Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-18
A GILDED FRAUD
nv which Many Tradcsmen Have Been
Inkeu In.

Taken In.
.sGood morning. Mr.. Brown" said In
snectors Gerraughty and Houghton 10
v ell-dressed young man who was saunier-
ing lesurcy NJ State street, Boston, about
10 O'Clock yesterday morning.
GOOD morning" replied the Young
man; ''btt how does 1t happen you KNOW
my name2
"Oh. never mind" said the inspectors,
..but VIC have bee2 looking Tor you, ana
want you 10 come with Vs."
That reply caused him 10 become nervous,
and on asking for what reason, the lnspec-
tors told him he was wanted for passing
counterfeit money. That clNrge he SAID
was false. aud that he could prove an abb.
He. however, made no resistance, but
wal1ed quietly to the Central office with
them. On being questioned, he sad as
name wa, Charles T.. Brown, twenty-seyen
years old. and that he lodged at - Dover
street. For several weeks past NUMBER
Of druggists. cigar-dellers, etc, have been
swnded by man who passed on them
gilded English shilling. worth - cents. for
a gold sovereign worth - "a In this ccun-
try. The nature oi the coin wa, no; dis
covered by those on whom they were
uasSed until they had them taken 70 the
Sub-TrtaSUry or 10 q brokers' office. when
they found they had been SWindlcd. The
case was placed in the hands OF Inspectors
Gcrraughty and llOught0n and Major
Mcllrailh. OF the secret service. and after
several days investigation they aScerained
that Brown was the man that was doing
the work. They have watched for hiN in
different sections Of the city during The
past few DAYS. but they failed to find him.
Browns mode OF operation was to 20
into brokers' Offices on State street AMI buy
English silver shilllngs. He would then
take them 10 some place at present un-
known aud have them gilded so n % lp-
pear like soyereigns. lie would then visit
cigar and apothecary stores and purchase
TWENTY-FIVE cents worth Of cigars and
tender rs payment enc OF the gilded
pieces which he said was sover-
eign. and worth about $3.50. In nearly
every case he succeeded IN passing the
pieces for SOyereigns. July 4th be went 10
The cigar-st0re OF u. j. Boyle, II Eliot
street, and bought three cigars for twenty
five cents, and gave one OF the 2ilded coins,
and received the change. july lOth ne
went to Revere House clft and passed an
other one ci the coins. July 12th he went
TO the apOthecary-stOre OF Webster Co.,
SO Warren avenue. and bought somc
cigars. ON handing the clerk, Lyman Grit
lin, the gilded piece he made the sime rep
re>entations. On seeing the clerk looking
at it very suspiciousy he requested him 10
60 and have IL tested at R jewellers Close
~. This the clerk did. and u acid had no
effect on the gliding. the clerk was partly
satisfied: but on his return TO the store he
told the purchaser that he did not Ike d
take the coin. n he would have consider
able trouble i'm having it changed for
American mon y. He told the clerk -
take enough out OF il 20 pay for his trouble
besides the price Of the cigars. The clerk
finally accepted it rs payment for the cigars.
lie has also passed more Of the CONS at
the apothecary.s OF CIouSh X Shacklcy,
: Charles street. and at the cigIr->tore At -
Kneeland street. Four persons on whom
these coins were passed identified Brown
this morning rs the man. About six
months ago Brown was employed in a
prominent hotel in this city a. a check boy.
In 1872 he was witness in the ease Of
LiStner, jew, who was arrested for
punching hole, in silver coins. When
Brown was searched this morning, on him
was found one OF the English shillingS and
several dimes with holes cut in them and
filed with lead. lie will be turned oyerto
Major McIlraitb.