Forgery of Bank of England Notes.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 121, 5 March 1872, Page 7

Forgery of Bank of England Notes.

A few months since some Yankee swindler \ in New York forwarded circulars to many persons hi England, offering to sap] !>' them with some counterfeit English sovereigns ;d----jlegedtobeso skilfully made as tod.fv «'eiteetion. The scheme was exposed ad si,f----j nally failed. Recently several trades nen in : London and suburbs received awell-executsd lithographed circular in bine ink, from a , person signing himself Charles J. WT.ittington, | : of I>l, Johnson-street, New Y< rk, offering to supply them with forged Bank of En land , j notes for circulation in this country. Ihe | persons who have received these letters have j handed them to the Metropolitan andCit; i police, who will inform the New York Police | of what has occurred. The following is a copy of the letter:—"New Yoi*k, October! 27, 1871. Bear friend.—l take the liberty I ' | of submitting to you the subjoined p'opos'- | tion, at the suggestion of a friend whom you have had considerable transactions with, and j who resides in London. He gave you a viry 'high character as to honor, interrit", and .; secreev. It is but n itur.il that you shoiil 1 . ibe astonished on its first pc.usal, bit on i calm reflection, no doubt, you will air ve ' ,r - i the same conclusion as I liave done —na ivly that the only loser in our trade will b > lie ! Government, and, of course, it can survive ', the loss. I was engaged over lift 'en vears in ' j the engraving department in the Bi'k <f ' I England, and am at present raanufacti.r ng I j fac-similes of Bank of Englanl notes (tM 11 1 £5, and £10.) These notes are soadmira )1." ■ , executed, both in the numl cring and en- ' j graving, as to defy detection ; therefore, von : will run no more risk in pass'n; the n 'dim 'if they were genuine, particularly ruffled up 3 1 and soiled. You can easily realise fro.n : L.25,000 to £50,000 per annum, by caution » and judicious management. It is siidtha 1 J every man, on an average, gets one eh tnee in : a lifetime, to make a fortune. This may be I yours, don't let it slip. 1 will supply you I I with the above notes at the rate of L. 100 for "j every L.lOOi); but if you nider a L.")00D ' I package, 1 will charge you only L 4')o. Non " i will perceive the advantage of ordering a 1 large quantity at once : then von e;;n omplov some confidential friend to assist you in get- "; ting rid of it quickly. Bear n mind, 1 will ' [not send out samulas, for obvious reasons, and on no account will I give cred't; but 1 for the fii'st transaction 1 will deviate from my usual custom of insisting ou all cadi in v advar.ee. On receipt of £3 in advance, 1 3 will forward von a package conta'nin j L. 1003 ; " for L.5 in advance, 1 will send yo.i L.2000 : "and for L.lO in advance I will send you jL.5000, provided that you will agree to pav * j the balance as soon as possible after its arrival. 1 ' The goods will lie securely packed in strong 1 boxes, and shipped by express, and marked '-' chemicals ; this is ihe model have adopted for the nast year, and never has any mistake e ; occurred, although 1 liave sent these goods I to London, L : verp»ol, Manchester, £c, every other week. To illustrate how easy ' it is to circulate these notes without suspicion, 0 1 will mention the following : —" During my s visit to London last summer. 1 paid half m" • expenses with mv own notes by mixing them 0 with genuine money, and on one occasion t '■" changed a L.lO note (counterfeit) in the II Bank of England : in fact, the cashier never J ; looked, at it twice/' T n case von conclude to j accept my proposal, remit at or.ee. if not,! must seek some more enterprising agont in >f your neighbourhood. Hoping to receive l- your order soon, T remain, yours, on the n square; Charles .I. Whiilingfrin, 3}. ':»i:y»r,on . trcot, Now York Oltv, V ? : V,' :