Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-06
TELLS HIS SAD STORY.
HOW RED WHISPERS BOUGHT
GREEN GOODS.
saves and Borrows $50 With which 10
Purchase $4,000 In Bills Printed From
Government Plates-Gets Pieces of
White Paper.

smaii bneetirOn box. AS he laid
back the cover he said:
There is $4,000 in counterfeit
money in that box. At least 1
thought there was. There was
$4,000 in a box just like it, anyway"
The box contained, apparently. a
layer OF money three inches deep
On top was a crisp 81 bill, as good a
bill as ever came from the Y
ment bureau OF printing and engray-
ing. Beneath il we're 5000 sheets
Of blank paper. The speculator in
green goods" resumed:
81 received a letter from New
York more than two months ago
signed Thomas jefferson. The writer
said b a for $500 the company which
he represented would send me 50, 01J
in money that was counterfeit. but
so good a counterfeit that hardly
any could detect IT. answered
the letter asking further inIorma-
tion. The reply was signed Captain
j. G Monroe. IL Inclosed a sample
81 bill. which 80 far as ! could see
was perfectly good. ] wrote again
asking for a sample OF a larger de-
nomination. The next letter was
signed IL Butler. and the writer
gave his address as 81 Church street
He Enclosed a 80 bill which was as
good as wheat. thought Anyway
bought u sack Of aour with it.
Il was told what road to take TO
New York. was TO telegraph jus {
before / started and when within
800 miles from New York ! was 10
wire again so they rouid not fail TO
find me ] was 10 go TO the North
River hotel in New York and regis
ter as from Illinois. not from Chica-
60. SO II anything happened il would
be harder 70 trace me up. was
given the password and number
Darwin. 5S9' ! followed these in.
structions faithfully.
..For two months I had been saw
Ing up money Ia every possible way.
! had borrowed from my friends. !
even got ESQ from servant girls ]
raised the $500 aud ESQ dollars more
for my expenses ] wanted 10 help
myself aud help others There is
nothing criminal IN anything that
have done
We'll. I reached New York and
registered AZ tho North River hotel
A weli-drcssed man. about 40 years
old. called az my room within a few
minutes and wrote on a telegraph
blank Darwin $50 So ] knew that
he was the confidential trustworthy
guide who was 20 take me 10 the
Office Of the company. He conducted
me safely down Liberty street to a
dilapidated old building ear the
ferry and into a room which had no
window. Ii was lighted by gas
though IL was the middle OF
she afternoon There were two
other mon besides the guide and
myself there Once ] got In that
room they'd have got my money any
way. but ] ADMIT they fooled me.
ne two men 81 once advanced
and shook hands with me. One OF
them was a lawyer ] should Say. He
was a large, noble looking mar and
he used good language. Tho other
was a portly man OF so years, and he
looked like a retired banker, On
table were several boxes like this
and great stacks OF bank notes Foi
all I could tell IL was good money.
saw them count ont 3 5000 and pui
it in one Of the boxes. Then one o
! the mvn said. so long as ! had had
20 spend $50 for expenses he woulC
throw in 500 more, and he die
so Thon they locked the box bu
lett the key on the table. Whel
: | paid over my $500 I noticed al
{ omen gripsack on the floor. | pecke,
ia and saw Il was fun OF money.
: said:
You've got lots OF it here,
Tho retired banker answered
We make IL We stand in with en-
ployes of the government bureau o
printing and engraving at Washing
: ton and have got hold OF some OF tn
plates. My friend, you shall neve
want for a dollar as long as you live,
'.Then he told me that Il was de
sirable TO age this new money
IL was a simple process, differen
from all methods OF aging whisky
: He wrote out the formula for me
: Here IL Isl"
The rea-bcarded man exhibited
niece Of paper on which was written
Washing ammonia.
Coco.
Ono part OF each.
"He told me TO dip a new bill
this solution and lay IL on marble {
: glass to dry. When dry IL woul
look like an old bill Then the Law
yer looked at his watch and said;
You've got just fifteen minute
!, TO make a train. Go to the Unite
; States express Office first and sen
this box 60 Chicago There is no d
rect train for Chicago leaving jus
!. now, so you'd better take the trial
for Philadelphia and go on fro
!. there
at cost mo 81 so 60 do It, but
q didn't caro-. had plenty of none.
Then the lawyer said;
/. "'Write your name in this boob
n so that II you want more OF th
money We can compare the sign
t~ures' / did so. Then hasteue