The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-25

Now II -four thieves rob % the amount Of e1l10o,
hce how much have the banks bean vicsmlzed BY khs
rsnainins twessy I'VE sssil mobsnen n sbs city ~
ds.os ,As@ssss = .oh ,in but sss.s fsInsgs
scns fsns housss ceo speak they might tale unfo1
Tea pr cent Of lbe shove fossriss pad 10 -
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with grAin Of allowance ChAran, fools - U5sysu
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stories are told about the SIS 900 forgery Tie sk
81 Commerce bot ~ fcvbesr Repeating then. No
psspesysssd and then ds up Town viii ~ thvss
nd secure pcvtsoa o. Nc psasAss. NJ thin %
n,s re- S,s y s.ss s.PsS e =
forrcrsss - vsy simple, mua4 more anpis thar shs
plan adopted either " Huntington ~ Keschum rhss
larger amount and 20 compliea,sd dd shsir ssis be
eocs thas they Iost the Of thoes thss tbey -
lone la al !. sS.r dlscc-sry Tbsss c..srs - s1s -
ussd up every available street. name that they ooad
think OF, and when shsrv we're no new sauss y Upe-
that vas not surpassed BY General Lee vhsa be sss-
dersd his sword General Grant The 0rf u1V tnken
y: = . s's g ssss
ceptinnc for Sons tine drawing and dspnseg WITH shs
bsnk. always keeping shs s.ccsns cps. Afss hAviog
opsnsd vih another, and coan1sncs h aso thsss cob
shsd BY this they obtain genuins cascks - wsk
ssss q he bsnr thai they nsssd % forge Ana q q
wormed himself is<o ths oonodenoe ~ ~ eocoving
ana psying tssisss about bssosS - e1nsing u
The bssE dsps.'is . cessined chsck ~ s1acooI o.
- snsy o3o,0o0 which hs hes sddsd 70 hIs serouni
srScs watch u kept the bask. 70 - me~ssngsr
has besn dispaschsd 10 ascertain the cherk h
Nobody 10 ssns snch srSnd, al sbous tweasy
minutes quarter OF hour before The bsuk tioess
the forgcr again makes his Appearance e The
bank, and draws from the paying teller go 00p
et leaving $1,000 more v IN credit
In the bank The whole STAR done n spch busasess
like that sspscion never for m0msns falls on
the paying ieilsr's mind The forgery sot prohsby
dsoovered unt the following day and ~ thsa time the
forgess have gvcs the city vide bertA in The hurry
Of business there way 70 guard agnnu the frsnds
u thess hnsnclsrs Possibly they miekt ~ checknafs8
II the various banks and bill broksrn had teisgrAphc
commentaries with each other each essabIishs~ni
70 employ prvass onscsr Who wne vsI acquainted
with the faces OF tbs principal forEsrs of fbs
country. A. matters nov Stand shsss wse cen
vic,iIniss the banks slinsst any TINE tLsy
70 confne themselves 70 particular Ioeasy. To-day
bank In Wall street. may be swiDdlsd, psxt wssx the
operators may Be ~ successful n Boston. Alx
sdsphia BALTIMORE and 0nt u the vayeeubtry
towns securs viii be by The iia Of banks
ROBBED ~ the -four noted forssrs ansd~d "a vho nay
claim this feat In penmanship One II the four "
nr Shorthand writer and IN an emesGsney 70 for
chair, which he has done before noe. Bgl Abie a.
tbess weld the pen ssf the tongue, must
h. evident ibsa the nnsneai Ansrs n Wal ssreet
very bungilnsiy conducted, or The police give then
the fun swing Of the street. FOE In osbsw coabtfy
could four show snch unprecedented ilr Of
cs~fai forxeries slsss here whsssves Tia
that should the SERIOUS attention ~
pofo~ Comm~sionsrp 10 evident that the greatest
snnissis u We sss hoe infss MS ssssspssA