The evening world., 1894-08-03
GREEN GOODS TO- SELL.
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
Vestisati ting Committee are at play and
John w. Goff, 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
inal, swore before the Lexow Commit
tee that the green-goods business in New
York and vicinity was still In existence
and flourishing under police protection
he practically put stop to tine 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 wsrn ,,o who complained to the police
In view Of all these circumstances it
was decided safer for the goods
operators TO take vacation, which they
did until after the Lexow Committee
adjourned.
The day following, however, business
was resumed and now is in full blast.
Circulars have been mailed as late as
&C. Fernandez, Sll West Ninety-third
street, New York city" A password
Which u the ve% % fa insert 'T re s
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 all messages by
t6s Writs The telegram Is directed to
The telegraph office delivers II to him
He gives a different address from the
turning u point. He takes any address
understands that himself. The operator
know, what these messages relate to,
and they deliver them"
in New York. Appor swore, Is con-
Quoted by a man named Jim McNaliy.
The circulars sent out offer counterfeit
money at low rate and set forth that
a, eonyiction cannot be secured for pass
plates stolen from the Government.
There is really no counterfeit money
counterfefts, but which In reality is
simply pieces of cut paper with a few
good bills on the top and bottom.
city, was, as usual. accompanied with
an alleged newspaper clipping, which
relates how a notorious unterfeiter
ngton could not tell Ell the peras re- @as 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-thira
rtrsfe Mfw s York Gsy N Wbs is
phasizing the fact that he is a resident
on the west side uptown, he carefully
selects Station A of the Post Office, right
In the shadow Of Police Headquarters,
to mail his circulars.
But beside this there is "Sll West
Ninety-third street" II there were such
number it would be at point on that
nothing but deep rocky cut. In which
the city has men employed even now
blasting rock for the purpose OF OPEN
ing the street through to Riverside
were in this cut Wednesday with tele-
grapl. messages ~ some one they could
not find Although The manager Of the
avenue. near Ninety-second street. would
not admit It, 1t Is believed that there
are are several dispatches In that office for
An Evening World' reporter ascer-
tanned last night that 1t Is customary
for the geen-goods men in these tenn
pestuous times to give a fictitious ad-
I 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. IL is expected
that &c. Fernandez" will play this trick.
He may get caught at II.
1t Is well known that green-goods men
work" without the permission of the