Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-09-23

was COlnmlCtCu. <t1OW caretuI 3DuStVCSS men
could permit millions Of dollars to ;pass in and
out of their hands on pieces of paperwhich
were not only not genuine, but didn't 7 even
look like genuine checks, passes Our compre-
hension. 4 s III. ..ts ..s,., III Il sss 4 !
4 The name Of Mr.. Bunker one of the most
careful, exact ,ank precise of tellers, was writ
ten r. Bunner; the name Of Brockleman,
Unger & Co.,, was written Bokelmgn, Ungar
&.Co., and 50 on throughathc entire list
This may be susceptible Of explanation, but
to people who don't handle gold checks every
sday, it seems, strange to say the least, thas3
such enormous stupidities, such absolute blum
ders, could SO successfully be palmed Upon
shrewd, observing, money -grasping men, as
are the brokers of Wall md kindred streets.
Banks, too are deceived and robbed by this
same unsuccessful success w &
A forgery in result, but dot in appearance,
has NJ lctcd'th Fourth National Bank to the
tune Of about $3.50, 900. We learn that this
bank actually. accepted as valid ,colatcrals,
checks representing the amount of 1854 900
--.oheokss not worth "a rush what kind of
scrutiny do these bank officials subject paper
to? Is it any wonder that dishonesty thriyes
and scroupdrols grow fat and women Of easy
life wax p1ethoric green'backularly, when
bungling signatures, looking nowise likesthe
genuine ones, are accepted as worth hundreds
of thousands of dollars, andtmillions of money
can be borrowed on bits of dirty, worthless
papcr?.
Mr.. -Ketchum undoubtedly ysmade up his
mind on Monday afternoon that he had played
his last card, for on Tuesday morning no
Ketchum could be found, although the search
for him was careful and prolonged. The last
seen of dim was about 2:30 o clock on Monday
afternoon, when he was observed going up
Wall street toward Broadway. He had an
armful of packages containing greenbacks,
and carried them SO carelessly and exposed
that friend whom he e,not said "a * etchum,
that is a very careless .gay to- carry SO much
money; could take q package myself if I
wanted to-"
Ketchum said lie would take, care of it, and
wrapped the paper in which the packages
were enclosed more tightly around the bundle.
The two parted near the corner of Broad,
way. and Setehuin went into the trunk store
of Mr.. Cattnach, il. the basement on the cor,
.iner. He placed the money upon desk in
the coolest and most Indifferent manner.
You We cot n pretty big lot of money,
there said Mr.. Cattnach. i. e
On, no." said Ketchum & there's only
$4,000 Ills all in small bills"
!" Well, that's not very small that pack
age" said Mi Cattnach. "I see it's marked
$4,000, and there's another with nothing
but FIVE hundred dollar bills in it.'',,s
\" |, want to get toilet bag" said Ketchum
He was thcp shown some travelling toilet
bags, but he said he would purchase O plain
bag instead He finally bought a No. 4 Pc
lesir bag, about twenty inches in length, a
foot wide, and with an expansive capaoity of
aboutta foot, and paid SIG for it, Having
selected the article, he placed it on the desk
beside the, money packages, and WitMSthe as
sistanco of Mr.. Cattnach, put the money in
one side of tho bag, which it filled complete
sly. There were in all about fifteen packages,
sand Mr.. Cattnaoh Things there must have
BEEN about 100000 worth Of grcenbacks in
them.
, After locking the bag, he again looked at
some toilet bags, but SAID, g I guess I won't
get one nov; I'll wait till some other time"
He then left the place, and it was the Jast
seen of him by Mr.. Cattnach, wh, thought
nothing strange in the circumstance, as Ixetch-
um was regular customer and had purchased
bags there before in which to carry money
>Of course when it was ascelt tained that
Ketchum& q Son stopped payment, and that
young Ketchum had absconHed, the excite
ment grew intense, !. No one felt entirely sure,
everybody was, infacJ. very uncertain as to
! the genuineneys Of his. own cbecks.5 There
were then three points oflinterest, and to each