.
lie amusCs him elf in cugtaNiu 2, quito en- ana
tsir, but no is wonderfully skilllul. will in
ttuducc him 90 yOr the next time hN comes TO
town. tn "dmitCur soon came up To town,
he was introduced to tho secretary, bad long
cunvorslti'u with him on tho suhlct, and
.how,d himself 20 thoroughly c1nvor,lnt with
bank noto nauui c'uro ~ TO crca'o a strong
impression ON bus mimi that the ln-grr wasl no
ono but himsclt lie hat an interview with the
cunmi,eary Of police aforesaid and plli1ly tol Il
him " C these forged io,cs arc Manufactured
in frarcn, your friend il tho maIuflciur,r."
"Mhl' an IDEA - roioft,l tho othe-. "My
liiCni il a most rcsAc 'L,hIN man; hN lives in
ihc country, iu the ,u,i onset Au. .uUlCme. lie
tc1,v,s ~ jhc aut' o.jlys, N, Bishop, 'hc Pre-
feet, 90 " po,i ,ly. Tna' q re-. g,hcns my
convection rotortcd Ito shr1Vl secret nv.
3 All the forget uoics reach MS fom IN
goulymc.' Uo dill not. however press tho
II after at tho timo, hut ON s,l,ins inquiries
N foot hc di.rlvercd that tho hon rcd
no I OF tho IrGrt, though Twin .in ht,o,utry
un hi1 iLcpHcut IluO y, =, Frequently came
~ towu, ard lived hero ia great st,lc. At
| myth h, Iroyi'lod on tho commsstty Of police
to 20 down AID soc hi' friend in tho country and
DO littlo hit OfcgipHugr. Uo went down there
4 couIlo Of woke ago, under the prot Xt Of
,hoO ny and after a few days sport and a good
dinner, the li'e cNmmi sLry artilly suglse l.
81 some improvements IN tho ground. Tho
I lend objected tD the eNponHe | pom Viii h
tho comiri,srry, steadily fixing his eyes on his
face i,plio', Nonsurfo. w on "A man has
q q Tower To- coin money, M you have VIII re-
| uTCn tho hosts face flushed all over. Tho
matter passed or however, and tho commits
sary ot police returned to Paris, convinced
| of the guilt Of his f,ierd. llis arrest wis ac-
! cordngly decided on. Two clever detectives
were sent down 20 study the grounu' and pick
up information, fo- the law papers tell us tho
| arrest OF a man In la'ly communication with all
the authorities in the country was tune tres
prose- Allure" About ten days ago ho went
out shooting, when the officer commanding tho
gondarmerio Of the department, Zone OF lis in
innate friends, joined him, aud NJ, er somo con-
versqfiOn, appearing struck with tho eauty
n his iowling piece, q ch:fdVWrre Of his own
manuia tune, nfkcd him 10 let him 10 k
At it. No sooner had ho tho mlskct in his
possession thar the worthy gohdumo pulled
a warrant out Of hi pocket, Gnd informed him
that lac was his prisoner. His house was
afohed from top 10 bottom, but nothing was
found there, aud he would have in all proOabil-
ity escaped, for want Of proof against him,
when enc of the detectives caught furtivs
glance at piece Of furniture which had been
already searched. II was broken TO pieces, and
a roll Of forged notes were found in a secret
drawer. Further search discovered tho plates
from which they were printed, concealed in an
old wine barrel. IL Ia promised that he used
common writing paper, which, by means of
pumice-stcne, he reduced to the requisite de-
gree of thiDness, and by means Of which he i'm
itated tho water mark Of the real notes. Tho
penalty attached TO this ingenious offence is
hard labor at the hulks for life.