Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-20
DON'T TAKE ANY BAD
MONEY, PLENTY
Of II LOOSE
Some One Always Willing to
Take Chance With Uncle
Sam With Certainty of Ser.
wing Prison Term.

Don't Jake any bad money is e.
i"kiug admoniiiun that at TIMES
might have its uses Although rnclr
sam 10 relentless and usual, success.
ful IN his efforts Go dctect and appto-
hcnd those who make commercials of
his money. there seems &" no, always,
some who are willing to risk the prac-
teal certainty of long terms iu prison
coins ana hills
This not ouly furnishes work ior
the secret service officers. bat also
for bank tcllcrs. who must constantly
S.cp informed a~ O." bad money that
has been placed W circulation, the
export uity being afforded h. reports
ISSUED ht the chief of th, secret scrN-
lee ~ Washington
This official has INST reported HiN
new ,uuutcrieiis. four being pf SO
notes and two of g. notes. dcscrip-
,ions of which have been received bS
Albuaucruur banks
,ru,ick Executed.
ono of the slN vuuntcrfcitS i> de-
sctinrd as follows con the United
states National bank ~ Omaha Sch.
| Check letter ~: scrics ig02, ! W.
| l.Nona. register of the trcasur, Ellis
In Roberts. treasurer of the rnited
states charter number 29sh bank
number 1918 treasury number
BSg3SE>. portfait nf William Mci<in-
10y This counterfeit is q very crudc-
| IS executed photomochanical produc-
| tiuu printed on one piece of paper.
boarlu, ink lines go Initiate the silk
| nbcr~ oi the genuine. The back OF
IN, specimen 90 hand iS printed up-
side down ana resembles stag" money
lmorc than any genuine Curr,ncN.
| This counterfeit should not deceive
| IN, ordinary handler of money"
| This description is given at the
other tt0 note ION the Merchants
| National bank at Providence. v. 1
Cheek letter 49,. series igu. " W
Lyons register of M, treasury. Ellis
n Robcrts. treasurer of tn, United
states; charter number ii3ii bank
number li.aas treasury number
INil3o2p. purtrat uf MckiulcN
Third More dangerous.
"This counterfeit appears to hay"
been printed frum very crud' wood
,cut plates and A So poor that - d.
tailed description Vs. deemed uuncc.
ossarN. One hundrcd and eighteen ui
these countcrlciis Wcr. found in tho
possession II two Italians arrested .,
TbNior Pa"
II does not appear that "a pcrsun
ordinarily careful IA thc handling OF
mon"> would he easily deceived by
Those two couutcTficits but a third IS
1 AL. a I. IN Ia
,lonal Bank OF Commerce of Wichita,
Kan. bears the names ct Lyons and
Roberts and .s described a. follows.
CHECK letter r., series of iNse'
1905. charter number 5t6p hank
uumhrr 55g. treasury number 53si33
This counterfeit is apparently print
ed from phntumochaniCh plates re-
touched with q rrayrr on two pieces
= ut paper. between which SILK threads
,Bavc been distributed These threads
are too thick and too loug. The coun'
trrfcii Is an exceedingly dangerous
one ana although the person rcspon'
siblo fur II is a poor printer. the not'
is calculate to deceive th, urdinur.
handler ui monoH
l. Ncil Executed.
: "Ihc lathe work b. excellent th'
Numbering seal ami geographical let
tier 1Wl are well executed and of goo,
color IN tho yigncttr on the rgh
end face of the note. the hand of th'
! female figure grasP,ng the lightning
flash appears To- be- MANNED In TIN
genuine The closed fingers have th'
fappoarang, of being cut ufl az tn
/ middle JOINT The back OF the not,
Is much darker than tho genuine
The counterfeit can %, detected bN a.
examination of the quality OF The sill
fiber used
T. The other SO counterfeit winch b
declared L. be apt to deceive. n
United states note. described ~ fol
lows. series 1904 check letter e;
face plate number 50l back plat
& number 95l; ". r. Vernon. rogistc
OF the treasury Charles ~ Treat
treasurer. portraits ~ Lewis AM
s clark. The counterfeit apparently
B printed from photpmcchnnical plat
l ON Two 'picccs of paper between whicl
silk threads have been distributed
. An 81 the work on the plate e. of tn
70 same depth, which gives the note
"a flat appearance owing to the abscnc
g of light ana shade. This IN noticeable
n true of the portraits. the picture g
q the buffalo aud Ia the denomination
10 figur' ON the face OF the note.
Arr i'oorl, Formed.
Il This dcnominationai figure in TIA
u genuine - outlined heavily. the shad
o lines In the center of the * an,
word Ten" being much tighter
: whereas In the counterfeit these shad
o lines are just AS heavy AS the outlin,
The lines of IN. lathe work are brok
en- and the figures az the trcasur
: number while OF good color, az
poorly formed. Tho back of the not
Is more deceptive than the face, IN
g most noticeable defect being that III
9 female figure In the center appeal
I 10 have dark bandaec across h'
h forehead"
4 one of the counterfeit s. notes