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Show A "COUMNtHIr MOM.V" HliM-lll.ril. HliM-lll.ril. A cuiinraiMSiipsr at Leedt, Utah, forwarda a communloatlon recelvetl by Mm, purporllng to vmanala from a Icreon lu Kow York Clly who clalma tohavo lu lilt o,etloii a quantity of original government greenback platca, atolen from the Treaiury Uerlment at Waahlngton, anj to bt ablo to furnlah bllla prlutrd there In denomination! denom-ination! of from one to twenty ilollata It prtitenda to boaconfldentlat letter, and la an Imltattou of typo-wrltliu manuncrli I; but a pcrion accuitomcl to handling the laturcan dettit tho Impoature at a glance, and ptrctlve that It la a printed circular. It opena with an appeal to tho recipient, recipi-ent, which la oatenilbly daelgned to arouae li'la cupidity and amother hla coiiKlence, but the real purii of wl!lihltolioodwliikhtni,atidcotivlnce Mm that be haa actually received a I ropoiltlon from a couuteifelter who la able lo fitrnla'i tho "gooda" detcrlUd lu the communication. Thcaenre re-reaeutal re-reaeutal aa being nheolutely IndU-llngulihtblofroiu IndU-llngulihtblofroiu genuine nolea, and aae oOVred at a email percentage of their faco value. Not lew than f 100 worth of "gooda" will bo told at a time. Following It Uit cJoeluirportlou of the lettin "Klratnon't aa long ai you live, over write a leUer to mt until I glvo you per-million. per-million. If yon do 11 will bt Kfowd. He? I mean txacUy what I eay, an 1 furthermore, all builueaa relatioua between be-tween u will en I. "Scconit-lf youwlah to come on here nnd aee me, ten I tbo following telegram (Remember telegram ONLY will bt received), re-ceived), anl ahntly aayi 'S1.N1I IS-rfrilUOTIO.VHf. IS-rfrilUOTIO.VHf. then algn your name at er ;oe irunf una nMM&rr given you Third On roctlj lol jour lelegraiu I will acnl you full Inilrndlona bow to meet wa and where to atop, thou no mla-takoa mla-takoa wilt be ruado In Aiidlug one another, an-other, 'Iu conilualon I with to any If you cannot comoon Mre, or hare not 3uo to fnrcal,aud you thluk faturably of luy bualneaa, tend the fdlowlug telegramt "IITlul fa vmtl.,1 ),tWW I will then make jou another prepnaltlon. Now kindly allow me to raullou you again, not fo trnfe trtttnt He lutlcut, an I be guldod by my adrhe. If you do, yo I will bo euro of tuccoaa, No auch thing aafAlt. Acttpiaret Ite true and lienor-ablat lienor-ablat Do mo no barm, and jou will never regnt It aa long aa you lit e. 1 oil cau make monoy faater aud uualer by dealing lu my gooda than you ever dreamed of btfore In your llr.a. l un'i J ou try It! UAUTIONt-N'o other pereon la an-Ihorlaod an-Ihorlaod by mo lo corroud uu thla aub-Jt-ct. lh not t decellod by abotljy Imlutlona. 1 am tho tote owner end roprlelor of thla cutorrlv, Couimu-nloatlona Couimu-nloatlona fnm other! ottorlng alnillar goo.la fur aula are absolutely unreliable niidl-oaltlrtly wurlbloaa. liyuu attcil-tlou attcil-tlou to them. "Nuf oed.' ioura uryeloiercfy, "loulfaow" Kucloiwl with the communication la what I'lrporla to be n cllp lug from aonie uewtiiwr, uame and data omit-to.llobeglvi.ii, omit-to.llobeglvi.ii, In which n alleged account la narratdofa lloitou ruer. diautwhorutlved a roioaltlonfroni a counlerfrllcr known aa ( harlra ll-ou, ll-ou, whoollereil fl.O'M In touuterMt I Ilia for (.100. riio Inlu.nc Ii that Wlhou la ouu of