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 upeI ing. 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
inal. swore before the Lcxow Commit
tee that the grcen-goods business in New
York and vicinity was still in existence
and lourlshng under police protection
he practically put a stop to the work
for the time being.
The operators weakened at once for
they realized that Appos testimony
opened the door fot any victim to enter
and relate to the Committee how he
had been robbed Apo had told how
victims who complained to the police
In view OF all these circumstances 1t
was decided safer for the green-goods
operators to take a vacation. which they
| did until after the LeXOw Committee
| al journcd.
The day following. however. business
was resumed and now is in full blast.
July q requesting that the victim an
&C. FERNANDEZ, 81 West Ninety-thir!
snG num New 1orE H,ty" password
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-Eoods mani tell him not to write
telegraph. The telegram is directed to
the writer at whatever address he gives.
The telegraph Office delivers 1t to him.
lie gives a different address from the
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 Mentally.
The circulars sent out offer counterfeit
conviction cannot be secured for pass
Ing the bills. as they are printed on
plates stolen from the Government.
J used In the business. The victim is
/ given package supposed to contain
counterfeits. but which in reality is
good bills on the top ana bottom. "
This circular OF July q mailed in this
city, was. as usual, accompanied with
an alleged newspaper clipping, which
relates how n notorious counterfeiter
goes free because the experts at Wash
ington could not tell the difference be-
| tween the alleged counterfeit bills and
the greenbacks known to be good The
reason for this Is apparent. the clipping
reads. as the green goods" are made
from plates stolen from the United
States.
&C. Fernandez. 81 West Ninety-thrd
street. New York City. N. Y" is n
particularly sly operator. While EN-.
phasizing the fact that he is a resident
| on the west side uptown. he carefully
selects Station A Of the Post Office, righ
In the shadow of Police Headquarters
to mail his circulars.
But beside this there Is no "3l1 Yves
Ninety-third street" II there were such
a number 1t would be at a point on tina
street which. at the present time, Is
nothing but deep rocky cut, in which
the city has men employed even nov
blasting rock for the purpose of open
ing the street through to Riverside
| Drive.
were in this cut Wednesday with tele
Crap. messages for some one they coult
not find. Although the manager of tins
branch telegraph office, on Columbus
avenue. near Ninety-second ST. Get, woulC
| not admit II. II is believed that there
are several dispatches in that office fol
| &C Fernandez"
An Evening World" reporter ascer.
tained last night that 1t Is customary
pestuous times to give a fictitious ad-
dress. and after few days call at the
office and tell the manager that he has
moved from the address given and that
he will call personally thereafter to get
any messages for Him. 1t Is expected
that &c Fernandez" will play this trick
| He may get caught at 1t.
never work" without the permission OF
| the notice