, 1869-11-20
NATIONAL CURRENCY FRAUDS
$utplcIons In tIac Trrn~ury tscpnxk-
uscpk AFauaeA - acN Ernctaonnt
Mates 3n asrcatsntlon In u Uefccsive
mnnncr-Dttlcini Investigation iu
ih{x Etkr.

%nkp1C10HE 244 Ah0 Ac2ANOAy "NFkAAAs
nacsk AFauacA - acss Ernctaonnt
huxe~ 3sa aarcatsnrlum In u Defective
munucr-sIItlcint snvrssaSesion iu
lhiH C,ty. ...
F,ura the iv<.r Fork Tina, Sop. IL.
The Times has 3Is1 eulue into the 1ossekslon O.
rresr.ilpR an inresI:gat1on now hstrS nade On tho
putt OF the Treasury Department ~ Warrington.
fer the purpose, It j. 1heHsa' os discovering ce!~
tain tInuds supposed % te cohnec1ed wIth the
i,kpAtcr q! tue Lew fraca1ousl currency. Toc
eeCftt WaJ IN ~hicn tho 0tflGlAf uFhrttgati1n has
iecp coEhncte.a, the .ciicencc na!nta!nsa y the
rted 10 ,hs e1s rabc atte enson from Y, aoasd HotA
Qso,ittl fur te.ietlLy that 9oautlsy OF tue ne1
sseas no" Is mt sanaS a,o q s;,cs,,'os ss'en n a
irsniulent aLa sa1IeP,ltous maoner. The
tnyet'!sa.'on Eas bt.d n,t to t1'a c.ty: but
ens1entta x.th stssssas5 Noas~G Aess u tMa sts
snteFcirAtea HAT Tome nf the ftctntiy-!AueN
twenty nse cent s!atnps had been presented to the
vas n nte lbs. lh.y we're detective IN one pas,'ca-
lay ttlrg pi.i:ou1 tae asoal ve.s tseAsuIJ veal on
tile face. The f-ct was not one calculated 10 ex-
peuplr but to Tie S&aetAEs ano his :aslstaats IL
fucres,ti ote Of t1p thsnyS, estEtr TINT Rtoss
frauds hsd been 1Erpe'r4teo, Or 1hat sextzsft4e
the rev currency by tcb.r engaged IN that duty.
S4lplt hsA teen haeefiaaned IS Tst, noweTt., tn
inama,e 10 alai extent the d.1ec!lte carsencs e1-
t-lt, OI. lie ailsts' HatoH nO~ btaaT nufS1ed u
it, ety to tstan..E the tec1:tite Testimony.
1Ee Contract Ter pg.ntlnV tue neE currency
Ee,t~ Was n.ade ty MF. Hoas*tl. Who dtsidc' 'hc
| ~pYs oe, zen tnt AtrtI.ean HAak So1e COMPANY
| snd the National bsnA Note Coupaoy, OF this
CITY. TEt former COMPANY a. cupo Nere>l 10 ex-
ecu'r lite ~ork on rhe diverse Of rae leu cent and
| bnJ cent notet, tie reverse beng done oy u!
I utbtf etDFAly.- The oacks on Ice dtkeen and
! ,HtLu. .r%e relS ttan-ps ere ptinrsd ~ tie NJ
When The bscks are psi1rei u one COMPANY, tnry
20 10 the 1iber company for the faces sitter which
trey ave snsH srd-. 70 s1e cae1al, wnere tAey Re
,f.XfJ k$Ha mi ~ 4 ~
| feaoy for use. 1t viii become apparent
| 10 cstry iea1ef t:du The a7ova statement Of tat
yuanreT IN Hh'rn the eu11cpe7 il prepared, tsa
tie alta M 10 t.eaS the nykteE5 surrounding ~
ee't c1tse st1lDps tcl.z7eu IL must peces- -asf h
| very difficult ard rtpirsctetl II will be ueceS
sary ior the Treasury DspanInsst 70 ,ind a, oa
lnE Of The tlaa p. eooceaettE isom tns stu,e tna
The tank n6se rap Ii I-aued to tbs TWO ensraF
sse .son II o so IL
viii ne epan,ed 10 state Whether any catEetey VI
nhst,sc1ea 10 4 y city g Na.nlnxtoo, Or ~aesnt
during IT, stapplp2 process.
| INE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
TN Tuesda. last c,nDisttou Was sent To til
exact hunter oi fractional currency uo!es toot
printed AID pazuE pr1akeda no = ia tie lsosses4io
81 1be American baak Note ComnauE and 81
ed Of NJ. Wilson. Chlef ol the Redrnpuaa ~
| 1aAoe Hureau ot 1he Treasury Department, u
Guthrie, Captain johnson, and Nj. llacotn, =
/ [
! coust The bank sheets and pht7sr pstuted nouf
| II The poatesaaon 6 btto conpHnaeR- The col
| q tss0n arrived htle Oh Tuesday evening, bot d
.ot uake AnJ Announcement Of their pEtseree.
VIA utlu a.et. however, thsI taeJ sere acnt he
! to count the gold 2t the Snh-Itea4nry, uut II
. | Htory wA p.onabfy circulated IN the hope saat
would d eII put,t.c attention frou the tTus n1
: tiy Of ItetI SAtt. The Investigation, iron wh
the CON Rantes ere prepared ~ the bt1efeat III
: ct tettce. Vas loauXu1ate.3 on Wednesday, y
: WEson assigned ten coun&e7s to the AmeI1ci
BaLk Note Company. experimenting their 1aat
, ! II peYs0a- Eytr3 ,54ctitE xaA extended o. The 9
teet OF the company TO aid TIE cd4cEFs Of the
: Dtsstcn. TIE couptlLg TaS taff,ed on frOa d
q to tsy, fz3atly ter1lua< on Saturday last D,
I ttG rs pfaRfeas the otletrs Of the comui.s1
+ derhoed 10 furnish any detals coocernl
: it, one o. the1 Announcing tEat nl
{ | tsif ard rl= aAoclAie4 vera r0t ut
a | eYty TO tls1Ge TIE leAss s1inE about Il Ahe
Q | three MtIion hank nose sheets we're account
q BY the At eI!cs1, AtupantinG to f7a,o4, CIV MoI
) | Of :Gn and tltT.ctts at2unk M Wlson re&CIr
i to Washington on Su1t1sy, and subsequently Il
e eered his report 10 AckLg SECRETARY henah1s
It The report VIA n4h11 sa:ts1ar.ary. Ie4u,snk N
Is order to Mt. Yastn, President x the company,
le which Il was d .ecte1 to continue the prtnsina
" the moLeJ allotted &he coupHnJ-
IL The Investigation u the N&aouN Bank u
10 Ccrpapy>a ot-ce n4s not yet Seen COT paeted
T. Is being couonc:ed under the tunelst1lon Of
D. Guthrie. II Is but fast 10 The officers of The r.
= paty to s:A;e tr-t She5 e1phAitcait5 deny t
10 | ite Investigation Is helLF condneted for the
- pote OF dHcoSet1cg nny fs2udA