The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-24
TIE CREAM OF THE PRESS.
ExoTs ABOUT COUNTERFEITs AND
COUNTERFEITERS.
The Fate Of Enerev,rs who were Consin-
ercd Experts -Iniormntion Not Hcneta'N
Wpevu 10 the Pubiic-Bogus Notes.

errd Experts Information Not GENERALLY
known TO the Publications. Notes
NON "a. cnica0o 7,tbnn,.
An impression prevails that there is nm
enormous gu nifty Of counterfeit money IN sur
The only ensravers working, Who were
considered experts. Tom Ballard. Den so'u,
shs penitontiary ance Oct. /. 1874 the
nrst for thirty years, auj the last two Tor Ten
years eSen; InSss Is sno1s who cu the HI ~
mopd nndl ten dollar plate, and the TUE plate
for the LAFAYETTE nd ten-d1llar note; me ,nt.
pr,nted evidently from the same plate. The
capture OF tins fellow Is only matter OF time.
IL took three years to get II Hard. eight months
20 reach Bcyd. sud seven months TO capture
white Not only were they captured. hut all
their tools and tue dates thus ehec,nailv STOP
their rrest ballard. who acted fr himself. Mel
son briggs. who was Boyd's hacker. and ON
work put out large quantities Of their tiiIs.
the number OF coun, erfeits IN circul tion ia
reduced every month oy the apprehension Of
rather Ia the whole issue, since thousands 81
dollars may rempin buried fnr years. In 1887,
Nat kinzie, who engraved the flO plate Tor the
Grst National Bank OF Philadelphia, nnd was
sent to Cherry H,l" therefor. ogried S3lO)l 10
these notes. They remained IN tn ground nNe
or six years, and many Of them IRE now in CIR
culaIion. the me Is true ~ what are known
tional Banks Of Auror', Canton, Gilena. Pax
ton. Peru. and Cnic,so. aud the Ira ets ana
the Merchants Of Chicago. lien BOYD cut
all these plate, or rather one plate Tor the
diverse, another for the border and an
ether Tor the cen ~ the reverse, for tue title
etner plates they were all captured from Mel
son Dtgps ut Cen rata, Ill, IN Octoner. 1879
and Gal ma nut out. there being no such bank
a. the First National Of q len and here were
none at sll on the First OF Peori', though that
A. usual IN lists OF cOunterfstt notes. there
were fllTOO in these nves found in Drggs's
possession. but he had sold to customers all
over the country previous to his arrest, and
many of the notes thus put out are In c.rcu n
uon still.
First Of Northampton, tue Mercnants OF New
Bedford. and the Ham pden OF Westneld-it will
be rememneIed were captured with WHITE aud
Congdon In BROOKLYN last June. Ne rly $4,000
Of their issue WAS found In the - nil iney
had gotten lid Of about S2J,UcO u New BedfOr1s,
$1,000 OF Northnnptons, and $1,000 OF Hamp-
aens. other parties were arrested subsequently
with about $1,000 OF TINS stun IN their posses
sion, 40 there rem ins atuat about $4,000 Of the
lssue. There never was a counterfeit s. on the
First, Of Louisville. Nv. One was reported. but
the statement was never verified. All told,
now out.
There mas not been a counterfeit $50 note
printed in six years, the plates from which the
herchanis,, shoe ind lie ther of New YORK,
and the National Bank Of Utici, \ Y. were
when he VS. chief Il the secret service. OF
the $40 notes. several sets OF elect oplates for
the Farmers aud manufacturers. he First, and
the City Of POughkeepsie, y. Y, have been
secured. The Original steel III ties were tue
bandiwork uf Ballard. Iney were cut several
years ago. aud have rusted out long since. rnd
are now worthless. The First Of Red Hook Is a
very old issue, and the plate Is not In existence
The t2-plates for the 81. Nicholas anu Niutn
National OF New York. ana the Westche-teI
County Of Peeksklll. were also cut Nv ballard,
and eleotroplites have Oeen captured bb Wash
burn. he originals are believed to be n the
same condition as Ballards tens. No notes.
however. have been printed from them for sew
eral years.
On the Ist Of January last there were nut tw o
plates Tor Government notes out-one for the
81 Hamilton head. and the other $500. The
former was secured by Ma>hburi Ia Cincinnati
some time in February. The other Is sun out,
but under cover. and notes have been
printed from IL Tor q IOng time.