Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12
from 1859 TO 1884, and it was no, protection.
LIBERAL WITH THEIR GOODS


As has been said Mccartney long preserved
immunity from justice was due chiefly to the
hberalty with which he disbursed money in
payment for freedom. Il is a good policy for
NE CRIMINAL Many n lawyer has accumulated
big fortune from exorbitaat tees obtained
from counterie;tcrs. Ike late judge O Of
New YORK city was an excellent oxampie. lie
Was man OF MANY eccentricities, one IT which
was the keeping OF paper money in has right
hand waistcoat pocket. each bill rolled into
pm oF Itself One day he wished 20 pay for
some drinks, and paliing pill ont of the
usual fob he spread 1t out and handed IL over.
The bartender looked at il twice and gave ii
back.
'lhisi s counterfeit" he said
Inc Judge goggied At the bill FOR a moment
throuSh bis spectacles. g-inaea and replied as
he threw down another note:
II dare say. One of those d-n clients Of
mine gave tito nae. / suppose
The REMARKABLE WORK cF sMrruASp pRockw,Y.
Perhaps the most surprising curiosities in
the treasury scrap books are proofs of certain
plates which appear to have had their surfaces
scratched and battered to the utmost possible
eSteEt- The plates were those of the famous $50
bonds. executed Oy Chas. IL. Smith and printed
by Chas. Erockway. which were the occasion
OF a great lawsuit against the government
such works OF AIT were they that no question
OF their genuIneness was raised until Jay Cooke
Il Go. forwarded $4,000 worth OF them to the
treasury here for redemption. Although Mr..
Castelar, declared them coUnterfeIts 10 was
Claimed that they must have been painted from
The original plates m.dc by the treasury, and
on the strength OF that assumption sait
was brought by Jaw Cooke Il Co.
against the government The cause
WAS lost by the plaintiffs. however. smith WAS
undoubtedly the most remarkable fogger that
ever lived. For twenty years, while leading a
NE OF the utmost apparent rcspCctahliily. he
II AZ 1T ~
most marvellous character. both OF notes and
boads, from S5 10 5000 Probably not less
than sl.OCu,oO0 OF imitation money u has man
utacture foand its WAY into circulation. IL Was
only through the discovery Of his association
WIN the notorious plate printer Brockwa..
hiinseA a marvellous expert in his line. that
Slnltn was arrested an ISL. at No. AZ Hetkimcr
street, Brooklyn. Thus was broken up the
most dangerous combination against the
national finances that has ever existed. Smith
ana Brockway did all they could 10 give eNi-
dehce against one another, each for the sake Of
securing his own immunity from punishment.
after the manner OF coUnterieiters, who iuyarI-
ABLY, when they are caught, tarn traitors to
their own comrades.
CoCNTERFEITERs BLOCKED.
Happily the day of the counterfeite-s in this
country As over. Ii WAS the present chief en-
graEer for the treasury. Mr.. George ". CASH
lear who was chiefly instrumental In discover
ing and bringing TO justice the Smith Brock
way gang. HIS watch 4uincss and activity have
done more than the work of any other man TO
break up the business of initiating money in
the United States. At this time there is hot
one really dangerous counterfeit eXtant, and
Tue highest skiii of the criminal engraycr, sup
pie:nented by Photographic and other me-
chanlcal processes Is helpless against the works
OF art on paper which the treasury now turns
cut Tor the currency of the nation.