The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-05
EXPERT IN RAISING CHECKS.
This Man Never SwindIes any Banks
However-He Has Prepared a
Valuable Ink.
Indianapolis News.

Stanley j. Morrow, of II West
Pratt street, is perhaps the most ex-
pert and accomplished check raiser
in the country. His work, however,
is done only in honest experiments.
For twenty-five years Mr.. Morrow
has been working in an effort to per-
feet an ink that cannot be removed
without leaving tSaces of its having
been there, and it is while thus en-
gagged that he raised thousands of
checks ana acquired proficiency in
his work.
Mr.. Morrow says he has at last
made the discovery fer which he has
so long sought, and that he now has
a paper and an ink that, if used. will
effcctually protect banks and others
against the doings of the check rails
cr. He has applied for q patent on
the process, and the application is
now pending before the Patent De-
partment.
In his laboratory Mt his home Mr..
Morrow has vast array Of bottles
Of chemicals lined up, all Of which
he has been using in his efforts to
discover non-eradicablc ink. ~
have made this matter study for
twenty-five years." he said, "and I
have here everything known to chem
istry for the removal of ink from pa
per. | believe | know more about
inks than any other man, and there
is no chemist who is better Informed
on the subject Of inks than I am. I
have been able to remove perfected
but l have not been able to remove
this ink and when used <in a check or
draft it affords perfect protection"
The array Of bottles contained
these chemicals: Acetic acid, oXalic
acid. alcohol. amonia, pcrchlorode of
soda, pyhophosphate of soda, hyposul-
phatc of soda, cream of tarter, chlo-
reform, fcrro cyonide of potassium,
peroxide of hydroden, chloride Of tin,
aqua rcgia, nitric acid, tartnric acid,
and combination of these agents.
These, he said, are all the substances
know to chemistry for the removal
of inks. There are no others, he says.
And none of these will destroy the
traces of the ink that he has just
produced.
elf I had turned my knowledge Of
how to raise checks to dishonest pur-
pose,' said Mr.. Morrow, ~ have no
doubt that I could have been the most
dangerous man the banks of the coun-
try would have had to deal with, but
my aim has been to produce an ink
and a paper that would prevent
banks from being swindled in that
manner. During the years that I
have been eat this >work 7 have aston
ishcd many bankers, with the ease
with which | WAS able to change their
checks that had been written with
wha, they call safety ink and on what
wns assumed to he safety paper.
"E,vcn here in Indianapolis l have
demonstrated this. One bank in par
ticular pays - Il quart for ink that it
uses in writing checks and drafts.
The cashier felt secure and told me |
could not take the ink from the pa
per. did il just the same and show
ed him how it was done and proved
to him that his safety ink was one of
no value in the hands Of one who
knew what TO do with ii. Here is the
check that | raised for him as an cX-
ample of what could do with his
ink.' and he held out Il check that,
though il had been raised, bore not
even the slightest evidence Of the