The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28


conversant with spurious coin Wef
being circulated. Three months ag
large numbers OF the coins were issued
the counter,eiters evidently be!n
emhol6ened by their success. BY din
Of hard work on the part OF detec
:iyes and Secret Service men eVidenc
which vas deemed sufficient to hoi'
was obtained against Schleiman, an,
his confession led the officers to th
long-Sought mill"
4 secret Service agent who ha
spent twenty three years hunting thi
class cf criminal, and who know
chemistry and the mechanism o
counterfeiting even better than ;
telegrapher knows his Morse, explain
ed the beauties and delicacy Of thi
latest f1d.
TAXES ONES BREATH AWAY"
Here is a combination Of brain:
and mechanical skill that takes oae's
breath away" he said. The man
uer in which these half dollars were
made differed from the crudel
methods Of the past. Anuimony aud
tin have alway been used by the ar.
tist,' who then adds lead to bis pro-
duct to give it the deceptive weight.
But the lesd gives silver plating
practically no purchase On the metal
disk, and 1t does not posses ring
which could deceive US. And further
more, a counterfeiter has never been
able to put those little hicks in the
rim OF the coin, just as the Govern
nent does. This is called milling
and reading
"Still another point OF interest,
whose difficulties were removed by
these geniuses the officers have trap
ped, is that it has been hard to re.
move slight excrescence and imperfec.
oions OF flush from the face OF the
coin.
Now, instead OF using lead, these
men used copper Of the highest
class. They placed the antimony and
tin in crucible, and when the prop
er temperature had been reached, put
8 rod CT copper into the molten metal
and stirred it. Thus the molecules Of
copper spread evenly through the mass
as they will not do when molten cop
per is added.
This copper offers a splendid sur
face for the application Of silver.
They put the coin in the electro. bath,
and the copper took up the silver and
clung to it. Such coating stands an
acid test of some duration. Such a
coin will ring almost as clearly as the
genuine article. Now, whatever i'm
perfectations or hummocks appeared
On the surface were absolutely remoV-
ed with a specimen Of Turkey stone
imported-whose equal have never
seen.
WEIGHT, MILLING, RING o E.
''Tbis little machine, wi h the three
knuyled wheels inteTconmunicating,
!; ives the coin and with marvellous
delicacy mills and reads the edges.
Usually we can tell by the feel
OF an edge whether Uncle Sam
CT a counterfeiter made the
coin. You can't do it with
this specimen. So ycu see, they got
the weight, the ring and the milling
Of the real article, and we're doomed
only BY the fact that they could not
proftaoly put enough silver on their
products to defy continued acid test.
II believe the man who made these
coins is a master mind. BE would
succeed in anything be uudertook-ex-
cept fooling the Government. I don't
shiDk he will do much public work for
some years to come, however. It's a
pretty clear case, and I must say the
work of your Central Office here, with
which have often had the pleasure
Of operating, is brilliant example OF
quiet, effective sleuthing. Inspector
McClusky's enthusiastic support OF
the Secret Service must excite admi-
ration"
Five.year-o2d Aug usta Schatz.
daughter OF the housekeeper at The
Fourth street place, has ioenti-
fed as Mrs. Ruebes picture obtained
n the dem 7. American.