, 1876-09-13

COUNTEIsTEIT9.
WHAT THEY ARE.

WHAT THEY ARE.
An impression eccms TO prevail among hank
crs and others that there Is An enormous qiat,-
ttty Of counterfeit money in circulation at the
present time, aud private detectives, who arc
if,mlcal To the present Chief Of tho United
States sec1ctservce, are doing all In their power
to foster this impression, and TO make people
believe that there LIS larger amount Of bogus
money now adoat than at any period since the
Government nna National Bank notes were 1rst
issued. Tho truth Is, there is less, and that the
business Of countefs!ttng has received suel, hard
ita last lcgs,-.ts strcngth is nearly ali gone.
TILE ONLY ENGRAvERs
working, who were considered experts, Tom
Ballard, Ben Royd, ana George Whitc, haya y been
iirst for 30 years, aul tho Inst two for 10 years
each. Thcre Il another cngravcr at liberty, an
Inferior workman, he who cut tho Richmond
nd SO plats and the tile Plate TOR ths In
tcricit noteisBued, both being printed evidently
from tho same plate. The capture Of this TEL
low Ia only matter Of time. 1t took nearly
three year. to get Ballard, cight months to
their tools, AMI the plates from which the
countcrfclt money was printed, thus elect
nay stopping ths naion q so currency. g.
and Tom. Cougdon, who made tho most from
Whites work, put out large quantities Of their
bills. Their number IS reduced every month oy
is Impossible to gather In the whole Issue, sinco
thousands Of dollars may remain buried for
years. Iu 1867, mt Kinzic, who engraved the
slopato for the E.st Nat9Ta arrs Bank H ?! tGn1 n
for, buried $4,000 in these, notes. They re-
mn{ned in tho ground five or sl1 years, and many
Of them are now IN circulation, though the issue
was stopped tn 1874 Ths sas fao Of waa ,
First National Banks Of Aurora. Canton, Ga
lena, Paxton, Peru, and Chicago, and the
Trnders' and the Mcrchants' OF Chicago. Ben
Boyd cut all these plates, or rathsr ono p'ate
other for tho centre Of the rogcrac for tho titlo
wns loft blank and the names printed ID from
other plates. They were ali captured from
Ns:S Drgg, Il :tocS + IT, ars 5 " %ers ss5 TesT
few notes Of the Merchants' mud Galcna put
First National Of gaacna; md there
were none ut all On the First ol rso,la, though
There vcre $117,000 In the.e tves found in
| Driggs' possession, but le had sold 70 Gus
tou,ers ali over the country previous to bis
s5rsst snd msny s Of tic notes thus put out mo
for the Massachusetts fiycs.thc Flrst Of North,
ampton, the MerclantB' ot New Bedford, aud
tho Hampden of WestileldIwsre ,sinpsnarea ans :,
| June. Nearly 500, ,o00 Of their issue vas found
in the tmIll.' They lad gotten rid Of about
$4,000 OF New Dcdforde, $4,000 Of North
a,nptona and sis o. mf; ynsf shnF
$loo0o Of tls stun In their possession, SO there
remains aGoat about $3o, 900 Of the issue.
There never was counterfeit IS On tho t1Est
Of Louisville, Ky: ons s,Sn w. fcposeeo' ope t"e
Al told, there arc, perhaps, slou,ooo IN coua'
There haa not been a counterfeit soo note
printed IN six years, re- pates irSln % T,sh WIZ m tnd
hasin SsI Seen esptared 1 by Col Whitley, Wien le
was Chief Of tho Secrct Service.
or THE $40 NOTES,
several sets OF elcctror!atcs for the Farmers
and Manufacturers, tho First, anu the Clty; o.
Pougl,kccpsc, N. T., have been secured. Thy
original stecl-platcs were the handl"ork Of BAL
They wstG cut seyeFar 5safs a0 o1s M
lees. The First Of Rcdhook Is vcry old Issue
aud the plate is not iu existence. >.,
The $9-plates for tho ct. Nicholas and Nlntt
County, Of Pcckskill, were also cut by Ballard
and elcctroplatcs hare been captured by Wasii
burn. The originals arc believed to be IN th
sane condition ~ Dallard's tcns: No notes
however, hare been printed from them Tor seV
s'e oa ysa tho ist Of January fist there wero but tv'
platcs for Government notes out-one for tn
$50 Hamilton head, and the other = $500. TIL
former VIA secured by Washburn III Clueinrat
but tintcs cover, and no notes have been prlnte
from It fur q long tsnle+
Since Elmer Wasllburn has been Chief Of th
Secret Service he lins captured about 81 sets 9
counterfclt mates md ncarly half million !
spurious money, aud sent M0 counterfciters I
tbs VenitentiaFy. Ils has doae better work, m
moro Of II, than any Of hls pr
ucccssors, and b. has accomplished l,,.als wl,a
tho wholesale issue Of counterfeit money, an
| so thinned the ranks ut cngrayers, prtuters, Ill
! teavy dealers that tho few remaining at larg
20 hnly frightened nj tat t1sy Ise o'pg ne'