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Show SHOVED THE QUEER ON THE POLICE. The Smart Trlik of a Drunk Discovered by Clerk Dunbar, Billy Dunbar, the petite brunett e who does ten times as much work as anybody any-body elso who ever ventures into the police court, is an expert in coins. Frequent Fre-quent handling of money paid in fines has given him a touch which could pull a bad dollar through a porous plaster. Yesterday a fellow giving the name of Young was arrested for drunkenness. drunken-ness. Ho gave as security $5, four $1 coins and two halves. When Police Clerk McCurdy handed these in to Dunbar Dun-bar this morning, the latter picked one of tho dollars up and in an absent-minded absent-minded way asked how much had been deposited. "Five dollars," McCurdy replied. "Only four; this ono's'bad," calmly observed Dunbar as ho continued writing. "That's funny. I thought " "Make it three; hero's another bad one," lingering tho second dollar. "l)o you mean to say," roared McCurdy, Mc-Curdy, "that this police force has been dim Hammed on bad money? Are two of" "This other is bad, too," Dunbar coldly broke in. "Seems to mo you don't exercise due vigilance in protecting protect-ing the city's interests." McCurdy looked pained, but it was a fact. Tlio four dollar pieces were every one bad and only tho two halves were legal tender. But Mr. Young will not have a chance to laugh long for ho will cither have to leave town very swiftly or he will go to jail 011 a heavier charge. There is a great deal of bad coin floating about town. The police had an idea that they had a "way up" man in their hands when Young was taken in as a drunk. The money is a very clover counterfeit, having the silver ring; but the greasy touch of baser metal can be encountered by feeling it. For a long time merchants have been complaining of the amount of "queer" money given them. There seems to be an organized gang in the city nutting out the bad stuff. The four dollars of Young's bore different dates, but all were bad enough. |