The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-22
Am Extensive Swiu ding BuSfne~S
Broken UP-Ehe 80. %. d.
Tricks PracIiced ON "a
Large scale.

A New York special of the 1Ith SAYS
The most Wholesale gObbling up OF swim
dlers that has lately been made in this city
WAS effected this evening by Captain Jere-
miah Petty, who arrested John Hsnr killer
alas John Henrs, and his partner, William
Turner, on the charge of larceny. By trick
and device Henekler ana Turner, under the
aliases of Owen Bros james Fisher 81 Co.
and johnson Il Co. transacted the '-uueer"
business in the large four-story binding.
No. 81 Nassau street. which. forming an l..
has also a frontage at No. 90 Liberty street.
By means of circulars sent through the
mails t. thousands ut persons ia the coun-
try, and Trough the medium of advertis-
ing, they made it appear that they manufac-
Lured counterfeit United States currency.
which they offered To sell in any quantity
and in any denomination from twenty five
cent stamps up 10 five dollars Treasury
notes. These spurious notes they pretend
cd were in every particular a. good as the
genuine. The best talent in the country
was employed in the execution of the plate.
and no ex pense was spared To render them
perfect SO that expert judges were unable
To tell them from the genuine. But a short
time elapsed after they began operations. in
August iast, before the bait which they had
thrown To allure the lunwary was swallow
ed, hook aud all, by at least two thousand
fools. whose anxiety tn purchase and pass
counterfeit money can not be iGiy descrio
eli.
parent stem of many establishments which
have recently been visited by the police. the
swindlers occupied Rooms, Nos 81. ~. 50
and 80, on the third floor of 81 \ Nassau street,
and two very large rooms ia the fourth sLO-
ry. Two of the rooms were those Occur pied
by the praprietors and their chief clerk.
Frank Allen, who managed all the CORES
pondence with their patrons, pOcketed
their money and grew fat with laughter al
the expense of the fools. The remaining
rooms were occupied by their employee
eleven girls, three men and three boys
The girls we're TIN ployed in folding and
mailing circulars. and were paid from five
to seven dollars week for their services
The men occupied a large apartment on the
upper floor, known a the packing room, to
which no one but the proprieJOTs were al
lowed access. In his apartment were one
hundred soft, pine deal boxes OF three sizes,
each packed with shaViugs. and a pound OF
old scrap iron. The original letters and
circulars, setting forth the scheme, brought
To this enteTprlsing concern orders tor
thousands OF dollars Of counterfeit money.
which the applicants had planned To circII-
late. Having II al these letters of appli-
Giants, the Nassau street SwiHdlers answered
with another circular, acknowledging the
receipt the requisite percentage. and adj
ded thatlthe box containing the queer had
been sent by express OH time. The box
marked "Mr-C. q. d." reacht d its des-
tination and the dupe eagerly paid his tifty
TO one hundred dollars u the expressinaII.
then the victim fastened home aud opening
his nicely scaled box found bis prize hand
full of shavlngs and a BIT of old iron with a
circular, advising MIN not to be surprised Al
the contents as IL was dodge To blind the
detectives. He must keep mum and the
stuff will be mailed To him few days
Hundreds and thousands in every section OF
the country are still waiting. The priuci-
pals in this enormous fraud, for the fellow
ship realized at least $50 900, were locked
up in different cells, whine the girls and
boys were sent home.