Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-10
the late s. silver-certifcate counterfeit
from the genuine


"Yes, there Is one vefy good way to
tell tho counterfeit, and that is TO look at
the paper and at tho portrait The pa
per in the counterfeit is much thinner,
and together with the brownish-black
ink does not stand much wear. You
want 10 look closely at the vignettc.
The portrait Of General Grant on the
counterfeit lacks entirely the stern look
and life-like expression of the genuine.
There is, as you will see on this counter
felt, different set and look in his eyes.
The mole on the right cheek and the stud
on the shirt-iroDt are both missing.
Look here and you will see how the 8 OF
1886 looks like an o.
"Who wns the counterfeiter OF these
two plates?"
al wish / could tell you. We think
the plate Of the silver certificate is now
in Canada. The plates Of the s. bills OF
the Amsterdam Bank and the Rome
Bank have never been located"
"Is there as much counterfeiting done
as formerly?"
"No. / don't think there lie. You
see after the war the Government estab-
lished the branch of the secret service
with the express purpose of breaking up
the different gangs of counterfeiters who
! flooded the States with evidences OF their
skill. The service has captured many
millions of dollars of queer money,
destroyed hundreds of plates, and
sent thousands OF counterfciters to
the penitentiary. Since we cap
tured the series of plates en-
eraved in Brooklyn by Charles II. Smith
for William Brockway, and tho series OF
plates engraved by Charles +. Ulrich no
really dangerous plates Of counterfeit
notes have appeared except the bank
bill and the So silver certificate which |
have told you about. A few weeks ago
number Of one-dollar bills raised to
$50 by FASTING figures 80 over the
Il were circulated in New Orleans,
and for some time it was hard to find out
the fraud"
PETE MCCARTNEY.
"Who was the counterfeiter
"Pete Mccartney. and clever one,
who, together with such experts as Miles
Ogle, Frederick Biebusch, and Benjamin
Boyd, formed one Of the sharpest gangs
of counterfeiters They gave the secret
service a good deal Of trouble, but most
all of them are now serving time. Nc
CARNEY was released from the Michigan
City 0nd.) renitentiary only few
months age. after having served
eleven years for his last attempt
to show his skill. He seems to
have drifted down to New Or
leans. where he vas known as John Will
son. A secret-service officer Swallowed
Wilson and finally caught him passing
the queer The New Orleans people
were in doubt about their man. After
being arrested Wilson changed his APP
peorance by shaving off his heavy beard
and moustache. but some photographs
and descriptions in possession OF the SER
vice soon settled his identity
"Who is this Mccartney ?"
"Well, out West he is called THE
King of the Koniackcrs. | suppose he
deserves the title, for he began raising
notes when he was only eighteen, and as
he is now about sixty-one years old you
see that he has had time enough to earn
his title. He married into a family OF
counterfeiters named Alderman, whose
members from the father down to his SON.
in-laws have served terms in the peniten-
tiaries for counterfeiting. Benjamin
Boyd, by the way, was his brother-in-law.
should say that half OF McCartneys life
has been spent in the different jails. AS
far back as 1864 he made a reputation
for daring when he jumped from the
rear platform of Pennsylvania Central
train while going at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, and made good his
escape. His most noted exploit
was in 1874, when in company
with five other prisoners he escaped
from tho st. Louis jail by knocking
down and binding the guards and then
cutting his way through the outer brick
wall. His adventures with United States
marshals and secret-service officers
would form an interesting book. l sup
pose Mccartney has given the secret
service more trouble than any other
single counterieiter- When he was
caught the other week in New Orleans
for raising money he was doing the very
same thing for which he was arrested
over forty years ago.
Before going will tell you one
clever trick Mccartney played some
years back in the seventies. He
travelled for few months through In
diana lecturing on How to Detect
Counterfeit Money Now, the strange
thing about it was that the tricky lecturer
showed 'the queer on his own audience
at the ticket Office. guess a good many
learned trick or two about counterfeit
money that they never knew before"
THE FASHIONABLE MAN OF TO-DAY.
The men of fashion of this rosy month
of June are arrayed in purple and fine
linen. Solomon in all his glory would
have looked meek and insignificant in
comparison. Not in many years have
silks and satins, embroidery and jewels,
and precious stones been used so pro-
fusely in male attire.
In word the dude OF to-day is gorge
GUS. His underclothing is of the finest
silk that finds its way into our market.
His shirt is as white as the driven snow.
1t opens front and back. One tiny gold
stud nestles securely in the button-hole.
All sorts of fantastic designs in embroid-
cry are used to make the shirt bosom at
tractive, and some of our gilded youths
wear diamonds, cats'-eyes. and emeralds
for studs.
Let me tell you how the fashionable
man of to-day attires himself. After his
bath he puts on the feecy silk under
wear that the deft hands of the Pari-
slams send us These suits cost from
$40 to $50 each. Socks are made to
match. They come in black, in dark
blue, in salmon, in white, in red, and,
in fact, all the colors of the rainbow.
The fancy embroidered shirts mention
ed above costs from 81 to So each. A
high standing collar, with deep turnover
edges, is the proper article to wear in the
morning. A big, fluffy soft silk tie is
worn around this. The feet are encased
in vanished boots, and over these are
worn light or brown-colorei over
CATERS. The outside garments usually
consist OF dark or mixed material, the
trousers are cut wide, and flap about
much as a yachts sail. The vest is cut
very low to reveal wide expanse
of shirt front. The coat is Of
the sack. worn-open variety, or q three