The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-12
NEW YORK SWINDLES.
How Country People are Taken In by the
ROgueS in the Metropolis.
A Bogus Counterfeit Money Manu-
featuring Shop.

MOUNT MORRIS. Dec. 2, 1869.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The enclosed communication came to my address
few days ago, with clipping from your paper 80
stately verifying the ioct That the counterfelts
offered for sale are actually in circulation and as
good as represented In the confidential commu-
nlcauon received. BY returning the same TO you
hope the rascas engaged IN this nelarious business
may detected and suffer the just penalties OF the
law. W. Ii. ATCaISON.
THE swINDLER's LETTER.
DEAR SIR--Beileving you To be true due" we
which WIN be the means Of putting many thousands
OF dollars IN your POCKET In very short une we
two and dive dollar blus T6ey are the 0esI counter
feits put ON the market and we DEFY the lrea-
sury experts themselves 70 detect them They are OF
The same size as the genuine, are printed on hrst
class paper, are correctly numbered anu are so eA.
ceedngiy wen executed III every respect that they
cannot possibly be detected even by the ald OF q
powerful microscope. ne have tnem put up IA
packages OF $500 EACH We WIN sell you 5000 OF the
one or two dollar bills for 500; ST. 600 for $780, We
shall charge you 500 per 900 the five dollar
Dils the engraving the plate cost us consider
able more than for the If you desire 10 feel
before investing largely we win send you $780, upon
the receipt OF i've or ten dollars, whichever you see
Mt TO send US, and you may send the balance by re-
turn maii or expreSs, or We VIII walt Until you
arrive. Any railroad ticket agent VIII take tnems
because he cannot detect Don't snow more tnan
TO remit Tue balance III TWO hours. bul we VIII give
you plenty OF time II yon desire 1t. You may form
the enclosed extract cut from tue HERALD me
stock Is safe place. and we defy the sharpest de-
we Know YOU WIN not do. Always send money By
express or registered letter. we VIII 90 the same.
Then nothing WIN be ost IN the mails, ana eyery ,
prefer we Will send II NY express, q. y. De- packed
In such way as not to excite the suspicion ina
| 1t Is money Depend upon II we are III earnest In
| this matter and you take hold OF 1t In proper
manner you can MAKE $4,000 before Christmas:
Ne have taken every precautl0n Ia tue execution OF
! these notes to render you safe as II you were
handling good money, for better executed bills were
| never issued In tine world. In case you should be
indscreet enough to let known any one don't
mention where IL came from. We have the reputa-
tion IN New ork OF being men OF good stanung, anu
| counterfeit money. II you could manage to como
on could tax freely about the matter and make
show this envelope to the man ut the desk and he
Will introduce YOU Don't mention anything about
stand you. lie wlh know what's up. We impore
you not TO betray US III case you are not inclined 70
m ana enr esroY aus or send il BACK
Address plainly, WOGAN CO.
70 Nassau street, New YORK.
Z. S.-Depend upon IT, as long as yon are true 70
us you Will never be out OF funds.
THE EXTRACT
The following Is the extract referred to In the
above letter. 1t Is needless to say that 1t never ap-
peared in the HERALD. and any person at all
familiar with this journal Will see at glance that
the slip was not cut from the HERALD. It appears
to have been taken from Brooklyn Journal
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
The amount OF counterfeit money in circulation
throughout country, the nicely Of Its execution
and the facilities everywhere Afforded TO the showers
absolutely star Ting. IL ID computed by
| persons who have investigated the matter
that In some districts fully one-half the currency
| IN circulation Is spurious. bran new one
dollar aud two dollar Jill was recently shown
to enc OF our reporters which had been pronounced
genuine by the cashiers Of five national banks. Yet
the foreman OF one OF our engraving companies, VINO
unquestonaby the abiest expert In this line IN the
country assisted that tue bills were counerelts and
pointed out two or three inaccuracies III the engrav-
| ing. The paper was perfect. II the foreman wns
right IN his supposition, aud we have no reason &c
doubt IT, these are certainly the best executed
1t IS difficult to devise any plan by which they car
be detected Dy the mass Of the people.