thu puraou'aluUr-tated puraou'aluUr-tated lu the prcacut tiheme, rho uicrchiintioiunmnkaUd with agov-iriimeut agov-iriimeut lUU-Ltlrt-, aul thu I.ilkr, tialug tho miichaut't luimo, reiuliUat thu JWU lu good inoiicj, aud re, nlved $1,U00 In bogui notea which, however,w era runounccd good by lloaton banVa. The Uettctlvo made bu appolutmeiit to meet thu counterfeiter counter-feiter which thu Jattir kijt, nnd u arrratnl, having at the timo a tatobel whliliiotilalBedf 100,00,1 In counter, felt notia, exHiollng m fell them to tho dilecthc. Theoouuterfelter wna nc-lulttedon nc-lulttedon the ground that hla II1U wiru irlnlod from genuluo Utia,aa (eetiried to by goi eminent exptrl.l Tlilt"rllp(liig"la manulaclurod for the purjane for which II la mod, nnd tievironi'urcjhiu nuwiijijur at nil, though It looka aa though It had been cllpj vd from oat with a pair of icla.gr.. Ita object la to atlll further lioodwltii j the recipient, and aUengtbeu lila con vlcllon that a counterfeiter who hat flrat-olasa "gooda," haa really wrlttef to him. Tho atatement that Wilton waa acquitted on tht ground tint hi' I "gooda" were prlntod from govern mrnt platca, la made, fruiting to the I Ignorance of the iroapectlvo dupe, gardlng criminal law, Accomirtnylngtbo protosxl la alio the following, which nppcara ou k toparate allp, Krp (Aiaorarnrc reerenrc. "Send all tcloginmt no hller'a) lu ltob-crt ltob-crt laur, Sfjf Dcabnaac Street, New iorl,. "Yoor laiaWord and numUrtln ileal of your name) la 'Napkin 2l.' D) not algn any thing ehe. "CAUTIOS-Iie aura yon have tho niitiibera (plainly written) nn all lele-gratni lele-gratni after ou algn Hit Word'Napkln otherwlae your telegrama will poiltlvely reoClve no eltouUon whalevtr. Tht 'Ag-urei' 'Ag-urei' are very Important, All aniwen from mo will M aent to Hie aamoname and ad Iruaa aa written un tho preaent en veloo unlesa otherwlie Inatruclod by you," Thla glrea an air of profotin 1 tccrecy totbt rorreapoudencf., which mnket Ihecomlng dupe feel ittll moreooon. dent that he la dealing with an expert but friendly acoundrol. If the ncli lent cf the abovo tnuti yi enough atlrntlon to It to reply by telegraph, ui dlreclel, hi will likely l-o cotnmunkatnl with lu a ttlll more confldentlal vein, nnd probably will at length bo Informed that It la not ah. tolutely miteaary, In hla ca, owing to the long Journey, etc , that builmta ahould be done by a pt raonal Interview, but that, If he will remit $3M In good money, lie will rwl ve$3onf. In counterfeit. counter-feit. 1 f ho aenda 1100 he may oaalbiy receive In nturn, a imall jatckageof eawduit, liut tnoet likely he will get nothing at all, not evtu a farewell meeaage from the talndlcr who haa taken him In. l'treona who need to be warned agalmt audi trauijartct trickery, irumlelng gains by auch dlilioneat iniane, do not deeerto to be. It may not li Inapproprlat' lo ren-atk, however, how-ever, that pcreons who have In their Ifteeca-lon, or who have tho meaua ot man jfacUirliiggoo-1 counterfeit money, do not tend out circular! by the thouv-aud thouv-aud offering It fur tale at ten per eent of Ita face value. No doubt tome dlilioneat gudgeon now and then receive the above dee-crlbcd dee-crlbcd literature, and la lul by It to remit re-mit to "Ilobert Irfitcr," but such aro not legitimate oljtcta of aympathy ou account of the mouey Ihey Ihua loav. |