New-York tribune., 1878-05-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
COUNTERFEITERs HERE AND ABROAD.

COJyNTERFEITERS HERE AND ABROAD.
LIMITATIONS OF NEw-YORK NATIONAL BANK NOTES
RRoUGHT FROM GERMANY BY YIMMIGRANTs-THK
WORK OF sKHFUL COUNTERFFITFRs-sP'K KIoOS
COINS IN THE SEVENTEENTH PRECINCT.
The railroad ticket agents and brokers al
Castle Garden scrutnized every bank note presented
them Yesterday by the immigrants i0 order 10 ue''c.
countcrfe,ts Most OF the ESQ immigrants who arrived
bv the Unvetia from Liverpool were bound west sew
eIal bills which they rendered OF the broadway
or Tradesmen's Banks were sent 10 cNPo'.s
before being accepted. No couAtericits were
discovered yesterday but it Ia expected 'ha'
some will be found among the immigrants who are eN
pected to arrive by the Lcssing from Hamburg to-day
general examination OF their money will he made, rs
il thought that the who palW"d OIL counter
fes upon the immigrants who came by the HerGcr iaN'
week have done the same thing 10 those OF the t7H-
So far could be learned cOunercitS OF fhce-'"ue
about $500 circuatcd IN this city and iha' amour"
has been collected. It is thought that the imnisI"h'S
had among them perhaps $4,000 in counieri''tS.
II appears by reports from the West. that
some OF the $50 bills have been exchanged
by the Immigrants there. ii. r. Curtis thc
Secret Service AGENT in this city, has sent word All
over the country warning persons against the counter
fets He has also informed the department at Wash
ington. and the police authorities Of the principal
European cities. They are most dangerous comttIitus
and said to he the first or me kiud ever sen III .
country. IL Is believed that theE were gwen
TO the Immigrants by the gang of, coum-
tcrieers that the AmcicsH i9rsr rl Mi.l@'nIUn. 5o
weeks ago If released Tue red stamp OF L. Pant %
on the back SAID 20 be forgery, aa hat firm IS "a wen
known banking house .! Berlin Inc spniloGS no'c> te
thought 10 have been printed fIom the same pittsdS the
York and the Third National Bank Of Buffalo hut the pa
per mucn better The signatures are on4nd are
fair forgere. tir Brown, ticket agent OF thh Fennsli-
vania Railroad.at Pier No North River took fonrof the
bills but caught the man wAo gay" them before ne lciI
The cty As ne yOUChpd for as mau of good Chal-
actcr and refunded the amount IN gold be was hot he
Ii stated at the sub-Ircasury that the attention "t
fret
week. when twelve $50 bills were sent IN for eNamn-
by the Manhattan Savings IuSituon,t which they
had been deposited. Eight were on the Broad
way National Bank aud four on me iisdeslnens ,
ts are stated 70 he the more dangerous requiring
n very critical inspection strong maguitynE glass
10 distinguish them from the genuine notes. The Gov
ernment official who made the examination and who
branded the notes as counterfeit SAYS: " lhc hSulco
Justice i'm the corner tho state coat OF arms on the
back Of the genuine note has banddge over the eyes
completely covering them, Wine on the cuh eIeit He
eyes exposed the bandaSe being rather across iht
forehead The red seal the face OF the counterfeit has
ragged points, and the carmlnc Is not as h1si a on
however good and is calculated TO deceive all except
experts. The signatures are written, and look as WcI
as on the genuine notes IhSS nave CNhtntH ,r DeuH
traced, and arc almost perfect The IrddySmcn BANK
counterfeit is thick paper and It's general appearance
Is bad Most o. the cOnateieltN are on the btoa""a
Bank the odIs>ue before fibre paper was adopted and
IN nine out Of ten. they would pass ordinary syI
tiny One city bank mas received Two o he oli. & &WJ
have been branded by the department officers al WASH
ngton My opinion is that these count Iclts we're cA
ecutyd abroad AID are Being extensively circulated III
Germany, those ALREADY presented bearing on the corner
the business stamp OI q Hamburg bIbhtl'
The newest and most dangerous SlOO cuuHt'cltS are
stated TO be on the Second National Bark OF Mkcsh&lIc
PENNSYLVANIA. aud the Merchants Bank Of NrW-IcdiOr
CouitcrfcituE gold coin hss been pracscd in small
way in the Seventeenth Precinct On saturday evening
las; a short, thcESet with black moUstacu" ana
Hebrew cast OF features visited several stores ana u
chased articles, giving II exchange counterfeit -
gold pieces. Among the persons who accepted the CONS
were Ludwig Hex, grocer OF No. To- last
luurth-st.. Mrs. SicglCr of No. $50 SiNth-St,
and j. f. WOehrlc, Ccil-uakCr at Erot-LNe ana Ilh-
st. The coins are cheap Limitations OF tn" hve-ioar
eGd piece issued in 1853 They are made Of lead with
~ q lt.Hut
weight The gilu can lie scrapci easily with lci-
knife, leaving lead exposed 1t was reported tHdt
tcsc coins were passed among shOpkccpcT> IN sixth and
EighthAves. hut one could bc found yesterday on
the West Side Of tdc WHO had received any Of them,
and no other reports C their circulation nave been made
10 the police Tue police of the Seventeenth Precinct
have been looking for the cOuuterctcr WEo IS sll 10
live n q