The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-08
8, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
NEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1877

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Neona fa Bank renea National Bank Of New
Jersey National Bnnk Of ofPeekskill n. Y; First
National p Bank of ! rChisag9-tsnsi G2,nm99@reial @
of the State Of New York. Tioga Bank State Of
NeY Yerk; da,,la1 mntusl Rank OF Troy New York.
"i The ahova ts lat forth In this false list, No
less than three counterfeits five dollar noesl on
banks In the State of New York, while the fact is
there never was q counterfeit five issued on any
national bank of that state, except the MI
tiona Bank of Casleton, and the plate Of this
eonnterffeit was captured SCOT, after its oomple-
tEs o a ss M nea Asss sa ysr sns s on bas esn IN
forfeit two or ten issued on the banks OF that
State-
liarly favored by the counterfeiters, eny one
counterfeit having appeared upon thsm. 1t
being one On huadred u dollar note on the Ohio
Thus It is shown that the nineteen notes de-.
seribed as counterfeit in the list Of the Bankers
Association never haa m existense.
The following nre the dates OF the capture OF
the other twenty-one notes described In the
list.
Twos--the plntes from which These two dollar
counterfeit nutes Of the St. Nicholas bank, OF
New York city was struck and al the other
counterfeit two dollar notes on the national
banks Of the state Of New York. were captured by
the secret service department In October. 1879.
Tens--As for the counterfeit tens mentioned
Ia the list, the plates from which they. were
struck were captured ny Inc secret service, as
follows Mutual National Bank Of Troy. New
York, August 1865. First and Third National
Banks Of PHILADELPHIA Janua' y, 1861. The Now
York plates. from which nearly oil the New York
tens were struck. were captured In July. 1869
That from which the notes were struck on the
City First National. as also the Farmers and
Manufacturers First National Bank of Pough-
lseepsie, was captured In January, 1870
The plate from which the ton Of the Lafayette
and Mound City National Bank No, 9 were
struck was captured January I. 1877. This COM
pletes the list. OF twos. The counterfeit plates
are only Of notes on the Shoe and Leather and
Northumberland Tradesmens Bank Of New York
city, and were captured in May, 1871. Those Of
the State and city national banks we're captured
One hundreds-The plate Of the one hundred
dollar note Of the Central National Bank OF New
York City, spoken Of. was captured from
Charley .Urieh. the engraver. by the Secret
Service Bureau, at Cincinnati May. 1867. All
the hundred dollar notes of the National Bank
of Boston and the Ohio National Bank Of Gin
cinnati, were struck from this plate. leaving
only four counterfeit plates In the hands Of
Fives on ths First National Bank of Tamaaua,
Penn; fifties on The Central National Bank of
New York. altered to the Third National Bank Of
Buffalo; $500 legal tender plates and $1,000 legal
tender plates. Tho new counterfeit flves on the
Farmers National Bank Of Virginia. and the
Illinois National Bank of Chicago. are altera-
tions from the impressions taken from the
plates captured October 30. 1875.