The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-11-28
THE CoUNrERFEIrs AFLoAr.
An Interrcsting Letter to Secretary
sherssan from the Editor OF the Gsv-
ernmeat Detcctor.

ernmeat Detcetor.
Special Dispateh to the Phiiadslphia Age.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.
Mr.. John 8 Dye, editor and proprietor
ofthe Government Counterfeit Detector
published at Philadelphia, sends to Sec,
rotary Sherman the following important
letter, dated in Philsdelphis, November 6.
In the dispatch TO the Associated Pres.
from the city Of New York yesterday,
was greatly surprised to find what i,
termed . list Of Dangerous Counterfeit
Bills" said to be compiled BY the man.
ayers Of the Bankers Association Of that
city. The list names more than forty
countsrieits, nineteen OF which never had
any existence, except in the imagination
Of the compiler. What object the sssoer
alton can have in placing the false array
Of counterfeits before the public can bet.
ter be understood BY reading the pr.fac,
to the list published in the New York
Herald. This list gives nineteen note.
notes which never existed. append 9
schedule Of these, which fully explain.
my meaning 10 this end-no such csun
terfeiIs upon these denominations ever
having appeared:
Twos-Ns. York Banksrs' Associs.
ton, city Of New York; First National
Bank, Palmyra, New York, First Nation.
al Bank, Chicago, Illinois
Fiyes-0swego, New York, City Bank;
Poughkeepsie, New York, First National
Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tens-First National Bank, Psufieid,
New Jersey; National Bank, Peskskill,
New York; First National Bank, Cincin>
ssti; First National Bank, Chicago, Hli-
nois.
Twenties-Coumercial National Bank,
New York City; National Bank, State OF
New York; Tiosa Bank, State Of New
York; Mutual Bank of Troy, New York;
Undertook, New York.
Fihies-First National Bank, New
York city; First National Bank, Palmy-
70, New York.
One Hundreds-FIrst National Bank,
Elmyrs, New York.
Above are set forth in this false list no
less than three counterfeit fve-dolIar
notes on banks in the state OF New York,
while the fact 10 there never was Q coun-
terfieit five issued on any national bank
Of that State. except on the National
Bank Of Castleton, and the plate OF this
cOunterfeit was captured soon after its
completion. The list gives names OF twos
and tens on banks in IheiState Of illinois
There never was q counterfeit two or ten
issued on the banks Of that State. The
National banks Of Ohio have been -pecu-
liarly favored bV the terleiters. onIy
one counterfeit having appeared upon
them, that being q 1ns-hundIed dollar
note on the Ohio National Bank Of Gin
cinnati. Thus is shown that the nine
teen notes described As counterfeit in the
list Of the Bankers Association never
had an existence. The following are the
dates Of the capture OF the plates OF the
other twenty zone notes described IN the
list
Twos-The plates from which the two
dollar counterfeit notes OF the ST Nicho-
las Bank, of New York city, we're struck
aud all other counterfeit two-dollar note.
on the National banks OF the State oil
New York. were captured BY the Secret
Service in October, 1872.
Tsns-As for the real counterfeit tens
mentioned in the list, the plates from
which they were struck we're captured By
the Secret Service as follows: Mutual
Bank OF Troy, N. Y, August, 1868; First
and Third National Banks OF Philadel>
phia, January. 1867. The New York
plate. from which nearly all the New
York tens were struck, was captured in
July. 1859. The City First National, as
also the Farmers and Manufacturers
National Banks. Of Poughkeepsie. N. Y,
was also captured in January, 1870. The
Indiana plate, from which the tens OF
the Lafayette and Huneis National Bank
notes we're struck, were captured Jan. 7,
1871. This completed the list of tens.
No other counterfeit ten>dollar plate is
known to exist.
TWenties-All the twenty-dollar coun.
terEsit plates mentioned in the list, such
a. Shoe and Leather, Mechanics and
Tradesmsn's of New York city, were cap
tured in May, 1871, aad those Of the
Oneida and City National Banks, OF Uti.
ca. we're captured in june. 1871.
One Hundred-Ths plate Of the one
hundred-dollsr note Of the Central Ma
tional Bank Of New York city spoken Of
was captured from Charles Ulrich, the
sngrsver, by the Secret Services in Gin
cinnati, May. 1867. All the hundred
dollar notes of.the First National Bank Of
Boston, and Ohio National Bank of Gin
cinnati, were struck from this plate,
leaving only four counterfeit plates in the
hands Of the counterieiIers. to Wit: Elves,
on the First National Bank of Tamaqua,
Pa; fifiies. on the Central National
Bank, Of New York, altered to Third
National Bank. OF Buffalo; fve>hundred
legsl-teader plate, and one thousand ls-
gal.tsndsr plate.
The new counterfeit five on the Farm
srs' National Bank Of Virginia, Illinois,
and the Illinois National Bank of Chica-
go, are alterations from impressions taken
from plates captured on the Doth of Octo..