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November 24, 1891
The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
On an Erie train, a young farmer shows a Jersey City man several coins, learning two are counterfeit from a recent change. The farmer reveals he knowingly passed a nine-year-old fake bill to a stranger, gaining two good dollars without complaint.
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M. QUAD.
He Wain't Kickin'.
It was on an Erie train coming East the other day. A young man of about twenty-four, who was evidently a farmer and had a seat in the smoking-car, turned to the man behind him, who happened to be from Jersey City, and, holding out a silver dollar in his hand, he asked:
"Mister, is that dollar all right?"
"No, sir," replied the other after a brief test, "this is a bogus dollar."
"And how's this?" continued the young man, as he passed over a second
"Bogus, too."
"…And this?"
"Off the same piece."
"Wall, here's two more."
"Those are all right, sir. You evidently changed a five-dollar bill for some one?"
"Yes."
"Stranger, probably?"
"Never saw him before."
And all you got out of it was two good dollars?"
"'Pears that way."
"Well, it's a shame to beat a man that way!" indignantly exclaimed the Jerseyman as he returned the coins.
"Oh, I ain't doin' no kickin'," serenely replied the young man.
"I'd been carryin' that old counterfeit bill over nine years lookin' for a sucker, and I'm jest two good dollars ahead of the game!"
M. QUAD.
He Wain't Kickin'.
It was on an Erie train coming East the other day. A young man of about twenty-four, who was evidently a farmer and had a seat in the smoking-car, turned to the man behind him, who happened to be from Jersey City, and, holding out a silver dollar in his hand, he asked:
"Mister, is that dollar all right?"
"No, sir," replied the other after a brief test, "this is a bogus dollar."
"And how's this?" continued the young man, as he passed over a second
"Bogus, too."
"…And this?"
"Off the same piece."
"Wall, here's two more."
"Those are all right, sir. You evidently changed a five-dollar bill for some one?"
"Yes."
"Stranger, probably?"
"Never saw him before."
And all you got out of it was two good dollars?"
"'Pears that way."
"Well, it's a shame to beat a man that way!" indignantly exclaimed the Jerseyman as he returned the coins.
"Oh, I ain't doin' no kickin'," serenely replied the young man.
"I'd been carryin' that old counterfeit bill over nine years lookin' for a sucker, and I'm jest two good dollars ahead of the game!"
M. QUAD.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Counterfeit Bill
Deception
Train
Farmer
Trick
What entities or persons were involved?
Young Farmer
Jerseyman
Stranger
Where did it happen?
Erie Train Coming East, Smoking Car
Story Details
Key Persons
Young Farmer
Jerseyman
Stranger
Location
Erie Train Coming East, Smoking Car
Event Date
The Other Day
Story Details
A farmer passes a counterfeit five-dollar bill to a stranger, receiving two good and two bad dollars in change. He shows the coins to a Jersey City man on the train, revealing he had held the fake bill for nine years seeking a victim and is now ahead by two dollars.