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WHY COUNTERFEITERS FAIL.' to making plates for counterfeit fivei'
?r~~7~~rr dollar notes. Davis is an old offend,
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er and the illustrative case which I T\
|l; i tain coins or notes as the particular have in mind was one in which he
| work >of certain individuals? was the central figure years back.
,' About a year after the acquittal It was known as the Bank of Eng'
^ , of the jeweller the secret service land plot. Davis had manufactured
men were supplied with information in London and had planned there to h*
^that a quantity of counterfeit half- lay down counterfeit Bank of Eng\
dollar pieces were in circulation in land notes representing a value in ot
t and around New York, Long Island excess of $500,000. His scheme was in
V and Jersey City. A peculiar feature to have his confederates in each of of
of the case was that the coins were the great money centres, London, to
such $n accurate duplicate of the Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg fr
government article that sub-treas- ai\d New York, simultaneously exfa
- nrv officials could not detect the de-j; change the notes at foreign money
feet in them; they were of the samej exchange brokers' offices. |
r. fineness, weight and size as the gov- The workmanship of the product)
ernment coin; in a number of other was almost perfect. The notes were '
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ways they answered the require- the closest imitation to the Bank .of
ments of the government standard. England notes that have ever been
I v Yet the inevitable detail was discovered. Perhaps I might explain "
he
; ~ there to prove the imitation. When here that the notes of the Bank of
the secret service men examined the England are made today in practical%.
coins it was found that the rims were ly the same manner and the same
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rounded, exactly in the same fashiQn material that they were one hundred
as the ten-dollar gold piece of the} years ago. They are merely a litho^
Italian jeweller. - We called on the graphed printing on a finely and in- re
latter in time to find him busily en- tricately water-marked bond paper.
>. gaged in the manufacture of coins. . Well, everything was in readiness
| . When we entered the rear of his for the grand unloading?except ont 1
: ' jewelry store we found a number of! thing. The conspirators had not
ri' - , ' the spurious fifty-cent pieces and the i tried out the money to learn how
no
material and tools for the making of readily it might be accepted. Acmany
thousands of them. cordingly two of the men assigned
ThAn thAre was the well known to the New York end of the plot
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Philadelphia-Lancaster case, in which went over to the State Bank, on tei
(the scheme was to print $10,000,000 Grand street, and offered counterand
unload it simultaneously feit notes representing a value of
? Y through exchange at the different $780. The conspirators erred in ya
sub-treasuries throughout the coun- presenting so muph foreign money
try. There were imperfect cheek for exchange at one time to a bank
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bones on President Monroe on the in that neighborhood. The officials ^
$100 notes of this particular enter-! of the institution compared the offer\
prise. Tse deficiency gave an /en-1 ed notes with genuine notes of the
itirely different expression to the face ! Bank of England, but could find no SQ
of the counterfeit as compared with difference. Still the officials were ca
the genuine bill. Another detail, and suspicious, bade the conspirators
. on important one. that, the Drincinals wait a few minutes and called up an
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of tbis enterprise overlooked was to the secret service office, which hur- in
IT properly manage the engravers em- ried men to the bank. of
ployed by them. The men backing A close examination of the offered co
the scheme were not sufficiently notes by the government agents of
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lavish with their funds. Consequent- showed the color of the printing to be
ly two of the engravers took $40,- be true; the color, ply and size of the on
000 in the counterfeit notes and paper to measure accurately with the fo
went to the races with the money to Bank of England requirements, and
j make a "killing." They laid the the strong main features of the etch- co
spurious notes at the track. This ing represented in the print were lei
was prior to the date set for the true to a shading/ tic
grand coup. The notes at the track, Yet, as always, the detail was in
however, were sufficient to set the: there to prove the counterfeit work.
secret service at work in time to The water-mark or tne spurious co
frustrate the conspiracy. notes was more pronounced than the re
I And so many other cases there are genuine. Further, and to me more ev
Ik tc illustrate the point. But the one wonderful still, a tiny guard, care- te:
W which particularly appeals to me is fully placed on the genuine note, th
* that of John Davis, who recently was lacking in the counterfeit. It co
pleaded guilty in New Haven, Conn., was a little thorn-shaped protuher- sp
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PARDONED BY THE KAISER. ?????????????
,vo Belgian Women Who Aided %
Prisoners to Escape. /z\ m V W W T T
London, Oct. 22.?Emperor Wil- @ 1^1 E/%# I
im has notified King Alfonso that ^ ^ ^ ^ * *
i has pardoned the Countess De ^
slleville, Mile Thulier, and the X her
Belgians condemned to death * fl V
Belgium for aiding in the escape ?
prisoner soldiers, says a dispatch K9
the Exchange Telegraph company ? A
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Progressive. ? m HI
A clergyman had taught an old A V 1
an in his parish to read and found A
m an apt pupil, says London Titts.
Calling at the cottage some ?
ne after, he found only the wife at ?
ime. ?
"How'st John?" he asked. A
"He is well, thank you," said the A
"How does he get on with his
ading?" W
"Nicely, sir.'* @ 1WT
"Ah, I suppose he can read his @ HH
ble comfortably now?" X ^1 XXJ
"Bible, sir! Bless you, he was out
the Bible and into the sporting 3? 1 1
.pers long ago."^ ? COHOl
Th? Proper Thing.
"Canvasses?" said the artist, flat- m
red by the presence of the million- 3? V ^X
re in his studio. "Yes, sir, I shall
happy vto show you my best can- ?
sses. Something .allegorical? Or ?
you prefer a landscape?" ^
"What I want," said Mr. Newrich, ^ UI -mrm. X"
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a, "is something about a yard and
half long and a yard wide, to cover ? %
me cracks in the frescoin'."?Chi- @
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ce extending from a certain letter W
the word denominating the value 89
the note. The tiny little sentinel @ wW A 1
uld be observed only with the aid ( @
a fine magnifying glass. It would found
only accidentally except by 5?
e knowing exactly where to look S?
The New York members of the @
nspiracy were arrested, but re- @ 4 my vyvv fW\i
ised when they stood on the asser-1 gg A AI I I %Jk I m
)n that they had found the notes ^ i m m
the street ? (Xlll U1 1"
However, that was not all for the \2J
nspirators. Later Davis was ar- @ W f \ W W IT1 T
sted in London. He turned king'? @ WJ I IJ I L
idence, received a suspended sen- 1% I 11 I I I I
nee and a reward, and came to SC III A Ai
is country to try his hand. His *
nfession resulted in 15 of the con- W ??
irators going to prison. |
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