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If you want to know more, there is a much better and very entertainingly written series of articles about this, from a 1949 issue of the New Yorker: https://www
by mplanchard 5mo ago
If you want to know more, there is a much better and very entertainingly written series of articles about this, from a 1949 issue of the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/08/27/old-eight-eighty-i https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/08/27/old-eight-eigh...
- m348e912 5mo agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuDTEbR8CE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuDTEbR8CE. Mr 880, a movie loosely based on the case.
- morkalork 5mo agohttps://archive.ph/MLJHu https://archive.ph/MLJHu
- retired 5mo agoEmerich Juettner would approve of bypassing a paywall for a news article.
- mplanchard 5mo agoI don’t get a paywall for this even in private browsing. Just me somehow?
- thekevan 5mo agoI didn't get a paywall, either. Brave with Ublock Origin on Win11
- kccqzy 5mo agoThat article had an unsatisfactory and anti-climatic ending. It ended right when the Secret Service arrested the counterfeiter, where a normal reader would expect more discussion of how the Secret Service found the man and how they questioned the man after the arrest.
- stevenwoo 5mo agoDid you read all three parts? They laid the groundwork by alerting local police and store owners about the counterfeiter probably living in that area of Manhattan and got lucky because the neighbor's apartment caught fire and the building owner threw out some of his burned possessions, including the plates and some counterfeit bills.
- kccqzy 5mo agoOh thanks! I didn’t realize there are two more parts; the link to the other parts were at the top rather than the bottom of the page.