The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-18

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majority of them are not actual makers
| of spurious currency, but are largely OF
the class known as showers Their
part of the business is to get the stun
| into circulation after il is made. A
I great deal of caution is necessary TO do
this successfully. 1t would be extreme
I " hazardous for che or two persons to
undertake the starting of large quanti-
/ ties upon its travels. Detection would
/ be almost certain. The queer" is dis
/ tributed among a considerable number
of persons, and if the counterfeit be
\ good one they are able to work off the
/ issue without much difficulty or danger.
\ To facilitate this it is common to en-
/ plOy various methods to give the bills
/ the appearance Of age and much ham
ding. Sometimes they are dipped in
weak coffee to give them a brownish
| tint; oil is used to produce the effect of
finger marks; this also softens the fiber
! of the paper, so that the bills may be
crumpled, which adds to the appear
ance of age. These processes greatly
assist in the concealment of defects
which always exist in the engraving or
printing. A bill thus "dOctOred'' may
generally be passed upon unsuspecting
persons in the ordinary course of Dusi-
ness without the slightest trouble, when
the same bill, If new and crisp, espe-
cially if the person should be seen to
lave a number of them in his possession,
might excite suspicion. In the case OF
coin, it is customary to remove by SIM
pie methods the bright luster which is
an infallible sign that it hasn't passed
through many hands. Years ago there
were wretched attempts to makes bo-
gus coin. They rarely deceived any
intelligent person, and now they are
not often seen. Scientific improvement
in this branch OF industry has kept
pace with our progress in other fields Of
labor. A well-known scheme for the
diffusion of counterfeit money is the
sending of CONFIDENTIAL letters to
persons who it is thought might "bite"
in all parts of the country, offering to
sell current money at prices varying
from twenty-five to fifty cents on the
dollar. Most of the stuff advertised in
this way is of the poorest quality, and
the foolish buyer whose cupidity has
not been appealed to in vain, finds him
self in the possession of something alb
solutelY worthless, even as a counter
felt. If he attempts to pass it the
chances are that he will plump himself
into the penitentiary. So avariciOus
and guilible is the average man, and
so eager to grasp at anything which
I GlftS DAOlllloG VI Dldhlu2 llOHGN H6SllYg
that very large amounts of this misera-
bic stuff are in this way worked oil by
the makers. One can not repreSS a
feeling akin to admiration for the~skili
that produced really first class coun-
terleit, while for the awkward bungler
he feels only eXecrat;On and contempt.
The mail advertising system has it's
weak points. Even with the utmost
care and secrecy there is great danger
of detection. Every possible subter-
! fuge is resOrted to in the mailing and
receiving of letters. 1t is impossible to
avoid sending the seductive proposals
: to many who are ''not that kind OF
men, ," and who often place them in the
hands of Government officers. * large
number of detectives, aided by the Post
Office authorities, are constantly at work
upon this class of cases. Sooner or later
! they almost always succeed in breaking
! up the scheme.
! The addresses to which ''orders" are
1 to be sent are always a myth. Grea
! ingenuity is necessary to elude the vigi
lance of those who endeavOr to exclude
all such Illicit correspondence from
the mails. Addresses are frequentI,
changed, but in spite of all these efforts
the officers generally continue to "rur
" them down" A large number of Tho
/ pictures III IllG cutlery are
by this class of offenders. This branch
o of the business has within the last few
years been almost entirely broken up
4 1t has become fraught with danger o
u detection that few are willing to tak'
= the risk of engaging in it.
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
Much difficulty is sometimes expert
= enced in securing a satisfactory inter
9 view between the rogue and the pho
: tographer- The consent of the subiec
!, to be photographed is quite Essential
Z as a factor in the case. When, like thu
\ proverbial woman, he saws he ''won'
J and that's the end of it, d" there is likeIl
= to be trouble. In one of the albums
!, there is unique picture of a tough
y looking citizen, who was held prOstrat,
: upon the floor by four athletes while tn
!, artist was endeavOring to do his duty
: Three men partly concealed by a screel
> kept his body and legs quiet, while TIN
fourth had his knees planted upon tn
, offender head, which he held with tn
. face turned toward the camera. Mex
!, to this spirited picture is one whicl
L was the result of the first effort wit
y him. He takes his seat in the chair APP
parently quiet and submissive, but a
. the instant the operator removed tn
. cap he turned his head quickly around
" the effect being an excellent phOtOgrap
:. of his back hair. Thenrthe attendant
- proceed to force. but under suspen
q sion of the rules. with the result as al
- ready given. Friction of this kind
= not unusual. Sometimes the phOtOg
y rapher is completely bailled by tn
facial contortions of the unwilling sut
~ ject. BY this means he gets tn
- bulge on them in a way that no la'
: or exercise of physical force can pre-
= vent, but there is a strategic way to q
) even around this obduracy which
: subdued by dose of chlorofor7n, or hi
y picture is taken while asleep, as bt
~ tween him and the United States Coy
y eminent the odds are too great, and
!, y some way he is compelled to yield.
; A CURIOSITY SHOP.
The urbane old gentleman in charg
,e shows the visitor large and interes
he ing collection of plates, dies, presse
ne molds and implements of various kind
ne together with villainous lot of kniv,
Or and other weapons, all of which hay
re been captu,ed in the raids upon ii
n COunterfeiters. Some of the plates a.
of of exquisite Workmanship, fully equs
e. in this respect to those made by I'll
In skillfIA engravers employed by til
h. Government. There are ALWAYS som
st minor points of difference by which I'll
al impressions from these plates may I
detected, although their general appea
re aace is such rs to give them every AZ
- pearance of genuineness to any but Ii
Sc most practiced eye. 1t may be the tul
Of of a line, the shading of letter
m some irregularisy in the delicate tracer
Is of the border that can only be disco
of cred with the aid of a glass. Thes
w when captured. are so mutilated |
&c channels pIowed across their lace SO
to make it impossible for them to
used again. As they accumulate tn,
st are destroyed from tine to time, b.
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