Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-13

money IA not even known 10 those who
circulate II, Usually, he established
confidential relations with rurnlhOtc
keeper for example. The latter N sup.
piled with n stock Of bogus bills or
coin, which he keeps buried under
ground From the hotel keeper per.
sons whom mine host has reason 10
trust buy the 'stuff'' at an average rate
Of 90 cents on the dollar. They PASS II.
u one " them IL caught, he may
"peaCh" on the hotel keeper, but his
assertion will not furnish cOnvictiug
evidence ngAinat the hotel keeper.
Necessarily the hotel keeper Will de.
ny the charge and he mus, be acquii'
ted Unless the bogus money he found
on his premises. II II "a np, W he
found bccause u IA securely hidden lie.
low ground somewhere that he only
knows o., anu T. discover u l. almost
out ~ the question. Suppoae, how.
ever. that Il il discovered. In that
case Il does not follow hy any means
that he will betmy the fnfgvr, aud, u
the frrger himself Il captured Il It'll
fcmsiuH 10 luafn the whereabouts "
the dies or plates, which the counter.
fciter will certainly not keep ON he
II ~ decidedly surprising that the
efforts VI the secret service arr 20 sue.
ccssiul "a they nrc.
now CDuNTERFEirTRs ARE SPOTTED.
In the FRAMES enclosing photographs
81 couuterf,lieu ut the treasury depart
mrnt are number Of plctufvs OF wo-
men cuiiutefieilers. They arr rather
dcpravud.lopAlng character. ~ n rule,
aud nature does not APPEAR 10 have be-
slowed much decorative elliott upon
their physlognumics, but the law deals
very mildly with them. Particularly
when they Arc the wives N forscrcr-,i u
10 considered from the legal point Of
View, that their assistance In crime
has bCen given "undur dufcss,n aud
the custom l. 20 hcpuit them. The
other frames of couulefi,itcu' photo
graphs shown Ar- filled with portraits
alngdlariy unatifaciivr. Such o tluaild
aspect Il characteristic ~ them
Throughout that one would be- lei 10
imagine that thctu " really no money
In the business u Illicit money mating.
The traits Of continuance shown
also hear remarkably uniform casi.
10 reminded the writer OF an occasion
years ago, when he was granted thu
pfi vlicge Of looking over the roguus'
gallery at police headquarters In New
YORK city. lie had expressed some
surprise ~ u how the most skilled do.
icciivca could 10 about IA crowds on
n frs'ai day aud arrest with uncrfing
certainty tho criminals whom they
Ind never seen, gathering them In
for the protection Of honest people.
But the chief showed him, by refer
ancc IN the photographs, how the face
u the sncakthlrf had a peculiar char.
acier and expression Of ~ own, that
81 the Burglar another, anil % on; -
that the police agent WIS allie 10 die.
tinguish the dishonest member OF
s-ciuiy olihand without danger u mis-.
take. II was the same way with tiles.
counlcffrltet.; they ali hofo the Cain.
mark Of their OCCUPATION. Funnily
enough, tho chinrsr Arv great and
successful coinerr. They have a frame
10 themselves In the antc.room Of the
secret service bureau.
TXrESr uP TliE "ISbusrRY."
Some notion Of the pruvalcncs Of
counteiicltlng viii be given by the
ihNh tilAA iNA lux hHNf w AiN NN'lAAANH
u the periodical destruction " such
stun accumulated by tho secret service
bureau, thvs-luaficru Of million
dollars Ia bUgui paper money was
harmed, aud 1T tile same time wen,
rendered useless for further service 40
plates, 51i dies and lpl plaster mnld-,
A. well n great quantity Of alleged
gold, silver, nieklo aud copper coins
also many presses, milling machines,
cruclblrs, electro plating batteries and
other apparatus.
Happily for the cnunterioiters, the
future generation does not usci a
BtpckwAy and n Smith. wha they
achieved by patience aud skill, photo.
grahplc processes viii perform almost
without labor and with perfection
beyond criticism. II remains Tor tho
United State. government 10 deter.
mine what measures II shall adopt for
protection against the perfect deception
which only mechanical fraud can ac'