New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-17

A ScoTrIsH EARL AMONG THE rickEr SwIsDLERs.
Two gentlemen made application at the Mayors
Office yesterday afternoon, 10 have the proprietor VI
bogus ticket office in Cedar street, Isaac Seover by
name arrested and punished for swindng one Of them
out Of S75. The s~inded pereon was foreigner, a.
might have been judged from his apparent perPexiy
az the circumstances of the swInde IN other words,
his ignorance and surprise a! the peculiar Newfof
institution of ticket sSinohng The other was Mr.
Cunard, of the European hne Of steamers, whose
Office is at Bowling Green.
Mr. Cunsrd stated that Lis friend had been swinde1,
and that they desired TO make a complaint The
chief clerk of the Office produced Bibie and the COM
claimant wac sworn. To the question what was
his name, the complainant answered that
il was James, Earl Of South Esk; that ne resided in
Scotland. The clerk looked up as if there might be
some mistake, and inquired whether that was the
name by which he was legally known, and the COM
p,ainsnt answered that it was. The following ainds-
Wit in substance was then taken:
James Earl Of South Cs resident Of Scotland being dolly
seTn says that l5n Of February O'Clock deponent
arrived 81 jersey y by Erie Railroad and inquired OF the
aswerud she had person having the gene al spR-s
Sn 20 place where he could nd everything he
w,hed know in connection vita vessel going 70 EUROPE
street opponent sas TO clerk who SAID IN
eteenshp CanAda about 10
clerk strongly recommended deponent to soil by os portland
the ce when said called depobent back and stated that
deponert dslerined 10 60 BY he Gssds he would get
a.. he steamship ssUsh G from Portlsnd.
nenonsnI then Tor good cabin said clerk answered
that should have the beat said clerk hen tola snoar
peTop tie office and toerPh the canada to Keep sii
and called deponent int the rear ocv aud asked depo
ner 10 s,,te his Ame SECOND clek presented deponent
ticket which was to SCENE for Opponent o'ms-I aia
cabin with bertbs, and scondca's cso Tor n'
ccpo, then took the money hon eans-oss ard ned .he
amount which deponent hsded 10 the second clerk the
noiydna who been ossenslb TO telegraph 20 the
Cansds then ed and said It was ali right depoent then
eceyee FOR the cabin AID two second class eeIths
nd ssd second whom deponen had paid the tickets
demanded al sddidonsl $25.
had so when coming hther on tnand said CLERK informed
dePonent tina. the rate was s~s5, higher gong 70 Ensna an
cabin TO deponent himself and also said some
nds6t nave cIssvd hm several collars more paid
amount; depone hardly looked at the ticket except to see
that the signature correct on getting out Of the Once de-
that the amount TecePea on he tclei va. 80
deponeD had been defsuded out OF 80 by the false
representations VI saa SCENTS
Upon tbiu statement of facts the acting Mayor de-
puIed policeman 10 accompany the nob!einan IN HI
carriage the place where the swinds WAS alleged to
have taken place. The s@inder-in'c was indenti-
fed and brought up. Everybody In the Mayors oics
knew him Isaac SelOver, the perPetra;or Of thou
sand sndes upon poor PERSONS and for one OF which
he served three years in the state Prison
Selover pleaded his own case and undertook 10
cross-examine his complainant very freely, asking
with much sefassurance, whether the Earl meant TO
say this thing and that and attempting TO make him
contradict himself The Earl signed that he intended
to stick by his affidavit
The acung Mayor, Aid, Peck, told Selover that he
must immediately refund the money or go to the
Tombs, as no bail would be taken until the exaInina-
ton could take place, Saturday morning. Selover
was unwilling to refund the money, ana said soi where
upon the chief clerg began writing ont commitment.
Selover relented and, recolIecung himself, said az
this was California week, he could not afford to be
locked up in the Tombs The money was refunded,
and Seloyer and the complainsnts went their way.
II is quite time that this business Of compromising
with these windeEs stopped For every inslance
in which they are made 10 refund, they pocket the
proceeds Of twenty Frauds. Were our Police Magis.
tia!es empowered sammaIly dispose of such fellows
by sending them to the Pententiary for Elk months,
upon ploof Of their cult, their profession would soqa
cease to be followed.