Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1913 — A Little Water and Lo! $1 Bill Becomes a Five. [ARTICLE]

A Little Water and Lo! $1 Bill Becomes a Five.

The dangerous counterfeit Indian head flve-dofiar silver certificate recently discovered continues in circulation, despite the vigilance of secret service and treasury officials. The notes, which are almost perfect imitations of the genuine, are finding their way through banks and even the subtreasury at New York. Several are being passed weekly and the secret service operatives have redoubled their efforts to find the counterfeiter. The notes are printed on genuine paper obtained by washing one-dollar bills. Government officials believe that the mak.gr of the notes is the same counterfeiter who for months circulated bogus one-dollar bills in Boston, Philadelphia and other eastern cities.