Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-16
Thursday Morning, Sepir l6. 1875.
Dangerous Counterfeits

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tant items:
John Roberts has been appre-
Blended at Saratoga, n. Y. He
was arrested while in the act of
attempting TO pass counterfeit
silver coin. He made a desper-
ate attempt to escape from the
officer who arrested him but was
secured. Ga searching Rob-
erts' house dies, etc, for manu-
featuring three and five-cent
pieces and fifty-cent Canada
coin were found.
In Allegheny City, Penn,
United States detectives have
fcrreted out and broken up an
deliberately organized gang of
manufacturers Of counterfeit pa
per money. The confederation
Of scamps was directed by DR..
Milton II. Frank, a practicing
physician of Allegheny City
Several members, including
Frank, arein custody, and $780,
900 in counterfeit money captur.
ed. The attention of the Govern.
ment was called to the work of
these men through letters contain.
ing consignments of spurious mon
ey, which, being unstamped, went
to the Dead Letter Office.
A new and dangerous counter
felt of the S. notes of the first
National Bank of Canton, Ill has
reached the Redemption Agency
at Washington. It is evidently
changed from the plate Oh which
the counterfeits on tn, Traders
National Bank of Chicago and
the First National Bank of Pax
ton, Ill, were printed, and we
here give an accurate description
of them:
First National Bank, Paxton,
Ill Elves imitation. On the
back OF the note the latbework
die, on which is a figure 5, on the
right and left lower corner of the
note are eccentric circles, forming
a chain around the figure 5, which
are very distinct. In the genu.
inc they are much less percepti-
BILE. The general appearance Of
the bill is likely to deceive. Date,
Oct lGth, 1871.
Two men have been arrested
in Riverton, Ky, for having in
their possession large quantities Of
counterfeit bank notes. The
bills gre Tens on the National
Bank of Richmond Ind, and
Elves OH the Paxton National, of
Illinois, aid are said to be we'll en-.
graved; full descriptions of which
appear in our columns.
U. S. Treasury Notes Green
blcks) 1st issue. SOS imita
ton. This counterfeit has on the
left corner $50 in a small circle
instead of so. On the reverse
side, in the small fifty around the
border, the 5 runs into the 0; it j:
not so in the genuine. The words
FIFTY on the border are scarcely
readable. The words legal ten
der are much blurred, and the
shading too heavy. Letter C.
u S. Treasury Notes Green
backs), I'd plate-Tens-so vel
executed and so close an limitation
of the genuine that professional
experts can hardly detect the diff
ference. The letter p, in 'Ipa5
TO the Bearer" has an upstroke
in genuine it has not. In the gen
uine note are four distinct rows o.
feathers under the lett wing of the
eagle in the vignette. In the
counterfeit the rows of feathers
are underlined.
Richmond National Bank, Rich
mond. Ind.-Tens-imitatio
The shading under the title of
the Bank and under the words
UNITED States" is irregular anG
lighter than thegenuine. The pa
per is soft and of inferior quality
Will deceive unless carefully ex
amined.
National Bank, City of New
Observation-Disclosures. Re
lnarkably well executed, bearing
so close a resemblance to the gen
uine as to deceive all bat experts
Merchants National Bank, New
York Observation-Disclosures
Executed fair, but the printing
bears an inferior look. The fraud
ulent notes may be detected by 6
close examination of the lathe
work on the back.
Sixth National Bank, Philadel
phia, Pa.-Twos-imitation. The
shading OF the letters is poorly
done. and the cloud on the left
end of the bill is coarse and
scratcby.
Merchants National Bank, Chi.