In the late 1800s, "green product fraud" was the most successful fraud in America. The beauty of fraud is that the victim is trying criminal acts on its own, and in any attitude trying to rush to the police, they were cheated and cried.
The foundation of "Green Good Swindle" was that promises to purchase counterfeit money on just a part of face value, that people across the country will be tempted by New York. The scammer worked like this: A man called "writer" sent thousands of circles through the country to people who bought tickets in the lottery. That feeling was that they are not always honest, people of a type that could be sucked into a scheme that is sacrificing their desires. These circulation languages are intentionally ambiguous and may be considered completely harmless.
A typical green goods circle said, "I deal with articles, paper products - 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 - (Do you understand? I will be pleased with you. I can provide you with all sorts of quality, safe and profitable articles that can be used for all purposes and without danger.
Green product writers did not pay attention to the word "counterfeit goods". Sometimes, to incorrectly guide a police officer who may intercept one of these circles, Green Product Writer says, "These items are specific brands of cigars.
There is a high possibility that former federal soldiers were also targeted by "green product con artist". Ambrose Paddy New York attorney law attorney said, "The former federal allies were emotionally besieged, had a strong economic burden, and saw green goods as a good way to hurt the government.
One of the leading green / goods operators (bosses) was James McNally. McNally told reporters, "If you could not make your business succeed, you can supply products that can pay all your debts.
Some of the operators order their writers to do what they are doing more concretely, even if they even refer to the word "counterfeit". One such cyclic reading:
"I will tell you through this circulation the secrets you can make quick wealth.I have the following denominations of counterfeit notes at hand: $ 1, $ 2, $ 5 , $ 10, $ 20 will guarantee all notes perfectly, so please check carefully about me as soon as it's done.The customer will be in trouble as soon as it is not perfectly perfect, It will ruin my business and ruin me.Safety, I will be forced to issue things that do not compare with the truth Reasonable things allowed as the nature of my business:
For $ 1200 of my item (assortment) I charge $ 100.
For $ 2500 in my item (assortment) I charge $ 200
For $ 5000 in my item (assortment) I charge $ 350
I will charge $ 600 for $ 10,000 for my item (assortment).
When the city trace arrived in New York (either New York City, Northern New York State), a broker called "Steerer" met at the train station. These steering staff were ready to mark the operator who was waiting at the fake storefront, "turning point" and complete the old ticket. With this, there was no cash, I did not feel very sick.
The fraud acted as follows: As soon as the mark arrived, he displayed a bunch of banknotes that looked like genuine. Next, after taking the currency of the mark, the "turning point" fills the suitcase of the mark (the suitcase provided by the turning point itself) with the amount purchased by the mark. Afterwards diversion was done, and in the few seconds the same suitcase covered with newspaper or sand was replaced, and wisely marks disappeared a long time later.
The steering company will head Mark towards the nearest railway station, where Mark will head to his hometown on a train. Steering arrives safely on the train and tells the Mark that it should not talk to anyone on the street until coming home. While he was on the train (or when he came home) he was noticed a fraud, but he was going to do it by then - buying counterfeit money - was contrary to the law, so he was mostly reliant It did not become.
Sometimes as a safety measure New York police officer or detective was in the contract. These curved policemen protect the mark and the steering, and if the mark accidentally opened the suitcase and did not discover counterfeit cash, the policeman stamped on the train by force as needed before the mark made the scene I left the city immediately. In most cases, we judged that it was a better part of a lawyer to discriminate between lawyers, rather than being held in prison, and had a tail firmly on board between his feet.
The Chief Operators of "Green Good Swindle" had half of the New York City police station in the back pocket, sometimes paying 50% of the profit sometimes. Some police officers were paid to see other ways and others were paid wisely to chase the mark from New York after they were released from cash.
One of the most frequented steerers was George Uppo, a famous pickpocket. Apo decided that "green product fraud" entered the criminal totem pole as half of the Irish and Chinese were in prison several times due to pickpackets and other street crimes. This decision had little to do with Appo's life.
"I was steering for over eight years but it was a great success," Apo said, autobiographically never announced. "Everyone who headed to the turning point always made the operator $ 300 to $ 1000, I received only 10% of the money, while the writer and that person got the person who installed the bank roll 45% of the staff have 15 artists in the staff, and these men will bring at least one or two victims each day. "
As most of the marks were usually equipped with firearms, the pilots were sometimes shot and sometimes killed. George Uppo was sent to Poughkeepsie, New York to "steer" the two marks that formerly came from North Carolina. After he arrived at Poughkeepsie, Apo went to the hotel and met Hiram Kassel and Ira Hogshead. Both men turned up a small ape which was 6 & # 39; 2 "high, they were 5 & 4" and only 120 pounds. Uppo handed him an envelope that he introduced as a friend of Messenger and "Old Gentlemen" and handed over what they had responded to selling green goodies. Appo told the two men that "Old Gentleman" instructed Appo two men to Mott Haven to examine the item.
Appo took the man to the train station, "I am trying to get your ticket and you will safely ride on your train after working with the gentleman. Do not talk or ask anyone with a distance of 10 feet in the vicinity of me.If the train starts near me, I will give you a ticket and talk to you, you There are other instructions.
