The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

supposed counterfeits, and finds to his
delight that the likeness is perfect in
detail.
They're es like es two peas" he
blurts out, unable to control his ad-
miratiop.
"You bet your bottom dollar they are, I"
says Mr. Trick, complacently, and then,
to urge the trade, he adds: "If you have
any doubts about the queer being nego-
table anywhere, why, we'll just 90 out
and try one. Give 'em q test, you know,
and that'll settle it,"
The stranger is willing, and the party
go into the street. A jcwery store is
selected by the visitor. Entering the
shop and looking over the glittering dis
plays, ring strikes his fancy, and Mr..
Trick takes out his roll of bills aud
hands over to the storckccper one of his
genuine notes, which the stranger sup.
poses to be counterfeit. The man watches
the jeweler, but everything is all right.
The shcpkeeper merely glances at the
money and places it in drawer, thank
ing the visitors for their purchase.
When the man reaches the sidewalk he
roars with laughter, and is joined in his
mirth by Mr.. Trick. The net is now
thrown over the stranger.
'Well, you've seen how the pictures
work." says Mr.. Trick, after they are
back again in his office; chow much do
you want of the stuff"
Nearly always the victim will desire
from $500 to $500 worth of the coun-
terfeits. What seems a roll of them is
handed to him, but it is a roll of waste
paper with a few counterfeits on the
outside, and genuine note for wrap
per. OF course his own good money
has been paid in advance, and the trans
action being now consummated Mr..
Trick has no further use for the victim,
and drops him as soon as possible.
Or again, when the amount purchased
IS large, the sharpers secure an old car
pet bag. and, stuiiing it with paper,
hand 1t to the green victim to carry. One
OF the gang accompanies him on his way
to the depot, and no opportunity is al
Owed him to gaze inside the ,valise until
he is on the train, and by that time the
swindlcrs have fled. Frequently the
trick is to put genuine money into bag
in sight of the victim and then ex-
change the bag for one filled with bogus
notes through secret panel in the
wall. That was the method adopted by
Tom Davis, in the working of which he
was shot dead by the Texan, James T.
Holland. Sometimes the victim is al
lowed to carry bag of genuine money
through the street on his way to the
depot, when the member Of the gang
who accompanies him suggests that it
would be better for him to carry the bag
because if they should chance to be ar
rested the law could hold responsible
only the one who had the bag in his pos
session. lie asks the stranger to step
into hallway he designates, and there
the victim surrenders the bag to the con-
fidence man, who exchanges it with a
confederate in hiding behind the door
for one filled with worthless stuff. Be-
fore the train that the victim boards
starts, the swindler gives him back the
bag.
When the order given for counterfeit
goods is very large, the swndlcrs ar
range it to send the goods by express,
G. Q. ID. This meets with the approval
of the victim, and he unhcsitatingly ad-
vances the twenty-five per cent, with
the understanding that the balance is to
&c paid when the goods are received. In
tilo NdSC tllc DOA, WHICH III quo time Is
received by the expectant purchaser,
contains nothing more valuable than a
superior article Of pure and simpe saw
dust.
Another trick of the sawdust men is to
advise the victim to check his bag of
supposed counterfeits at the railway
station. When he gets to the end OF his
journey and opens his bag to look again
at the bogus notes, he finds that it con
tains only iron car couplings and engine
waste. lie writes back, and the swind-
lers inform him that he must have been
robbed by the railroad. They offer, in
consideration of his loss. to sell him
some more counterfeit money at re-
duced rate. Back comes the victim to
New York, and into the den of the saw
dust men, where he is swindlcd again
without any difficulty to speak of.-NeoO
York Sun.
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