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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Counterfeit Money - The "green goods" business exposed for the benefit of all - who have dishonest inclinations. - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: August 12, 2017 [EBook #55350] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNTERFEIT MONEY *** - - - - -Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images -courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - - - - - - -Transcriber’s Note: - -Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - - * * * * * - -MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY. - -Entered at the Boston Post office as second class matter. - -Vol. 2. Oct., 1895. Published Monthly. No. 22. - - - - -COUNTERFEIT MONEY. - - - The “Green Goods” Business Exposed for the Benefit of All who have - Dishonest Inclinations. - - Smallest Magazine in the world. Subscription price 50 cts. per year. - Single Copies 5 cts. each. - - PUBLISHED BY A. B. COURTNEY, Room 74, 45 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. - - * * * * * - -COUNTERFEIT MONEY. - - - - -Facts About the Green Goods Business - - -Every good thing has its imitation, and this includes money. -Counterfeiting dates back to the old Greek and Roman times, and the -despicable business has been kept up ever since, and probably always -will be. In some countries the laws are so severe that the conviction -of a maker or passer of spurious coin or bills means death. In America -the punishment is usually a long term of imprisonment. Nevertheless -people of dishonest tendencies seem to have a mania for wanting -to “shove the queer,” and are desirous of going into the business -extensively if they can only find a manufacturer of bad money who will -supply them. This demand has been the cause of establishing the trade -popularly known as “green goods” business. The operators are usually -in gangs, and they work scientifically. Perhaps you, respected reader, -have received ere this a very confidential letter from one Johnson, or -Bechtoldt, or Carruthers, or somebody else, (usually located in New -York, Jersey City or Chicago) telling you about the “green articles” -that they have to sell in denominations of “tens, twenties,” etc., and -assuring you that they are “perfect in every respect.” Enclosed with -the letter you probably found a clipping alleged to have been cut out -of a newspaper, telling how a crack counterfeit dealer had been caught -red handed but had passed the ordeal of a trial and had been acquitted, -because the counterfeits were so good that neither prosecutors, judge -nor jury would dare to say that the money in evidence was spurious. -Yet, the clipping goes on to say, that it is well known that the money -really was counterfeit, but had been printed from some plates that -had been stolen from the treasury department, and were, to a certain -extent, genuine. - -As a matter of fact, no plates of money were ever stolen from the -U. S. treasury department, and the so called newspaper clipping is -a concoction of some ingenious rascal intended to convince you, if -dishonestly inclined, that you can handle the “green articles” with -perfect safety. - -The letter doesn’t contain the address of the dealer; oh, no, he -doesn’t do business that way. You can only reach him by telegraph to -an address given by him, which is no address at all in reality except -perhaps the location of a graveyard or aqueduct. It has been alleged -that the Western Union Telegraph Company simply holds such telegrams -and they are called for by the men who expect them and whose swindling -game is understood by the telegraph people. The swindler sends back -an answer by letter, telling the countryman to come on at once, and -saying that he will meet him upon his arrival at the depot, or at some -hotel, and one is to know the other by means of a colored handkerchief, -a peculiar way of carrying the cane, or some other signal. - -Well, the countryman goes to the city, meets the knave who shows him -in some quiet room, a package of crisp bills. The countryman opens his -eyes wide and visions of sudden wealth flit through his brain. Mr. -Counterfeiter suggests that they try some of the bills and see whether -or not they will pass without detection. They drop into a saloon, -and courteous Mr. Counterfeiter insists that the other have a drink. -Perhaps Mr. Wayback may be a prohibitionist, but that doesn’t matter -as he will certainly be willing to drink a little pop beer or ginger -ale, just to be social. The city rascal doesn’t even need to wink at -the bartender to cause the latter to drug the drink, as he is well paid -by the gang, and before the countryman and the city rascal have got -far Mr. Wayback begins to feel stupid, and can be easily induced to go -anywhere his leader suggests while they are “trying the counterfeit -money.” However, the bills are just as good as gold, being absolutely -genuine, and the “dealer in bad money” can safely lead his confiding -friend into any bank, and have one or two bills changed, just to -convince the jay. Perhaps Mr. Wayback is so thoroughly drugged that -he falls asleep when landed in one of the out-of-the-way rooms of the -gang. In that case it is an easy matter to drug him more and rob him of -all the good money he possesses, then take him out after nightfall and -leave him to sleep off the effects of his potion in some alleyway. - -On the other hand, if the would be rascal of a countryman keeps awake -he will be introduced to one or two other jolly