Original Caption:
Toledo -- A two year flood of bogus one and five dollar bills, a flow totalling perhaps millions of "dollars" was believed stopped with the arrest of a 21 year old Toledo, Ohio youth and four others as accomplices. Midwest states had been flooded with the bogus notes of high quality. They were sold wholesale, cost at $15 for each $100 worth. Photo shows Patrolman Charles Whitmer of Toledo, as he stood guard over the plant uncovered by the federal agents. Its 21 year old operator Clarence Brown, took his arrest philosophically. (1935)
6 comments:
What kind of shmuck risks a 10 year federal rap by printing 1's and 5's? (Yes, I know this and 1935 and 5 cents could get you a hot dog, soda and fries at Nathan's, but...)
They don't write captions like that anymore.
So that's what Clarence Brown did to unwind between directing Garbo movies.
It's a shame they leave us hanging with that last sentence...
Printing only ones and fives could be very shrewd.
Not Toledo!
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