Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-23
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CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-For several months
not only Chicago, but Minneapolis, st.
Paul, Milwaukee and the smaller cities of
the northwest have been flooded with
spurious silver dollars, 80 closely resem-
bling the genuine article that even experts
were deceived. United States secret SER
vice detectives have worked arduously to
discover where the bogus dollars were
made, but were unsuccessful until o few
weeks ago, when Secret Service Deteo-
tive Mckinley, who was stationed
in Chicago expressly for the pur-
pose Of watching the spread OF
the counterteits, accidentally learned
that middle aged negro drove regularly
to the United States express office once a
week aud shipped heavy box, roughly
but strongly built, to doctor in Mil
waukee. The negro was Swallowed to
small farmhouse on the land of a Ger
man named Heinz, some 16 miles south
east of Pullman. The building ia one
storied cabin, which the officers learned
was leased for year with some land by
three white men last August aud the
negro was placed in charge. The
detectives traced the mysterious boxes
shipped by the negro TO small private
its occupant was and that the latter
frequently visited the house near Pull.
man. 1t was also ascertained that the
doctor within few day after receiving
consignment from Chicago shipped
smaller boxes to st. Louis, Minneapolis,
st. Paul and the interior cities of Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and Dakota.
Saturday the detectives intercepted one
n. IL A.
Minneapolis and found the box contained
200 first-class counterfeit dollars Of the
same brand. The doctor was arrested at
Milwaukee, but the capture was not made
public. When Mckinley and the other
officers visited the place near Pull
man Saturday night they found
only the negro, who said the
white men had left an hour before, Upon
searching the house nothing but so sheets
of platinum and small box filed with
steel filings were found, but in an old
drain in the rear was box containing o
number of first class dies, and u small
machine used for perfecting the milling
around the edges of the coins. A leather
bag containing quantity of composition,
white metal, q package of silver lcnf and
a small s,neiting furnace were also found
in the drain. In addition four dies OF
$3.50 gold pieces, rudely carved in Gg
nun, vim waie discovered. The contis-
Gated material was brought to the city
and tn nrd over to the United States mar
shal, and Efforts were made TO guard
aoainst any publicity being given to the
affair.
The counterfeits are the most de ceptive
that have ever been known and deceive
expert numismatists, Notwithstanding
there is singular defect upon them with
out which they could not be distinguished
from genuine dollars. 1t CONSISTS Of
peculiar curve to the letter I'D" in the
motto 'In God We Trust" the consonant
sloping backwards almost like an italic
letter.
The counterfeits correspond in weight,
with the United States dollar and have
genuine ring when tested. The metal of
which they are made is an entirely new
and dangerous composition whose con-
stituent parts metallurgists cannot de-
termine without careful analysis.