The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14

Wlhke1 al b.s green MNaNlnHs saying
That some 81 my make.
No. i4J maEUNTn srerEr
Is about two minutes walls from he Pa
yilion by q direct walk, bat Monsieur
Alias led Gucny down Fourth to Mercer
street, thence up and down doubling on
bis track until De finally brought up al
the above number Coming down Mtr-
Ger street the perdaut youth, who was
evidently a perfect stranger ia the city,
inquired unoecutly What street is thisy
\ FiHh avenue, replied Welsh.
i No. lil Blcccker street Is a throe-slory
brick house. Mr.. Walsh conducted bis
guest up two flights TO a small front room
originally designed as q bedroom The
7 only furniture was au old dusty desk such
as we sometimes see ina lawyers office a
wash stand, with dirty water III ne bowl:
[ a goblet with the handle broken OF short
two chairs aud a small lookiug-glass.
Alias Wash Immediately locked thc door,
and the ycrdant youth being searched, be
began the tale af his labor in making This
money which doies detection, A franl,er
explanation Of the moapg oprmdi OF
counterteiting was never youehsaled 10
human cars. Here It is;
STORY on TIE LOVELY MR.. WALSH.
! was an engraver in the Government
offices under Lincoln, drawing 5000 a
year ! happened to be a Democrat, and
was discharged from The Department for
that offence alone. When left swore
to have satisfaction out Of the Govern
ment, and it is for that purpose alone that
] am engaged in this business Lam tel.
ling you this to show yon how safe my
money is from detection AT that time
the new Issue of 1859 had Just been au-
thorized, and knew unless | could get
the thing out at the same time tho Gov
ernment did, my work would be thrown
away. | went to Washington, and being
well known there, got into the Depart
ment and had a look at the new designs.
Each engraver has several designs Of the
same kind from which to work, SO that II
one gets spoiled, as it orlen does, the
work can 80 on without delay. Wen,
managed to take design Of each Of the
one, two, five, and ten dollar bills.
SAD DoINGs IN TIE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The verdant youth swallowed all this
grcedily but didn't understand how Alias
could so easily take the designs
Mr.. Walsh assumed a very innocent
look and said was an honest man once,
but that's all gone by, and we may as
well call things by their right names.
They all knew me there, thought | was
all right, and didn't watch me closely.
So managed TO steal them. That night
sent them to my wife by mail, and
stayed in the city little while to see If
they were missed. For you see if they
had been, and | had left, they would
have naturally suspected me. 1t was all
0. X. though; the designs never were
missed, and so that part Of the business
was settled on the safest Of principles.
now purchased my plates and tools, for
which paid about $4,000, and bought
little farm over on Long Island. took
up the floor Of the house and had new
one laid in squares Of exactly the same
size throughout. One Of these squares
was
A TRAP DOOR TO THE CELLAR.
But it wasn't in the side nor in the corn
er like most trap doors. 1t was exactly
in the middle of the room, and worked
by spring like one of the stage traps,
sinking down. In this basement / did
my engraving, and give you my word ~
pressing the knee Of his greedy listener
very aiTectionately--it took me two years
and half to finish the eight plates re-
quirod for the four bills / worked day
and night, my wife watching all the time
in tho room above me. ] set up a print
ing establishment in Water street, ON
ploying six men and foreman to divert
suspicion; but my own time was spent
in that little cellar on Long Island,
making a fortune (insnuatingly) for You
and myself. When got my plates done,
I heard for the first time Of The new pa
tent paper and
ALMOST LOST ALL HOPE
Of succeeding then. OF course my plates
were Of no use without this paper, which
IS made only by the Government contrac-
tor in Washington. | had one slight
hope. When was working in the de-
partment, had discovered frauds Of this
man, amounting 10 nearly three quarters
Of a million. / went to see him. told
him what knew, and showed him TINT
| I had documents 10 support me. Then
1 said, God knows don't want 70 tel
any body that | am forReri but must
have this paper, for am determined 10
| put 6 900 ,000 Of this money in circula-
I ton. Shall ron and be enemies Or
friendsi He asked til tbe next day 10
think Of it, and finally gave me paper.
/ get il from him now. So, you see, my
/ tools FOR working are all genuine, and d.
rect from the Government Itself
+ oxn or THE LovELr lfR. w1Lsn's Aorsrs.