, 1860-09-10
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tFA4 Railroad Employees.
W. ea!a alEsady .1oised the fast that =
Wholesale 4Jasea IT {shssry, b. esrtsin ss1-
dsetsrs aad ticks! agents an The Panns1lEaoiA
Central hsilrosd, had bsen suspeste for seTs-
tioa had taken placs, resnltisx IN tho recovery
Of ssah. esoeke, property, 4e., to verJ eonaid'
erable eaaoeat-beiug The proceeds Of tsketa
taken up by, conductors a1d 1aturnsd. to tlskst
agents and others to be resod-togsthsr with
daily appropriations from sash collections by
conductors on trains,
While at Columbus, Oh Tuesday, VIC wsrs iu
formed BY : gsntlsmaa from Pitssbarg that this
sJstem Of robbery had been in practice for ovar
q year past, and that tho shief officer Of tho
rosd had had suspicions ali along that they
warn being dstrauded, but WAS unable to sb-
tain any clue for months; although special
parties.
Tbs Vice President, Mr.. Scott, h.d aseer.
tainsd that one conductor had purchased a
property in Philadelphia, for which be pa,d
$4,000 cash. He had no maaus when he wsnt
on to ths road sys2r rr two previous. Another
~ was but 1850. These and other men who
ware living beyond their incoms wero stched,
but nothing wrong could be detected. 1t wxs
clear, however, that = lurgs amount of ths cash
collections wets being Withheld daily, AID it il
stated that as much u 60 per cent. Of the
amonat collected By certain conductors was rs-
tanned. -
As the money did not come in fast enough
under this system, combination WA 10 msd
between some ten OF twelve conductors and
some half dozen ticket agents or sellers on tbs
Pennsy!vaoia Central, VINO were in league, it il
believed, with similar employ ses On other roads,
direct connections Of the Pennsy lvaaia Central,
81 which ceFtaln amount o. tickets takeo up
daily should not be punched, as required, but
fhHnih N fha rFo h.
tesold.
Numerous plaas and traps were Devised and
snt to detect the guilty ones but up to last week
all bad been failures. Men we're at last em-
ploJed who purchased t.ckets in Cincinnati aud
Columbus for Philadelphia; these tickets were
privately marked; aud ths day they were used,
is well as the name Of the conductor, were re-
ported TO headquarters. II was found in several
instances that these tickets, although used, were
not reported for ten days, and were Of c9urse
rssold.
j.. a certain p.rsy in Pit.sburg .ppiied to the
ticket agent IN that city, week ago, to know
1t be would sell the pi.tsburg and Philadelphia
portion Of through Cincinnati coupons This
led the ticket sgent to suspect something
wrong; aad before giving any answer he r..
ported the matter to headquarters. He was
then instructed to say to the party applyicR TO
hare tickets sold, that if he would bring local
tickets, be would sell them for him, but that be
sould not sell the coupons. The eault Waz that
local tickets ware boaebt, and thus the robbery
was detected. Several suspected parties were
then questioned, as to their compiicitv in the
matter, some Of whom plead guilty and return.
"a their i'll gotten property, whlle guilt was fas.
tened upon others.
The Vice President Of the road, Mr, Scott.
has been at pittsburg for several days making
thorough Investigation. We be1iege eight con-
ducsors and four ticket agents have already
tnJ ;!
Pi:tsburg, Harrisburg and Phlladelphis. and
we're systematically organized. Il is believed
that two Or more conductors On the P,,tsbure
and Fort Wayne Road are implicated, and it +
feared tha: employees on tho other Ohio roads
are equally guilty. What amount the Penn
ssylvania Central has lo.t is not known, bnt we
have heard very fargs figures msntioned. The
blr be made known b.fore long.-Cineiauati
G2Eknk.