The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-15
Secret Service Selling All
Stage limitations.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST FAKES
Deceptions Worked on Immigrants
Lead 10 Drastic Orders From Uncle
Sans Detective Bureau-The Law
Against Counterfeitizg Wide IN Scope

These be parlous times for the poor
actor man. from all accounts. Tor the Sc
cret Service Bureau Is about to remove
from him enc Of his time hon0red prop
critics. and this action viii uecessitate.
ii IS feared. the use by this unfortunate
individual, OF READ money, which the
hUmorisJs assert Is q positive stranger
10 him aud an unfamiliar sight
The cause Of THIS action On the part
o. the Secret Service people Is the in
formation coming from New York Bos-
ton. and Philadelphia that certain IN
scrupulous individuals have been engag-
ed IN the pleasant pastIme of taking ad-
vantage Of the innocent and ignorant
eTnigrant arriving at these ports, and
foisting upon him stage money in lieu
Of the genuine simon pure article.
Agents Of the department IN various
cities have been instructed to seize all
plates and stage money made from them.
and turn them over 10 the proper au-
thoTities il order that they may be de-
stroyeG- Assistant Chief William II.
Moran. OF the Secret Service. said to-
day:
Plates and Money Seized
we have been quietly looking up this
question Of stage money for some time,
and we have seized quite a large num-
Der OF plates and the impressions from
the same. 7 have heard, of course, of
the emigrant matter and our men have
Instructions to act at once in the sup
preston Of III Is wholesale distribution
OF stage money OF advertising devices
which tend to deceive the ignorant and
illiterate
Our men have orders TO first report
the matter to the United States autor-
ney in whose District the ofense occurs
and then, untteE- orders from him. to
seize the stuff and have II destroyed.
While this action is not aimed par
ueulaTly at the stage, ! suppose il viii
have to suffer with the advertising PEG
pie. Section $40 OF the Revised Stat
utes deals very broadly with this very
matter. It provides that il shall be IN
lawful 10 dup dcaIe any piece Of cUrren-
cy II paper OF any portion thereof Of
adopt any sf5uilitude which might tenl
TO deceive
Law Very Broad.
This. as you viii see. Is very broad
in its const 3ruction, and the question
only remain whether a piece Of paper
Of the same size as bill, Of the stand
ard green color or of yellow, does 20
violate the law. We think it does, anC
shall bend our efforts 10 its suppress
sion
The oriB inal intention in the frs
place by these advertising dodgers IS Il
deceive Il you were walking along Jhe
street ard saw piece Of plain paper
you would rtot pick II un- If you thought
II might POSSIBLY be money, however
you would take It Immediately. Thu:
on the face Of il. these fake bills are
intended T n deceive
II does not matter whether the ad-
TeTusemens- has sign printed across i
referring 10 boots and shoes # the per
son VINO ) the recipient Of the adver-
tisement cannot read, he or she is ~
better OF. Sections 370S. 51SS, auC
5414 deal more IN detail with this mat
ter. 3708 referring 10 the United State.
currency, while 5ISS deals with nationa
bank notes. Section 5414 has TO do witt
couEterfe tting pure and simple.
The i'm Of these various sections i
TO provide that when the Government
has once adopted a standard for its cur
Tency, Jhilt currency shall be kept clean
This We propose TO see is done"
Lively T ines Ahead for Fake" Money
All Of which goes 10 show apparentI
that the various merchants who hav
been setting forth the value Of thei
wares OF pieces OF paper evidently IN
tended 70 convey the impression Of valu
able rrgHcy: the actor man who give
away mid3ns nightly in stage money
and the Thousand and one little dodger
which litter the streets of the cities. ar
going 10 nave lively time for the mex
lex weeks.
Even the paintings Of barrels C
money" which have been flooding III
country C T late viii not be exempt The
VIII be ssBzsd and destroyed by the Gov
erEalent agents. The little pictures O
several bills Of large denomination
tied with a piece Of ribbon VIII hav
10 90 VI n the others
Some y'ears ago the Treasury Depart
ment issued permits 10 certain person.
permitting them 20 hang such picture
IN their places Of business. but this ha
been discontinued for several years an
no more viii be issued in any case
Several Of these pictures and dodger
with saEuI les Of stage money are in tn
hands Of the Secret Service department
az The present time and the law VIII b
TigidIv enforced