good fellows, and a -transaction will be made in the aforementioned room. The two or three -thousand dollars in real money (which the countryman supposes to be -excellent counterfeits) will be wrapped in a package and sealed. Then -the jay will be asked to produce the $300 or $500 that he is to pay -for the pile. While he is doing this, one of the confederates adroitly -substitutes another package for the one on the table, being exactly -similar in outward appearance and weight, but filled with sawdust. Mr. -Wayback doesn’t see all this, and the crooks are very clever withal. -About the time that he has his good money counted to pay over, one -of the gang looks out the window, whispers that two detectives are -approaching, and they suddenly skip, one of them, of course, grabbing -the countryman’s payment, and hastily suggesting that he take his -package and get out of the city as soon as possible. This he will do, -and ultimately find out how he has been swindled. - -But what can he do? - -He intended to be dishonest, and if he complains to the police he will -be liable to arrest. The swindlers have got his money, he has obtained -the experience and goes home a sadder but wiser man. - -This game is worked all the year around and it is astonishing how new -“suckers” are obtained so readily. Police and post office officials use -all sorts of methods to kill the business but their success is limited. -The “green goods” men make large sums of money and live high. - -To all who are looking for counterfeit money let us say, “Don’t.” -You cannot get it anyhow, but even if you could, the chances are -nine in ten that you would soon occupy a felon’s cell. Seldom a -counterfeiter goes free for long, no matter how clever he may be. -Frequently the styles of “green goods” invitations are altered, and -to one who is bound to be dishonest, it might appear that, after -all, the special scheme offered him may be all right--that is, -dishonestly all right--and that the counterfeit money can be obtained -after negotiations. But it can’t. We do not deny but that spurious -money is passed, but only in the inner circle of crookdom are such -things arranged, and it would be as easy for a camel to walk through -a key-hole as for any but a “cut and dried” old time crook to get an -“inside” on the counterfeit money business. - -Be honest; it pays. The writer sincerely hopes that this little volume -may be the means of saving the money of many a man, and of diverting -his ideas in a more legitimate direction. Let such as are tempted by -the “green goods” monster, and who have money that they could invest, -put such money in the savings bank at a small per cent. The result will -be a fair income, but better still, a _clear conscience_. - - - - -Extensive Mailing. - - -Here is a statement about the extensive mailing of “green goods” -circulars. The story was told by Van Buren before the Lexow committee -in 1894. - -Benjamin D. Van Buren, a discharged chief clerk of the Jersey City post -office, told a startling story. - -“I was chief mailing clerk,” said Mr. Van Buren. “My attention was -first called to the green goods business about eight years ago. The -first thing that I noticed was the hiring of boxes by green goods -men. I knew them by sight only. This lasted two or three months. Then -my attention was attracted to some stories in the newspapers about -the stopping of circulars at the New York post office. Large amounts -of mail were stopped there. Then came some men with big bundles of -circulars without the “return” stamp on them. I suspected they were -green goods circulars stopped at the New York post office. I went to -Postmaster Dickerson with my suspicions, and he told me to keep a -strict watch and see if I could find an envelope open. I did in a few -days, and found one of the regular circulars in it. I gave it to the -assistant postmaster, who took it to Inspector James in New York. Then -Postmaster Dickerson ordered me to send the matter out. Later on it was -discussed with Inspector Egerton of Philadelphia, who has charge of -the postal district in which Jersey City is located; and the rule went -forth to forward at once, regardless of character. Immense quantities -of green goods circulars were then handled from that office. After -a time the circulars came in such quantities that they were not put -through the windows, but taken around to the back door, the same as -other big users of the mails. Postage stamps were sold in big lots by -the assistant postmaster to the green goods men. I should say they must -have bought $500 or $600 worth a day.” - - - - -New Dodges. - - -The following interesting story appeared in the _New York Herald_ -of February 10, 1895, and indicates that there has been but little -cessation in the “green goods” business: - -Mr. Hace Ead, of Texas, who comes on to New York every spring to buy -“green goods,” and who each time takes home a valise full of bricks, -but who, nevertheless, returns to the business again, hoping against -hope, will have no more difficulty in making his purchases this year -than he had last. The “green goods” men are still at their games, -flooding the country with circulars and disposing of bags of rubbish at -fabulous prices. - -The revelations before the Lexow committee did not have the effect of -driving the “sharps” into legitimate occupations. While the testimony -was being given against them they kept in retreat in Jersey City, but -even during the hearing of the “green goods” witnesses, “come-ons” were -arriving in shoals at all the Jersey City depots, and the brick