The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-26
RAISING BILLS
STIR UP OFFICERS
GANG OF CoUNTERFEITERs
BELIEVED TO BE OPERATING IN
CHATHAM COUNTY.

J. w. ReddicE Arrested for Passing
give Dollar Bill" That Had Been
Made from 81 DiIl-Counterfeit
Clever in Some Respects and
Clumsy in Others-Reddick Says
He Did Not Know Bill Was Raised.
Gave "a $500 Bond.
That gang of counterfeiters is op.
Grating in Savannah is the confident
belief of the United States authorities
here.
j. w. Reddick was arrested ny
Mounted Sergeant J. A. Woods yes
terday, on complaint of benjamin.
Moore. a negro. to whom he gave a
counterfeit IS bill. The bill was clum-
silly executed, and the negro had had
it in his possession but a short time
when he discovered that it had been
raised" from 9. bill.
Shortly after Reddick's arrest Depu-
ty United States Marshal Doyle was
notified of the charges, and lie at once
took the man into custody. Commits
sioner Hewlett was notified of the ar
rest and a preliminary hearing was
held yesterday afternoon.
Reddick admitted passing the bill on
Moore but said he did not know that
it was counterfeit. According to his
story he met a man at the UniCn Sta
ton who asked him to change the bill
This he did, not noticing that 1t was n
counterfeit.
immediately after he wished TO buy
Ia ~
change, rendered him the counterfeit
bill. He hold to this story throughout,
and strongly protested his innocence.
It was charged at the bearing, how
ever, that RedGicl. had attempted TO
pass the bill on an Italian fruit dealer,
but the counterfeit had been detected.
VIII Have Another Hearing.
After hearing all the evidence Com
missioner Hewlett decided to hold the
man for further examination to-day.
Bond was fixed in the sum of $500, and
was at once furnished by the defend
ant He was Immediately released from
custody.
The bill which Reddick attempted to
pass was rather clumsily executed. The
numerals IS" had been pasted over the
'1'' in the corners of the bill. and the
word five" pasted across the bottom
of the note. Where the words "One
Dollar" were on the original, an IF /"
had been inserted, and, by erasing one
arm of the M it had been made to
resemble a "V."
The clumsiest work was in the large
''V," across the face of which the
word Five" Is engraved. This had
been poorly done in chalk and was
what attracted attention to the bill.
The reverse side of the note was also
poorly executed, indicating that the
maker had grown tired of the work
| and had hurried over the finishing
| touches.
other Notes Have Been Found.
| The raised bill that Reddick had Is
not the only one that has come to the
notice of the authorities here. Com
missioner Hewlett now has in his pos
session a 81 note which had beer
| raised in the same way. careful
! inspection of the work indicates that
both bills were done by the same per.
son, though the five-dollar note is a
much more perfect counterfeit than the
two dollar one.
| There has been considerable specula-
| tlOn as to just where the numerals
which were pasted over the IL" were
| secured. Some believe they were taken
| from old Confederate bills, while others
are inclined to the belief that they were
secured from the revenue stamps on
cigar FOXES. etc.