The New York herald., 1877-11-14

CRITICISM ON AND CORRECTION OF THE RE.
CENT STATEMENT OF THE BANKERS Assoc1A-
TIoN OF NEW YoRK-FAcTs AND FIGURES BIZ
AN EXPERT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 1877
Tho Secretary OF the Treasury has received com.
munication from Philadelphia, written by an expert
In the Of detecting counterfeit notes. with reter-
to the recent statement Of the Bankers Associa-
tion OF New YORK regarding counterfeit bank notes
The writer, referring TO the list compiled by the mana
gers OF the Bankers Association, says
The list names more than forty counterfeIts nine.
teon OF which never had an existence, except in
imaginative brain OF the compiler.
He appends q schedule OF these with the declara-
tion that counterieits upon these denominations
have ever appeared. Tho following Ia the list
Twos-New York Bankers Association. city OF New
York; FIRST National Bank, Palmyra, N. r.; First
National Bank, Chicago, III
n. \. FIRST National Bank OF Poughkeepsle, N. Y;
First National Bank OF Cincinnati
Tens-First National Bank Of Penfeld, NJ j.: Ma.
tional Bank OF Peekskiil N. Y. FIRST National Bank
Of Cincinnati First National Bank OF Chicago
Iwenties-Commercial National Bank Of New York
City, National Bank OF the State OF Now York, T,oga
Bank Of the state Of New York. Mutual Bank Of Troy,
Fties-Frst National Bank of New York CITY:
First National Bank OF Panvra, N. Y.
One hundreds.-First National Bank OF Elmira
CORRECTION OF THE LIST.
The communication continues
Above are set forth In this false list no loss than
three counterfeit i've dollar notes on banks In the
state OF New York, while fact is there never was
counterfeit live issued on any national bank OF that
State, except the National Bank OF Casteton and the
plate of TINS counterfet was captured soon
after its completion. Tho list and tens in
the State of Illinois. There never was counterfeit
two or ten issued on the banks Of that State. Tho
national banks oi Ohio had been peculiarly favored BY
the countcrieters, only one counterfeit having APP
note on the OHIO National Bank OF Cincinnati
Thus It IS shown tnat the nineteen notes
described as couniericited In this wonderful
list OF tho Bankers Association never had an cxlst
After the other twentyono notes described in
tho list annex the datc OF the capture OF their
plates by the secret service.
DISPOSITION OF COUNTERFEIT Plates
The foIowlngis tho disposal mado Of the plates Of
the real counterfets mentioned in the rema lnder Of
the Bankers Association list oil counterlcits:-
Twos-rhe plates rrom which tho two dollar
terieit notes Of the st. Nicholas Bank vi New York
city struck, and all olner counterfeit dollar
notes on the national banks Of the state Of New York,
captdred by the Secret Service October 1872
TKSs--As Tor the real counterfeit toned IN
the inst the plates from which they
captured by the Secret Service us follows:-Mutuai
Bank Of Troy. NY, August, 1855; First and Tnrd
National banks oi Phiiadephia, January, 1867; the
New York plate from which nearly all tLe New York
"tens were struck was captured Ia July, 1863 The
City First National, M also the Farmers Manufac
turers National banks OF captured
In January, 1870. The Indiana plate from " hch the
.'tens'' Of the Lafayette and Munce National bank
Dotcs were struck was captured January 1871 This
completes tne list Of items" No other counterfeit
ten-dollar plate Is known TO exist
1wESrrks All the twenty dollar counterfeit plates
Mechanics aud Tradcsman's, OF New York c,ty were
captured IN May, 1871, ard those OF the Oneida ana
Guy National banks Of Utica were captured in juno
1871.
ONE HUxDRkDs Tho plate OF The counterfeit hun.
drcd dollar note OF the Central National Bank OF New
YORK city, spoken OF, was captured from Charley
Ulrch the eugraver, by tho secret Service In Cincn-
hati, May, 1857. All tho hundred dollar notes OF the
First National Bank OF Boston and Ohio National
Bank Of CINCINNATI were struck from this
plate. leaving only tour counterfeit plates in the
hands OF tho counicrfcicrs. 10 wit:--Five, on the
First National Bank of ramaqua, Pa; 1ity, Central
National Bank OF New York. altered TO the fhird Na-
tiona Bank Of burao i've hundred legal tender plate
and one thousand legal tender plate.
The new counterfeit nve on the Farmers National
Bank Of Virginia, ili and tho Illinois National Bank
oil Chicago arc alterations IRON i'm prcsstons taKen
from plates captured on tho 10Th OF October, 1876.
The comm nication eoncludcs:--
Believing that you desire that only truth shall be
circulated regarding the money OF the nation 1
deemed IL my duty TO givo this aton have
devoted nearly thirty years Of my MO to publishing
a counterfeit dctcctor, and during which time have
kcpt closely posted as " tho oil counter
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