maker -who supplies the swindlers at wholesale prices made his usual daily -deliveries at their offices. The bricks, carefully wrapped up in paper, -were distributed to the four corners of the United States. - -John Sheffield, of Manchester, N. Y., who came to Jersey City recently -to rob the “green goods” men, and who did steal $1,600 from two of -them, says that a large part of the savings of residents in his town -has gone to the operators in this city. It was to get revenge and to -obtain some of these savings back that Sheffield came along. The place -where the operators said they would meet him at No. 87 West street, New -York, but he preferred to do business with them in his room at Taylor’s -Hotel, in Jersey City, where he kept his black jack, and where he -succeeded in disabling one of the men who wanted to jabe him in the eye -with an umbrella and recover the money. - -The “green goods” men live in New York still. They always did a good -deal of their business in Jersey City, and they do it there now. Some -of the odd looking farmers who come from the central part of New York -State, and who have never seen a piece of water so large that it could -not be crossed by a bridge, are afraid to trust themselves to the -ferryboats. As soon as they see the river they rebel, and positively -refuse to leave dry ground. This necessitates a good deal of the -business being done in Jersey City. Another reason for the selection -of that town originally was the cheapness of police “protection” as -compared with its cost in this city. - - - - -DISLIKE TO BE FOUND OUT. - - -There are still other reasons. A “come-on” is frequently a wild -looking being, with lengthy hair and an embarrassed manner, who -continually falls over himself and gets buncoed or robbed before he -reaches the swindlers to whom he morally belongs. “If he is a queer -sight,” said an operator, “he won’t attract so much attention in Jersey -City as he would in New York.” - -Chief of Police Murphy told me the other day that there were many -“green goods” men quartered in his bailiwick in temporary exile. They -received visits from men who might be customers and who might be -clergymen trying to convert them. It was hard to get evidence against -these criminals, as their victims are as interested in not being found -out as are the operators themselves. They continue to take many of the -“come-ons” to Bound Brook and there perform the final act in financial -juggle. - -There “green goods” men who used to be very active in catching and -despoiling “come-ons,” but who now say that they have reformed and -are leading simple Christian lives, are John Morgan, James Wilson and -Michael Ryan. If they have really become converts to religion the -business they have gone into is probably that of guides, for they -are seen meeting strange looking men with chin whiskers, wide hats, -carpet bags and agricultural boots at the trains. In a short time, -sometimes only two or three hours, these same men reappear at the ferry -or railroad station carrying a valise that they did not have with them -when they arrived. - -So easily identified are the “come-ons” that the ferry employes -recognized them half a block away. Sometimes they call out to each -other so that the “come-ons” can hear:--“I’ll bet that fellow has -$10,000 in that bag,” or “Looks like a counterfeiter.” Then they enjoy -the alarm of the “come-on,” who turns pale and escapes as quickly as he -possibly can. - -At the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry in Jersey City there is a youth -representing the “green goods” men continually on the watch. He scans -the faces of all passers by and looks out carefully for detectives. -Knowing all the employes of the police department by sight he can get -an idea if there is anything unusual going on, or if the department -is on the watch for some criminal. This youth was pointed out to me -yesterday by a private detective once in the employ of the Law and -Order Society, and who told me that the “green goods” men were still -doing business on a large scale, though they were not so bold as before -the sessions of the Lexow committee. - -Some of the operators have been robbed lately by “come-ons.” So great -has been the publicity of the exposure of the business that it is hard -to realize that there can be a single man in the country who could be -gulled by it, but still hundreds of New Yorkers make a fat living off -“green goods.” During the Lexow investigation a few of the Jersey City -operators who did not know human nature very well thought that the end -of the “green goods” trade had been reached, and that they would have -to think up some new scheme for making a dishonest living. - - - - -NEW SWINDLING GAME. - - -One of the tricks that has superceded “green goods” is the “country -postmaster,” or “red goods” game. A circular is sent to postmasters in -out-of-the-way towns where the level of intelligence is supposed to be -very low, informing them that the writers have become possessed of a -large quantity of postage stamps, and are waiting for a chance to sell -them at from thirty-five cents to fifty cents on the dollar, according -to the quantity taken. - -After this the modus operandi is precisely similar to that employed in -the “green goods” game. The victim is shown a lot of postage stamps, -which are then packed in a valise, and at the last moment the valise is -changed for one containing mud or stones or a brick. - -This has not the same field as the “green goods” game, as the number -of postmasters is limited, and in little towns their