Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
Che Sturu Teller.
The COUNTERFEIT BANK mote.
From the Notes of Detective.


dulging in IL choice Havana and rum
ming my eyes over the newspaper,
when my attention was reclaimed by a
faint rap upon the door.
I babe the person enter, when the
door softly opened, and young and
exceedingly beautiful maiden came in.
She was modestly, yet becomingly
attired, and her every movement was
easy and graceful.
"Have the pleasure of addressing
Mr.. Needham, the detective?" she
asked.
Ireplied affirmatively.
"My name is Edith Ellis, sir, and 1
wish to obtain your aid in extricating
myself from a somewhat embarrassing
situation," she said.
81 shall be most happy, Miss Ellis,
to render you all the assistance thnt
may lie in my power" 1 replied.
"Will you please state you case ?"
My fair visitor thereupon proceeded
to explain her predicament, setting
forth the following facts:
She had that morning started from
s. to visit relatives in Massachu-
setts; her cousin was to have met her
at the New York depot; but upon
her alighing from the train in New
York, a telegram was handed to her,
it being from her father, which advis-
ed her that letter had tardily reached
her parent, since her departure-the
letter having been written by one Of
the relatives she was about to visit
in which the request was made that she
should defer her proposed visit fort
night, as they had very suddenly been
summoned from home, and should he
unable to return until after'a week or
more of absence. She had taken with
her q 800 bank-note, and enough cur
rency to pay her fare besides.
Having read the message from her
father, she had at once decided to do
a little shopping, and then return on
the afternoon train.
1t was then nearly II o'clock, and
she had partaken of no food since
early in the morning, and the long
ride had impaired good appetite.
So she had entered an eating-saloon
on Broadway, and after eating a good
dinner, had offered the S100-b -bank-note
to be exchanged to the proprietor of
the house. The latter, after examin-
ing the note, had told her that it was
counterfeit.
She had explained to him that she
had no other money with her, where
upon the proprietor had brutally
upbraided her, charging her with hav-
ing known that the bill was spurious,
and threatening to have her arrested
unless she should leave with him some
pledge for the payment of the amount
due for her dinner. She had there
upon taken from her finger diamond
ring of great value, and handed it to
the man, charging him to retain it
until she should call in person or send
messenger for it. The man had
then given her his card, that she
might know where to find him again
when she should get ready to redeem
the ring.
She had then departed, going in
quest of friend whom she supposed
to be still in the employ of mercan-
tile firm on Broadway, where he had
obtained situation as bookkeeper.
That friend she could not find, he
having left the merchants employ
MANY mouths before that time. She
had then become extremely detected.
Alone in great city, without friend
or an acquaintance, and with no other
money than a worthless bill with
which to pay her fare home, the pros
pect was anything else but encourag-
ing.
But at last she had hit as she sup
posed upon an expedient. She would
return to the gentleman who held her
6nger-ring and request of him the
small amount she required to enable
her to return home. He, of course,
would be willing to let her have that
much more, inasmuch as the pledge
she had left with him was worth more
than 500. Noting now for the first
time the name, street and number
upon the card she had Immediately
started for the same.
Arriving thither she found it to be a
very different place from that she had
called at earlier in the day. The man
who had received her pledge had CIV
Ell her as his own the card of another
person.
She had searched long and diligent-
ly to find the place; but as she had
not noted the number when there, she
had failed to find it.
Tears gathered in the girls eyes as
she concluded this statement.
At my request she showed me the
spurious note. Upon my examining it
found it to be very poor counter
felt.
then questioned the girl upon sew
eral points, cleaning the following
facts:
Her father had obtained the note at a
national bank that morning. She had
not offered it in exchange, nor shown
it to any person save only the proprie-
tor of the saloon where she had eaten
dinner. The man to whom she had
presented it went from her sight with