Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-13
What do you mean. sir ~
How much green goods have you GOT
n that bag ~ asked Room

What do you mean, sir?"
How much green goods have Won eot
in that bag ?" asked Reen.
You insult me, sir" said the man.
"See here, old fellow" replied Reen
"bluffs don't go. You've been swindIedn
I'm all right" said the stranger chang
ing his tune completely. ~ did them mn
this time. I'm all right"
You'd better open your bag and look .
advised Reen.
"Say, was too fly for them. What 7
got was all right" said the stranger. con-
tidently.
"You are too fly altogether said Reen
" Come open up, and let's see what YOU
have"
The man objected, and Reen took he
satchel away from him and demanded the
key. The man remembered that he had
left the key at the hotel where he had
purchased the green goods. The satchel
was forced open. There were six pack
ages in it, and on top of each was a crisp
new 81 note.
There exclaimed the stranger, twas
not fiy?'
II guess you were," said Reen, as he
ripped the covering from one of the pack
ages and exposed lot of straw paper. cut
the shape of bank notes. The stranger
looked at them, his jaw dropped, his ewes
bulged and he said in a tone of indefinite
disgust -Fll-be-damned
g | guess that's So" said Reen. He took
the victim and the satchel to police head
quarters. The stranger told Chief Murphy
that his name was Samuel Reed. and he
owned the biggest real estate office in Bir-
mingham, Ala. Three months ago he re-
ceived letter signed William Marshal.
% Hester street, New York" 1t was
what the police call the stolen treasury
plate circular. Reed answered it, and
after half dozen letters had been written.
he decided that the knowledge he had Of
the way green goods men swindled their
victims, he was shrewd enough to outwit
them and get the real money that they
would show as samples of the counterfeits
they had for sale So he came North.
stopping at Washington to witness the in
auguration. He says he met the green
goods men by appointment at the Bowery
Hotel. They wanted him to go to their
room with them. He would not do that. but
insisted on meeting them at the hotel.
Before he would do any business with
them he made them agree that only one
man should be in the room when the
transaction took place.
Yesterday morning ministerial-look-
ing man with green goods satchel called
on him. Reed took him up stairs to his
room and locked the door. The ministe-
rial visitor opened his satchel and dis
played lot of genuine money. Reed said
he was satisfied. The man pretended to
be nervous, and finally closed up the
satchel and said:
You're too nervy for me- l guess
won't do any business with you"
With that he walked to the door, and.
unlocking it, started down stairs. Reed
was tickled at being called nervy and he
called the man back and told him not to
be frightened for he would not be harmed.
The green-goods man deliberated min
ute and then said, very deliberately:
swell, FL take chances" and walked
back into the room.
The door was locked again. Reed had
seen the man count S2,400 in $500 pack
ages and put them in the satchel himself
as soon as the door was locked, and, hold
ing it under his arm, he took out his
pOShStbOOh SOuulSQ OuI ytUU III gOOU
money. The green goods man pretended
that he wanted to get the satchel back to
see whether the money was all right.
Reed was too fly for that He said he was
sure it was all right, and he Rugged it un-
der his arm. The green goods man made
him more certain that he had got the real
money by threatening to take the satchel
away from him. Reed showed his nerve
then and defed him. Finally the green
goods man left the hotel, threatening to
bring his pals around. Reed got his over
coat and hat on, and without opening the
satchel he made Decline for the Des-
brosses street ferry. The green goods men
always give their victim the same kind of
satchel, and it was by this that Reen rec
ognized Reed as victim.
Chief Murphy sent Reed back to this
city with detective to see Inspector
Bylnes. The Chief says the green goods
man worked Reed with two satchels; one
he left outside of Reeds room, and the
other he took into his room. When he
left the room he exchanged the satchels
before Reed opened the door to call him
back. The satchel that Reed got had SD
in good money on top of the six packages
He thus lost 1888.