New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-27
THE EnGRANT TICKET SWINDLERs.

1t is well known that the most extensive swndles
have been praeticed in this City for a number Of
years on emigrant and other passengers bound for
the West by Sc. OF most heartless Williams The
mode of operation is TO these poor strangers
into offices such kept at No 100 West 81. by
man named SmethuIst and No. III Liberty St, kept
by Isaiah Selover and there furnish them with ticket
purchased from the genuine office Of j. L. Elliott, No
West for which these rsscals pay &c rs thus armed
they 60 forth into the streets end their to the
piers and slips and seek out their victims and then, in
connection with this emgsnt ticket got from Elliott which
wlcarry them to Cleveland by way Of Philadelphia and
Pttsburgb they-Selover and smethurs with the help Of
these runners-sel to their victims ticket order for
passage from Cleveland TO Chicago Toledo which GER
tany worthless Cleveland where the holder obliged
to buy another ticket to carry him on bis way West.
The frequent occurrence of these ourages, and the
rt at number of tickets arriving at Cleveland for the last
sixty day amounting two or three hundred has ere
ated good deal of feeling in that community The Rail
road Companies Cincinnati, Columbus Cleveland and
Cleveland & Erie and Cleveland & Toledo, with the
Cleveland Pittsburgh Railroads, have taken hold Of the
matter in earnest and sent an officer Mr. C. Warren, from
Cleveland to this City ferret out the whole matter lie
las been able with the assistance Of DistretAtOrney
Blunt and his associate A Hall to bring of the
offenders to justice particularly the publisher of the fraud
uen ticket who in the Tombs for want Of IS 1000 bal
We append letter from Mr. johnson agent Of the CeYe-
land and Pittsburgh Railroad Company al Cleveland giving
some further particulars:
OFFIcE or CLEVELAND AsD PIIrsBU RICH Co,
CLEVELAND. Saturday Jan. %, l.5i. :
II II HoUsTES ESQ., Philadelpbia-Dear SIR: Per
nit me to call your attention to frauds that are daily prac
tced in New York upon passengers coming west ON your
and our roads The mode Of operation is 10 purchase
genuine ticket of your agent in New York 70 this place
and hu prepared these scOundres seek out their custom
err and ell them tickets TO any place west Of Cleveland
that the parties desire TO- the rasca then give their
dures your genuine tickets to this place and furnish them
a certificate one Of which hand you inclOsei: This
certificate i fraud There Spruce In Cleveland.
have also before certificate dated New York,
Jan a. issued By j. j ROss 10 A. Aloway, for emf.
grsnt passs Cleveland upon which Mr. Ross received
els, while rhe price Of first class ticket is bat sle 20
The ticket directs the holder to 20 70 e. Eliot Pier No
North River ard get the certificate exchanged Some 20
passengers here day all teketed TO various parts
west Of here al Of whom forced TO purchase tickets
here 10 proceed west with.
You should lose time in putting stop to these out
RACES. Yours, &c II. JOHNSON Agent
THE Mon AT Ia Subtitle trial for the murder Of
Mr. Story the Railroad contractor at La Sale resulted In
the conviction Of the ngeader for aanslaugher and con
signed him TO the Penentsry for year The jury dad
not agree in relation another Of the party and the re-
mainder were discharged.