Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-30

strong q Co., Wogan q Go. He has TWO
confederates. One il . medium sized
man, with light complexion, chin.whis-
kers and moustache. The other is So
called " blonde"-a tall, red haired man,
with well-oiled, sharp pointed, red NOUS
tache. He wears we'll polished silk hat,
and smokes many good cigars. A subor-
dinate about the establishment Is short,
thick set man, with sandy chin whiskers,
and he wears Kossuth hat. These men
are all from thirty to thirty.f1ve years of
age. They have been in their present
place Of business for about year and q
half.
Twice day the expressman brings
them bundles of money packages. There
are lmany men. however, who prefer to
come here and deal with the firm in per-
son. There have been times when the
stairway was almoat blocked up by the
number of the victims. The business" of
the firm, though not 30 large as II was,
still yields them, there Is reason to be-
lieve, over "a 900 per month.
A few weeks ago fifteen reams OF circu-
lars, Autographed in imitation of hand
writing, were delivered at the Office, ct
No. % Nassau street. They are part OF
1O0, 600 which are printing for them, un.
der contract, These circulars were signed
with various names. They contain q
proposition to furnish counterfeit money.
The persons to whom they are addressed
are invited to send orders by express for
such amount as they may wish, Of the vari-
GUS denominations Of counterfeit United
States notes. When orders are given the
''queer" is to be sent in boxes, by express,
and to be paid for on delivery by the ex-
press agent. Persons are invited to call
at the Office, at No. % Nassau street,
when they happen to be coming to New
York; but the plausible suggestion is
made that owing 70 the dangerous char
acter of the business of dealing in coun.
terfsit money, great caution must be ex'
ercised In all movements, and directions
how to proceed are given. These circu-
lars are deposited In the mail boxes at
various points In New York city and VI.
cinity, 90 - not TO attract attention by Z
great quantity Of them ut any one point.
The Post. Office Department refuses TO de-
liver letters addressed to such firms,
whenever 1t becomes acquainted with
their character, therefore these men are
driven to request their customers TO com.
municate by express.
In another place further up on Nassau
street, the firm has room where are
stored Q great quantity of small wooden
boxes, filed with rubbish, and nicely
sealed. When An order for the "queer" IL
received, one Of these il sent BY express,
G. o. d.
The Office is generally open, though it
is sometimes temporarily closed until .
victim can be got rid of. One
of the members of the firm Ia usually out
side the Office during business hours.
When q customer enters the Office he is
treated with extreme politeness, but with
many airs of mystery. He Of course de-
sires to zee the article which he came to
buy. Two genuine and quite new : bills are
shown him. They are Of different series,
and one of them II slightly blurred. He
ID told that these are samples Of what viii
be furnished him at specified rates, upon
that he does not attempt TO pass
any In the vicinity Of this city. The
blurred note IL used as the occasion for .
long and elaborate explanation Of the DIFF
fculdos attendant upon getting counter
felt notes engraved He 10 told, however,
that, unfortunately, the demand has been
20 heavy that these two notes are oil that
are ct hand at the time. Upon signal,
the confederate comes In. Various do
vices are employed to get posses
sion OF the victims money, under
promise Of delivering the genuine queer"
at some other place. The confederate
sometimes assumes an or hand, jovisl air,
proposes that business be laid aside, and
that all 60 TO drink, or to dina. When
the victim Is warmed up with good -
ncr and wine, and such suspicious, q De
may have had quite allsyed, ths confeder-
Rte announce thathe really has with him
. box OF the bills, and can deliver them
on the spot BE opens his coat lar enough
TO display the end Of the box, which IL
pierced 80 - to permit the corner Of what
seems TO be greenback to be seen. The
third man appears on the scene about this
time, and whispers excitedly to the
others. The victim y told that there 10
some trouble ct the office, that the police
have found out something. He eagerly
takes what be supposes 10 his last oppOrtu-
nifty to get . quantity of bogus money,
and pays oyer 10 them according to his
means. The sums usually paid are 500
70 $500. &
When the wouM-be "ahover Of the
queer finds that he has bean duped, he ID
Ipt 70 20 and demand his money back
and threaten exposure. Those whom he
finds ct the Office pretend 70 be very
much concerned, and induce him 70 delsy
Exposure. Meantime, he y watched, and
g acme convenient moment bogus do
Iecejve syreGts him On the charge 81 being
with counter1eiterS. The sup.
posed detective finally releases him upon
Whist more money he may have,
with all his valuables, and the
victim hastily passeg az the scena
Very COMMONLY, h0WeysI, the man who
visits the Arm In person e induced By
their adroit rcpresenintions TO- leave his
money upon the understanding that the
counterlein are to b sent 70 him The
average visitors 70 this place are Just etu-
Did enough 70 plAce themselves thus
wholly ct the mercy Of the1e men. Not
unftequently men have called IN the