Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . l Holland ten thousand dollars of so-called counter-feit money, but which were genuine notes, cheated him of his goodmoney. Holland, at once discovering the cheat, shot Tom Da\is,killing him instantly. A jury subsequently acquitted Holland. Another practice is to toll on their victims by sending a genuineone or two dollar note, or parts of the same, and representing themto be specimens of the counterfeit notes thc\- ha\c tor sale. 93 Under the various names
Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . l Holland ten thousand dollars of so-called counter-feit money, but which were genuine notes, cheated him of his goodmoney. Holland, at once discovering the cheat, shot Tom Da\is,killing him instantly. A jury subsequently acquitted Holland. Another practice is to toll on their victims by sending a genuineone or two dollar note, or parts of the same, and representing themto be specimens of the counterfeit notes thc\- ha\c tor sale. 93 Under the various names of Green Articles, Green Cigars,Green Leaves, etc., they offer for sale counterfeit money whichthey aver is printed on plates stolen from the Bureau of Engravingand Prmting of the Goxernment. Not a plate of any kind has everbeen stolen from that establishment. Those who have counterfeit money for sale do not write lettersrequesting strangers to buy it. Even after the introduction of anew man by one counterfeiter to another, it takes a long time toestablish such friendly relations as would induce a counterfeiter totrust a L. .\. , I-(IRT DKARBOItN NATIONAL HANK. HIK AGO. ILL. Yet thousands of criminally foolish people believe they canpurchase counterfeit money as they would butter or cheese, and intheir attempts to obtain it, are robbed, and an honest public sent-iment says, Serves them right. The crime of which the Boodler is guilty is covered by Sec-tion No. 5480, United States Revised Statutes, as amended andapproved March 2, 1889, and the offender, upon conviction, is liabelto a fine of S500 and imprisonment for eighteen months. It is next 94 to impossible to obtain le^^al evidence against these swindlers; andwere one of them arrested and brought to trial, the testimony ofthe main witness (he who lost tiie money) would be weakened bythe fact that he would have been a criminal if he eoiild. PREMIUM ON COINS. (Circular letter of Treasurer U. S.)
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