The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-22
a swfndling Game = Important AR.
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Another form Of the counterfeit swim
die has just been discovered and broken
up in New York. The swindle seems to
nave been carried on at various places in
that city by d large combination of persons.
who advertised extensively in the newspa-
pers as well as by circulars sent to private
persons, whose names, had been obtained.
A number Of these circulars have been re-
ceived by respectable persons in this city,
and reveal the existence of organized ras-
cality upon a larger scale than has ever be-
| fore shown ITSELF The circulars that we
have seen offer to furnish counterfeit money
at stated sums, but upon sending the mo.
ney, as desired, the victims got their dues
In packages Of sawdust or worthless trash
of one kind or another. The swindle seems
to have been carried on through the express
companies, caution being given in all cases
to avoid the mails, it being known by the
rogues, from experience, that they would
not be permitted to operate upon the cre-
dulity and cupidity of the public through
the post-oflice. The New York Eueung
Post, Of Saturday, says;
"a number Of respectable looking men, q
few weeks ago, engaged office at No. 663
Cooper & Co., c. Bertini & Co., and John
Dale d Co., and saying that they were in the
stationery business. at the same time ad-
yertisements were inserted in the city jour-
nails informing the public that counterfeit
bills could be bought cbeaply at the above
offices. Yesterday Dickson Hall, of Ruth
| erfurd Park. New Jersey, visited No. 668
Broadway, and expressed his Willingness to
buy $50 worth Of counterfeit money. He
| paid $50 to man named John Wilson, but
was unable to obtain any equivalent, Will
| son pointing out the danger of completing
| the contract at once, the necessity for secre-
| cy, and the consequences of detection.
Gradually the patience of Hall became ex-
hausted, and as he could not get either his
own money or the counterfeit, he laid the
whole transactions before the police OF the
fifteenth precinct. Officers Sheedy and Muir
ply at once proceeded to the Office in Broad
way, and arrested Cecil and Wilson, the
principals, together with Frederick Day,
Charles Z. Magill, George Mitchell, Samuel
Florence, Charles Buff, and Rudolph NASH.
A small quantity ofcounterfeit currency was
discovered in their possession. They were
arraigned at jefferson Market police court,
| and remanded for examination" l
The Express gives the following details of
Bertini's counterfeit .fasco:
| can inner room in Colonel Whiteley's
Office in Bleeker street Is literally crammed
with the paraphernalia with which Messrs.
| Bertini & Co. carried on their questionable
| but lucrative business at No. 6SS Broadway.
There are thousands of letters from every
part of the country, written by parties
anxious TO make fortune in a hurry, and
| by no means particular as to the means en-
ployed; and there are heaps Of boxes,
| neatly 1illed with sawdust and ready to be
| dispatched to their various addresses, when
the myrmidons OF the law interrupted the
| work. Though this system of sWindling,
by which, fortunately, only those dishon-
estly inclined are victimized, has been re-
peatedly exposed, still there are some
peculiar features about the scheme of Ber-
TIM & Co. which are deserving of some
notice. In common with all other similar
| concerns, these gentlemen advertised eX-
tensively in every State in the Union, offer
ing new and safe means of making at least
one thousand dollars weekly. The replies to
these advertisements, Of which there are
several thousand, were written, some by
honest tools who, being out of business
and despairing of making money in the or
binary humdrum way, jumped eagerly at
the profitable "agency" offered by the
New York firm, and others by weak. mind
ed rogues who wished to deceive the unin-
itiated in their neighborhood, anu thus
rapidly accumulate n fortune. Verbatim
! copies of few of these replies, which are
really unique, are appended:
Neac York, October 21st, 1S70.-Sir: l
would wish to know how would make q
thousand dollars weekly, as have seen in
your advertisement can be made on the
quiet by parties who are up to "snutf."
being one of the parties up to snuff, wish
you will inform me as soon as possible, for
am most anxious to make q little at pre-
sent. Yours, con6dentially,
SERENo BREGUeL1A,
y and % New street.
The following is evidently from profess
sional counterteiter
Sir noticed your advertisement a few
days ago i'll late paper, and by the adver-
tisement | think you are i'll the same busi-
ness as / am. Now, If you have any good
plates on hand, please let me hear from
YOU, and your terms.
Yours, respectfully,
WIN. w. SHANNON,
Kane, Mexican county, Pa.
Here is another .# 3.
Sir am the man for you, so let me hear
from you. / am out of employment.
Your obedient servant,
DANIEL e. CROUCH, ri
North Adams, Mass.
On receipt Of these or similar replies to
their advertisement, the obhging New York
firm forwarded a circular, with list of
terms on which the "queer" could be OBJ
tanned, filled with such golden visions as
rarely failed to ensnare the unwary."