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


tho halves Of the lemon 10 were set
TWO dles for the diverse and reverse of
y gold piece. The inventor made II
us business to travel In rural PARTS and
70 approach enterpfleing agricultural.
ISIS Of means ON the subject Of his
machine. Money comes VIGOROUSLY
SLOW IN farming, aud thus II IL perhaps
mat the small rustic capitalist l. apt TO
have an inclination for accommodating
cash rapidly by means legitimate or
otherwise. Upon this more or les
criminal propensity u his the gruen
goods men DO feed and wax fat: but
they lie In wait fof their victim when
lie visits the Wicked city with a wallet
iull OF greenhaoks aud hoaft
nllci with guilciusr confidence In tho
good Intentions u the us,ensihiy be-
nevolcnt stranger who In. won a prize
In the lottery. The New Hamtahife
gentlemen, on the other hand, sought
the farmers on their fuml estates, aud
hia method was 10 show them how
easily s5-gold pieces could be manuinc.
iufcd with hlr machine aud " take
ihcm Into partnership on basis Of
hnlftharo IN the prDiits. In one side
OF the tquctktr, when closed, waa
Inserted q funncl, Into which curious
metal alloy was poItcd, melted. ~
soon ~ " had time 10 cool the aquuek-r
was opencd ON " hinge, and VI there
was n s1.pieco " gnii sure enough
save that II hal n silvcry color. This,
however, was quickly fcctifiod by the
Yankee, whl dropIei n little liquid on
", from bottle, Wheruupon Il turned
a permanent golden hue and was to NIL
appearance everything that u s. gold
piece should be.
Nor was this surprising, inasmuch as
the coin was actually n nvc-dollnt
gold piece, fresh frum tho United
states mint. The secret WINS MI Ia the
machine, which was constructed not
10 cheat Uncle Sam but 10 Deceive the
farmer. The melted metal poured Ia
simply poured into q concealed cavity
Ia the rquVczvr, while the New llamp-
shlrr gentleman, In locking the con-
triyancu Uatensihly 10 make the cnsi,
touched n knob which caused real
a. coin, previously put Ia, ~ slide into
tile sunkon hole occupied 10y tho die
on one side. Thus, when the affair
was opened the gold piece Appeared NJ
II Il had been newly nodded. 10 hid
previously hccn coated thickly with
quicksilver - that u was only nocss-
sary 10 put u drop nr two NJ acid upon
it In order 10 eat OF tho mercury aud
EXPOSE the gold Of the coin. The put.
peso Of tho quicksilver was merely 10
make the newly east coin tie same
color of tho metal poured IN, OF
course tho eiitcrprislng farmer was
willing enough 81 put 5000 or 10 Into
"a promising a scheme TOT turning out
g gold pieces al innnitum, aud the
New Hampshire gentleman walked
away with the cash. Tho latter hal
no use for counicffclllng when hu
could earn real money ~ easily.
soNE NOTORIOUS cousTEnrEITils.
one Of the most remarkable counter.
folteu that ever livod-at present In
Jail, happily-is John Peter McCatt-
ncy, known NJ tho "king Of konlncs-
ere, - who has u record Of thifiy'nvc
industrious year, employment In the
business. This ingenious old scoundtrl
has figured nv capitalist during that
period, providing the money required
IN nearly every Important combination
OF fofgufs on this side u the water.
Al one time he Travelled aud gave n
series Of lectures about GLOW a. De-
trct Counterfeit Money" most " the
change he CAV, nj the box oIilco being
of Ills own exclusive manufacture. Hut
the most famous and successful 81 NIL
forgorn known 10 history hro Charles
II. smith aud the colclfhloi Brock
way, who have been engaged In thls
exciting industry ever since boyhood,
though both af. now old men. Their
SKIN In their chosen occupation has
never been equalui up 10 the present
time, For a generation thcy kept tlis
Ia, government authorities Ia u frvt,
In. climax arriving WHEN they Issued
the famous $1,000 bond, which only an
accident prevented them from nrgo..
Hating Ia tho amount 81 hundreds %
thousands Of dollars with banks IN
Chicago that declared their willing
noes 10 take tho securities M genuine
even after the agent OF these mhllat'
torr had been captured With ih.min NJ.
yallse. hut the conscientious toll
which these men have applied 10 their
pfoi.ssion has been sally unpronAble
IN Tho whole. Amer lifetime spent
In emulatlng the bcst efforts OF the
treasury DEPARTMENT In tho engraving
iin,. they were 20 cornefed while
a,o a. 10 bc compelled 10 cour, mercy
80 giving up tho work Of Year, IN the
Haze N ahlut ear load ~ plates aud
me-. In this collection, subsequently
d,,,,royeI. there were tho materials Tor
tufning out, nt the expense only OF
nrinieir' ink aud labor, notes and GER
tlnratrs u every denomination NJ
w.ll na coins Of all sorts aud Of every
metal, Tho wonderful bond plates
nav. been preserved A. cufiosltirs fnr
exhibition 10 privileged visitors One
nair az mates smith could not give
I'M. because they had passed Out OF
MA possefslon. They were Tor "a
slOOO United states note, which IA 10
nrrf.ct AZ 10 have been passpd repeat
s1iv nj hanka. Wherever they are
th.y are dangerous, because they may
be used again Mt any time. Ihr aeetet
service would give great nra 20 ke.
hold OF them. The Only nav ~ .hs
counterfeit IN u slight hlur on 'he emu
of lilo nosc u the person VINO hgut.e
In tho central yignelie, but 'ia' might
be recllhed.
work oF THE SECRET shi'VIot'
The main object sought always by
tbs secret service whore counterfeit II
concerned, isto obtain posse rlon oI We
Mates or lles. 80 long rs they arr ~
aSistenec, uncAptured, they mean IAN.
Der. Henea, itis customary 10 extend
Sns utmost leuiency of the law ~ ioFs-
sr, who will give up thePerllona proper
ty-'iight Sentences, sometimes even
nardons. Hat It .. a part of NO bust
nses OF the government detectives u
watch continually every eonnteHeiief
,,ho has i,aou lot out " prison, IN order