The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-20

that tho desTbiar hai turned the bsll 10
10 tbe bank anl received s. ior It, ths,
The doctor recovering Bis scusfs, hs
ianui TIE ether bali 10 hts pocket sbd,
oct ssti.rs 70 lose bic money, lad cou
eeivcj the plap Il staging the edge ol the
pote sui saving hs otbet bsli had been
destroyed so be estmly committed
peuay 10 ST s,lempt 70 rob Uacle san
Of So
A short ume sso msn 10 Chie,so sent
ST. tNDisy.t to the Treasury accompany
iaR toe uused bali Of tpo $50 hili, sud
oue $40 hlL Ibw sfHia,t VA. type
written snd 10 perfect form II stated
tnal lhe iepuuprt vas d commercial travel
rfi tba', returning from loutu,y, he bad
harn closi t1g out h's travelling bag, Shcn
jos5y.t,ctty he had thrown into The Gre
,u aavrlape contaioinR $50 10 bills. that,
ia accordance with section to-sudso Of
the law Il suth date be would like TO
bsye the money restored to him, etc,
The clerk who brought this document
to Mr. Bslyes commented ou its complete
utts
TIE story seems uunstarsl, said Mr.
l|eIyra, Heli up the claim Tor time.
T0rlty.tapr hours later his shipment
Of moUh,cd currency came from the Sub
IrH.ury Bt Chicago. Mr., Il lyea asked
Il there Vefe any halt notes ~ the thlp
mtLt In irnr or five minutes clerk
brought him the missing halves Of the
hl.a WITCH the Chicago man bad seut H.
The attempt to deirsud was PLAIN. Ihc
matter Was put at once into the hands OF
tlr S crrt Service Bureau. 40 agent wat
esaat to Chicago. He found the yonDs
man who had made the snileytt, though
1t WIS made under false name, He told
rhe Young man that 1t was customary 10
uvestRule cases OF the kind; that there
was no doubt he would get the money
TIE young mans fears were lnled to rest
tie admitted bis ideutty as the maker OF
the Ell iovtt He was put under arrest,
an then The story Of his crime came out.
He was Of decent family. but he had fallen
iuto bad company, and had been persusd
ed to ut mt the fraud by older compsD
ions They furnished the money and
prepared the ri lNit They cut the
bills 10 half, and i3t one half obtained
S25 The o'b,r half they slnged and at
tahced them to bis t0iisvt, When be
wos ar'esled they fled,
The gross profit Of the sWlndIe could
not hevs been more than s2j, and 10 Try
ing TO beat tie Government ont OF that
mount the young man forfeited his liber
ty for a year and half
A good mauy years sgoa bank messeng
er sent IN for redemption a cigar box full
OF scraps OF money, He made affidavit
that they were oil that was left Of some
money which had been destroyed by mice,
II took the experts only few minutes to
tell th t the scraps bore no relation to
each other. Each belonged 10 different
note. Evidently the messenger bad been
picking up scraps OF bills around the
bank for macy years, and saving them for
fraud on the Government. On another
occasion two halves Of note came in
from different men in the sane city on
the same day, each acc mpsnied by an
affidavit telling " the other half had
been de,lroyed.
This sort Of thlog is going on sll tho
time, A few days ago one Of the clerks
brought to Chief Reyea the maugled re
mains Of what seemed TO be Sj bill II
was pasted on piece OF heavy brown
paper In the love left hand corner the
serial number was clearly defined 10 the
upper night hand corner, where the same
figures should have appeared, the note
hsj been srnped 80 az to blur the nun
Der, und weak attempt had been made
10 huRRUht WIN luulh lux lnt Hfbt OF tnt
ugufes on the number below. The two
pieces evlieDrly had belonged to dfI rent
notes, Alone they were valueless. be
cause neither was ss large az twcf'tbs
# the original note, togc thcr .be owner
had hoped to mlka them spposr to belong
TO TIE same note ana so get 81 80 for
them. The attempt was weak aud futile