New-York tribune., 1872-03-28
THE ELIAS GANG.
MORE TRICKERY-A SECRET PRINTING OFFICE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARyIN'S OPINION Oi

MORE TRICKERY-A SECRET PRINTING OFFICE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARyIN'S OPINION OF
TIE ELIASES.
The private printing establishment whence the Eiases
issue the circulars Of their different schemes, situ
ated until short time ago, on the third floor OF q
wretched building at No. 205 Mercerst Printers were
lately discovered at work there turning out circulars
headed Enormous Failures" and dilating at length
upon the advantages to be gained by purchasing the
watches sold by the "bankrupt Geneva Watch Com
pany" at No. 763 Broadway. A number of afidavits
appended to the circulars purporng to have been
made by employees at the store, stating in substance
that all the watches sold by them solid gold and
silver" 1t is important for the public to know that these
adayts to nothing because oven il the state
meuts contained therein shown to be false. the
persons making them could not be indicted for perjury
as the statutes of the State of New York define perjury
such statement bears some relation to question at
issue before legal tribunal. A false oath made on
not. therefore. perjury according to the statute.
When the location OF the printing oiice was discov-
do SO under the present statnte and added have
peaed searched the statutes Of me state 70 see whether
Hitherto have searched in vain; but still hope that
Justice They commit no statutabe ofeDse. In The saw
dust swindc they absolutely and entirely safe We
without rendering equivalent, for their circular only
promises to supply the dupe with counterfeit curency
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else The buyer therefore Intentionally pays good money
for bad and he is in no way wr0nged II he receives saw
DUST which is fully as valuable as tho wares he wished
to buy.
Ten years ago, when was in Albany, the country
was flooded with circulars Issued by these same men,
promising to supply imitation gold dollars OF sch eN-
aui site workmanship to be wholly undlstngmshaplo
from the genuine coin. II determined to lay trap
for the swindlers. An expert detective was engaged
and IN n few days the DstrictAttOrneys ONCE was IN
pOssesson OF SIX OF the counterfeit gold dollars sold
by this flrm II thought that good case lad been
made ont against the scas, but when the d0lr were
tested IL discovered that they were genulle Inc
i'm the hope that he, believing II To DO ontY u
good imitation would Immediately order large supply
haye no doubt thai these are advised by some OF
the very best lawyers in this city, who receive enormous
fees for their services caunOt IN any other way ac
count FOR their extraordinary skill IN carrying on an e-
open TO attack The fact s the law, Us at present CON
siitut.d altogether inadequate 10 the suppression o,
this kind vice. and IL Is Og by constant anu repcated
exposure that the trade or these men, VINO htten uoh
the stupidity OF lesser rogues, eau De destroyed me
mere existence OF such gang or conspratos Is cI!
my disposal to uproot the whole system II could only
discover sufficient proof to warrant an Indictment against
all or any OF then.' .., ..,.,,,,. oea,o
and the oxpOsres OF THE TRIBUNE have compelled thei
10 operate with much secrecy that MI ehorts 10 uS
cover It's present whereabouts have proved lnenect
Ellis III Elias told "a jefferson Market Official last FRI
day that THE TRIBUNE had diverted "0oVN iro pasSlng
ip 10 hs possesson and the store at NO 0J bOauWhy
prescped Yesterday, almost deserted appearance
The case against Eass clerk, Sniffen, VIII come UP 10
iay before Justice Cox Jefferson Market when Lt IL
hooed that Assistsnt Attorney sullivan VIII po
succe ,sul in finally breaking up tho 'Great "eheNa
Watch Company"