The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-27

ton belt Of the south. A quantity of
dangerous standard dollars We're Cir
culating all through Mississippi, Louis
lana and Georgia, We were informed,
and if something was not done, and
done pretty quickly, business through
out that section would be at stand
still, for no one would dare to- take any
money We rushed out men to the
scene of trouble at once. and found that
the terrible 'counterfeits' were plain,
everyday silver dollars. What had
aroused the suspicious in the minds of
the business people was the fact that all
the coins were brand new and all of the
same date. The explanation was very
simple indeed. The sub-treasurer at
New Orleans had run out Of silver dol
lars and had got about two, hundred
thousand of them from the mint.
Often a defect in a perfectly good
coin, such as a bubble formed in the
ntslting pot or a slip of some of the
machinery that does the reeding or mill
ing, will give it a strange appearance or
VIII affect its ring. Immediately some
one will jump to the conclusion that il
is very deceptive counterfeit, almost
as good as the genuine and we will re-
ceive a volume ofcomplaints about it,
"a few months ago our agent at Lou
isville happened to be visiting in Wash
ington. I believe that I'll get a lot of
these new dollar notes., he said, and
take them back home with me. We very
seldom see any new money out our
way He went down to the treasurer s
office and secured fifty new bills, which
ne took home with him. In less than a
week We began getting kicks from bus
insss men and professional men who
desired to give us tip about the
latest work of the eounterfeiters. At
ter we had received few of these com;
plants we sent them to our Louisville
man. 1t was not more than day or
two before he tumbled to the fact that
he was running down the very notes
that he had put in circulation, -.
"0ne of the most famous OF our false
alarms was given at Sheepshead Bay,
From number of sources we learned
that there was gang of supposed
counterfeiters at work of nights in an
isolated house down near the race
track. Men were seen to sneak into the
house, which stood with its barn at a
considerable distance from any other
habitation, and would remain working
there until daylight. Strange noises,
hammerings and suhdued converse
tieons came from the mysterious build
ing, and the only explanation that
mote the morality and happiness of the
OF counterfeiters was making money
there, and would soon be flooding the
country VITA the spurious currency
| We got so many complaints and they
came from such apparently Trustworthy
sources that we finally gave orders fol
| the agents in the district to raid the
place. On the eventful night the. raid
| took place the operatives waited unit
the gang was well at It's nefarious vo,
| cation, then surrounded the place ant
broke in. As they entered, the sigh
| that first met their eyes was a mai
shoeing horse. The gang CONSISTED
of a small crowd. of men, who were a
work on a ringer They were fixini
up this horse to run him at Sheapsheat
track, but, of course, did not dare to g
ahead in the open. So they waited eacl
night until the raee-herse crowd hal
gone home and then went to work doc
| toring up their entry. New York Fri
| bune. A. 81. r.. {s