Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-01
THE LEDGER.
NO COUNTERFEIT SHOWERS IN
MEXICO.
Opportunities Offered Tor Showing the
Queer In Mexico How 1t was
DOne-NO Suckers Here.

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The killing of Holland, the "shov- i
er of the queer by Sam Davis, of u
Texas. will put a stop to the sawdust :.
racket for awhile. Business men Ill :
Mexico have been written to and Of I
fered chances to invest. We know {
of three or four cases in Mexico The l
matter was brought around by letters, :
the following being copy OF one
sent to a leading business man OF
this city:
NEW YORK, January 20, 1850.
DEAR SIE-I wish to call your at
tcnii0n to 4 certain line of goods,
which | am manufacturing which can
be used in all parts Of the country,
and plenty of money can be made
without any hard labor in a short
time. So good are my goods, that
the best expert judge could not de
tect them from the genuine Ii you
are open for business, answer by re-
turn of mail and l will give you full
particulars. Address 10:
Mr.. G. Moore, care of 5. Bass, No.
81 Clinton street, New York City.
The circular is q hectograrh copy
and proves that &C. Moore has
been in the sawdust trade at least
since January.
On investigation we learn that
Moore is not even 4 counterfelter but
a swindlcr. The following letter
explains the snap:
.SIR-C. Moore, who receives his
letters care Of s. Bass, No. 81 Gin
ton place, is Il confidence man. He
is sending out letters claiming that
lie has counterfeit greenbacks and that
he will sell $4,000 in his goods for
$500 in gold. He led a friend of
mine there from the West and beat
him out of Si00. The place where
he plays his game is on Fourth Ave
nue., or a street running into it, near
the Ashland House. 1t is under a
tin shop. You go down a small
flight of stairs, through a hall about
twenty feet, and then into 4 room
with two windows on the street. The
curtains are pulled down and the
windows are just below the sidewalk.
There are three or four chairs, two
or three pictures and an old desk in
this room. There were two Of
Moore's cappers there. One in that
room and one in the Don back of it.
When Moore gets his tray in there he
walks in with a great roll of green
backs under his arm, done up in q
newspaper. He shows them to you,
and, of course, they look as good as
the genuine. He offers TO sell you
$4,000 of them for $500 in gold, but
he will not deliver them to you, and
puts them in a little box. His con-
fidant takes them to the express of
fee, and will ship them to any place
you say. You pay him $500 for the
express receipt. When you go to gel
the box out of the office, you find a
brick done up in 4 piece of paper"
The express racket is a variation
of the game. Another victim to it
sends up a piteous howl from the New
Markham Hotel, Denver, Col. He
does not sign his name, as he ''does
not wish to have anything to do with
the business This is his descrip.
ton of one of the men who took him
in: He is, I should judge, about j
feet high and heavy set, with a fat,
full face. He wore blue clothes and
a hard. black hat. l should think he
was % or 81 years old. very Dutchy
looking, red-faced, shaver smooth
and dark hair. He goes under the
name of James Gray, and the address
he gives is No. 319 Broome street"
Writing from Suspension Bridge, n,
Y, a few days ago, "A Friend" who
remarked that Il would go on anc
assist, but would not have my name
mixed up in it," ingeniously begins
his letters by saying that he had had
placed in his hand that day an adj
vertlsement of Thomas Moore, who
manufactures counterfeit American
and Canadian money. This is the
advertisement:
New YORK, September /, 1885.
DEAR SIR: No doubt you will think
it strange how L obtained your name
and address. 1t was as follows: My
confidential agent who passed through
your town not long since, gave it tc
me. He said he thought you were q
man who was in a position to handle
my goods in safety, and 1 concluded
to write to you. If 1 have made a
mistake, do me no harm and let mat
tiers drop. My motto is: Never harm
aman who is willing to prove himself
your friend. My business is not ex-
actly legitimate, but the green arti-
Giles l deal in are safe and profitable to
handle. The sizes are ones, twos,
fives and tens. Do you understand
1 cannot be palmer until Isknow You
mean business, and if you conclude
to answer this letter 1 will send you
full particulars and terms, and vii
endeavor to satisfy you on every
point. Ii you are my friend 1 vii
prove 4 true and lasting IL to you
Be the trade for one dollar or ont
thousand, l do not want money il
advance, as l do not transact bushes:
in that way. l want simply to con
vince you that | am just as tell you
a friend to a friend.
Yours in confidence,
THOMAS MOORE,
Care of 4. Kuehler, No. 223 Eas
Fifth street.
q "A Friend describes q basemen
that lis between Sixth and Seventh