Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-02

aad mark it In such manner that no one would
suspect its being money, and send it by express.
Always state when you order how you wish the
money sent and give the name of your nearest
express office. / will send you sample package,
assorted on receipt of S. so you can see how II
passes: when you can order large lot. BY all
bring all the money you can possibly raise with
You. SO you will be prepared to buy large STOCK
for this may be the last chance you viii ever have
to make fortune at single stroke"
1t is not very fattering commentary
ON American honesty to be told that tens
of thousands of people in every part OF
the country annually send for this new
money. 1t is amazing, too, that though
the swindle has been over and over again
| exposed in almost every newspaper OF the
country a certain class of people live in
sublime ignorance of the trick, and are as
ready to be gulled now as when the
shrewd game was first invented dozen
years ago Now and then a man who
cares more for his money than his
| reputation, and who finds, when the valu-
able box sent O. 0. ID. is opened, that it is
full of sawdust, and nothing else, replev-
| les his cash from the express company be-
| fore it is sent from the office; but, as a
general thing, the victim who has been
| thus deservedly swindled chooses to sub
nit in silence Hundreds of people who
| have received these circulars, and pom
dered over them, will recognize as famil-
lar the following paragraph, with which
| they close:
II hope that after have placed confidence
enough in you TO send circular of this kind relat-
ing the nature of my business that you would not
be so treacherous to even breathe the contents
of this document to living being; should you be-
tray me I will find means to be avenged in way,
| perhaps, you would not dream of: If you do not
wish to enter into this confidential business with
me, all ask s that you burn this circular, and let
the secret die with the flame. On the other hand,
if You concudeto enter into this speculation that
will in few weeks make you wealthy man, |
would also advise you to burn the circular and
preserve the secret, as when this circular is de-
stroyed all evidence against you and me is obiter-
ated"
The writer states, beside, that he is the
| most expert engraver in the United States,
having been employed ten years by the
Government, and that large sums of this
| money have been lodged in six banks in
New York without detection. He advises
his friends and patrons, however, to mix
little genuine money with it when de-
posting it in large quantities, to avoid
suspicion, and cautions them against the
use of strong drink, as when intoxicated
the secret may be revealed. 1t is perfect
| ly evident, from the surprising success of
these swindles, that the circular is well
| calculated to achieve the purpose of its
authors, though it would seem to need no
| exposure.
The victims never stop to ask why in
| the world the manufacturer of this wonder
full money, which absolutely defes detec-
ton in the banks, does not use it himself,
and why he should sell 81 600 of such ex-
cellent currency for 500 of something
precisely like it? But nothing of this
kind occurs to them; they only see an OPP
portunity of obtaining sudden wealth,
and with the greed and disregard of ordi-
nary honesty so common in life, place
themselves voluntarily in the path of
crime, and escape finally, not because of
their own scruples, but because the person
| duping them is not so big rascal as he
declares himself to be. It was for long
time thought to be impossible to convict
these men, but a way has finally been
found, it seems, and it is probable the
whole fraternity will soon be brought to
| rief.-Chsc0g0 Inter-Oce0n.