Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-06
BIC SCHEME OF RASCALiTY.
Offers TO Sell Bogus Greenbacks.

The following were the enclosures in an en-
yelope received by gentleman in this CITY this
morning, and which, no doubt, are being extern
sively circulated:
AUG. LIST, lS70.-Doar SIR: You have ben recon-
hTnuea as rtnaeie and II you now go on these
send US an order at once, and address y0ars, sin
'erely' ID. A. fENIoN, 6ss Broadway, New York.
The above is written on a bill-head of W. H.
MOTIFS * Co., importers, of Broadway, New
circular:
CONFIDENTIAL AND STRICTLY PRIVATE
WsstH only issr. aJeir Of fdsSs important lstiers
enough % be entrusted rlh tie sneiosed tnfofmafton
and niade the rse,ptenf 81 as Goiden A,eards ciH
sidsy taDHiIy, impress fae fats upon hiS BsHOry
When Congress authorized the present Issue Of
Greenbachs, the Treasury Department executed
ship, from which the whole amount Of currency
an ant By Congress was to be printed and it
number, should be taken from tho Treasury Print
hss &. pass ana
which the ], 2 and dollar bills had been printed
to know that the plates are still ed unnjGred
except to the right parties. We have now on hand
s End ready for cIeufation some 500 COS in aud
ley must be absolutely perfect and exactly like the
IN the III. Ias a5s
uc ohi1 possible AebnO0 OF detectng them IL by
The paper, but paper is perfect and exactly
Ies miles bank note paper that not in tenthous
and could ever notice the difference in fact no one
bas ever yet been troubled Tor passing these notes
One man. however put SsoO0 CT il In bank here and
was arrested on suspicion he tried and the Jury
brought In verdict Of rot guilty on these grounds
Although the jury knew in their hearts that a Door
man could not have $500 in new 1, and 5 dollar
pilis without knowing where he got il from, and
they fully believe 1t must be counterfeit, yet the
experts who were called to testify could not agree
which OF the bills were counterfeit, expert pro
nouncing bill bad and another pronouncing the
same bill good and another one Lad. The truth was
they were all good and all printed from the same
plates that the I. b Greenbacks were printed from
only they were printed for the special benefit our
selves and friends and not for the benefit of Uncle
sam. This Circumstance, however, set the author
MES on the scent to find out where this money was
coming FROM accordingly for the last six months We
nave not issued one dollar and things have become
quiet again As men are apt to be indiscreet, we
shall not cireuls ate any more in this city, but are
inherent sections Of the country to take the matter
"A hand so as to divert all suspicion from here Tor
you must be aware that If the plates are once can
tured II will kill the that lays the golden eggs
W. VIII not sell more than IS 90 to any one man
out Of this let but iii keep all faithful agents in
slght and give them a chance when issue another
tot OF S5o.uQ. We only sell TO one man in a place.
Ia Si;S sise our agents entire control of their
own districts, and this rule We depart from
We wish 70 get this lot Of 800 eco in circulation as
soon as possible, and for this reason we put down
NE price to the lowest possible figures. We will
The " hole $500. in ], and dollar bills for 500
~ IN l. and dollar bills 20