| Show SPLITTINO HANK NOTES n1 llrtlrr 5 n r i > uiilrrf > lllnz II licllr Illll Many device have been resorlej toby to-by counterfeiters to rates genuIne banknote bank-note nit well ns to manufacture bogus one but ono of Iho most novel hal 01110 to light vtlthln hue last few stays at the United State miblrcnsurer of flea In this city says the Philadelphia leconl It Is I not known whether the ilan wan per tried before nor how successful It won In this case as It ho I lot linon whether anybody was caught by It The scheme consisted of splitting n JS ansi a U noto and then pasting use tack of Iho II 1 note to tho front of the 12 note and the front of tho 1 nolo to ho back of the 5 note The median cal part of tho work was excellent lone but tile fraud could bo detected the moment the hole wan turned over An effort hcd been made to change tho one to thou on tho 5ore stile of the new combined note but II was done JO clumsily that the fraud would hmo been seen at n glance antI the only lopo of passing the notes ne fives would tins been to pots them ocr with Ibo f side up and trust to tho man receiving re-ceiving U not to turn It OUT before limitIng It away Tho doctored notes cnmo to Iho snMnnnury through ono of Iho banks with tho request that they be allowed whntqver they were worth Tho government always redeem notes nt the fore value and as the face In this rlllo were of n It and n 15 note G was alloncd 1 > Is I not known whether the bank was caught on tup split notes or not A cleverly executed counterfeit S na tionalbank noto was alto detected at tho sublieasury thin other day It was on tho Klrst National bank of Tamnrjua and was burned In isuural place to glee It nn old appearance and then panted on n piece of paper as lila hold It together Tbo fraud was first detected de-tected by turning over one of tho corners cor-ners and detecting a mlsipellcd word on tho back |
