Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
TRICKS IN SAW DUST.
MORE MEN THAN EVER TRYING TO
BUY COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

Stimulates other swIndIerS to Re
newed EHertions The Panel Game
Given Up Tor More Original Devices.
The popular form OF swtnile at the time
the Texans bullet ended Tom Davis life
.ast August was by working the ~pansi
game bavIs was the inventor Of this
trick and by II he supported a large mum.
ber Of agents and grew rich himself Ibs
nrst move was to Sc, Ure the list of the names
Of people who were regular subscribers to
the Louisiana lotteries and the various lit
uUok concerns. for, reasoned Tom, "peD-
pie who 60 into those things will be pretty
likely to bite on my scheme When the
list had been duly studied agents were sent
out all over the country TO look up the his
rory OF the most promising ones Ibis done,
Il CIR, ular was mailed TO each man which
ran something as follows:
~DEAR SIR: / will cUnf'ds to you through
this circular a secret by which you "an
make a speedy fortune I have on hand
arge amount OF couI terfeIt notes Of the
following denominations 81, &, 8, SO,
80 | guarantee every note to bs perfect,
as It is examined carefully by me as soon
as finished, and II not strictly perfect
Is Immediately destroyed Of course
1t would be perfectly iooish to send out poor
work, and it would not only get my custom
ers into trouble, u would break up my
business ami ruin me- So. for personal
safely | am compelled TO issue nothing that
will not compare with the genuine | fur
nish you with my goods at the following
Iow price, which will DO found as reasonable
is the nature OF my business will allow:
For q 80 IN my goods assorted charge
500, for s., ~ in my goods assorted,
| charge so; for $3.50 IN my goods -.
sorted, | charge Sa ~; for $1,000 in uiy
goods assorted, ] charge 500
TLen follows advice to the verIant reader,
impressinx upon his mimi that the gates Of
state prison are yaNuIng for him, and that
| ne must be very careful He must send
word two days before his expected arrival
| in this city, go to hotel which was named
and remain IN his room until tine manufac-
lurcr valled upon him This done an agent
| sent up his card ami devoted hour to
| sounding the man to see il he was fair game
| Dr an emissary from the police III di,I uise
If all promised well the man lett, appoint
ing the next day as the time for the bar
gain
| DETAILS OF THE "PASEL" TRICK
On the day appointed the first caller drops
in to the hotel and leads the stranger to the
| factory In a roughly furnished Office,
before high Lesk at the wal, sits Tom
| Davis busIly counting out a huge pie OF
| crisp bills They are fresh from the gov
| ernment treasury, ami of all nominations
| The sucker is int OduCed, explained the pro-
| cess by which the mUnty can best be dis
| Uosed Of and given general directions OF
| now to avoid suspicion The man always
| protests that they are poor counterfelts and
would never deceive him, but on the whole
thinks they will do The amount desired IS
carefully counted out and handed to the
stranger TO recount They are then nicely
done up in packages, each denomination by
itself and the whos sreless!y tossed into
| small leather gTipsack This done the bag
Is laid ON the top Of the desk while the
| manufacturer holds the attention Of the
| sucker and lifts the lid Of the desk in front
| of thu bag. Half a dozen bonds are shown
as a specimen Of good cOuntsrfeiting, ami
| the suggestion is made that after the money
/ has Teen used the customer may take
| fancy to handle some LOnds also
| While the two heads are busy looking at
| the bonds confederate in the next room
| opens a slide or panel at the back OF the
desk and substitutes an empty satchel in the
place Of the one with the greenbacks The
| customer Is then hanLed the bag and hurried
away, while Davis closes up his oiiiCe for
month or 50 and moves to another similarly
| equipped establishment
since the panel trick became known
through Tom IavIs's murder, the sawdust
men have been forced 10 invent another
device. Within the past few weeks they
have issued Il long circular, which contains
an alleged clipping from New York news
paper announcing that a full set of dies and
| plates has teen stolen from the sub treasury
| This is the basis on which the circular l.
| framed and it claims that the writer has
| obtained those plates, from which the green
| backs are being struck of. The interesting
circular end with the following: The slip
will show you our officials in high standing
| have used them for their own purpose and
benefit, and why not every one in need
Address, in confidence. hilip Berg, box ~,
| 20 East Fourteenth street.
THE BEER" OR "HORSE-CAR" GAME
The purpose of the letter Is TO lead the
one addressed 10 believe that the money
offered is really genuine, being printed from
the plates claimed TO have been stolen from
the treasury The same old trick Of con
Quoting the man to a hotel and then TO the
office Is used, but the panel trick Is no
longer worked Instead, the beer" or
horse car" game Is made use Of In the
| first case the purchaser is introduced to the
sawdust man on the street and to conclude
the bargain the party adjourn to the nearest
| saloon Stepping into q private room they
| take seats at a table and the money Is sxhib-
| tied This done, the amount demanded is
| paid and as the operator rolls the goods
| into little red package and snaps an elastic
| around 1t he calls for beer But before thsy
are handed over the appearance Of the
waiter alarms the sawdust man and be drops
the package into his lap, with a wink at the
customer While tie beer is being brought
another red package Is substituted from
under the table and the trick has been
played
II the beer fails the greenbacks sre
| dumped into little leather satchel with q
very marked cut or scratch on it and alter
being duly locAed the key is handed to the
customer The party then boards car
| and in a few moments a clerical looking
gentleman gets on and with a bag precisely
| similar in marks, etc, TO the one containing
the goods OF curse the bags are changed
and the purchaser is swindled After the
trick has Ueen play ed the sawdust men dis
appear.
Since 1859, when Tom Davis issued the
! first circular to the world, the sawdust bust
meas has grown and prospered The opera
tors work carefully, their only fear being
| lest some detective be entTapped- The po-
| lice have tried over and over again to get
at the swind!ers, and although they are
every one Of them well known to the
authorities, it is next to impossible to Oh
tain proof against them. Their victims
who are every day swindled, refuse TO ap-
| pear against them, for the very fact Of hav-
! ing had dealings with the sawdust men
+ closes their mouths for fear of having the
transa -tion made public. In this way the
sswdust business goes on and seems 70 Be
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