The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-23
THE NEW YORK COUNTERFEIT
BUSINESS.
A Fine Chance for Dishonest People
tO3Get Their Letters in Print.
Tho New York Erening Post, Of satur-

"A nllInDcE OI TeSllCCNulC lOOhIHS HISI .
few weeks ago engaged Offices at No. OOe
Broadway, giving the names Of William
Cooper Il Co, G. BGrlini Il Co., and John
Dale IL Co, and saying that they were in
the stationery business. AT the same time
advertisements were inserted In the city
Journals informing the public that coun'
terfcit bills could be bought cheNply at the
above offices. Yesterday, Dickson Hall,
of Rutherford Park, New Jersey, visited
No. 8GS Broadway, and expressed his
willingness to buy $50 worth Of counter:
felt money. He pAid $50 to n man named
John Wilson, but was unable TO obtain
any equivalent, Wilson pointing out the
danger OF completing the contract at
once, the necessity for secrecy, and the
consequences Of detection. Gradually
tho patience Of Hall became exhausted,
and rs he could not get either his own
money or the counterfeit, he laid the
whole matter before the police OF the
fifteenth precinct. Officers Shcedy and
Murphy ut once proceeded to the office III
Broadway, and arrested Cecil and Will
son, the principals, together with FrCdcr-
lick Day, Chus. +. Magill, Geo. Mitchell,
Samuel Florence. Charles Buff and Ru-
dOlph Masli. a small quantity of Coun-
tcriClt currency WIS discovered in their
possession. They were arraigned Ht JeI.
frson Market Police Court, and rcmanded
for examination. .ess
The Express gives the following details
OF Bcrtini's counterfeit daSc0:
An inner room in Colonel Whiteley's
Office in Blocker street Is literally cram
med with the pArapharnalia with which
Messrs. Bertini s. Co., carried on their
questionable but lucrative business ut No.
GSS Broadway. There are thousands OF
letters from every part Of the country,
written by parties anxious to make tor
tune in II hurry, and by no means particri-
lar rs to the means emplOycd; and there
heaps of boxes, neatly filled with sawdust
and ready to be dispatched to their va.
riOus addresses, when tho myrmidOns ol
the law interrupted tfiC work. Though
this system Of swindling, by which for.
tunately only those dishonesty inclined
nrc vicIimi1cd, hns been repeatedly ex-
posed, still there are some peculiar tea-
lures about the scheme of Bertint u Co.,
which are deserving Of some notice. In
common with nll other similar concerns,
these gentlemen advertised extensively in
every State in the Union, offering new
md safe means OI making Nt least $l,OOO
weekly. The replies to these advertise
ments, Of which there arc several thou
sand, were written, some by honest fools
who, being out of business and despairing
of making money in the ordinary hum
drum way, jumped eagerly at the protita.
bio "agcncy" offered by the New York
firm, and others by wGak-mindcd rOgucs
who wished to deceive the uninitintcd in
their ncighbOrh0Od, and thus rapidly &C
crmulatC fortune. Verbatim copies oi
few OF these replies, which are really
unique, are appended: ...f.s.5
New York, October 81, 1870.
Sir: would wish 10 know how l
would make thousand dollars weekly, as
have seen in your advertisement can bc
made on McQWiet by parties who are up to
"Snur." hcing ono of hcpartics up to
snuff, | wish yOu will inform nc as soon
rs possible, for utmost anxious to make
little ut present, Yours conhdentiallyr
az, SERENO PREGuGLIA,
27and 90 New st.
The following is evidently from pro.
lcssiOnal COunterteitCr:
SIR: noticed your advertisement q
lew days ago in Il late paper, and by the
advertisement think you are in the same
business rs lam. Now, il you have my
good plates on hand, please let me hear
from you md your terms. Yours respect
fully WILLIAM w. SHANNON, 3
Kane, Mexican county, Pa.
Here is another:
SIR: lam the man for you, so let me
hear from you, nm out Of implement.
Your ObcdlGnt servant,
.r DANIEL L. Crouch,
~ f5.t! North Adams, Mass.
Here is another:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
G. BERTrNr & Co.: l received your
kind letter on the 18th. If you want a
good agent in Washington, ! assure you
I will suit. I never knew of any one
passing counterfeit money here, and ]
think that can get through with agOOd
deal Of it. III had the cash money. !
would not hesitate in sending for the tull
amount. IfyOu will send me $50 or $lOO
10 commence with, promise faithfully to
stick to you, and not even let my own
brother know it. Send 1t as soon us pos.
siblC. CHARLES MITCHELL,
Bl2 D street, South Washington.
In the N. Y. Standard We find an
account of this same raid on thcswindlers,
and large number Of captured letters
among them the subjoincd, which have a
local interest. Gg .r..u1.-. .s.-.
OCTOBER, 1G, 20.
Mr.. CARTER-I think can take cyour
snuil on the sly. Address W. l.. Hatcher
St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., 0. ....
it0 r. PARKERsBURG. West Va, !
,r.-+s g. October 21, 20. !
Eapard Carter:
SIR-I read your advertisement in the
Saturday Night think that am up "a
snuff Please write and let me know the
business. Address p o. Box 49, Parkers'
burg, West Va. - ,.....sl.
R1TcmE c. H., Ritchie Co, !
WestVa., Oct 90, 10. !
Mr. Edrard Garter, 2 A'pity 81, NJ T.
SIR In m advertisement in. Toledo
Blade Oct 9th, I Saw m advertisement
Stating TINT 81 900 Per week on The Sly,
without interfering with other Business,
please let me know what kind Of Busi-
ness tits. this is confidential Of course,
Yours, &c, A. MALONE.
P.S.-My address abovc.-A. NJ.
THE question now being discussed at
Washington is, shall we go into war
that will cost two hundred thousand
lives and thousand million dollars for
the purpose OF collecting from England