The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-15

tlIne OF toll IN your present business would
not do-thts without injuring friends, neigh
| bors or your fellowmen No convince YOU
| OF the safety of the business, will, upon
receipt of the telegram, as per enclosed
note, send you a sample of my work. and
Will also appoint place to meet you
SO that you can personally examine my
whole stock. If, for any reason, you de-
| eide not to cooperate with me- l trust,
| as an honorable man, etc, you will not
/ be so heartless as to destroy my life
work, so kindly burn this and let the mat
ter, drop Trusting, however, to hear
from you Immediately, / am confidentially
yours, One of the Oldest Engravers
in the United States"
The mote" enclosed is as follows:
DIRECTIONS:
"Follow directions implicitly; in no 9TH
er way communicate with me. Prepay
| your message to insure safe delivery.
caution you not to send any letters to this
address, as they will positively be refused
and returned to you opened through the
dead letter office. and so bring trouble
upon you. Your telegram, being in cipher,
no one will understand its meaning, so
lhave no fear Put Your address under
your initials and tell the operator to send
y also; Be careful to send copy of
| this telegram exact:
John Bolduc, Dinkville, N. Y:
His present address is No. 70 Main
street.
Sign above telegram with full initials
and send by w. U. telegraph
Occasionally the receiver of the latter
is given number, and once in while
a fake newspaper clipping tell
ing of the theft of plates be-
longing to the treasury depart
ment, and sometimesfa fake copy of the
Official Counterfeiting Detector," pur-
ported to be issued by the government
with perfect duplicates, genuine pa
per, skeleton backs, and only can be
discovered by experts" is sent out, and
the official seal of the United States
treasury department is stamped on it.
| When the victim has bitten and sent
the telegram, he receives a document
that is a masterpiece of rascal litera-
ture. 1t generally reads as follows:
my Dear sir-Your telegram received.
AS promised, l enclose a sample. AS the
! ink on back is not quite dry, l leave the
sheeting tissues between to avoid smut
| ting. In case it should stick, use a mois-
| tened sponge. The ink may seem to smell
a little too strong, but that is on account
of coming direct from the press; 1t will
| evaporate in a few days O. ! want you
| to pay particular attention to the coloring
| and press work. AS for the lathe work,
! vignette signatures, seal and numbers, it
| requires no expert to see that they are so
near perfect as to defy detection.
/ Heretofore the great drawback to pro-
| ducing successful duplicates was the at
\ tempt to insert silk fibre through the
! paper This, however l have overcome,
and you will see that it is not sewn, PEN
cilled or done with ink and pen, but is
run in the pulp. Do not confound my
work with the cheap photo-engraving
| process which year ago caused such a
stir in banking and treasury circles. The
| bills are clever, but will not stand the
glass. Put mine under a magnifying
glass and they will stand comparison
with the original.
Now, my dear sir, to transact bust
I1RHr- 1t,
1 to meet me face TO faee-for the first deal
/ at least. want to see and know you
| personally. In fact I will do no business
otherwise. You can examine my stock
thoroughly before you buy; you will be
| instructed how to color and stain them so
as to make them look old; then, if you
are satisfied in every particular, | will
agree to pay your expenses for loss of
time, etc.
My price is twenty-five cents on the
dollar, but to get you started l will make
the following special Introductory rates:
Five hundred dollars buys $4,000, $3.50 buys
5000, $3.50 buys $1,000 $1,000 buys $4,000, $2000
buys $4,000 OF my goods. Under no cir
| cumstances will l make less than a $500
! deal. An investment of $1,000 will give
you the exclusive right to handle my
| investigating, do so at once, as you will
never have the chance again. This is the
chance of your life. Do you not know
enough to grasp it?
! small fry people-$600 or nothing.
| want a man who will invest in land,
| property, etc. ~ resell even at4agloss-any-
| thing TO turn the money rapidly Do not
waste any more time asking for So nlples
| ! consider the evidence submitted enough
| for any one that means business, and all
transactions are for cash. Keep a close
! mouth, confide in no one and investigate
In case you have not the ready cash.
! raise it by borrowing on mortgage, Civ
| ing your notes, or you can sell property
at q sacrifice, as upon your return you
| can lift notes and repurchase. Don't do
| 1t Immediately, however, because that
would mean uspicion-people will Won
DER where you got your sudden wealth
| from; but make your notes thirty, sixty
and ninety days. However, we will talk
that over when we meet"
In this enlightened age, it is hardly
credible that man should bite al
such bait, but men have done it and
continue to do so, and they then re-
ceive the following document:
RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS. to be
followed eXactly.-To meet me it is nee
| essary to buy ticket to Martin, New
6ork. Go to the -- House. Before
| leaXing home telegraph amount you are
willing to invest in this way Save 500
| pieces for me- or $50, or $50 1000 or 20OO
pieces, according to the amount you wish
! 10 invest. This will insure no delay on
! my presses, and no disappointment Ar
| riving. at the hotel register as j. K. Lar
| klns. from Nevada go to YOUR room and
stay mere I'll my son calls. Before talk
! ING business with him, your password is
/ Jacket. No one but you and myself ex-
! cept my son, knows this password.
bufh an correspondence before you
leave home, even the waxed sheets that
| enclosed the sample, if the latter bears
the slightest offset If you prefer, nut
your money in the bank or hotel safe
! perfectly satisfied with the goods. Won
| can draw the money and buy, otherwise
! all deals are off, and | will pay your ex-
/ penses both ways. What could be fairer
than that? It is a-chance Of a lifetime
! ACT NOW"
He goes to the place mentioned in the
| instructions and is received by the
green goods mans pal, who usually in
PRODUCES himself as His fathers son, .
and the victim is taken in hand and his
| pedigree from time of birth is discov-
cred by the SON The amount of
money he has on his person and his
] degree of gullfbility is taken into con-
sideration first, and then he is passed
along until he reaches the counterfeit
ers' den and there he is introduced to
man usually seated at a large desk.
| Two or three men are always in the
| room, each one with a loaded revolver
! concealed about his person in case of
/ trouble. If the victim wants to pur-
| chase $500 at $625, which is at the usual
rate of 25 cents on the dollar he is
allowed to see the money all in bills,
/ and the deal is made. The money is
placed in valise on the desk. and the
chief of the gang "forgetfully" closes
down the lid of the desk, but quickly
/ remembers that the valise belongs to
the victim, and raises it again. In the
meantime, a man concealed inside the
desk, which is a dummy, changes the
pile of money for fake" pile, and the
valise is handed to the victim, he is
told to hustle home so that he will not
| be missed, and he leaves the home of