Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-27
CeUNRERREErING FmE NEW csc.
TAR1CArBs.

'sThs lirst day altar it was announced
that the new $40 silver certificates we're
ready for aiFculation,n said an old
Washington street detective yesterday,
"a man applied at enc Of the big banks
Ia Washington and exchanged q 800
bill for ten Of the new certificates. A
few days lataE this man, accompanied
hy half q dozen companions, boarded q
train at the Baltimore d Ohio depot and
came 70 Ohioaao. Their baggage CONSIST.
ed Of thges valisss and q long brown
trunk. They left the train 81 the Lake
Front depot and mysteFiOusly disap-
pesred. Almost msdiatsly after their
arrival large numbers Of the nev eer
tihoatss made their appearance ia the
business houses and banks Of the city.
They we're crisp and clean and fully aa
pretty as The newspapers had cracked
them up 10 be. Bank tellers, always
eautioas about taking BILLS Of q new
issue, Subjected the eeFtinoAie1 20 q
rigid examination and pronounced them
genuine. Ia this they we're mistaken,
for IN nearly, II not every, instance the
bill vas as bogus ~ oloomaFaaEino.
The fraud vas not discovered until she
loWn had become pretty veil papsFed
with the stud. Secret service officers
came on from Washington and took up
the trail Of the strange men Who had
proceed than. 10 vas apparent to them
that these fellows we're ooWing the bills,
and b. careful work they managed 10
eatch one Of them while he waa IN the
act of sWindling business man. He
is nOw under arrest aud kept In close
His captnra Il being kept q secret 90
that his companions will not take fright
and slip away. II ia one Of the best
toha have ever heard Of daring
ali my expsris0oe - . deeso.
tive. X0o see, She eoantsrfsitsfs Wege
faiiy avare that the people out here
bad not ssen any Of The new certificates.
a1d consequently we're unable % tell .
bogus Ill from Tue genuine. Then, be-
sides. theg kneu that 90 the eariihoatss
we're 9 good deal Of q novelty, men Wbo
vould come Ia possession Of them Would
hoard them for some time as sort ef
enKiosity. and thereby give then ampie
opportunity - shove sho siud % . large
ems1nt before the fraud vas deteolod.
1s there mneh Of The bogus STAG In Ne
oiayf Undoabtsdly; bat ne full extent
% TIE swindle viii not be known for Q
day o. two ret. It u probabla ahAt the
bad ooEtiAcalns have boan spreAd all over
the Norahwsut; hua I understand that
all OF the hanks have bson warmed 10
leok ont for thaa. The soaFet service
men are hard a work on she eaae. and
propose 10 eapture TIE entire gang With
out the aaaigtanos of private deteotIve
aesnoiss o. the city polios forcs. Tbs
bogus certificate d . magnificent ptooe
Of Work. and, we're u not for 3 eliRAt
aau on Ne baok of The bill. d0ubi
mnoh II it Uo1ld nol b taken as aood
muaey as any ef the cub -tfsas1Fies. o.
ooaFas don't kno9 WHISTLER the ooun-
teFfeitsrs brought their plates and dies
uith then. but ! understand that tie
aesEst aerVioa men would deem i &
greater triumph 70 capture thesn thinRs
than tAey would The mers arfaat af the
gang. Thay say that the paFaphernalia
of the man 10 90 eomplgso and danger.
Gus thae unless the alnn In taken the
entipe Issue % certificates viii haEa 10
be called in by th8 Govarnment and
destroyed. This story was tod 30 ne
| ~ aossrnmoat olnsas and IL unquss-
tiouahIy the truth. when aske9 him
hog Be knew thAa The man who ex-
ohanasd The 500 bill for Rsnnins csTti-
aoasss e tas Waahineton bank was the
Ams nan who Waa mixed 40 Win tne
gang 'aboFine' the bogus sia1 % thi.
city, b Fsplisd that be had already said
Boss than be ooRhi to."-Chdcage
Herald.