Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-12-11

lSOspfour nc-; respected citizens. has
been hsbdel to u. for psAii<atiso:
4 DuwSU: Believing yos TO be .true
bIae.~ We will ip'roasee for yusr evasiIer-
asiou . m,,;cr ~hich viii be The sacaasc of
puiaine many thousands sfdsllhrs 10 our
pocket in very .hHt - We haye
no~ on bssi. ready fr s1oGk6os, p6Jo.-
:,.p in one two and hve ddlsr6iIA fbey
are the hes, counierfeits erer z q % the
market. and We defy the Treasury experts
/ themselves 10 detect them Thcy'a are of
the same size as the genuine. are printed
on first class paper. are evrrectly numissed.
and are 50 exceedingly We'll exeeu.ed in
every re.ree. tina, they canno; possibiy he
. detected, even by the aid of powerful
microscope. We have them paf up in
packages Of 500 each. We will sell ycu
(, s;SoV Of the one or ITO dollar bills COZ SlUu !;
/ 81 900 for SlS9. We shall charge yoa
$500 Per sl.o(H, On tie fye-dollar bills. as
the engraving Of the Plate cost Us consid-
erzbly more than the others. If you de-
sire 10 fee, your way before investing
largely. we will send you $500 upon the re-
ceip, IS or $40, whichever you see Git
to send US. and you --'y psy the bslsncc
within f.eeu days after receiving the bills
I Any railroad ticket agent will take them.
because he campo. detect ,hem. Don't
show more than SO at time 10 place.
You can we'll afford TO remit the balance in
tuo hours. be, We will girc You plenty Of
time Yoa may form souse idea about the
quality OF our stock BY reading the enclosed
extract Gu; from the Herald. The stock
is in safe place, and we defy the shsrpest
detectives 10 New York unless YOU blow on
US, which We know ycu will no, do. Al
WAYS send money By express OF registered
letter We will do the same. Then 10th
ing Will he los; in The mails, aud every
thing will work tremendously between u.
If you prefer. ne will send j, by express
c. .. L.. packed in such Il way as not to
excite the suspicion that it is rncney.
Depend upon it, VIC are in earnest III this
ma,,er, aud If you take take hold Of it in
proper manner, you can make $4,000 be-
fore November We have taken every
yrecsuiion in tie execution Of these notes
to render you as safe as if YOU were
han3lia: good money. fcr better executed
hills were never issued in the world. In
case you shoa'i DC ;n3iscree: ea2,..ha ~ let
i; be known 10 any ehe, don't meot;on
where it came from. We have the repr-
,s,ion 10 New York Of being men of BOD
sianding srd therefore We will never be
suspected Of dealin: in counterfeit. money.
If you could manage TO c"u1e on. VIC could
talk freely al,ou; the matter and make ar
Engagements for big business. If you
come on, shcw this envelope TO the man at
the desk, and be viii introduce yoa. Don,
mention ANYTHING about counterfeit money.
~ be viii pretend no: 70 understand YOU.
He nj! know what's ur.
We imp!ore you not TO betray e.. in
case you are Do. inelibei 70 20 in. STATE
wha, denominations you wish. hos much,
and ether destroy tbs OF send II back.
Address plainly, - L Co,
Ne. - Nassau Street. Y. Y.
Z. S.-Depenl upon il. as l.r q. a. you
s-e tree to u you viii never he gu, Of funds.
The name aud full address to the above
we suppress for Obvious reasons Ths,
coun,erfe'ting has been reduced 80 sys-
tenn is apparent from the circular itself.
and that it pays is evident from the arts
tic msnner in which the business is con-
duete1. The letter is autographed To in.i.
tate writing. aud with those who have no
knowledse Of the art. would readily pass
for manuscript Blu; Ear the cutest Dodge
l. that Of making the Herald witness as
TO the exaesness of their stock in trade.
The extract, after dwelling upon the alarm
Ing prevalence Of eoun,erfe;t., says:
. A bran rev 81 aud 81 bill was recent
ly sbo~n " one Of our reporters, which
bad been pronounced genuine by tie
cashiers OF Eve National Banks. Yet the
foreman Of one Of oar engraving GONNA
mics, who i. undoubtedly the able,, OK port
in this line in the country, insisted tia.
the bills we're oounterfeiis, and Pointed /,
out two or three inaee uracies in the cogray-
ibg- The paper vas perfect, Ii the fore
man was rish, 10 his supposition, and We
have no reason to doubt it. these are certain
~ the best executed eouaierfei;e ever pro-
dueed in the United States; and i, is DIFF |
heni, to devise any plan by which they
may be detected by the mass Of the peo- |
pie"
Now this pretended extract Vas not
clipped from the Herald. VI any other pa
per, but is simply slip printed to resem-
bic scrap ofnewspaPer. This is arpsr-
ent TO practical printer at q glance Ii
was probably written BY the same hand
which renned the letter.
1t is not surprising that these scoundreis
can pursue their nefarious calling in def
ance Of the severe penalties of the Law,
when their maneuvers ar noted for
shre~dness and eunaing as remarkable q.
it is is rare These rceues interd for their