The New York herald., 1871-02-22

20 oner TO come to New York. II would be well
worth your while. a. newspaper man. 70 get his
REroRrER-l should be very glad, but don't see
% CnIsS-ws ill., Il think can put you on the inside
rack. viii give you the address OF man rom
Canada who Knows more about him lhan even
could tel you. snow though that you VIII ma 'hat
1'' ' sricE OF RoaANcE.
The reporter having obtained the address, which
for obyors reasons shall be namciess proceeded TO
interview the person BY whom the detective force
KsTs s n.y. q the ,a track From tgs 9ng dsss!oEy
was able e put together the following leading
facts-
Youth has resided, has long been remarkable for the
number OF counterfeters winch 1t has produced.
So rife was counJerfctng at one time In that town
In 1t, one street has since been called
"coNEYACK STREET,"
From HIS early youth Boyd had heard OF counter
feiting as being the short road to fortune He was
always known to be OF an exceedingly ambitious
aiser % s MarraSe Sev wnUs I'm
nrst efforts to earn an honest livelihood
in the pusr sSs in Ru, which Ss
found that he was getting rich too slowly, and.
seeing that many whom ne mad formerly known own
short time In some mysterious way, he made no
THE SECRET LAY IN THE "QUEER,"
and accordingly he became purchaser and dis.
penser OF countcrfeits himself. For time he was
successful; but he overstepped the mark, and would
have fallen INTO the hands OF The Phlistnes had he
not aed across the border. Thus he was ostracised
from the StaIes-a tact which materially inter
tered with his trade butter merchant.
The charge hung over his head for two
years, when the officer who had the case In hand
told him the commissioner would settle the case Tor
$500 and 500 Tor the officer himself The result was
that he compromised the matter for $3.50. Again he
became q butter merchant and again he was success
ful; so successful tnat in few months OF the
mer he was aole as an agent, TO net $4,000 he
bought q house and was living thoroughly happy
when q blight tell again upon him. Ills wife was
seduced lie brought an action against her seducer
and spent hal, his little fortune ~ prosecuting IT.
55ut to no purpose. Business became bad with him.
THE MARKETS WERE GOING DOWN
and ruin stared HIM in the face. Again he returned
to the vomit and Knowing OF old That there was still
O man In New YORK who could supply him Win stun,
he visited hm, ana the bargain was closed between
Them since tnat lie mas received, according 10 his
own confession. thousands o. dollars from this man
Sometimes he came to New 0rk himself, apd On
sana sss SsSas' Sos. Sometimes @ IL NF5ts aa e never
had less than fye hundred counterfeit dollars for.
by express IN his own name, but the sender always
forwarded 1t under an assumed name, ant ne always
under another different name. IL Is since ne began
70 dispense counterie !s seco:.d time that every
effort has been made to secure MIN, but space VIII
not permit a fuller account of the
---A.. DEVICES USED ny THE DETECTIVES --tr
to ensnafe a...aa The man who supplied him with
counterfeit money in this city ne knew as Child in
Canada, and he knew also that the father OF the
former had been seat 70 ne state Prison for many
years on similar ena,tge - Wnsn he & irs, 1--we went to
store where he procured sample but OH
that occasloh he took him TO another place, where
he left him until he returned with the "queef.r lie
mas since been introduced TO The chief distributor
himself
BOYD is tall, respectable looking man, and, 1t
is said. feels his position most acuteiy. In appear.
ance lie Is not ut all the desperate character the de-
tectiyes aege hum 10 be. The reporter was in.
formed by one who knew him well that he Is Won-
derly smart In business matters, and has invented
a most ingenious symptom of cipher. HIS wife.
Whom he has again taken to his bosom, scarcely
ever leaves him.