The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-14
NEW YORk.

The Swindling Firm of Logan & Go
Their Correspondence i'm Posses
sion Of the POlice-Lefters from 4
Member of Congress and a Mem
ber Of the Tennessee Legislature
Ordering Quantities Of th'
"Queer'' - Astonishing Develop
ments OF the Extent of RascalI!
Business.
New YORK, December l2.-The con
viction of Logan a Co.-the firm who
| pretended to sell counterfeit money tc
countrymen, and sent them 10y express
&C. O. D." in return for their money
boxes filed with tinfoil or oil iron, with
sealed packages containing old newspa
pers-has thrown good many letter:
ordering counterfeit money, from al
parts of the country, into the hands ot
the press. Among the letters publish
ed are three from Congressman elect
one from a member of the Tennessee
Legislature Here il one from the
Congressman
"TPrivate-Strictly Confidential.
"OFFICE OF JOHN A. WMPEY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law, I,
DAHLoNEGA, Ga, Oct. I 1869.
".Hcssrs. Noyes e. o.. Nrr York, 9G
Wall Street:
"GENTs-I understand, from a source
which | deem reliable, that you have
on hand fac stniLs bills of United
States Treasury notes, well executed.
You will please send me by express five
hundred dollars in two dollar lac sirnilc
bills of L. S. Treasure notes; 800 dollars
in one dollar fac simle bills Of the
same, and 500 dolls in fifty cents bill OF
fac siInle fractional currency [. States
Treasure notes. learn that you have
I5 dollar per ever two hundred dollars
in fac simie. Be sure and send them
to me, and address, Hon. John A. Vim
pey, Atlanta, Ga, G. o. D., and ob!ige
yours, DC.
"[Signed: JoHS a. WmpEY.
"P. S.-i refer YOU to McKillop,
Sprouge & Co., of New York, for re-
ference. am member Of Congress
elect from the Sixth District. |
mail a duplicate of the above 10y this
mail to New York, for fear | have the
wrong No. on Wall street
OF course Mr.. Wimpey received a
box filled with an old scrap of iron.
The SIN publishes another letter
from member of the Tennessee Legls'
lature, as follows: Itwast post,marked
Horse Shoe Bend, November "a
The only place of that name in the
Postoffice Directory is in Scott county,
Tennessee:
"!Nr. lanes lee:
DEAR SlR:-Your communication
came to hand to-day. am member
of the Ledgslator, and will leave home
for the Capitill in few days and at
that place | shall remit to you. as !
wish to make a purches of YOU
Yours truly, D. B. MOONEY.
The extent of the business Of this
swindling firm may be seen from the
ledger now in the hands of the police,
which shows that their net profits in
seventeen days was Sl6,55O.69. Litho-
graphed circulars printed TO represent
ordinary penmanship are sent out bv
the hundred thousand; the person ad
dressed is at once put upon his sense OF
honor-that is, his sense OF that virtue
which is practiced among thieves. In
glowing language is pictured the ease
with which the victim may make his
fortune by buying counterfeit The
"oueer" can be received by them with
perfect safety, and the communication
earnestly invites the victim to come on
to New York and examine the stock
before buying. OF course this IL I'M
! possible, in ninety-nine cases out
of hundred, owing to the distance
between the swindlers and their
willing game, but the cordial invitation
serves useful purpose. 1t Is a strong
! indication to the rustic sheepheads that
the swindlers really mean business
They nibble at the hook, send for goods
c. 0. D., pay their money, and upon dis
coviug the cheat dare not s4ueaI, be
cause certain exposure and disgrace
would follow. In some cases, wher
the inquirers asked for samples, a goo
two-dollar bill was put in letter an'
was sent them. They passed it easily
! turned everything they could int
money, and sent orders for bills by tx
press, c. 0. D., paying from five dollar
| to five hundred dollars for box whicl
they supposed contained the queer,
but which when opened, was flied witt
sawdust or tinfoil.
Alfred NJ. Smith, Box is, Washing
ton, Guernsey county, Ohio, got scare
aud wanted to quit business. He write
to John B. Forrest, 2O1 Liberty street
on December ,
"MR. FoRIsr-1 received yours IN d
time, but there has been mistake be
tween us. | only ordered sixty dollar:
and was to pay five dollars and the eN
press charges, but when | went to tn
express office the box would hold
bushel, and there was to hundred an
. seventy-four dollars against 1t. 80
can not see it. | ordered it back t
} you, SO you and | ma call ourselve
f square, and col it quits. | will kee
this all to myself, if you do, and gu