The morning call., 1894-01-07


Yesterday 1t gives q review of the work
lone in running down counterfeiters for
the past fiscal year and the following sum-
=maries are taken from it:
"Fines imposed upon persons making.
dealing in or Passing counterfeit money
amounted to $50, 416 and the sentences of
imprisonment aggregated 500 years 4
months and p days; 494 people were con-
yieted and punished and S3.S67,I1S II
WORTH of counterfeit United States money.
stamps, bonds, etc. foreign coins aud
altered notes were captured and de-
str0yed."
-; The. following is description of the
.. most notable ana dangerous of the new
.GQunterfeits discovered as given in the
report: -,
-. In September, 1892. new counterfeit 81
lGlted States silver certificate series 1891,
:. check: letter d, RO>ecranS Register, Nebrker
treasurer made It's appearance. 1t was very
= poor effort and not more than Two or three
. have been found IN circulation.
: In October, 1892, a new counterfeit So
check letter c, RDsecranS Register Deker
Treasurer, new back. appeared. HE Work on
this note was fairly wei executed with the eX-
cepti0n Of the portrait OF General Grant, which,
together with the very poor color OF the back,
: should readily determine the character OF the
note. But few Of these have been seen.
:. IN October, 1892 there also appeared a new
issue of the dangerous 81 Cnied States silver
certificate, which first made It's appearance in
Septembef, 1890. This new issue bears check
letter and large pink seal. The word Two"
in the ball OF the figure ID the upper left and
- lower right corners face OF note, which was
spelled "owt' IN former issues, has been cor
TecI-d.
:: In April. 1898, Photographic counterfeit of
"a 50 note on the LagODda National Bank of
-. SpTuCfe d, 0hIO series 1875, check letter Is,
CHARTER number 209S, bank number 1884 ap-
o.. peared IN ONO. The note was first photo
Plaphed and then The cOlorIng was applied
Sc with a brush. AT glance IL had a good APP
-DeaIaucr, but would not bear scrutiny. Ther-
has be but one seen, and that had the back
printed upside down.
In May, 1898, appeared a new counterfeit So
United States siiy.r certihc te, series 1856,
check letter B. RoSecrans Register, Nebeker
: Treasurer. The general appearance of this
NOTE is fair, bur on close examination the
= CRAVING. Is very scratchy. This note is being
handled almost XcIusvely by italians.
In June, 1898 counterfeit 81 treasury
= note, series 1891, check letter b, ROseCrans
Register Nebeker Treasurer, appeared in
Illinois. This note Was 20 poor that but ten
- Were passed when the balance Several hun
-. d{edl were captured together with the maker
:: and his wife. The plates have been destroyed.
In June, 1898, counterfeit G5 Bank Of
:. England note, No D90 44lSS dated January
':4e1&93, appeared in Chicago, H. be note
was hrst photographed and then The lines gone
: over with pen and ink. The entire issue (nine
.<n6tes) together with the negative ana other
apparatus for producing them were captured
with the makers on June and s, 1898.
::terfeit $50 Bank Of England, No. U-1O 9434
= dated az 20. 1890. This was pen and INK
- production and we'll executed. But the ore
: has been seen.
In different sections of the country, par
~tieularly in the West many notes-treas-
:. uEy ana national bank lssues-have been
discovered altered and raised in denomi-
nation. Ones, fYes and tens were raised
= To fVes. tens. twenties and ffty-d oIlar
: a otes, and many people defrauded. These
iluF a6 hxT
: pasling over the Genominational figures
= pliers cut from to bacco or other United
:: States revenue stamps, with no attempt
= 70 cover or change the true value of the
:: note as expressed in words. Others more
e.. dangerous were evidently altered by an
expert hand, the figures and words desig-
mating the den onlination having been
:: deftly removed by scratching or cutting
and: larger substituted by insertion or
= Supplied with pen. brush and ink. When
lever these altered notes are discovered
=: they are redeemed at their original face
= value.
:: The people have not all become familiar
with the faces of the new silver coins
:: The diverse and the reverse of the older
- coins they have known so long and init
mately- that the dTaped figure of Liberty
and the majestic pose Of the eagle are fixed
=. IN their minds and always recognized, but
=. the newer coins, with changed designs tn
which, pulling them more, were added
-: the Columbian souvenir coins, have not
yet established their identity. The manu-
featuring couDterfeiters, quick to discover
aud to take advantage of whatever favors
deception, almost Immediately followed
the Governments issue of the coins OF new
design with their fraudulent issue in like
ness OF them, and reaped rich harvest
" because the originals were known, but not
- We'll known. The gilders-counterfeiters
-; too-saw IN the new 25-cent coin, II gilded
prasentable, beguiling $40 gold piece,
= ana pocketed fine percen tage of profit
until discovered. The lack OF weight
:. should, Of course, and does make known
the fraudulent character OF the gilded CON-
1hlS last, the gildes's scheme to talsify
coin, as 1t requires neither skill nor eXpen-
slVe plant aud promises so much for so
:, little, Is always seductive one TO the IN
:. pTlnclpled or weak of will.
= OF the ''green-gOods" men, whose circu-
- lars are flooding daily almost every town
III California, the following report is made
-: and should be carefully read by every
: man and woman who has been tempted to
<''get rich quick" l. says:
- The "green goods swlBdle" of TODAY Is com.
posed OF many ingenious devices which are
manipulated by experts Of many years ex-
=. perienee, whose lightning changes, adapta-
lions and elaborate plans always work our for
them. successful results (Wben the duDe visits
THEM prepared TO purchase their alleged goods.
even though threats OF or actual violence may
-. become necessary.
Their professed business is to sell counter
felt United States notes Of 81, 81, So. SO and
500. printed, a alleged newspaper cllu-
pIug" states, from plates stolen from the Blu
.reau of Engraving and Printing. According 10
their prospectus $4,000 of counterfeit money
eau be bought for $500 and $4,000 for $1,000.
They luciose a printed slip alleged to have
g = Been cut from newspaper showing how easy
Their counterfeit notes are taken as genuine.
They send references (paukers) as TO their
honesty: They will refund expenses of a
ylsit.to New York ii party is not satisfied
with purchase" lie must not reply by lttier
or The correspondence ends, but by legraph'
:. ana the message he Is 10 send Is already pre-
pared on telegraph blank and accompanies
the circular. he facts are these Tascas do
. not care 10 nave counterfeit money to show or
SELL NO plates have ever been stolen from The
D. Buteau OF Engraving and Printing, and the
printed. slip they inclose was not cut from a
90 newspaper, but prepared by them giving de-
talfs OF an extraordinary trial Of a counter
=. ,feiter that never occurred.