Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
LOOK OUT
Attempt TO Circulate Counterfeit Money
= in Mexico-The Wrong Man
Tackled.

Tackled.
The following letter was received
by a prominent business man OF this
city one day last week and was
promptly turned over to us for ex-
po>ure:
Dear Sir: Thinking you are IN a.
position TO safely handle my goods l
have conc uded to write you; it l
have d adj a lstake do me no b.; rm,
hut let the matter drop. l am willing
to prove myself your friend if you
are desirous of engaging IN this
speculation. If you don't care to IN
vest in the enterprise hope you will
excuse the liberty l have taken IN
making the proposition. My business
is not legitimate hut the goods deal
in are safe and profitable to handle.
The sizes are Ones. Twos, Fives,
Tens and Twenties. Do you under
stand? If you conclude to answer
this letter I will send you full partic--
ulars and terms and will endeavor to
satisfy you on every point, that, II
you are my friend, | will prove true
and lasting one t" you. Ii you nave
becn unsuccessful in your business,
with my goods all your debts can be
paid off and you can start free and
clear again. You can even purchase
mortgages, in fact my goods cali be
safelg used the same as any money
YOU ever handled in your life. DO
not thro,o u,cay this chance to make q
fortune. l manufacture the goods
myself; in trading with me you pur-
chase flom first hands. Answer al
once and be sure to return this letter
or YOU will not hear from me again
/ suM your letters and yoa must do tn
same. DO not sign your name tt
letters but nse G and number 81, anc
sign thus: &C 67" Twill know who
it is from. Write to no one else abou
, this business. for if you do L shal
know i, and you will not get the artl
Gle. I intend sending letters TO SCI
t if YOU will write any one else; re
t member this and look out for olhe
, letters. don't think it safe to trus
people with my goods who are willin'
to write any and every one ON such
subject. AS an evidence of go"'
y faith on your part ask you to SEN
me all letters you may receive in rela
fion 10 this matter. Address all lie,
= lers as the enclosed slip reads AN
II never write to any one else ON thi
subject. Hoping to hear from yo
soon, I am
2 Always your friend.
o Keep this slip so you will not fo'
t get my name and in future addres
U all letters JOHN BELKNAP,
1l9 Greenwich Avenue,
New York City, n. \.
l. Never write any one else On til
IS subject.
,sI Very often these letters are sci
Al out to entrap men so as 10 biackma
!. them. Several attempts of this kif
# have been made in Mexico hut no OF
10 has yet seen fit to bite. The 5
Louis Republican says of this matte
A. N. Ellis IF Palmyra, Nc
Oh writes to the chief of police askil
el if there is q law against selling cou
al terfeit bank notes. In case There
ae the gentleman states that he kno,
a couple of men in New York wi
" are dealing in counterfeit money. 1
In writes, with an air of great secrec
an that he discovered accidentally SOL
correspondence which showed be
the makers of the ''9ueer' shove
10 He desires the chief to answer rig
all away and not miss good thing.
ne is inferred that the truth of the IN;
,ff ter is that Mr.. Ellis and his frie
., have been duped by couple of &c
fidence men. The game is to Sc
'et circulars ont from New York City
is all parts of the United states, off
ing to sell the hest kind of count
felt notes for about one hundred d
-, lars $1,000. The prospective p'
u u. chaser is induced to so to New Yc
Tx when he is steeTed into the office
its the confidence men,, Some genul
on notes are shown to hm aud he is q
for that they are counterfeit and that !
even the most expert can tell the
pa To prove this he takes the victim
be the bank and readily changes in SO
Ks. of the notes. A large hoodle is sho
mm, around wl,ici. is wrapped s.
or $500 in good money, AMI he IS Il
OF that there are $4,000 in countcri
led notes in it, and 1t is placed in sat-
70 el and sealed up. The satchel a
,. contents are sold to him Cor Sl,0
40 and an adjournment is taken for
l,s. drink. While they are out a conf
of crate substitutes a satchel exaC
do like the one containing the g
money, and when they return
confidence man informs his avarici'
,ur victim that he might he robbed "
Law so much money. and walks with
T. 10 an express Office where the satc
full of old paper is sent 10 the co
''a' try. The game has been worked
ing number of times in this city.
How to be Holy.
ne We have been informed that
II two holiness preachers who have b