The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-12-17
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place money where thieves canno
reach it, and the redemption division
Of the treasury department reveal
many interesting stories Of clos
wealth.
Cnly few weeks ego E. &. Schrel
ner, chief OF The division, had a move
experience He was forced to make az
examination OF dogs stomach to sat
isfy himself that it contained the re
mains Of a 800 bill which the canine
mad chewed up. The dog's stomach
was sent to Mr.. Schreiner accompanied
BY letter in which the writer stated
that his dog Fritz had swallowed So
bll3 while he was playing with him
The Aforesaid Fritz was not regarded
by the owner as being worth $40, sc
he vas shot and the stomach sent tC
the treasury department TO see il the
bill could be put together Sufficient to
be redeemed. With the assistance OF
experts in the division Of redemption
the badly c;iewed-up bill was taken ont
and 1t was redeemed at its face value.
'And this IS the way we have to go
about getting money together to re-
deem it, said one OF the experts. II.
comes here in every shape and not in
frequently entirely out OF shape, and it
sometimes takes the greatest care and
most delicate work to get it in such
condition that we are able 10 satisfy
that some effort IS not being
made to sw!nale your Uncle Sam out
Of gocd money. We have orr rules for
REDEEM p:ion, and these rules are strictly
adhered to.
Somehow calYes appear to have tie
inside tract, OF al other animals Tor de-
stroying money, and they literally eat
it up wkaD-they get hold Of it, while
goats give the stuff 4 'iick and q prom
lsa, SO to speak, aud 1t is found il:
arge pieces VIXEN sent here ior leiemp-
ton. Goats CO not chew It up line
IKE sone other animals. 1t is not Of
tan That dogs set hold OF money, but
frequently pigs ard hogs make sac
havoc with a roll CT bills. OF course,
the best thing to do when bill is eat
81 by an ANNA, is to get The mass out
as soon as possible, being careful not
o let il cry before being sent here. It
5 safer to allow Us to do the taking
apart OF the pieces Whenever there
) a reasonable doubt about The gen
llneness Of bill or its denomination
hat doubt is il favor OF the party
making the claim.
Here are the rules, briefly. Tor the
exemption Of lautilatad money:
"Foc q pisce Of currency greater than
wo-tiiths and less than three fifths~ ct
be original note, one-half the face val
|s OF tie note is given. For a pisce
3 great as three hfths, tie whole value
i the note is given. Fer q piece two
IftGs the size Ct the original nothing
5 given. But this last provision is lin.
tad by the law, which gives discretion
D the sreasur: department to give full
alue Tor note il the owner can rrove
0 The satisfaction Of the authorities
hat the note CIR the missing part OF it.
'as destroyed. This last provision
pens the door to possible fraud and
aany are the efforts made by dishon-
s: persons to take advantage Of it.
me fragments OF money which come
ere Tor redemption are TUNED over to
II expert and sorted cut under the mi
rosc3pe for Identification. They are
licked apart aud each piece assigned |
, lis place like puzzle. This is usu-
liy done on glass aud the pieces are
laced between glass, SO that they can
Q measured in order to ascertain how
luch 0: the note is there.
"UnlaSs there was the most perfect
ystem here we would be frequently
AIKEN il by dishonest persons. A fe!-
w in kaneas sent i'll the halves Ct !
ONE small bills, With the edges nicely
barred, panied by an affidavit |
bat no had put the money in his pock.
t, hung bis coat OF fence an;. that
ae coat had besn burned. It happen
q that The other halves ct these notes |
ad been redeemed tor money broker
lore than two years previous, and the
-ansas fellow was arrested and fined |
l 900. \ Chicago man sent in frac-
1ents Of two 800 hills and ona $40 bill,
it'll an affidavit saying that the other
al7es had been destroyed. With the
snae mail q Chicago banker sent the
Their halves. It was proved that the
'iloW who made the affidavit was a
and he got two years in the
en- There have been a number Of
ases OF this character. We keep tab on
very bill which is redeemed Or sent
II redemption, and that is the way we
eep from being buncced.
cit is not only mutiIated money