The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-28
HUNT BY GREEN GOODS GUY
LUMBERMAN KiTTEABERG MAS HERE
o yENGE 4NCF.
Now Ic Has Disappeared and whether He
Has Got Vengeance, or His $500 Back
ar What Has Happened the Authorities
Don't Kuow-Job Done In Greenpoint.

Has Got Vengeance, or His &6CO Back
ar What Has Happened the Authorities
Don't Know-Job Done In G~reenpoint.
William +. Rittcnberg. a lumbcrman OF VGl.
| entine, Mich, has been In New York for a week
trying TO find the green goods men who got
$500 Of his money ut Green point on Dec. 10
last. For several DAYS Rittcnhrrg has been
haunting the United States Circuit Court. hop
ing to get a x impse Of the men and believing
that one or more OF them might attend the
trial Of George Morris. who IL accused ot using
the mails To exploit n green goois game. and OF
j. W. Reedy OF Pocantico Hills. who il charged
with aiding and ahettIng him. Since Wcdnes-
day night Rittcnbcrg has not been seen. and
Chief Post Onlcc Inspector John ID. King thinks
that the green goods men may have returned
his money to Rittenterg on condition that he
go back TO Nalcntino and keep quiet.
lsittenberg got the usual circular saying that
a former enGraver OF bank notes had green
goods to sell. lie opened correspondence and
| was directed 70 come 10 the lonHers Hotel nt
ionker.. 1h"r" he met an old man with white
hair and whiskcrs. who took him 10 Green
point. The old man told Eittenberg that he
was J. y. Hoffman Of IA Bond avenue. BALI
moro, Md. Iron thtIr arrival ut tirrenpOint.
hoffman took Rite berg 10 "a brick building
uls'alrs and into a room where three mca
were.
liittrnher. to Inspector King. nut wa.
AFRAID to back out. Holman hal agree to sell
me $1,000 N counterfeit tllls Tor $500 His
circular said thai the bills were tens. tvrs and
ones. rhe mon had So. u in those dcnomina-
tons there, They 10 me that the police had
founi ont that | wa. hcrn to get queer money
money with me. They said that they would
express it to me. agreed and paid them the
You were the easiest mark Of a come.on |
have met in many a day." said Inspector King.
"Wh"n Won lett Il ,dn't u man who said he was
he knew what you hat been doing and
threaten To locK you up if YOU didn't give hun
$50 q. $5u; That Is another of their scheme
to squeeze "A victim a little more
NO" said Rittenbrrg sadly. they had all |
hat hu' my fare home and they knew II. Holt
man tut me on the ferry aud | went back
home
80 package OF counterfeit bills clmc TO VAL
entine for Gutenberg but on Jan, II last he
received u letter ir u Hoffman saying that the
police had arrested two messengers. who wor'
clrrylng RIttrnberg's packages to the express
Office ami hal runilscated the package, Bitten
lcrg was warned not TO accept any package
which might come 10 him, Tor wrote Hotf-
man. the police will Seni you a dummy, A
Secret Service man j. in my ofice and am
gong 10 ski tom ght.. When | get settled |
will make some more bills and send them 70
The letter inc'oscd what appeared to be a
Clipping from a newspaper. telling Of the
arrest ~ the messengers by Cnited States
na'rctiye Lane, their arraignmcnt before
United states Commissioned shields and the
prediction o. chief Brooks 81 the Secret Ser
vice bureau that the arrests would break up
the green goods game. Brooks has not been
chici Of the Secret Service bureau for several
years and tn, clipping was especially manu-
fdc'urc by the green goods men.
This lottcr aroused klttenbcrg md he came
to New FORK again, prepared to execute sum;
mary vengeance upon Hoffman II he could find
him. Mr.. King SAYS that the cOmc-on was
shuntei around among the police and finally
drlttcd into his oiliCe.