Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-10


bearer or s'soldier," which played an impor.
tant part in the tests which have been applied
in the scrutiny to which this spurious plate
has been subjected. On the reception of the
plate By this department it was shown to Mr.
Jones, president of the Columbian Bank Note
company of this city, and Mr.. Lamb, an
empioye OF that company. They both, after
opinion that parts of the plates were genuine,
or from genuine work. An officer of another
bank note company, after hasty view, gave
hesitating opinion to the same end. A
worker at the geometric lathe in the bureau OF
engraving and printing, examining the bond
with powerful glasses, was variable in his
oral opinion, that the work from which the
bond was printed was genuine, and has finally,
in writing, expressed his judgment that it WAS
not. Not satisfied with these tests, this depart.
ment summoned Mr.. Marter, teller in the
Office Of the assistant treasurer in New York
city, and an acknowledged expert in the in
spection of such papers; Mr.. Rhodes, treasurer
Of the Photo Electrotype company in New
York city, who brought with him Mr.. Kreis. an
expert in the mechanical and chemical pro-
cesses of that company, and Mr.. Homer Lee
Of the Homer Lee Bank Note company.
The plate and the genuine and spurious bonds
and all the impressions from the genuine or
spurious bonds were placed in the hands of
these persons. They were asked to pursue
their methods independently of each other.
with no intimation to each other of their
opinions, and state their respective conclu-
sions to the department, without making
them known to each other. These experts
have pursued their inquiries thoroughly; they
have trken time enough; they have been
minute in examination and have applied the
tests which their practical skill put in their
power. and the result Of each report made in
writing is that the Doyle bonds are spurious
and so unlike the genuine as to be
detected by the inspection of en- ex-
pert; that there is not a single
part of the plate that has been transferred
from genuine roll or has been in any AN
ner produced or fabricated from or by means
OF an Impression obtained from a genuine
plate, Or through the application of an photo
process; that the cOunterfeiters' original was
the product of the counterfeiters' graver; that
the whole and every part OF the plates were
counterfeit, differing in many details and
features from the genuine. The spurious die
of the standard bearer, If it had been produced
in any way from the genuine die thereof
ought to match with the roll by which the
latter was made, but when the spurious die was
placed under that roll 1t was found that it
would not match, and that the lines of the one
ran in different direction from the lines of tie
other. There are other things revealed by the
examination Of the experts that to my mind
are conclusive that the plate now in pos.
session of the department is altogether q
counterfeit; that no part of it is genuine or q
reproduction from genuine. The reports of
the experts are appended hereto, and refer
enee is had to them.
lSigned] CHAs. j. FoLGKR,
Secretary OF Treasury.
EXPERTS.
Mr.. Lee reports that he examined ten plates
and confidently expresses the opinion that
they were engraved by counterfeiters. After
carefully and minutely describing many differ
ences between the genuine and counterfeit
plates, lie says, 81 have by no means euumer.
ated all difference discovered. might mem
ton many more if it were necessary; indeed
they might be made almost indefinitely. They
are SO numerous and SO marked that any
theory which would connect these plates or
either OF them in any way with the genuine
plate Is, in my opinion, entirely I'M
tenable. l cinnot admit the posslbil-
ity that a single one of the plates
which l have been invited to
examine has been transferred from a genuine
roll or has been in any manner produced or
or other impression surreptitiously or other
wise obtained from genuine plate or has
been produced through the application of any
process. The differences dis.
closed cannot be explained upon any such sup
position. They are to my mind absolutely in
compatible with any except the hypothesis
that the cOunterfeiters' originals were the
product OF the counterfeiters' engrayer.
Mr.. Rhodes goes over great deal of ground
covered by Lee and in addition gives the fol-
lowing description of the metals of which the
plates are composed. The two 81 900 dies,
also part of the face of the plate are of de-
posted or electrOtype copper, duplicated from
q single counterfeit original. The peculiar
lathe work lines Of the genuine have been SO
sklllfuliy copied in general effect as to readily
deceive, yet upon close comparative examine
ton the variations from the genuine are more
marked than in any other part of the bond.
de concludes his report as follows: In de-
termining the quality of the metals compos-
ing the different parts of the submitted bond
plates, the following tests were used. The
plates were submerged in an ordinary electro
type bath acted upon by a dynamo machine
and partly decompOsed. Those parts which l
nave designated rotted or engravers' copper,
showed presence OF an alloy by formation of
dark oxidation upon the surface, while
The electrotype or deposited plates,
composed of copper which is chemically pure,
presented reddish granulated surface free
from any oxidation which is peculiar only
to electrotype or deposited copper. In clos
ing beg further to add that my report might
nave OccH udut WlLnOuL lear OF CONTRADICTION
after shorter comparison between the plates
submitted and the genuine bonds, yet I have
strictly Obeyed your instructions to be very
accurate in every particular and detail, and
now assert and can substantiate that the
whole and every part of the plates submitted
to my examination as enumerated above
is counterfeit, differing in many details and
features from the genuine.
Mr.. Manler's report sets forth substan-
TALLY the same discrepancies that are described
in the rep0rts.of Lee and Rhodes and concludes
as follows:
"From my examination of sthe two papers
submitted to me, l am entirely convinced that
the paper which is shown to me as taken
from Doyle is a spurious and counterfeit
paper; further, in my judgment, not one
part of the Doyle bonds was printed from
genuine plate.
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