opportunities -are smaller for disposing of any great quantities of stamps. It was -invented by operators who had been clubbed or beaten by “come-ons” -familiar with their game, and who decided that a change of ground was -necessary. But it can hardly be said to have scored a hit. - -The police have made a statement to the effect that Harlem is now free -from “green goods” men, but it must be remembered that at all times, -even when Harlem was overrun with the swindlers, the police have issued -similar proclamations. It has been said that Captain Thompson, of the -West 125th street station, has made an arrangement with the Western -Union Telegraph Company by which all “green goods” messages shall be -shown to him. This statement is made in order to show the vigilance -of the police and the change of heart of the telegraph company, which -has derived a large income from the swindlers, it being alleged that -the company had a regular “green goods” department to look after that -branch of the trade and to see that the operators got what they wanted. - -It is denied, however, that the Western Union people could show -telegrams to the police. It is against the law, for one thing, and any -company that did not guarantee the secrecy of its messages would soon -begin to lose its business. - - * * * * * - -About Detectives. - -We now offer a volume of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes’ Detective -Stories, including “Sign of the Four,” “Haunted Man,” “Study in -Scarlet,” “Battle of Life” and “Reminiscences.” These are the greatest -detective stories ever written. Don’t fail to read them. You can get -the volume, postpaid, by sending only six cents, stamps, to Keystone -Book Co., Box 1634, Philadelphia, Pa., or to the firm from whom you -received this little “Counterfeit Money” book. - - - - -Genuine Government Money. - - -Here is a new wrinkle in the line of green goods business. Ordinarily -the country brother, when he speculates in this class of stock, goes -in without regard for the proprieties, for the purpose of making -whatever he can out of the scheme, and, if he gets the supply as -promised, feels satisfied with the arrangement. - -This new idea is something of a variation on the old plan, however, -in that it swindles the man who is himself contemplating a swindle on -his neighbors and on the government. Instead of sending the customer -“green” goods, the swindlers send him a lot of confederate money. - -Here is the way the new circular reads: - -“Esteemed Sir--You have been recommended to me as being a person in -whom I can place implicit faith; who will deal with me honestly and -work for mutual interests. I therefore write you this confidential -letter, trusting to your honor to use me fairly. - -“My business is peculiar. I deal in money of several kinds. I want -a shrewd, careful and energetic person in your locality to handle a -branch of my business. Probably you are not wealthy, but you can recall -some others who have quite suddenly achieved wealth, and the public has -never known just how. Mine is a money making method, and will enable -you to acquire good cash by exchanging bank bills for coins, etc. - -“I will not go into details in this letter, but if you will send me -$2, I will send you samples of money representing $50, also complete -confidential instructions, lists of prices of various denominations of -money. - -“The above will enable you to get a proper start, and if you go into -the business on a large scale, I will arrange to pay your expenses -to Boston, where we can have a personal private conference and make -negotiations. - -“I enclose a strong envelope, addressed, in which you can place your -$2, and it will reach me safely. Rest assured I shall deal with you -fairly, Mr. ----, and I expect the same treatment in return. - -“P. S.--The samples of money that I will send you are printed from -original government plates, therefore, are not counterfeit (or -imitation) money.” - -It is necessary to read the letter twice in order to appreciate the -fine points of composition, the seductive tone of the epistle, and -yet, the clever way in which the writer avoids making any damaging -admissions. - -The opening and the general style is that of the regular “green goods” -letter, but it differs in two important points--its tone is not so -secret as those epistles generally are, and the address of the sender -is given. Furthermore the customer is not required to answer by a -secret telegraphic message. - -The postscript is particularly inviting, as the writer guaranteed to -send money from original government plates, and not counterfeits. - - - - -This is Literally True, - - -but the writer forgets to state that the government which is -represented on the money went out of existence about 30 years ago. - -Confederate money is what will be sent, and the agreement will be -literally carried out so far as the amount specified goes. If the -customer “kicks,” he is bound hand and foot, so to speak, for he -has made himself a party to the fraud by sending for the article -advertised, and which is really much worse than what he receives. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Counterfeit Money, by Anonymous - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNTERFEIT MONEY *** - -***** This file should be named 55350-0.txt or 55350-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/3/5/55350/ - -Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images -courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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