The Washington times., 1904-08-23
Conf IDENCE MEN
At WORK AGAIN
2eawaken Mans Cupidity
by Ancient SWindleS.
MANY CASES IN CHICAGO
Police Get More Complaints Than
Months Before-"SuckerS"
in St. Louis.

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CHICAGO. Ill, Aug. 23-The green
Foods swindle is rife again. At inter
rals il breaks out in spots. like chicken
Dox OF poison ivy. and this summer.
when Il was almost supposed TO be ex-
1nct, II has come to The from. with all
II its old-time energy.
Lieut.. Andrew Rohan has seventeen
complaints from green goods buyers.
who attribute their downfall TO Chicago
dealers"
1t is nearly eight years since a case OF
Treen goods has been traced TO Chicago
rooks- Now the police are confronted
With seventeen. and the force is buster
'n this subject than any other There
teens TO be "A general revival OF the IN
iustry all over the United States. The
,hief OF detectives of st. Louis reports
mat more green goods swindlers are re-
ported there than any other examples of
:roolSedness.
Postmaster Arrested.
From Wheeling. w. Va. comes notice
nat Postmaster Thomas w. Tichinai
aas been arrested charged with a green
goods swindle. His corresDondence ne
llscIosed by the police. revealed dupes
"a All parts Of the United States From
wichita, Kan, comes word that three
tellers or bogus greenDacks are operat-
As IN the southwestern part Of the State
ana mat stores. banks, and railroad Of
nces are daily embarrassed with inouir-
RS ABOUT men who have unloaded bogus
money on the unsuspecting.
FROM Springfield. Mo. comes perhaus
the most ingenious performance Of the
new crop Of swindIers. There. for two
nights, an operator gave special per
ioIIhahces IN which ne converted green
paper INTO regulation bank notes by
SIMPLY exposing the blank paper 70
TIE rays Of an electric light
Easy to Get Money.
But there Is a newer ingenious devel-
opment Of the green goods game
Eleven men have been arrested in St
Louis for. selling to numerous victims
machines guaranteed TO make 81 and
SO bank notes out OF a certain quality
or white paper. According to the pro-
motors. the only expense involved is the
purchase of a certain quantity Of white
paper and the machine. In appearance
this 'money-making machine" is a min
iature wringing machine. only that the
rollers are covered with an Interchange
able fabric not unlise that used in or
binary window shades
The runner picks his victim in the
streets or in places of amusement and
PROPOSES to show him. with no attend
ant cost. the way to make good money
out OF common paper. The listener is
persuaded To witness the performance
Of the machine and is not asked for
a promise that he will buy the CON
IriVance- But he is sworn 10 secrecy
in case ne is not satisfied In case OF
self
secrecy.
Can Make Cash.
The person who yields to this alluring
suggestion is taken into a remote room
and building and 5lindfolded after he
enters. Finally he is brought into an
apartment IN which sits an operator be-
fore machine that looks like a minia-
ture clothes wringer. A piece of blank
white paper the size Of a bank note is
inserted between the rollers The han
Ole Is turned and in a moment a per
fectly printed, cOloTed. and finished s.
or so note energies from between the
rollers. This bill is presented 10 the on
locker. and he is asked TO take II away
and ask any bank teller, cashier. or ex-
pert as 10 its genuineness.
The person who gets such a bill for
nothing naturally asked the opiniou of
lVv cents on the dollar. his cuD.ditv is
aroused lie saw that bill made before
JUS eyes out or piece Of common pa Der
<te goes back and bags she machine
LOT ~. lie may pat ream Of paper cut
10 the proper size between its rollers
Nbut never negotiable bill comes forth
Victims UncOmplaining.
Then the victim realizes that the
thing was loaded" with good bills 10
make the Illusion. Victims OF the tween
ueth century green goods man seldom
complain. but the fact that half hun
dred complaints have been filed with tho
police OF the United States within sixt,
days indicates 20 what a vast extent
the swindle is being practiced
Just as the green goods swindie is an
elaboration Of the flash roll fraud. So
Is the new money making" wringer an
elaboration OF the green goods game. II
obviates the risk Of shipping money
IL appeals 20 the secretive tendencies Of
AL such persons as are attracted TO un-
lawful methods of getting something
Tor nothing.
From Cumberland Md. comes word
that four trucks. containing 600 pounds
OF bogus greenbacks. have been cap
tured and held by the authorities The
men 10 whose names they were ad-
dressed have failed 20 claim the plum
der.
A farmer who admits that he believes
his trunk contains nearly million dOl-
lars told the police that he paid 500 in