, 1873-01-02


thought Of being robbed on tho train last
night"
PRINTING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
A Truo Story OF tic Lnte Cozlfclerncy.
The story am going to relate occurred in
1851. It owes its origin to tho groat war that
thon took place, and, like many other interesting
opiaodoa, has novor boon published. The facts
wore ear1lod sovore1 yoars ngo, narrat ted by per.
4ons M son residing r. Richmond and although
curaoioa, in tho main tho story ii true.
Shortly after tho Cotton States' troops com.
mencod their influx to Virginia, a Treasury De.
tmo tho currency, outsido Of gold and eilvor,
consisted Of State md stock banks, wlicl, was
found insufficient to supply tho delnand Of tho
acoomulsting armies Of ,noerly four, hundred
tors of the rising Confodoracy, il VIVA SOLICITED by
the leading men of The rebellion aB tue most
suitable plaeo for the issuance Of thoir National
currency.
In tho Treasury Departments there vas ON.
ploycda man by tho name OF Elan, n compooi-
tor. Ho was q shrewd and tricky follow, au tho
noquol will provo.
Aftor roilccting On tho great opportunity ho
ntrko of largo amount Of this money. No pre-.
cautionnry measures wcro taken in regard td
this establishment, as gu soomod to 10 engrossod
IN the furthcring Of Southern independence.
had mn eye also to business. So ono night ha
concluded TINT the opportuno moment wnB at
hand for carrying out his design. Walking along
the htreet, ho mot Gnd accossod man WHO wont
by thb name of :" Napoleon" divulgins tho OBJ
1oct i'll view, aud Offering an equal partnership
in tho great scheme ho had concoctod; His a.
nlptant was foreigner,-a natiyo Of Poland, -
md was nick-namod "Napoloou " from facial
resemblance to the picture Of tho thon Emperor
Of the French.
Perhaps there mover was period, in either
ancient Or modern timoe, that offered u li';e oc-
casion for tho poauosslon Of such wondrous
woalth considering tho slight risk to run, and
tho small amount Of labor performed in ta
achievement. Not oyon slnbad the snilor, IN
such thrilling adventures as fell to tho lot CT
these two mon.
Betwoon and 10 O'clock, they ontored tho
Treasury building by o back wndow, mud talk
ing the 'outs," from the denomination Of hvn
dollars up to ono thousand dollers, they placed
thom On tho prcsn and printed on five million
dollars. The bonds woro printed on a kind Of
thick, white paper, with no impression on tho
back OF tho biiu. Ihoro was no mo-e difficulty
In printing thcm than thero would have boon il
printing common business card Aftor divil.
ing tho funds and washing tho "cutB, md piac-
Ing tllo1n in thoir propor. places, thoy lots tho
thoir respective aboIes, doubt, i'll tic Aig1cst
Elee OF oxhilaration, for thet time Cunfc1 crato
bonds were e1uisa!cnt to gold mud silver, und i'll
so1no OF the cotton Stltcs commanded pro-
MUM.
The iasuo was then being signed By young
ladios, mud thoro waH moro than hundred no
employed. Elam Ind lady acquaintance or
two IN this department., 'nnh by this means he
h9d h.a own M ana his Partneer'a D9udn signed.
After remaining few d:ys, he md ono Of tho
young ladies went OIL visit to Lynchburg, little
dresminE Of tho donoumeut which wss so shortly
| to follow;
Napoleon feeling richer than his nnno-
| Bako, TOOK ono ot tho young !adtes TO 1cTclry
store and bought her an omtit Ut jo"ciry, ten
I derlnS Aunurea dolHr Dill III pny1Hont, for
which he fecelTel IN chal1go about sixty dollarB
1noHtty IN gold anu etlVer. Next door ho pur-
| chased, IN . dry goods house, hili dregs and
other ARTICLES, and here rendered another hun
| drod dollar bill. Into that evening tho two
| merchants happonod to come out OIL tho pnyo-
mont Ut TUG Same t!1no, and one spoku to tho
other IN rotation to business Affairs. Tho jew
elry merchant sald times wose W isah, and TINT he
had reroiyod hundred dollar bill Of tho now cur
roncy. Tho dry goods merchant said ho, too,
had taken III ono Of the Bamo denomination
Atter short paroy, describing the pnrty that
had passed tue bills, tho TRY goods merchant felt
| convinced that something Tas wrong. 11e took
tho bills to tho Treasury, and nub,nittod thom to
I the scrutiny Of tho Superintendent, who oya,n-
| ined and pronounced them genuine.
| But horo must mention the fact that, on tho
| morning after tho printing OF those borltlu the
pnpor On which tIoy wero printed wna missed
| by tho Superintendent, mud Il notice appeared in
the papors stating that this n,ntclial was man-.
| ing, but there seemed to DO no suspicion that
| money Ind boon insuod. ....
| loft his employment, taken in connection with
! other developing circutnsallcca. caused the au-
| thorities to DO on the alort. Detectives were
hle TO bilnE tho guilty parties to punishment.
AlsoF uaang al the 1ac!s comn1neated them, IN
| boIder move, anu arrested tho ao-calIed Napo-
laon ne appeared 70 be overcome with tfeInoE