Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — How Rogues Divide. [ARTICLE]

How Rogues Divide.

A bund of professional forgers, says Detective Robert A. Pinkerton, before starting out always agree on a basis of division of all moneys obtained on their forgery paper. This division might be about a* follows: For a presenter where the a uount to be drawn does not exceed $2,0(10, 15 to 25 per cent.; but where the amount to bo drawn is from $2,000 to $5,000 and upwards, tho “presenter" leceivos from .'ls to 15 per cent. The price is raised as the risk increa es, and it is generally considered a greater risk to attempt to pass a check or draft of a large denomination than a smaller one. The middleman gets from 15 to 2 > per cent. His work is more and his responsibility is greater, hut the risk; is less. There' are plenty of middlemen to be had, but the "presenters” are scarce. The “shadow, ” when one accompanies the band, is sometimes paid a salary by tho middleman and his exp.mses, but at other times ho is allowed a small percentage, not to exceed 5 per cent., and his expenses, as with ordinary care his risk is very slight. The backer and forger get the balance, which usually amounts to from 50 to (0 per cent. The expenses that have been advanced the men who go out on the rca 1 are usually deducted at the final division.