The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-12

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O.. nr..sswas hash soils y" M.r- Ger
tbncss~s NJ DepDsit To
frosn the New York Ssn.
1.-THE manner in which osir hank was ~
gently swinhled ont of A.SnO has never
been pa ,lishesl," said the cashier of "
~wclLknown broadway bank tn - S"H re-
porter yesterday, ',and ! am not mt all
anxious that the public should hear of IL
i'm connection with otr bank, although ]
had just as lief have IL told, IL oar name
isn't mentioned. One day about two
weeks ago ~ man. who, to all appearance
was II cattle dealer, came into our lasnk.
He was - rough. unco'Itl,-lookinR fellow,
and wore ~ pair of overaiis and "a
junper.- the former tucked into
went up tai the receiving ~tcllcr's window.
in n hcsitating sort of way. and inquired
whcthcr this was "a bank. tie thsi, said
that he was "a cattle dealer aud had pur-
chased II lot at stock from ~ western cat
tie raiser; the latter had promised tn meet
him that day aud receive his money. ln-
stead le had received 4. telegram from
the western man stating that IL would he.
impossible for him To get to New York
uiiil III. following day. 40 verify this is.
Produced the telegram. and then said
that he had Ss;.iUb in currency ia his
porkets, which he had intended to- pay to-
ih,. western man. He did not think ia
safe to carry the money around in his
pockets. Showing lis hands down into
his tr...,..E pockets he began tn pull the
money out. IL came in hill, Of all denom-
nations, and was cruInplesi and rolled ,p
in wads Of various sizes. Finally when he
had flashed u all ont. he showed the heaD
toward the teller and said: "Now cant
you give nc n receipt for this money and
keep IL for me. ,nt.l my ma come. to-
morrow ~ The teller replied that he
could give him "a certificate OF deposit,
which would be just as good AS cash for
lent To handle, or ic could give him two
The .a,,l. dealer aid he
Of dep"sit. hut guessed they
were all right. Amy how said he, i will
take them provided you will exchange
man cant use them The teller assented,
rt.marking that he should of course. have
To make the customary charge for the ac-
commotlation. This being satisfactory to
the cattle. dealer, he WAS asked how hs
would have. the certificates. He said that
il made but little difference, and guessed
thar one tor S5,OUO and the other for 81 $50
would answer all right. A~ceordingly, the
certificates were made in that way and
handed over to- him.
The next forenoon. soon after the
opening hour, our new customer put i'm sAn
appearance again, tins time accompanied
10y ~ man who passed easily for q PROSPER
Gus Western cattle raiser. After intro
ducing his friend, he stated that the latter
could not use the $3.50 certificate. as il
was to large for him; hut he could use the
smaller one. They wanted. therefore. To
get cash in exchange for the larger one.
Our paying teller asked for the certificate
of deposit which they produced. The tel
lcr scrutinizeti IL carefully. and then
counted ont So,UD and handed IL over To
the cattle dealer. who Immediately passed
il to his friend in liquidation of his i'm
,ebtedness. They then departed, and We
have seen nothing of them since.
W. Thought nothing further of il until
last Saturday. when IA certificate of de
post for S5,UJ turned up for payment,
On comparing il with the records We
found that we had already taken up one
ccrtiiicatc for the same amount, bear
ing the same date and serial lumber. W.
began tn investigates, and soon found tina
We. had been swindled by the two appar
entity unsoohistisatcd cattle dealers. The
5000 certificate which We had cast,cti foI
the two sharpers WAS placed beside tl,s
one which had come i'm for payment the.
seemed Identical, but when we places
"a niagnifying glass upon The one
which had been sashcs' first W.
found that il has been mot beautiful!
raised or altered from S1.UOb, the amour
for which we had drawn il, tn 5000, and !
then dawned upon MS hat when we cashes
the certificate for those two men tina
morning wa in reality had cashed il fo
$4.OOO more than we had originally draw
il for. OF course the sharpers had re
tanned the genuine 5000 certificate
which they had no difficulty i'm ncgoti
ating. One of the prettiest features q
the whole scheme IL that the swindler
worked of the raised certificate ON us
and when the genuine one came aroun
we had to pay it,"