The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-29
TRICKS In BANK NOTES.
TALES TOLD BY AN OLD MAN IN
THE TREASURY.

Apparently No Limit to tho Clever
Tricks of Counterfeiters-Capital Piece
of Workmanship - The Experienced
Eye of the Clerk.
There is a white-haire1, shaip-eyed little |
man in the treasury. who has been one of the !
features Of the place for years While not |
readily accessible to ordinary visitors, be can,
on presentation of letter of introduction, |
render himself an extremely interesting per- |
scnage, inaSmuCh as be is a perfect store |
house Of anecdotes, which he relates with all |
the charm Of an accomplished raeonteur. |
Into this gentlomen's hands, speaking meta |
pl,or;-ally. | happened TO fall, ami it re- |
uured no particular effort to make the Off |
cial talkatiye. He was Inspecting at the |
moment Il spurious $1Go note, and this cir
cumstance gave rise to his first anccdute.
u tel YOU" he snil, there Is apparently no
limit to the clever tricks of Counterfeiters
Just looB at this note 1t doubtless deceived
over hundred people before it came into
our hands. know for fact that it was ac-
copied as genuine by bank teller in high
standing, and vet the instant certain young
woman in ona Of our departments let her ex-
pericnced eye fan upon it, She detected its
worthless character. The neat workmanship
on this bill reminds me of II case which came
TO our notice some time ago \ COunteffelter
nal got up number 81 sioo notes on SIX
separate banks. Inc copy used was on
bank which made ITS SltH notes IN this style.
on one end oil ID" ral~f was an engraving
oil snip III" Nann-aim 81 Whrh ran between
Two ueilcf'tr h'ni lo''" underneath the WORD
THE: which WIS The hfSl wti'! ci the name
| OF inc h'htk "l ISSUE, as ipr instance ne
Natlo'ai i'a',k q. we i''-l'i'nii'' u 'i7 rhsO
National baiih' Inc ifaod W"ui' nave peeh
a pafticniaily heat one h't' 'h' 'o'i'eliel'er
made ms notes paNacle hN 'he same halk
from whlch n" ootallel ms Original specimen.
instead OF peiii9 suihtieh'lN shf'Wh' however,
tpaNah himself OF mat precauion, or per-
maps through an excess " CAUTION, ne ttiide
Them paNah by TX "ther banks hieh u
these ia'ter INSTITUTIONS hau one NV
feature Oh tte Ia t o. 'iiep gu" H'"a. ii0
yid arm u inc Ncs''l' hiat'sii " iuii'ii,i "
tween tne TWO hiliut' iio'n t'ii'' "ai.
touchel t'ie ou'Sl'e u INC iioui ,sn 'iie
top OF the note, ana apploacned closer 10 tle
"of" tlie oN 'he S'Atcei'h VI an liith. vi
'o'iiSe the c"uih''ie"' Wii'u "aN c''li'"i
piece W ""rh'hail'hip WIN 'he one eNetpuoil
| uiehll"htn' "NeN'Nl itiei Cnaht, easllh' ana
ucctl>'u MANY ,t,iiS a. wen, Inc liioiil'i''
'i'o ,'''e' i''NS,i 'ne u'i'''s VI IA
cSeu Souhe l'uN at INC treasury Sle US
covered tsieh spurious b'au'y W '"lhh-
ing
io'N' "o-HE-' tiE0'
| II nluHl We ulll'ult' lh'h' remarked,
TO hondwlnE your clever female clerks!
| How do they educate their cyCst'
by constantly running over money. To
casually watch these women at work you
would probably magtn" that their sole ann
was simply to count the money as rapidly as
possible. Not 50. a clerk viii take pile of
bills, tightly fastened together by rubber
hands, and without so much as locSrmng the
taatehlhgs, 81" NAl begin To count at
lightning rate 10y merely turning over quickly
the upper llSht hand corner OF each note.
SIN, though size had only such small pnt-
non oi the h"'e l"i her sriI%, sAe WIZ dis
cover 4 counterfeit re2'ulS' L't me iciate
ntt'e ii'eh'eiit "iil3h hal!"a"d Vhlle me
'Iith i'5iii'h, "'i' III tilc 'llN Hoiio oi
.ne "I, : al,ioi'' 'heii pawn ,eiISt ii'hi
" '.'h' pun Us an WI
epH''ii' III til'i ''''i'tot u'Hl"iinN- lucy
were eiisaS'o lor several moments III watch
my tIe cieiAS count money III 'he hi'ahcr
"''C I i"Vu-
',ie VI t'N HoUho women
''tP''' = h''7 i'i' .nc PI'AaaG "i'i'h sue
was running oNo'' -Ai'e' she hau thrown II
Hsi'ie III 'ii aplSteittl e'ieie'S ti'hnher, L
NV II up arr n''ii'''i /, W 'Lc NlSi'ofs ior
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