Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-24
MAKING bogus MONEY.
Hnzen Tells of the Ways of
COunterfcitcrs

COuntertetteES,
A counterfoit az No az I-r,,o, c...,
vrr oe,.,ieon,a VI .ne - Sos states sil
yer cerufcate' series of 1896 has been for
warded to the secret service bureau at the
Treasury department from Chicago. IT /,
the first which has been received since last
January and experts declare 1t is a clever
piece of work, which would not be detected
as a counterfeit except under close scrutiny
stamp it as being spurious, but which would
not be noticed in the least by the laity.
the secret service buream ~ NV y w. n shies % o.
Star reporter. as he showed the co,1nteSfeitt
note across the table to be examined by the
reporter. II am rather surprised that wv
have not secured it before, '"' w
at comes from Chicago, and from certain
the work of n noted co,lnterfaiter nv ~ tbs
name of John Alfred I'Koog' IKoop is
Clever as a a. note 90 MAKER yGars Oh u age esc ana ra fronl
Joliet prison illinois last March whera oe
had been sent from Chicago for counter Te
coin makers named Ia cob Iohh nv "rS
James Foley. They We're recantmred and
has @E Sisd sint the hi, ss secnna ws n of the Hss officers Ioat:
IN The h,.si,e egs be & ey d nIan mas started
f 70 Of circn en ne never quits unless by
1,Koo was wou uhiS ra reason Ia lie to suppose that
occupafion in Chicapo " and ND t ua saunos ana
- ~ nnr o''NaSo' anu lhe supposl'loh
" w L ~,
from Cbicaso nien + moe we re re was
head, car tn ais and II was a w Manning
The Windy City. is a center for eounterfeit-
ing, as the workers have often been cap
'u Tba thhGif n .o &, IT. .
ireasury Dulfding, ABOUT which clings an
ar OF mystery connected with everything
pgr1a'n were 10 n;ct tne secret of fam eeryice; on the
showers or the queer.' more were held in
S Sn,IH ana records, which II revealed
United states were hidden in boxes and
carefully filed away.
toc nount of crooks. m TSav De- sre termed Taneti the ne o afis-
not often immoral or convivial, and are
h tsrsst ny very reserved; 1t is to their in.
there are never thieves among them. What
L mean is, while they follor counterfeiting
nable' they would not rob or burglariZe.
oseedingly charitable, though it may be said
to be so. They are a milder class than that
Of any other criminals. They never cause.
1 may hap in aP ty Se be. au9siSs OF Th s6s sa,h they
teitlng.
There are not so many women in the
exclaimed; There are few females in it
now ana those who are engaged in the
P Tha coaopernte with their husbands;
the woman passes ~ as she does not find so
mmGh trouble in doing so.
ihere - more coming OF the queer in the
M than ana an SOU nthe sections Of the country
man IN the others. II probably started
mere ana has continued: 1t IS transmitted
t LII aad 10 son. JUST IKE any other
traue, ana Hourishes IN much the sametman-
her as does iillcit distiiling;
co, Is a miaaken iaea TO suppose that
and y make II In aS n cain De tba STATED. buy silver
p tn ~ %hich tne lamp Is supposed to add
Vii NO ~ ny my means: A counterfeiter
w,.i \. pay ~ cents or oz cents an ounce
o Sts y 20 use when ne can get the same
rgsutts ui,teTenuy. he puys antimony, tin,
mhoie outnt costlng ABOUT Sl.5O: With these
COCO ~ GOO ~ Gun 10 the lace value OF
~ % fTo' hey Wish 10 make as much
az Rossipie OUT OF as httle as possible.
we reGogniZe the work OF individual coin
MISUNDERSTANDING ~ py the manner IN which the
eSns are nnisneus as TO me milling on this
tbat wa aH are hist I zen in lis very seldom
MAJ we are IiiNtaken IN this respect. Every
Sr mas ms w marx.
that of otSseSp5 oaPuufe We ever made was
~. ~ '' N braaIorus gang, In
mopThem' :. ~, IN 1879. There We're six
rnom. ~. VI saHS, including the noto-
a fou W. ~ snntom ~ VINO Is now serving
napt,an sthtSneg IN Inc New Jersey
maze the notes. She was q cousin IN Dr