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Show STRONGlflfBllF BOGUSERTIFICATE Money and Skill Required for Sneeessful Counterfeit; Ijook for More. KEW YORK, Jan. 9 -Information WWch came to light yesterday regarding regard-ing the negotiating of the bogus certificate cer-tificate of ioo shares of common of the Norfolk & Western Railway, discovery of which was made on Friday In the transfer ofTlce here, tends, it Is said, to show that the certificate originated In PIUKhur. The certificate appears to Km ?en, tartcd thcr,v on a Journey men took it through brokera jre con-cerna con-cerna In Cleveland and Boston to this Pittsburg Firm Indorses. .vlY.1 niake'' "lock exchange authorities au-thorities and the detectives only the more certain that Pittsburg people are L D'(? 0t the faot that the name of a fittaburg brokerage concern whirl, only recently has had a partner In New jork, was forged as guaranteeing the indorssment of the certificate b ThoniftB A. Harris," the fictitious. origin tl holder," in whore name the certificate was filled out According to the Guaranty Trust company officials md the "transfer agents, it is the first successful attempt at-tempt at counterfeiting a certificate made with all the skill of the expert manufacturers of securities since the early '50s. Money Behind It. Behind the plot, those acquainted with all the facts firmly believe, there will eventuall) he found a group of persons equipped with money and ingenuity. in-genuity. At least one of these persons was an expert lithographer', with patience pa-tience as a predominant characteristic. Another member yf the group, they believe, be-lieve, was a man conversant with the business of dealing in securities and the rules of the Nw York exchange Still a third person was required with sufficient suffi-cient respectability and means to negotiate nego-tiate with brokers as a reapectable customer. cus-tomer. Expect Others to Turn Up. That a group sn constituted should stoo ift -r su. cossfully negotiating one certificate, acrordlng to people concerned con-cerned In running the thing down is beyond belief, u will be days before banks, trust companies and brokers all over the country can overhaul their strong boxes and find out bow man) have been actually pit Into circulation |