The evening world., 1894-08-03
GREEN GOODS TOSELL.
The Swindle Again in Full Blast
in This City.
Circulars Mailed Within the Shadow
Of Police Headquarters.
Victims Seem to BE just as Plentiful
as Ever.

While the members OF the Lexow In
vestigating Committee are at play and
John w. Con-, their counsel, is up In
the Adirondacks re operating. the gr, en-
goods men of this city are making hay
They are sending circulars broadcast
In search of victims.
When George Apo, the notorious Grim
lnal, swore before the LcSc" Commit
tee that the green-goods business in New
York and vicinity was still in existence
md iourishng under police protection
he practically put stop to the work
for the time being.
The operators weakened at once. for
they realized that Appo's testimony
opened the door for any victim to enter
| and relate to the Committee how he
had been robbed. Apo had told how
victims who complained to the police
! were treated.
was decided safer for the green-goods
| operators to take a vacation, which they
did until after the Lexow Committee
| ad iourned.
The day following however. business
was resumed and now Ia In full blast.
Circulars have been mailed as late as
July p, requesting that the victim an
by iseEraBh 9 West
street, New York city" y password
and number accompany each circular,
which the victim must insert In his
| despatch as an extra safeguard. In
structions are also given that the West
ern Union Company only be used In
sending messages to them.
| Apo, In his testimony said: He the
green goods mani tell him not to write
any letters, but to send al messages by
telegraph. The telegram is directed to
The telegraph office delivers II to him.
He gives different address from the
turning point. He takes any address
Understands that himself. The operator
know what these messages relate to-
and they deliver them"
The bulk OF the green-goods business
in New York, Appor swore, is con
Quoted by man named Jim McNally
The circulars sent out offer counterfeit
money at a low rate and set forth that
a conviction cannot be secured for pass
ing the bills as they. are printed or
plates stolen from the Government
There is really no counterfeit none.
given a. package supposed to contain
counterfeits. but which in reality Is
simply pieces of cut paper with few
good bills on the top and bottom.
This circular OF July a. mailed in this
/ city, was, as usual, accompanied witt
an alleged newspaper clipping. whicf
r relates how notorious counterfeite1
goes free because the experts at Wash
: ington could not tell the difference be
tween the alleged counterfeit bills an'
the RreenbackS known to be good. Th
? reason for this is apparent, the clippin,
e reads, as the green goods" are mad
, from plates stolen from the Unite'
= States.
$ sc. Fernandez. 81 West Ninety thir
street, New York City. n. "" Is
: particularly sly operator. While EN-
y phasizing the fact that he is a residen
y on the west side uptown, he CAREFUL
a selects Station A of the Post Ofice, RICH
l. in the shadow of Police Headauarter!
e to mail his circulars.
But beside this there is no '3lf Yves
= Ninety-third street" II there. were sue
i street which. at the present time,
!. nothing but a deep rocky cut. in whic
4 the city has men employed even no'
!. blasting rock for the purpose Of open
4 ing the street through to Riversid
4 were In this cut Wednesday with tel,
:. grapi. messages for some one they coul
not find. Alth ugh the manager OF Il
i branch telegraph office, on Columb,
= not admit 1t. 1t is believed that thei
e are several dispatches in that office f'
/ &C Fernandez"
I, tanned last night that 1t Is customar
lie for the green-goods men in these ten
pestuous times to give a fictitious az
n dress, and after a few days call at Il
$ Office and tell the manager that he ha
! moved from the address given and this
s he will call personally thereafter to z,
l, any messages for him. 1t Is expectf
o that &C. Fernandez" will play this tric
e He may get caught at II.
{. 1t Is well known that green-goods me
Is never work without the permission
& the police.