The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-12-24

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IN ths egsiafry, and through .ibs
s@edisfu u advertising they ms's
" sppesr that they manufactured
c~ouns<ff=i, United siiies Currency
whieA thsy offered 10 cell Ia aay
sasatity and 10 say denomination,
irvm twenty cent stamps upio i've
dollar treasury no,es. These spur.
Gus notes. they pretended, vsrs In
very particular % god s' the Gen.
dine. n h>st saisui In theconntry
was employed h the execution o.
the late, aud no expense was spar.
III 70 reniet thea l~ri~t, % that
expsr, judges ~ unable W Yell
them from the genuine. ~, a short
tine ELAPSED after thcy bcgsn ope
r%siion', 10 Augns, last, bc'oro the
l,i, which they Lad thrown 10 al.
laro the unwary was swallowed,
hook and I'll. BY nj least two tboa.
-.nd fools. whose anxiety to pur
chase and pass counterfeit money
cannc, be ktly described.
The swindlins ,oucern Il doubt.
less the parent stem OF many cstab.
li.hmcnts which nave recently been
visited by the police. The swind.
lers occupied rooms No. 80, 81, So,
and 80, on the third floor Of 81 Mas
ssu street, and two very lsrgc rooms
in the fourth story. Two of thu
soon,s were occupied by the propri-
etors AMI their cLisf clerk, Frank
Allen, who managed all the cor.
vsspoadsncs with their patrons,
their money aud grew fat
laughter at the expense oil the
tools. Tho remaining rooms were
occupied bytheir cmplcyecs-eleven
three men aud tsrce boys.
The girls were employed in folding
and mailing circulars, and were paid
rom five 10 seven dollars a week for
heir services. The men occupied !
! large apartment on the upper floor,
snown as the packing roomto which
one but the proprietor was allow
i access. In this apartment were
me hundred sot pine boxes OF /;
.hrcc siscs, each packed with shaw. !
nss, and a pound of old scrap iron,
The Original letters snd cir~culars,ex
'laining the schcmc, brought this en-
erprising eonesra orders for thou.
ands Of dollars, Of counterfeit mon.
y, which the applicants had planned
. circulate. Having read these l.t. 1
en- ut applicants, tho Nassau street
xindlcrs answered with another
acknowledging the receipt A
{ the requisite per centage, and ad.
Ing that tho box containing tho
queer had been sent by express ri
q time. Tho box marked aMr.
-, c. O. D., reached It's dosti-
and the dupe eagerly paid !,
Fifty to one hundred dollars to n
expressmsn ; then the victim
astsnsd home, and opening his n
'csly eealed box, found his prize a ),
Of shavings and a bit OF old 4
With . circular, advising him !,
70 - nrprised = the contents q
Il was : dodge to blind the dstec- Oh
va. He must keep mum and ths Pr
,if would b. mailed to him hi
days. Hundreds and thou.
nds in every section Of the country , y
Y still waiting. The princirals. IN
10 enormous fraud, for the fellow.
ip realized at least 10000, were D.
cked up In different cells, while the ],