The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
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~ sheldon was an honest ant
6sfF rouuq man. Ingenious ant
19', II good education, he ha'
edea - - excellence in the prac
rlstb q he engraver,s iaso aIsc ona 30 h,
~ p y. winter Of 1908 anu ~ o,,t - =,
y ssloyed to do gope,nu.ns e,n enurnv;n, VIM
. sss city of New York. Al
asr 10 saafsative in many things
"a consSe cS NJ display in dress ant
Fas iOss isst al at high living: lie tool
II, sig giue"s =, a fashionable uptown
6aae' IN the eeGrse Of time hi
FisS iilias a sent on tne oprVsisit' srSssi,
~ 10 No. table az which ne usual,
y W rsvliasly occupied oS
"a Sss STsssasss,sa ss aliaale.aGea maa,
~ 5l %bsa there Glanced 30 ht
qs es9 ,srsoas sitt'ag near, tHt
tlse TNssSlSi that they oHEA5 te
ri,t ,s,ssT t.is ssauaiased with eeet
N6ss ys ss'es ;6es led the eeHVefsatiea
3!k ~ sz t "a draw ffsm shelaan hit
:. ; and sSd bnsinoSs. When ne learned @
q, - sIs Sss an ongraver in the employ
y x th,sS noto company. he ahecteo
esl ns,spss,sssvosf Indeed, Well, I nm
'sa sssw Il, I want somo work
" " Nat Inc, but was not GER
= ls,sa y ,%'t 70 apply. I am very par
~ sIS Maui II, end would be willing
~ ~ eSll for o good Job. -
X akSAat is the subjectf' Sheldon In
Ffs,.; F'fsss;, u said the stranger, as he
"a E IN. the photograph of a pretty
~ - Ssss, Ss eff it was nicely done
\; Z Mould it costf'' .
s nm, " depends on the fineness Of
a ,a Tork Anywhere from $50 to
Ma nrico is not so much an object
a i'. 80 as The quality of the work.
n n ssy literally for a good job"
~. =. hundred and seventy-five dollars
tss sum finally agreed upon;
~, the engraving was completed
!; ssGyersd the employer was so we'll
81 that he said he under
"A II ihs nrice to be 5000, and insisted
- -sy,np that amount, Sheldon was
:J'yrrssrds rd supplied with a number OF
I'll Jobs from the snme source and
= literally paid for his work.
ljrs dsy his patron suddenly broke
!: with the exclamation: You are
!, acpllent workman, and am
-s,tly surprised TO see man of your
tiT With the grsver plodding along
4 tsis way when You ronld easily
IA yOnr fortune in a short time if
n sire SO disposed. y
aEuw conld it be done7''
nBv making plates for bonds and
rssr. You epgrave the plates for
rstsir persons. They pay you big
rs.iy. Yun have nothing to do with
h Use they are put to. -
MS man who was adroitly tempting
!. elaoh was the procurer, OF
: h more explicit, the capitalist OF
= - moe- lar~orc~e g"-gs
r.zterfeiteIs ever organized in this
Isn!ry. To Sheldon he was Mr. De
n, but this was only one of the
nsry names BY which ne was known
/ tie different persons employed by
u He was the Sutocrat of AL l,
xntefsite,s and forgers of his day,
ID one Of the few criminals that es-
.,a physical punishment for their
-isy nisdeeds. He was discovered
b as oihcers in The latter days Of his
iiasd il was a close race between
be and the devil. The latter won.
DTs NOS gifted manipulation of
v, and he was successful in Grazing
''lE Sheldon's mind with visions of
5ul inches. Sheldon quit the en-
" d the bank note company and
.l'sng Devoe's advice took lodgings
- hoase where the people were not
',llStlve in regard to his business.
4 fAe summer OF 1871 a counterfeit
y atasury note made its appearance
lsi Of the great cities Of the couno
q 10 the unframed eve the note
p good fac simile of the genuine.
Z lsftsrlng, the seal, the vignette
Y everything about it, except the &C.
's'ne lathe work, were quite perfect,
y u vas not difficult TO discover by
|. Is u magnlfylng glass that the
!. . laslice lines were irregular. In
: genuine these lines are made by
4. svia'neiy 80 perfect that it is impos-
" . initiate them by hand. A
slNnelt note even to the practiced
\ may appear all right at a casual
III l out ITS base nature can be
ss'y discovered by a careful exam
ison y Oh Its eccentric lathe work,
-; iS noe OF which / speak was An
.s'lenl Imitation, but it was early
,'ysTsa M; and It's circulation checked
snis time the branch office of the
'IIausnt y secret service Of New
= vas being almost daily visited by