| Show r METHODS THO S PF OF MARKING MONEY Officials Trap Peculators Who Dip Nefariously Into the Cash Cub Drawer In their surveillance and apprehension sion slon of s suspected persons government secret officers often find It necessary to 10 mark the money handled by such p persons There are various methods of so marking the national currency one of the most novel of which Is the pin The note to be marked Is say MY the tho 5 silver certificate bearing the via vig Vl vignette nette neUe of an 1 Indian dlan chief in full regalia regalia regalia re re- galia of at feathers and ond trappings and presenting a full-face full view With the aid of ot a pin the secret service man makes two punctures in the bill directly directly di dl- in the pupils of ot the Indians Indian's eyes To the casual and sometimes even critical Inspector of at the note these pricks pin are ore Invisible If It raised to the light tight however the bill will distinctly reveal them The markings are complicated by bythe bythe bythe the following process The pinpoint La le applied in the twIst of ot the large luge figure fiUre 5 6 of the two upper corners of or ortho tho the note These tiny twists do not appear on the tho necks of at the two fil figures fig fig- ures 5 6 that are on both sides of at the bottom of ot the note The note noto Is now pierced again this time at the tho ends of ot the scrolls on each ach side elde of the word five In the lower center of at the bill The Tho marking is now complete In secret It is exhibited to one or more persons for purposes of at identification and Is then placed in the till tUl or money drawer to which the suspected person has bas access It Is said that the pricks pin-pricks will remain remain remain re re- re- re main perfect for tor some time When such bills are produced In court and their markings are eJ explained under oath conviction is practically certain Literary Digest |
