New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-18
DISHONOR AMONG THIEVES
CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

Our readers have been made aware ut various times
! of the operations Of firm known as "Wogan d Co..
and by various other Names who offer to supply DIS
honest persons with counterfeit greenbacks, on
| very liberal terms. They operate through the
Post Office, advertising themselves by circular,
| and requesting their customers to transmit money
| by mall and receive the queer" by return post.
IL is needless TO say that the victims after mailing
| their money never hear from the firm again. Some
times they agree to send the counerfets by express
G. o. ID. package is delivered; the money is paid;
| and the woudbe dealer in counterfeit currency
| finds himself the possessor OF bundle OF
newspapers, or O box of shavings. or sometheng
equally valuable For obvious reasons it is difficult
to convict these of any positive ofcnse-to say
nothing of the difficulty of finding them, for at the
address given in their crcularshe latest address is
! No. 70 Nassau-st New.York,-no such persons are
| known.
We have come into possession of bundle OF docu-
ments belonging to this precious firm which we
purpose laying before readers that they may see
for themselves where swindlers of this class find
| their victims.
| A virtuous yOung gentleman, who evidently
| knows whereof he afflrmsD and something more
writes the following letter:
| "sTRoUDsBURG, Pa, Nov 20, 1869.
Messrs. UOGAS x Co.. No, 70 NdsSdtS, Neic- YORK n
sIRs have found out that you engaged IN Bns
by which you swndng the public out OF great
GreenbacEs Of the best die on the Receipt certain
by express c. o. d. las for myself am not one OF
lin which office am an assisanil pkgs from y0n 70
various persons IN this place and vicinity marked u ~
| Reality are but bunch OF shavings or Paper. MY
WIFI %{ von r WON send me- mmedatey BY mail $1,000
Gen Dollars will let these Pigs go out OF our onee
my proposition will notify the persons whom these
Pigs are directed that they are being swndea ana te
then Thus, you see can knock you out OF sSo lnne
dntey aud very likely out OF 500 or 500 more u you
send the money requested. | Will send you gO0d
list OF names OF persons In this county VINO wouid DC
likely give you order provided you give me u ~ OH
every Pkg that may BIO the means Of your selling
| do this .--.-
You certainly have q good thing TO make stamps.
f o ySa 'n any DO 5T not hear S%' from ny You days viii
notify the persons as before said ion may rely upon
gous TO us BOTH viii advertise you swnde IN tho
County papers and thus stop your game in this county "a
copy .; which Paper will send you refuse to com
plyl hyoa see nj d to make me yH HGrxr
| | am for you. II not am against YOU.
/ N you At TO answer this Address
| ''wiL NJ REESE stroudsburg Monroe Co. Pa"
| Here is another letter, dated at Wyoming Station
| W. r.. Nov. 6, 1853, and addressed to Wagon ~
! Coz
gents: friend of mine showed me circular from
You few days ago aud want to address you connden-
italy Imcan business aud want TO procure c0nhld-
@ @ WSy TUG want YOU TO Enclose me at least 900
worth your largest with small amount OF AL
80 can Judge which is the best Will take them
uE HAS BEEN DECEIVED oScE.
have been deceived by party advertising the same
thing sent some money OF which got no return AZ AZ
Now propose TO have yI RoL sena NE M mis- sae pn
Tor both parties aud my object is to get consderaDie
30 can travel make business out OF H. SEND as
nuc ~ you can II you require third in advance
you make 500 the proportion OF what you send
| G O. u send me a sample OF Different Bills.
rant 10 be alone "a h,s matter aud rI not 90 :" ,e'n
| nd AT X.
! CO.'S Express Wyoming station w. T. as / am Agent
snnieent to secure YOU aud il you deal frankly
have a good customer don't intend to use any OF tho
use any at ali aud When leave for the will keep
you posied 10 my address and places where Will re:
suitable take about 5000 worth before leaving this place
which all the money can spare Don't r wrIe , TO any
JouN J. RAISEr" Address letter 10 j. D. Raney here
We have no correspondence before us showing
whether or not Mr.. Rainey has actually received tho
sample bills he sent for. Ii is probable however
| that having been once bitten, he dld not IN
| vest any. Of bis hard-earncd salary as agent OF
! the L.. T. r. r. Express Company in the shaw
! ings Of Messrs. Wagon Co.. or Daley ~
| Coz or Wogan Il Co.." as the case may be.
Perhaps he goes upon his Westward travels, follow
ing the star of empire and Of fortune, with barren
| excheouer We find most OF these speculative gen
| tlemen quite wary about sending money before they
receive its value f counterfeit bills can be said to
have any valued; but they are not above confesslng
! that they have bestowed generous confidence
! where il was undeseryed, as we have already seen
But here we find at last an innocent victim, who,
| with all his inventive genius IN arranging con-
yenient cipher has probably mourned over great
bluuder. The following letter is contained in an en-
yelope directed to DALEY & Co., No. % Nassaust,
| New-YorkD postmarked Baton Rouge La Oct. b.
| Our new acquaintance writes III rather rouno'
| no
"cre send you $500 81 500 ass 500 Sos tho bal,
ans So. New stepj Here send you 500 for 1000 Slneh
o lOnch bolts the oaa1s 2nHa aon RoaTe
"This morning came TO the postonce LOOKING tor ne
return hour postmaster dldent iohhu nv SUI ES,S
| teri he must give me mOny reclt' ~
| Mr. Fousse unfortunately does not state whether
| he is a coorcd gentleman, or carpet-bagger, or
| scalawag, or a Confederate General-he might have
been moro explicit We introduce TO our read
| ors gentleman who tells us all about himself and
| his aspirations This is no less parsonage than
| THE Hon. JOHN A. wIMPY
| of Dahlonega Georgia Mr. Wimpy writes upon
naper with highly ornamental printed mead
iuu and dates his letter at the above-named place
| Oct. 10. 1869 The envelope contains note to the
westminster to return. if not called for WITHIN ten
| DAYS TO the writer's address He says:
CENTS Your letter Of the 18th ut which was sent TO
friend IN East Tennessee, WAS the other day condeh-
,v handed me- askn that he embark into the business
, Yr}}mntinr counterfeit money am lawyer here at
9hs uacc in good standing Have lucrative practice,
I 49," Tie ueopie and rs an evidence Of this was
| wv ILEorED TO TIE XLnD CONGRLss --,-..
last April year ago-s0 want 10 Wy anu V'""'o
some 0f your counterfeit money
| NJ, pause TO say that Mr.. Wimpy is guilty Of an
| onaehronsm for it must have been the Attn Coh-
! cr.ss. and the second session. Mark Mr. Wimpys
reasons however for wishing to go into the business
This section Of the State Son nnns a Mp noppSnd
~, WI Without currency-caunot pay their taxes without