The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-02-18
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"This plate is used in printing the
notes, each impression making four
bills, consequently Of every set of 81,
so, or any other denomination of bills
ran off there are an equal number of As,
Bs, Csand DIS. Counterfeiters, however,
print their notes from the original
plates, which in genuine notes are
never used except to make transfer dies
from. They cannot spare the time and
trouble of making duplicates, not to
mention that they could not do it per-
fectly save with machinery of which the
government alone is the proprietor.
Consequently, the counterfeiters' notes
only bear one letter, SO that while A,
B and O of the dollar notes on the
Pargyville National Bank are genuine,
D will be queer AS soon as a bank
discovers, cay, that its d note has been
counterfeited, it calls in all the genuine
ones Of that series, and knows that all
of its others are safe.
The general public, however, never
think of making this letter feature q
matter Of scrutiny, even after they have
been put upon their guard. They take
the notes as they come along, only
examining them if the work is coarse
and defective enough to arouse their
suspicious"
g But how does tho general public
get hold of themT demanded the
reporter.
q I" In many ways First, let us assume
that note has been counterfeited and
printed. The counterfeiter does not
attempt to circulate it himself. He
passes it over to an accomplice known
as a doodle carrier q man whom, I
need scarcely say, he can implicitly
trust. This man takes the counterfeits
in large quantities, and starts off with
them. Doodle carriers generally
have their special districts to operate in,
and when one gets in trouble, that is to
say, comes to be regarded with suspicion,
he is set to work in new district and
the man from that put in his old one,
It is not the Doodle carriers business
to spend the money. Oh, mol He
never cifculates dollar of queer He
simply deals it out to the regular
retailers, one Of whom can be found in
every city and big town. Thus the
I Doodle carrier is sort OF middle
man between manufacturer of and
retail dealer in counterfeit money. He
handles it in bulk, as awholesale house
handles goods, and you might as well
hope to buy coal by the peck on the
Coal Exchange as get single note from
him.
"When a new counterfeit is put in
circulation the carriers start with their
Doodle, as the package OF bad money
is called, and sell it out to the retailers.
The retailers in their turn sell it to the
Showers as the people are called who
put it in circulation. Up to certain
day, arranged upon beforehand, not a
dollar of the bad money finds its way
out. On the preconcerted date, when
the circulators OF the whole country are
supplied, the notes suddenly appear.
Very often whole edition will be
poured into the market within twenty
four hours, and by the time the authori-
ties get word Of it the showers will
have the queer money all out OF their
hands. You will thus see that if the
shower and the retailer keep faith,
which the doodle carrier and the boss
'koniacker' always do, before the com
munity can be put upon their guard by
the authorities and the newspapers, the
counterfeiters can have made a good
haul and stepped ont. Fortunately for
the public, tie 'shoYer' and retailer