Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-18
SHOWING THE QUEER.
a Nehama Man Engaged In Handling
Green Goods Has TO Leave.

A Nehama Man Engaged in Handling
Green Goods Has TO Leave.
A little less than two months ago,
Mr.. NJ. Madison was sent to Lyons,
10 take charge OF the telegraph aud
Wells Fargo offices. He occupied
the position oftelegraph operator for
five weeks, during which time, he
with his wife stayed at Smiths ho'
tel. In Mehama. He had not been
here long when he took J. w. Van
Ordner into his confidence and show
ed him a scheme where he could
take in money hand over fist, 1t was
nothing more nor less than to be an
agent for "green goods" Mr.. Van
Ordner did not care to engage In the
business and spoke Of 1t TO friend
who ad vised secrecy, as the telegraph
operator was probably a detective
aud was working up some such case,
or on the track Of the counterfeit
money now being circulated 80
they held their peace and awaited
developments, which were soon
forthcoming. Mr. Madison soon re-
signed and his place was occupied by
Mr.. Post. Madison was quite
friendly to Mr.. Post aud told him
that the company was rotten aud he
had better resign, and further, he
could show him something with
much better financial returns, mt the
same time asking him to look at
some greenbacks which he had some
Of ihem were new while others had
worn aud greasy look. He told
Mr.. Post that these would pass any
where all right, but were spurious
He told him how tO take the new
bills, place them In coffee, rub the
coffee thoroughly on them, and then
crumple them up SO as to counterfeit
long us9. Mr.. Madison left Mr. Post
10 think II over whHe he went u
Albany, where he purchased some
articles, among them grip, pnir OF
shoes aud hat. On his return he
showed them "a Mr.. Post, saying
that the shoes only cost him 90 cent?
though the clerk thought he wa'
charging ak dollars all right lie
said hc had passed Sliof his counter
felt money In one store alone, and
again urged Mr. Post to play sick
ness, as he had done, OF to hand IN
his resignation and go with hin
10 New York, at which place they
would embark In the business at lit
tie risk and great profit. Some o
Mr.. Madisou's correspondence from
Albany is interesting, Az an induce
ment 10 Mr. Post, To resign, he tell'
him that the company are going tC
SIX him, they have heard that lac Ii
not competent operator" From
four or Ave letters which your cor
respondent read, the tenor Is; eve
will make things fly" You're "A
made man, II you accept my pro-
posal." "No danger whatever, as
the plates are the true thing and
were stolen from the L, =. treasury
department" Mr., Madison, ms
shown 10y the Wells Fargo books, of
this place, sellt $500 cash to tie fol
lowing address; Nv. II. Treadwell
9th Avenue Hotel, New York City,
N. T." for which he was to receive
5000 In green goods. Ina private
talk. Madison was lamenllng the loss
of this first eonsort, who got mad
aud LEFT" 30 he had to "rustle u new
glrin 80 that his "wifen Is merely a
decay also, II IL time such rascals
came 20 the end Of their rope aud Ia
hopes that Do inIipeent persons hiay
suffer from his rogsery this Is writ
ten. Mr., Post Is an excellent young
man, recently fronl Nebraska, aud
wants TO see his predecessor meet his
Just reward, which should be u long
term Ia the states prison.
MYs TERY,