The daily sentinel., 1906-08-06
PASS WORTHLESS
MONEY HERE
Two Men Worked the Game on LO.
cal Business Men Saturday
Night, But We're Caught
and Are in Jail.

\ Two SmOOln Crooks worked
4 worthless money game on several To-
cal business men on Saturday night
but were finally detected and were
arrested by Night Marshal c. C. o.
! Neil and lodged in the county Jail.
/ The two men were strangers in the
city. When arrested one gave his
name as h. f. Chadwick and the
other said that his name was Frank
Lane. They are men looking to be
about thirty-five years old and of fair
/ ly good appearance.
IL seems that the. two fellows
struck town on Saturday some time
and from all appearances We're stock
ed up with worthless ten dollar bills.
Saturday afternoon the two men were
in the Abbey saloon and drank sew
eral times. paying for the drinks
with silver. However, in the evening
they We're in the saloon again when
there was big crowd standing at the
bar, they ordered drinks and in pay
ment threw down a ten dollar bill.
The bar tender hurriedly waiting on
his patrons saw that the bill was a
ten-dollar note. picked it up without
closely examining it and threw it in
the money drawer and gave the men
about S9.75 in silver. Later in the
evening the men went into Lutes'
candy parlors. ordered cream and
when they were through gave the boy
who waited upon them a ten-dollar
bill, the boy took 1t to the cashier,
secured $3.50 in change and gave it
to the men. A little later the men
went over to the Humphrey candy
kitchen and ice cream parlors and
again ordered cream and paid for
the refreshments in the same man
ner, securing $3.50 in return for the
worthless ten dollar bill.
The Wohlfort drug store was then
visited and an attempt was made to
pass a bill there but for some reason
they failed, also at the Windsor bar
and at the Ranch saloon they did not
succeed in getting change for their
bills.
About eleven o'clock Mr.. Humph-
ries who had in the meantime ex-
amined the bill he had received. noti-
fed Marshal ONeil that two men
had passed a spurious $40 bill on him
Accompanied by Mr.. Humphries,
Officer O'Nell started in search of the
men and a few minutes later the
money showers were found stand
ing on Fourth street near the side
door of the Sampliner store. Humph
ries identified them and ]. NJ. Wohl.
fort. of the Wohlfort Drug store, also
identified them as the men who ask
ed n this place ofaoiaoinaoitIoin
ed for change at his place of business
The men protested that the money
was good and that they were inno-
cent. On seaching them Officer o.
Neil found $1,000 in silver but failed
to find any of the worthless bills.
Each man had on some new clothing
which looked like it had just been
bought, but ii has not been learned
whether the men made any such pur-
chases here on Saturday evening.
The bills that were passed by the
men look as If they might be old bank
notes issued many years ago. They
are printed just alike on each side.
the wording and the photographs be-
ing Autographed on both sides of
the bills. At a casual glance the
bills would appear genuine. especial.
ly at night, but little investigation
will show that they are either coun-
ter felt or notes that were long ago
declared void by reason of the date of
issuance. 1.-THE Merchants and Plant
ers bank, Savannah, state of Georgia"
appears on each bill and the bills are
dated in the year 1857. There are
signatures which are hardly legible
and a picture on each side of the bill.
The silken threads of hairs are woven
into the paper In apparently the usual
manner. At glance one would
think that the bill was good. simply
old.
There is a question as to whether
the bills were originally issued by
this bank fifty years ago and have in
some manner been secured by these
men who have attempted to pass
them or whether they are counter
feits of the original bills issued by
the Savannah bank. Fifty years ago
state bank notes were being issued
but many of them became illegal and
worthless at time passed. 1t seems
that the men had only $40 notes and
when arrested none of these could be
found on either of them
Just what charge can be brought
against the men, whether is will be
counterfeiting or passing worthless
money, is not known. 1t is n heavy
penalty in either case.
The case comes under federal jur-
isdiction and the United States dist
rict attorney has been notified. The
men will probably be given a hear
ing before United States Commits
sioner J. p, sweeney. Within an hour
on Saturday night the men secured
$29.25 in exchange for three of the
spurious bills so they were making
money pretty rapidly.
The names the men gave are evil
IDENTIFY fictitious and the officers are
inclined to think that they are crooks