The herald., 1897-08-29

had taught MIN TO draWs ana Win tnis
knowledge he succeeded in making a
crude zinc etching, from which he
printed a number of notes. An old
woman helped him to pass the notes.
| One olc-time counterfeiter came to the
front during the year-Brockway, the
most famous of them all. He is serv-
ing a sentence which will end probably
with his death.
1--WE did not get the Brockway plates,
however" said Chief Hazen. I'VE got
the intermediate plates, but not the
originals. We also got some vignettes
and other parts of his original engrav-
ings. Brockway had a secret process
for grouping engravings. He would
have piece of the work done by one
engraver, another piece by another, and
so on. When he had all the parts, he
would put them together and make a
complete engraving; but the process by
which he did it is not known to the
Government officers or to anyone else,
think From his first plates he made
others. Those were the ones we cap
tured. We had an offer from his attor-
neys, and we could probably have had
the other plates If we would have let
him Off That was what had been done
in the past-let the criminal go, provid-
ed he gave up the plates. But we pre-
ferred to let Brockway go to the peni-
tentiary."
rs there much counterfeiting by
steel engraving?"
mo; partly because there are not
many engravers and partly because it
Is so slow. 1t takes three to six months
to make steel plate"
what are the counterfeits of the
new notes?"
'Half-tones. They are printed on two
pieces of paper which are fastened to-
gether with rice-flour paste. They are
blurred and indistinct. But that is an
other fault of the new notes. They
were put out too hurriedly. Many of
them were not allowed to season long
enough. The result is that the ink on
the genuine notes blurs, and gives them
an indistinct appearance and an oily
feeling to the touch"
| 1 asked the Chief in what section he
found the greatest amount. of counter
feiting.
II should say in certain parts of the
South and Southwest" he said. Down
there whole families carry on the busi-
ness and teach it to others, and they
think there is no more harm in making
Uncle Sans money than in making
moonshine whisky There is one old
man named Stillwell. He has served
seven terms, think Every time he
gets out of prison, he goes back to Geor-
gia and begins making dies and selling
them to his neighbors. They are chear
plaster of paris dies. So are most Of
the coin dies which are used by small
counterfeiters.'
"How about that story of the rea
silver money being made in Mexico?"
THAT is fake. 1t started in Omaha
and later was located in San Francisco
The latest story locates the private
mint in Chihuahua, Mexico The mar
who circulated the fake claimed orig.
inally to be connected with the Omaha
Bee, but they said they did not know
him. Then he wrote to me claiming
that he knew Secretary Gage and AS
sistant Secretary Vanderlip, but neithe
of them knew anything about him
There is no coin being made of The
government alloy except by the govern
ment. BY the way, here is a specimen
coin that came to us the other day from
a man who thought it was counterfeit.
The Chief took from his poclSeta brigh
silver quarter. Around the milled edge
were two distinct circles.
'"That is a genuine coin," said thu
Chief. There was a defect in the di,
at the New Orleans Mint, and this il
the result. Frequently we receive coin
which do not ring true but which az,
genuine. In rolling out the planchet a
the Mint. tiny air-holes sometimes ge
into the silver blank and that make:
the difference"
rs there more counterfeiting of coli
than of currency"
"Of coin in the West and currency il
the East On the Pacific coast the.
use very little paper money, and so the,
scrutinize it more closely. They hav
counterfeits of gold money on the Pa
cific which we don't have in the East
Only a short time ago we arrested
young dentist named Stark, only twen
ty-five years old, who was making
eagles and half-eagles Another young
man and girl of 10 We're helping hin
was great-such as the race track. We
got them ALL"
Once a year there is destruction o.
all the counterfeit money and the coun
terfeiting apparatus which has accu
mulated during the twelve months O.
the official year. In a room just behinC
. Chief Hazan's office lies an eXtraor
binary collection of this stuff. Agent!
of the Secret Service all over the coun