Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-19


the other day, received the following cir
cular from New York, which for ingenu-
ity and adept arrangement surpasses any
thing OF the kind we have ever seen. The
circular is too lengthy to print in full, but
we give enough of it TO show its character:
NEW YORK, -, 1886.
DEAR SIR No doubt when you receive
this letter you will say it is some trap set
for YOU to get you into trouble; but such
is not the case. | promise YOU this, as
true as there is God in heaven. OBJ
tanned your name through friend of
mine who passed through your place,
and this is all know of you; and on my
solemn oath, l speak the plain, candid
truth and 1'swear, before Almighty God
in heaven, my purpose is far from harm
ing you, either in word, look, or action
and should you make up your mind to
answer this letter, | will give You my
word and honor that no person, man,
woman or child, shall ever hear from my
mouth the least thing that ever passes
between us, and will keep this promise
rs sacred as would my oath before God
in heaven. fs $50 aEffHlsE
will be plain with you. am dealing
in articles, paper goods-1s 2s, IS, los
and 20s-(do you understandO L can
not be palmer until know your heart is
true to me; then will send you full and
plain particulars that mean You right,
and will satisfy and convince you that L
can furnish you with Fine, Safe and a
Profitable Article, that can be used in any
way and for all purposes, and No Danger.
Now, understand me, fair and square
l ask no money in advance, nor do
want it, And If | have made
mistake in sending you this letter, | ask
you to forgive me, and let the matter rest
where 1t is, for my intentions are rs up
right to you rs heaven itself. For man
can have honor and principle, no matter
what his business may be in this world.
So do not harm me. For my motto in
this life is, and always has been, il you
can't do fellow being some good, do him
no harm, no matter what his calling may
be. n
p. S.-The enclosed newspaper slip
will prove the goods rs sure, safe and
profitable to handle. You will find them
equal to the genuine, for bear in mind,
they are not counterfeits, and there is no
risk in using them rs long as you keep
your secrets to yourself and act honorable
to me, and as true as there is q God in
heaven | will do the same, and put big
profits in your pockets. There is many
II man tried and tried in vain, to get
along honestly through this world, but
when hard-hearted creditors and sheriffs
seize on their little homes, and are will
ing to turn them out, do you blame or
wish to expose me for lending helping
hand to those in distress. No, do not,
for there may have been u time in your
life when good friend would have been
Il God-scnd. to you. The slip will show
you our officials in high standing have
used them for their purpose and benefit,
and why not every one in need? Adj
dress in confidence, as follows:
j. ROGERS, care q. A. Kuester,
No. l47, 4th avenue, N. Y.
"The enclosed newspaper slip is also
very lengthy, and starts out like this:
STARTLING DISCOVERY!
COunterJeiters in Collision, ,oith the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. Complete
sets of Gleenbdck Plates IN their
Possession.
From the Washington Journal to the Post
n..tr pispatch.l a.-I tt
Whatever may be the outcome OF the
present investigation mt the Treasury re-
garding the spurious issue OF So 900 900
in greenbacks, these notes are in circula-
ton; but to detect them or find out who
has used them, even by the smartest de-
tectiyes, has utterly failed. Plates OF the
denominations of 5s and los have disap-
peared from time to time from the En-
graver's department, but the strictest
search cannot detect who has taken them,
and it is well-known fact that there are
II Jew persons in New York who are in
high favor with some one holding valu-
able secrets as regards the printing OF
greenbacks, and it is from this person the
New York scoundrels receive their large
supply OF this fraudulent issue of spurious
greenbacks. The severest tests OF the
highest skill by the best known experts
and bank cashiers have demonstrated
conclusivcly that these isues were printed
from plates exactly similar to those used
for the Treasury and absolutely inds-
tingushable from them when compared
by the Treasury experts.