Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-05

MONEY FLOODS
LOWER BORDER
More Than 100000 Of COnstitutiOnaIist
Currency Has Been UnI0aded On to Un-
suspecting Investors. According 10 Re-
liable Estimates.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
BECOMING ACTIVE IN MATTER.
COnstitutiOnalist Authorities in Matamor-
0s Are Conhscating and Destroying
Currency by the Thousands OF Dollars
Many Are Hard Hit.

The entire lower Texas Mexican hnr-
,irr. both nn the American and McxirAn
sides III the river. ha- been flooded with
counterfeit con~titulionai~f hills Of five
pc~o- denominations. II j. hv mrn who
have hcrn dealing m cun~truiiunali-f
money that the total amount VI these bad
bill~ circulated M ihi~ section will reach
easily ~30u.onO pc-o~. and. perhaps. MISTY
sr iar beyond that point.
'lhe bin that ~ uuntarteii T. poorly
made affair and J. easily di~tingui~hahls
hv any one who J. at all familiar with the
legal five pesos note issued IN the new
government III Mexico. Thousands NJ the
counterfeit bills were made with the word
''acnerdo" one one side mi~pclled. the last
letter having been ~ On me counterfeit
when Il should have been 80" Thi> error
wa~ evidently discovered by the counter
iciterS. ~ later numbers show IL To have
hren corrected
Numerous persons Dn the lower border
have been buying and selling con~titu-
iionali>i money. and IL j. ~aid that on these
the cuuntrrieitrr~ succeeded IN working
IN large amounts. 'n~r~pertingly these
bad notes have been passed "a ~ the
dealers. but discovering the bad notes hat
cr nlany ot these dealers recalled such
bad ones ~ they had ~old returning thr
money.
The con~tilutionali~t authorities IN Mat
amoro- have been advised of the circula-
iion 1T these had notes. and every illegal
note found ~ conh~raied and DESTROYED
Only a few day. ago the constltutionali-t,
relieved one man at Monterrey uf 1000
pesos "A this money. ~ had bought n
un~u-prciingly and came dangerously
near heing arrested aud prosecuted for
having u IA hi~ possessing. lie. however.
successfully assured the Officials that ~
wa- innocent 81 Intentional wrong VI the
matter. IIe later returned ~ Brownsville
To recover hi~ good American money paid
iur the bad con~titrtionali-i money
Various tricks ~ dispose Oi thI- money
have been re~oried a. ~ the alleged cuun
ierieiier>, one oi them having been bv
displaying a note 10 some casual acuuaini
ancc ~ the hope ~ interesting h,m in
F"NAA-+ ~ th'- INV HttIustlHlhHfF = wa
iere~ied the salesman then proceed io in-
form him that there j. more where this
came from" n the new acquaintance
happened to be some person familiar with
Mexican money. the salesman would ward
of suspicion by stating casually that hc
had bought II a. n souvenir"
u j. alleged that large portion III TIE
counterfeit money III circulation here wa
brought down by three men who were here
recently from >an Antonin. according ~
N report. They remained here several day
X j. claimed. during winch they had a
very profitable experience. The money
N alleged ~ have been made IA San An
tonic or IN III Pa-o. and several arrests
have lately been made III both places on
charges alleging Swindling.
Owing ~ the Tact that the constitutions
ali-t money a. not the i~~ru WI rrrog-
nized government here ha- hren .-on~id-
erahls question among ofii~,al- a. 10 whe-
fhcr prosecutions could be- obtained on
thi- side. nnIe~~ N were Un charges w
~windling. However. government officials
are bu-iy engaged Ia working on the eases.
and 1t D. reported that drag mel J. likely
tn result M numerous arrests an the WAY
from III Pa~o to Brownsville
The eonstitutionali~t- have very e.
feeiive metho'. ~ prosecuting alleged
rounterieiier-.sa conviction IN Y military
court meaning execution.