The record-union., 1895-10-02
A DOLLAR BILL RAISED TO TWENTY.
1t Was Passed on an Unsuspecting
German.
He Accuses Storekeeper Myers of This
City-Secret Agent Harris Ar
rested by the Police.

A Stockton telegram appeared in the
RECoRD-UNIoN yesterday morning
stating that Frank Fuchs had turned
over to the Sheriff there 81 bill for
which he gave $40 gold piece. The sill
yer certificate. good for single dollar,
had been altered to read $40.
The bill was sent TO Secret Service
Agent n. r. Harris at San Francisco,
and he fastened to Stockton yesterday
and interviewed Fuchs. The latter told
him he had obtained the raised bill from
Sacramento storekeeper.
Last evening Harris came to the city
with Fuchs and asked him to point out
the store where he got the bill. Fuchs
took the detective to 329 X street, where
man named Myers keeps small cloth
ing and furnishing goods store, and said
it was there he got the spurious money.
Harris then gave Fuchs the same bill
and told him TO go into the store, purchase
some small article and offer the same bill
in payment. This Fuchs did, while the
detective looked on from the outside.
Myers took the bill, looked at it sus-
piciously. and then stepped into City
Trustee LeOnard's cigar store, adjoining,
and asked him If the bill was good one.
Leonard looked at it and replied that he
thought it was. Then Myers asked him
to change it for him If he was satisfied it
was good. and Leonard did so.
After Myers had stepped out Leonard
examined the bill more Carefully and
discovered that it had been very clum-
silly raised from one dollar to twenty
dollar note by pastiug the figures ''20''
over the "l'' in the center. He lost no
time in calling for the police, and soon
Officers Maley and Higgins responded.
When the officers entered Myers store
Fuchs was still there, and Myers pointed
him out as the person who had passed the
spurious bill. The officers accordingly
hustled Fuchs into the patrol wagon.
The poor German was frightened
nearly to death, and he in turn pointed
out Secret Service Agent Harris as the
guilty man, saying he gothic bill from him.
The officers did not know the Govern
ment detective. SO they gathered him into
the patrol wagon along with Fuchs and
took them both to the police station.
Then Harris, who had been quietly
enjoying the fun, made himself known
and explained the situation, whereupon
another visit was made to Myers store
for further investigation.
Fuchs explained how, week or two
ago, he came to town from Yolo ranch
with some S27 in his pocket, He went
derwesr, hat, socks etc., amounting TO
81 30 or s.. He says he asked Myers if
be could give him some paper money in
exchange for coin. Myers being agree
able. he gave him three s. gold pieces,
three silver dollars and four silver half
dollars and received the bill, which he
says Myers took from a drawer behind
the counter. He did not discover it's
spurious character until after he went to
Stockton.
Fuchs story is seemingly corroborated
by the fact that the articles of clothing
that he claims to have purchased Of
Myers were found to bear the same trade
marks as corresponding articles in the
store.
Myers, on the contrary, declares that
he has not had $50 bill in his store since
he has been in business there, and that
never to his knowledge had he seen
Fuchs.
Detective Harris thought the evidence
against Myers was not strong enough to
warrant his arrest. He has been in busi-
ness here for some time, and has never
been known to resort to any such prac-
tees.