The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-30
RAIsEn az no IS NOTES.
Treasury Onicsrs Iiavs discovered n New
amt interesting counterfaIt.

TreaAuTy Onicsrs siaVe discovered n New
amt interesting Counterfeit.
NEW YORK, July 29,-Dangegous and
very interesting counterfelts OF the five
dollar silver certificates of the new is
sue-series OF 1Ss6-exist They are APP
parently the work Of one man or one
set Of men. For each counterfeit a
two-dollar silver certificate OF the new
issue Is used. The operation is technic-
ally known as raising" While the
counterfeiting Is apparent when atten-
ton Is called 10 II, an ordinary handler
Of money would be apt to be deceived
even by the fact of the altered bill. Few
but experts would detect the fraud II
only the back was scanned In receiving
Il.
George W. Marlor. deputy assistant
United States treasurer, had two OF
these clever counterfelts at the sub
treasury yesterday He said many OF
them were In circulation, and the
greater the chance Of detecting thelr
source. Besides Il was due IL che trad
ing interests and the general public
that timely warning be spread far
and WIDE
The counterfeiting began by the oh
liberation OF every UNCONVENTIONAL fea-
ture back and front of the honest two
dollar bill. Then the forger had to I'LL
In blanks left by the erasures. Counting
on the carelessness or want Of knowl-
edge Of the ordinary receiver of bills,
there was no attempt to copy the de-
nominatlonal features OF the honest
fiye-doiiar bift- The figure or the word
FIVE was used literally where two or It's
figure had been. except in places where
they had been faint, and the erasure
left hardly q trace.
In this way the face of the counter
felt has two large figures on the upper
corners and smaller figures on the low
er corners. instead Of a "5" and ~"
in the upper right-hand corner, and
~" on each OF the two lower corners.
The spelled twos on each side OF tho
group become spelled fives. This work
Is not OF the best The figures especial
ly are blurred, and the inside Of the
curve OF the "5" Is so black as TO be
quite out of harmony with the sur
rounding Ink. ,,,,-.,,
VII bHt httChs uuWtNtIt TIE huDlsltutth
designation, four figures 5 IN the cor
neFs and n v In the centre are OF the
most decelying and dangerous charac-
ter. although the body OF what purports
to be a tve-doiiar certificate Is that Of
u two-dollar certificate.
How the counterteiting Is done Is not
yet clear to the treasury officials The
forgery is not wholly "sketched In"
neither are the figures laid on. and ap-
parently there has been no splitting ot
the government paper. Tho finger de-
tects no roughness, unusual thlnness or
thickness when It passes over or feels
the places where the alterations or era
sutes are. The manner OF erasure is
yet undetermined. Acids or other chem
icals may have been used. They have
left no trace that has been detected
Many Of the raised" two-dollar GER
tlflcates are now at Washington. Part
OF the work Is as fine and successful as
thnt OF the counterfeiting EMANUEL
Nlnger Nlnger, while posing as n far
mer at Flagtown. N. j.. was with pen
and Ink and shading brush and care
fully prepared paper, turning out coun-
terfeit bills of the denominations Of $40,
$50 $50 and 800. He was arrested in
March, 1896, after he had evaded the
treasury detectives for eighteen years.