Unfortunately for Appo, Hogshead was suspicious and I did not ask anyone to talk to anyone on the way to the station with the order of Appo. After three men arrived at the train station, Uppo had a deep conversation with Morgan Officer in Hogshead while standing with Kassel. Apo approached Hogshead and asked him because he was not on the train. Mr. Hogshead told Upo. "I do not mind business, I changed my mind"
Uppo tried very hard so as not to lose his mark, strive to boot a very beneficial payday, return to the hotel with him in Hogshead, talk about such a change in mind did. When they got to the hotel, Apo joined Hogshead and Kassel in the hotel room. Hawks head started drinking a large amount of water from the flask of whiskey, and it became more intense at the minute. Appo went to Mott Haven himself for the two men and told the "old gentleman" that two men do not want to do business. He also tells the two men to have "goods" delivered to the "old gentleman" to be brought here to the hotel for inspection. And if two men say that the product is not satisfied as "Old Gentleman" said, Appo pays two people at home in North Carolina. What did they have to lose?
Mr. Cassel seemed satisfied with the proposal by Appo, but Hogshead kept drinking from the whiskey flask. And Hogshead cried to Apo. "I tell you! I know what I am doing, I changed my mind and solved it."
As he knew that his little plan had reached the end of the line, he extended his hand to Hogshead and said: "You do not need the opportunity of life.
Hogshead refused to wield Appo's hand, Cassel is happy to do so. When Kassel and Apo were shaking hands, Hogshead pulled Colt 's revolver and shot the apo in the right temple. Apo spent several weeks at the hospital with serious injuries and placed a bullet near the brain (it remained in the rest of his life). In a few days, Appo's right eye was severely infected and as a result it had to be removed.
However, despite Hosshead and Kassel arrested Apo and arrested, Apo was arrested on two men by executing "Green Goods Swindle". Apo was a career criminal, so despite having only one eye, Apop was persuaded and sentenced tough labor for 3 years and 2 months. And a fine of $ 250.
In Hogshead and Kassel's trial, after the apo was sent, Hogs Head said, "I was afraid of him.
Apo declined to testify against Hogshead and Kassel. In fact, Apo said he was actually looking for a long-lost father who was not in Poughkeepsi any system, but is regarded as a rogue exile somewhere along the Hudson River. For the lack of evidence and the refusal of Apo's testimony, Hogshead and Kassel walked from the court's free judge under the guidance of Guernsey.
Pork Keepsie Daily Eagle wrote that Hogushead and Kassel's innocent judgment and Apo's imprisonment were very exotic, the editor-in-chief said. "These innocent judgments and Apo's imprisonment, Kassel and Hogshead were not merely innocent victims, and both had moral guilt, both of them shooting their eyes and risking their lives. He may be a judge of Guernsey judge if he is shooting at State Prison for three years.
Perhaps the most famous green goods dealer in his time was James McNally. McNally, born in Lower East Side in Manhattan, was declared "the King of Green Goods Men". The famous New York City criminal Thomas Burns said McNally was "diligent, educated, confident, original, talented with human knowledge."
In 1890, McNally was not only a leading green good operator in New York City, it was also regarded as a nationwide nation of the United States. McNally's fraud also ran to Canada. McNally had more than 35 employees working for him. They had 800 aliases. McNally was very much at work, but his "writer" printed over 2000 rounds of circulation at a time. And they sent over 15,000 rounds each day.
McNally was very proud of his green commodity trading, but I did not think that it would go against the law. "There is nothing wrong with green product trading," McNarly said. "It does not harm anyone, I all face each other face to face, meet people, if he loses money he certainly bought it.
McNally claimed that "Green Item Swindle" was built based on common wishes of human nature to gain nothing. McNally 's green goods fraud brought him billionaires. He insists that it has issued $ 48,000 a day for one day and $ 250,000 a month.
The collapse of McNally, especially "Green goods fraud" began in 1893 by the research of the Lexus committee. The Lexou committee was bankrupt of the Anti-Tamanney Hall campaign initiated by Pastor Charles Parkhurst of Madison Square Preston Church. The Lexou committee was consulted by seven national legislators, and the chairman was Republican Clarence Lexus. This committee elucidated the fundamental relationship between the green product operator and the New York City police station. The Lexou committee concluded that the police officer was only "a criminal of uniforms".
As a result of the Lexsau survey, more than 30 police officers were pointed out. Democratic machines of Tammany Hall were deprived of their power and William Strong was elected mayor. One of the mighty movements as mayor was to appoint the Republican Theodore Roosevelt as a police commissioner. Roosevelt later became the governor of New York, then became the president of the United States, he tried his best to corrupt policemen and especially "green product fraud". All major green product operators were arrested and basically closed their business. James McNally was struck particularly violently. In late 1894, McNally claimed he was completely broken. McNally bought a house for $ 30,000 in Connecticut in 1893, but as soon as he could not pay the mortgage he lost the house.
McNally moved to Chicago and tried his "Green Goods Swindle". However, he was immediately arrested for a mail violation and received a four-year sentence in Joliet State Prison. By 1905, McNally was in poverty and worked as a waiter at a restaurant in Coney Island. In 1907, McNally was living in the street without being at home. He was hopeless for food and the roof over his head, McNally went to the grave prison and begged to be recognized as an inmate.
By 1912, "green product fraud" basically ceased to exist in New York City. A famous Arthur Brisbane lawyer stated that Roosevelt Police Commissioner used the post office as an ally and began treating green goods carriers as "weeds in crops - eradicate them and prevent them from coming back again" It was.
Roosevelt was very successful in weaving green product operators. By 1914, the Official Police Instruction Manual did not mention "Green Good Swindle" as one of the most common trust games in New York City.
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