The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-25
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COUNrERFRrr MONEY.
A Bald Attempt 10 swIudIe.

Deins n rough llthogr0phlo imitation OF
written letter, printed In pallsh Ink,
and well calculated to deceive, was re-.
ceived by the son Of q naval officer In
PhllAdelphls, and handed TO tho In.
Q"iTcr for publication:
DEAR SIR:-BeIIsvlng you 10 be
true blue" we will introduce for your
consideration a matter which will be
the means Of putting many thousands
OF dollars In your pocket In very short
time. We have now on hand, ready for
circulation, $250,O0O, In 81, 81 and s.
bills. They are the best counterieIts
ever put on the market, and we defy
he Treasury experts themselves to de.
tect them. They are Of the same size
M the genuine, are printed on first.
class paper, are correctly numbered,
and are 30 exceedingly we'll executed
In every respect that they cannot posi-.
bly, be detected, even by the aid oi D
powerful microscope.
We have them put up In packages Of
$500 each. We will sell You $500 OF the
81 or 81 bills for 800; $1,000 for $3.50, We
shall charge you 5000 per $1,000 on the
IS bills, ~ the engraving OF the plate
cost us considerable more than for the
nthera. II you desire to feel before 10.
VeSting largely we will send you $500
upon the receipt OF IS, or $40, which.
ever you see fit to send us, and you
may send the balance by return mall
or express, or we will walt until you
arrive. Any railroad ticket agent will
take them, because he cannot detect,
Don't show more than $50 at q time In
"A place. You can we'll afford to remit
the balance In two hours, but we will
give you plenty OF time II you desire
II. You may form some idea about the
quality OF our stock by reading the
enclosed extract cut from the Herald.
The stock Is in a safe place, and we de.
fy the sharpest detectives In New York,
unless you blow on US, which we know
you will not do. Always send money
by express or registered letter; we will
do the same. Then nothing will be lost
In the malls. and everything will work
harmonlously between US. II you
prefer, we will send It by express, O. o.
d., packed In such way As not 10 ex-
cite the suspicion that 1t Is money.
Depend upon It wo are In earnest In
this matter, and II you take hold OF 1t
In a proper manner you can make
$40. 600 before Christmas.
We have taken every precAution In
the execution OF thesa notes to render
you AS safe AS II you were handling
good money, for better executed bills
were never issued In the world. In
case you should be indiscreet enough 10
lot II he known 10 any one, don't men
tiOn where 1t came from. We have the
reputation In New York OF being men
OF good standing, and, therefore, We
will never be suspected OF dealing In
counterfeit money. Ifyou could man-
Age TO come on, we would talk freely
about the matter, and make arrange
tnents for big business. Ifyou come
on, show this envelope to the man at
the desk, and he will Introduce you.
Don't mention anything about counter.
felt money, AS he will pretend not to
understand you; he will know what's
up. We iInplore you not TO betray US
In Cnse you are not inclined TO 20 In.
State what denominations you Wish,
how much, and either destroy this or
send II back. Address, plainly,
Wo0AN u Co.,
No. 70 Nassau street, New York,
2. S.-Depend upon II, as long as you
are true TO us you will never be out Of
funds.
1t IL hardly credible that any one
should I've cheated by 30 transparent a
fraud ~ this: but the lamentable fact
In that thOre Is plenty OF soil where
this kind OF seed taxes root-mostly
idlU young men who want money with
out earning ii; who have lax ideas Of
tnOrHl propositions; who allow the gilt
lerinH bait To gild the crime to which
they are solicited; and who are too ea-
ger in pursuit oft to see the improba-
biliIy TINT The swlndlers would do
what they propose. Why should these
rascals have such extraordinary conf
dence in the Individual thus addressed,
(whose name, like hundreds Of others,
they picked up at random or by acci-
dent?) Why should they trust him SO
generously with - balance oil $3.50 or
$l9J-to bo forwarded by mall or paid
when lie "arrives ?" Why do they
specially contide in him As "true blue"
AId place themselves at his mercy 30
entirely? II any one wants to know
let him enclose IS or $40 as he 'sees tit,
ind send It through the post office TO
"WogAn & Co., No. 7S Nassau street
New York" ofcourse he would never
hear Of fitagain; for there are no "wogan
Il Co." and they don't stay at No. IS
Nassau street, and they don't send out
counterfeit money to the dishonest min.
ny-hanmers who sUnd them the ''S5 or
SlO:" but somebody will get the letter
from the postofIice, and the party mail.
Ing It will hear from It no more. The
only thing he would gain would he the
experience, freshly illustrating the old
proverD about the "fool and his mon
ey."
A PUBLIC LECTURER in New York
city recently argued that religion was
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