The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-08
rORGERIHs ON THE BANK or FRANCE.
The Conviction OF "a Whole Band of Hank
Note Forgers In Paris.

PARIS, Sept. "A. Ono Of the most remark
Abe on-o- az bunk note forgery which las come
Sc,nr.r,t't. }n IL, many mr. rnst l. now
Mc forEerlrs have laan committed ON tie Bank
81 lrap 90. Vs.. -r mote, las. through every
ooly- hands. foreign ~ well rs French. the d.
aiiis % th" affair Will be- found both useful and
inter- sting tp all readers.
From tl" y"ar 1872 the Bank of France. not
HthStauilhg On" active surveillance IL exercises
over tl" circulation of its notes and tho special
.oliee il employs for taat purpose perceived
MAT false notes hat found their way into lis
:Of"r-. In vain did the bank as we'll as the
poll'" auih rites. -"ui out it"ir sharposi DO.
hem .oui be- obtained. Ia vain did tie bank
publish in tAc hrws papers the various defective
llgns by which the counterfeit paper might he
detected on NE contrary. these Indications
only aided the iurstrs, who at olloa rrctfel the
iele'i-. ANA eventually attained such u degree
u l"ri"uon ilat the bank clerks themselves
TITO iorgor $, which were begun in 1874
r"rH only lu the first instance applied 10 the
.O-frAn. notes - which III" bank received no
.ew"r than 2ji6 or a total amount Of 80 g2O
?ank c'ns"d the circulation OF 2O-franc notes
The ilrgcrs tlrn took % making jD-frauc notes
and g1t rld Of about $4,000 francs worth They
AMOUNT oi iju.uuu fran So but before they had
lai tlne To pass III all OF them, they were
Tho iorecr.os had now gone on successfully
Nr nearly 7.N yrars. when ono Afternoon n
I.un- ian named t'asion Johet was arrested
II the Magasius du Louvre in tho act u tondor-
hg counterfeit notes: ,JQhot, who was only Is
gears gid. was most fnshonahy dressed; he
and NO. fits but the cashier was t1o'shnrr fnr
aim. lie detected the forged paper and Jobrt
was at once handed over to the police, who
.ouni large sum OF money and roll OF cOun-
trleit notes On his person. JObet gave the adj
tress II MS grnudu'othcr in the Riis in Hac M
ais lodging. hoping thereby h. snve his accom-.
olircs; hut the detectives ferrrted out the cab
curious places ana. thanks H. Ills iniormntion
hcy dis6ov.rcd That JObot really lived AT Neuii,
~ Just OUTSIDE l'ari-. with MS mother. On
r." s,i."..'lri in carfmrin, ~ ,rI To- w. ,,,n,
which romprsei nine p"rs0ils, nearly ali i,,eiIt.
Tbc fi H., ,,,i,, vas sn, Harraa,I
whosn mistress JnsrtiTn" i, i,t Va ~" si-i,.r
81 I'M. Ur-t ind dual arrested (jnthn trnn,isrs
we're found i've hundred countarfet notes Of
various nuatfts ma c9oi etoriinr in r"ld the
proceeds ~ tlis. notes tlranlv t'n-snI Sr ono
Of th. u.rs IN, ntrr,tei Mia fhilnu,Snc Bnr
Ieau. WI. oniy ID Years iii; sn" hni lust ID.
.nrynti. l,. nut ~ II Wa nyllaut the trnr pirl
yns an .n'ir. stranger a. tn, dUinE- 81 Tar
fumfly ehc MAS r. .l..,.l and allowed In rnturn
10 nor -.g-. I'D Studies TIn iu4u.ry wllell III.
'nvyei r.-uIt,l I'm tn, dix. sii ~ ',1,. ro
nnutit "details i'm o,nna,ti.u with th. nN i.taro,
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Jn-ntb Horronu Tho hand 80 tho ,,ort, ia o.
ra,,- .',. II ~ ,r. ,,i ~ , 80 ,,-t
,,I IT, if - - ., = 49,, '',, .i a. 'i "a
yyi bius'If TO- L.-li h :, isumi%ii, I'M
, ,u,lt ~ Iii Hn7ly' H. ~ w. a. oAJ"neni
snD,i ne " ,o ,.MtH
Shi'h KIT for lis p"Tyerse natuTc. h" mirGt
d" ,,.Vu. Ii "a, ~ tus1 n
H.. ,.,i, ts, f IL - ~ a, ,.,
indIus his painting INSULT 'ient 10 support her
escorted 10 forgery 10 satisfy her expensive
aste-; tout prov uusIy he had tried his luck Mt
Ae gaming tll and had visited most of tho
Idies d,di4r with Josephine Jubet After fight
.ng rs a soldier during the war he Ioined the
ranks ci the Commune, and when tho ihsurrec.