The Republican journal., 1870-12-01
From the New York Standard, Nov. 10.
SWlNOllNG AS A FINE ART,

in the records of the arrests of counterfeiters
was detected last evening by Captain He'd
den, IN union with the ubiquitous Colonel
Whitley of the Secret Service.
1t was telegraphed to the Central office
from the Fifteenth Precinct last night that
two men, Joseph Cecio and James Nelson,
doing business in No 6SS Broadway, with
some others in their employ, We're arrested
for swindling Dexter Wall of Rutherford
Park, New Jersey, out of fifty dollars on pre-
tense of selling him counterfeit money
For many years the counterfeiters OF New
York have been in the habit of publishing adj
yertisements in some of the leading New
York papers. When this dispatch reached
the Central office, GALAXY and Schaday pro-
ceeded to No. GSS Broadway, the headquar-
tiers of
BAND OF SWINDLERS.
They occupied large office in the rear of
the building, and seemed to carry on the bus
mess of respectable brokers. In this swind-
ling den the following clerks and assistants
were arrested: Patrick Dane, No. 1877 Ell
bridge street; Chas. A. McGill, Brooklyn
George Mitchell, No. 10 Ridge street; Sam
uel Florence, No. 227 Fifth street; Charles
Buff, No. 243, and Adolph Mast, No. SO
Prince street, and the principals, Joseph Cecio
and James Nelson. the former Of Seventy
fourth street, and the latter of Forty-second
street. They were conveyed to the Fifteenth
Precinct Station-house and locked up on
complaint of Dexter Wall, who promises to
appear against them at Jefferson Market
Police Court this morning. Officer GALAXY.
under the directions of Captain Hedden and
| Col Whitley, discovered in the Office q large
number of plain boxes, and boxes in wrap
~
wood. These boxes were marked G. O. d.,
and addressed to different parts OF the
United States. Their books were also taken
and contained u large number of names to
whom consignments had been made, and who
had made payments to the firm. large
number of letters, in answer to their widely
circulated advertisement, were also captured.
The mode OF doing business adopted by the
swindlers was by the advertising of a
means of making '$1 900 day" by parties
cup to snuff" The following is an example
of one of their advertisements
$1,000 DAY
can be made by parties that up to snuff without
interfering with their other business.
Address, w. NJ. d. LEE,
GSS Broadway, NY.
An advertisement of the same purport APP
peared over other signatures in different pa
pers. On receiving satisfactory answers to
the above, the swindlers entered into ar
rangements with their dupes on the sc. 0.
D" principle. Whenever money was remit
ted, one of the boxes filled with dust was
promptly despatched to the hopeful con-
signee, who, on opening his prospective
prize, found the following:
NEW YORK 1870
DEAR SIR Do not get dscouraged this is only
blind, and we always use this precaution for fear
of detection-if the authorities should happen to
get wind of our operations and possibly think 10
watch any c. O. d. we may send out, and seize the
money as you were taking it from the express Of
fce., Now, to shield you from any possible danger,
we have sent this empty box, which you have a
perfect right to buy and carry home. But we have
the money securely packed in different way, and
as soon as we get the returns for this package all
right guarantee to send forward free of charge
and in any event you have perfect right to receive
anything sent free. for there is proof that YOU
ordered it. We always word OH this plan. and it is
sure to protect us BOTH for you have perfect right
to pay for an empty box and also right to receive
anything sent free under seal. We also do not in
this case sell the money. We give the money free
and sell the empty box, This is great secret, and
we trust you will mention it to no one as it gives
absolute security to us BOTH
On entering Col Whtley's quarters in
Blocker street, our reporter was confounded
by the busy appearance OF the place. The
Colonel showed our representative piles of
boxes and parcels which had been brought
there during the evening and about
FIVE THOUSAND LETTERS,
the correspondence of the enterprising peo-
pie who had answered the doubtful adver-
tisement
In concoctng affairs with correspondents
who seemed inclined to enter into the ''queer'
business, the firm held forth the most liberal
offers and encouragement. The following
is an example:
New YORK, Nov II, 1870.
DEAR SIR: Your favor received. If you really
mean business you now hold the key to a fortune
in your hands; all you have to do is to unlock it.
We want competent agent in your place, one who
will set at work in earnest and pass at least $500
per week. If you go in we will agree to appoint
no other agent in your place within five hundred
miles of you. We will send you the money under
the following guarantees, and you will know it is
to our interest to deal honorably with you, not
only that you may buy more, but so that you may
find it to your interest not to blow on us, for we
stand high in business elsewhere. FIRST, we guar
antee to send the full amount of our money agreed
upon. Second, we guarantee that all the bills are
printed from the original plates stolen from Wash
ington. Third, we guarantee the bills perfect
in every respect, dies, numbers, and everything,
and cannot be detected from genuine greenbacks
except by the paper. Fourth, we guarantee the
paper is excellent so that not one in 10000 would
ever notice the difference Fifth, we guarantee
that every bill looks like if it had been carried in
the pocket for some time, and not one looks bran
new. Sixth, we guarantee that if you do not get
drunk and let anything out, no one will ever know
it, and thus you will have no trouble. Seventh,
we guarantee if you now go in with Us and remain
true, you will never find cause to regret it. We
will go into business with you on these guarantees,
and you have only to give solemn pledge never
to mention to any living person where you got the
money from. On these conditions only will we
furnish you as much as you may order on the
terms of inclosed circular.
Be sure and address us personally, thus,
G.. BERTININ, 6sS Broadway, N. Y.
This scheme has been for a long while Sue
cesstul but many developments OF the action
of the swindlers in their business have not
yet been made. Col. Whitley, the ubiqui-
tious, was busy at work all last night in COM
pany with Superintendent Kelso.
The members of the secret service of the
Colonel's Office were iubilant over the letters
written by the duped aspirants for money,
which revealed the whereabouts of many an
old though hitherto unapproachable lover of
the "queer."
The extent to which the country has been
flooded with the circulars of these scamps,
is wonderful, and the amounts of money
realized from their dupes must be very large
We hear OF one man in the town of Lincoln