Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-14
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The record Of arrests at the City
Prison, yesterday afternoon, contained
the following entry: "Ah Tuck and
All Tam, forgery, arrested by Crowley,
and Ellis" The prisoners are charged
with causing to be printed In this city
a counterfeit bank note Of the denomi-
nation of IS, on "The Chartered Bank
Of India, Australia and China" In
making the arrest the photographic
stones and apparatus for printing and
notes to the amount Of $4,000 were
secured by the police. The enterprise,
although conceived and executed by a
Chinaman, u one Of the most remark
able In the counterfeiting line which
ever occurred In the country.
The bank, the paper Of which was to
be 'counterfeited, has Its principal
house In London, with branches In
Australia, Hongkong, and other cities
In India and China. Its notes, OF
course, are made In England, the pro-
cess being very complicated. In the
two upper corners Of the fve-dollar
note are the figures "$5," on q dark
background, which Is executed by ma
chinery before being transferred by the
photographer to the stone. But few
photographers have the necessary appa-
ratus for the execution of this kind of
work. About two months ago Captain
Ellis, of the detective force, had occa-
sion to visic the photographic establish
ment Of George H. Baker Of this city.
While there Mr.. Baker called his at
tention to a small specimen Of very
fine work executed by him for a Chi
namari. It ,consisted Of q figure o, oil
a dark ground, but without the preface
Of the !. Mr.. Baker, at that time, was
uninfbrned as to the use the design
was to be ,put to. Captain Ellis be-
came suspicious that there was sOme-
thing wrong, and, on consultation with
Chief Crowley, 1t was determined that
the case should be closely watched.
Mr.. Baker kept the officers promptly
informed of each new incident as 1t
was developed. The work had been
ordered by All Tuck. Being greatly
pleased with the work 80 far ~ 1t had
progressed, he directed that the s be
added to the design, stating that he
was trading in a superior article Of ten
from China, and he desired to Use the
design as a trade mark for all tea of
that quality, From n step to an
other All Tuck advanced with his ELL
terprise, and finally ordered u complete
Autograph Of q fiye-dollar note.
In explanation Of this project, he
stated that his father was u %stockholder
In me bank and a director Of the Hong
kong branch, and he desired to show
him that California could execute bet
ter work of this character than the
artists of England. The Autograph
was completed according to order, and
a large quantity of the notes were
printed. A small portion Of them
were given to All Tuck and the rest
were retained by Mr.. Baker. The note
reads:
H~ongkong-Ths Chartered Bauk OF India,
Australia and China promises to pay the bearer,
on demand at the ofhce here, nIe dollars, or its
equivalent In the currency Of the Island, value
received. By order Of the Board Of Directors.
Soon after the two officers became
satisfied Of the character Of the trans.
action which they were watching, they
communicated the facts to Mr.. RalstOn,
Of the California Bank, and lie col
municated by telegraph with the LON
don bank.
1t was the design of the San Fran
cisco officers to let All Tuck sail with
his $35, 900 In notes and the two litho-
graphic stones, for future use, and send
a detective on the same steamer to
make the arrest, after a more full
development Of the scheme, and per-
haps the discovery of other accom-
plices. But, when the London Bank
was informed that a large issue Of the
spurious notes had already been
printed, they became excited, aud sent
on a dispatch by cable urging the I'M
mediate arrest Of the QounterfeiterS
and seizure of the notes and counter
teiting apparatus. In accordance with
this desire the arrest was made last
Saturday. All Tam was arrested rs M
accomplice Of All Tuck, and, so far rs
Is known, he Is the only aocompllce In
the city. The arresting officers found
In the possession Of the prisoners the
signatures Of the oficors Of the Bank
who sign the notes, and the necessary
material for printing notes by whole
sale In China. 1t has been ascertained
that All Tuck went first to the Eastern
States to carry out his designs, but he
was unable to obtain the same facili-
ties there as here. He returned to this
city nine months ago, and since that
time has been assiduously engaged IN
attending to tho details Of his business.
Among other difficulties which he ell
eountered, was that of procuring the
right kind Of paper. American bank
note paper would not do, and one or
two kinds first tried were found to
shrink In size. He ut last procured 4
quantity Of the right kind from Eng
land. or the 1885, 600 which had been
printed, Mr.. Baker had delivered about
"a, 900 to All Tuck. Some experiments
had been tried with a few of them,
by smoking and handling, to give them
old appearance, rs though they had
been repeatedly handled.