The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-01
From the New York News.
TRAPS FOR BLOCKHEADS

The following letter was received
some days ago by gentleman at st.
Adams, VT:
NEW YORK, January 90, 1870.
mended as reliable, and if you want to
make fortune sure and sudden, and
will pledge yourself to secresy, you are
nv man. i can furnish 81, 81 and 50
bills which are absolutely perfect, hay-
ing been printed from the original plates,
on best bank note paper, and can only
be distinguished from the genuine by
the numbers, which wecannot change,
having only one set. The plates cost
us over 500, 900 but We can easily make
ten times that amount with the help OF
q few good men, and as long as you are
true to US you can never be out OF
funds.
Oar plan is t. sell few THOUSAND to
one man only in any town. | viii sell
$4,000 of the money for S5O0-but to be-
gin with will let = ou have $500 for $50
500 for $50, or even 500 for Sl0-if You
will agree to take the balance as soon
as you have disposed of the first lot,
this you can do as no One will think of
comparing numbers in your locality as
they do here.
When you write order silver napkin
rings, dozen for every 500 that you
vast of the money and say size 2 or .
according to the kind you want, or ifyou
want the mixed, say assorted sizes, and
I will send you equal amounts each. II
you prefer. will send them by ex-
press, c. o. d., and you may pay The ex-
presman when he brings you the pack
When yor ID money, please
send by express, aud l will send your
package by return of the same express.
Address in perfect confidence,
JAMES. f. PARKER,
(Ofice) l67 Forsyth street, n, Y.
p. S. l have written this with a
chemical pencil, so that it will disap-
pear before it can be used against any
one, still you bad better destroy 1t and
will keep you posted.
This morning NctCs reporter inter
viewed the interesting vender OF spurl'
greenbacks at No. 1G7 Forsyth street
He there found a tenement house evl.
IDENTIFY recently erected. The store is
used as an Exchange" and there Is
nothing in the window beyond copy
of the Ulster County Gazette, contain
ing the announcement of the death OF
Washington.
On { he window is painted in large
letters Real Estate and Exchange"
and in the rear on n blind the word
Exchange" Inside the office there Is
nothing very remarkable, and no signs
to excite the suspicion that any very
serious amount OF businss is transacted.
A few chairs, desks, au almanac for
1870, directory and a few books, COM
prise about all the contents. Two per
sons occupied seats near the stove, and
were enjoying couple OF cigars oil
very pleasant fragrance. As the re.
porter enter d, d little old man, who's
appearance would suggest that he knew
thing or two, and who, till then, had
been standing without, also entered,
and gave the stranger scrutlnlzlug
look from the crcwn Of his head to the
soles of his feet. Having, ii is sup
posed, decided that the visitor had u
purpose in coming in, the old man de-
signed, in a somewhat husky voice, to
fnqnire what he wanted.
Reporter: Can see Mr.. James
Parkeri
Old gent: That is Mr.. Parker (pOint-
ing to q young man, about q years OF
age, dressed in somewhat dashy gar
msnts, and wearing q heavy plated
watcbguard, conspicuously exposed.
The gentleman alluded to looked some
what suspiciously at his visitor, and
sksffled toward the door,
Parker; Do you wish to see me pri-
vately, SIT
Reporter, in low tone; Napkins.
Parker with . penetrating look);
Well, walk along with me; my office is
mp stairs.
They then proceeded to the third
floor, where there was comfortably
furnished room, large round table,
covered with papers and letters, and a
waste paper basket full of enEelOpes:>
Parker: Take seat, sir. First of all,
where do you live.
Reporter: In New Jersey.
Parker: Have you come on your own
hook
Y Reporter: Oh no; friend of mine to
whom y2u had forwarded one of your
circ- airs, and who resides in Vermont,
wrote to me, with the request that l
would call on you.
Parker: If it had been for yourself
Iwonid not have supplied you. New
Jersey is too near New York, and, in
fact, more dangerous for this kind of
business. We want agents in country
places, where both our ageRts and our
selves will be perfectly secure from dis
covery.
Reporters Bnt you eau supply my
friend in Vermont through me-!
s. Parker (shsrply): Do you take me for
a foolf How do ! know but what as
soon as / had handed You the bills and
taken the money but what you would
prove to be spy and arrest me. Your
friend knows what to do from my cir
eular, but will show you the bills, and
defy you to detect them. Here are some.
Several ones, twos, fives and tens were
handed for inspection.)
Reporter: l must confess they are
excellent. / only wish / had 5000 Of
them. / wish 1 could do business with
you on my own account; butt perceive
the necessity for your caution. -.
Parker; Well, write to your friend,
ba ,au araar his .Hnaukina ~ and than