, 1866-02-20

the Amount Of several Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
The Manchester {S. H. K.rror cives these
particulars Of recent Extensive swim lies or
some Of tho leading Ncw-EnEland roads:
Some months ago the directors of the Con
cord Railroad instructed Col. 1ohu H. George
CLERK aud counsel for the road, 10 look at1c,
!eaAs n the Inilroad, and particularly tc
&c employed Mai. George j. Carney, wbc
lad been with lien. Butler 1t New Orleans,
us = detective 10 watch the conductors and
Others The story goes tl1t Mai. Carner
moved to Concord and opened IN ofllce as !
tlaih aFcnt' He got ont flowing landbIl1s
:eld created q great scasaion ntnpng other
CLAIM, agents, offering superior inducements
20 fttlticrs. They appreciated lis efforts and
t'1ne 70 Ills otncc. he wanted hills stuck Nd
III III the Towns along the line of the Concord
road and employed these soldiers to do 1t.
lie represented that the ticket officer, were
eotnbnrd against his a:.cacy and told them
to buy their tickets In the cars, aud take a
minute oi what they paid aud 10 what con-
<lnc'or, and make him daily returns. They
DID SO. lie represented that opposing claim
agcnth were touring down lis bflla aud sent
sa1tlers 10 nc baiuc towns aeaiu to put up
new ones. II is said that on Tue Portsmouth
skoan tAc conductor was paid about $50 one
any by these soldiers, and tiat uIcht the
Senduclor returned liz had taken only IS IN
AIE CATb.
Matters did not stop with change Of ron-
e'actors, Las. Saturday Jaanes Whitcber. Of
I!"nkEr:i. tlc noted Canterbury Shaker, se..s-
t'r of pals and brno1ns, was arrested here and
kcpf under keepers a1 the Forest House ill
Yesterday Sunday Afternoon, when an extra
1tatu "ae ben: from Cu1icnrd for him, and he
"as escorted tLither- II eceuls he had been
selling, for long time, tickets over the clief
roads Ia New England. but particularly over
lie Concord, At mlcll less than the regular
price, ind had tLrce dry goods dealers here
s1s Agents. The charge Is That .he conductors
and others furnished llim with tickrts and
thus rcaped harvest.
As thc story goes, a ticket would be taken
ly the conductor. no. punched, handed TO
Nhlieher and might be used several times
D lore It oEld finally come to the ticket Of
81 tickets were found on Whitcher over dif.
1crcnt railroads. Oficurs were sent to bis
house at 1ooksctt, and about &t01 worth
were found. The dry goods dealers were
scen l>y Coz. George, and he was probably
in the business. The property Of the clIcf
CO. luctors was Immediately attached to an.
Gwer the damages set at sl01,0p each.
II IL understood TINT Whether las made a
Glenn breast and told where he got his tickets,
ana tlat he A Is at us home again at Hooksett,
there is anything to hold the conductors or
not, NC cannot say. Rumor says that more
arrests and attachments nre being made. and
7hat tue Whole concern Will shake before they
gel through Shake away! Gfre rs IN hon
est administration Of tue Concord Railroad.
and low fares and freight will come, aud the
people will clap their hands for joy.
A letter from Concord, y. H., to the I3os-
tc1 Journal, gives the following particulars
ri the huge railroad frauds above reported:
The alleged dcfalcations upon tha Con.
cord Railroad arc, far and near, the general
..a'ts9 nes ~ ~ eisA,eh auo Interest. lne IN
14Nt aaon lae ueetosco ,.ns 4nnu1 cllcaulstancee
WIitniar ~ .T!u" ofus.. ns. nloa Iue A1aaf. Mr.
4;no ~ - u i..a,, =. H. ,shi. - tua. ~ lo
.,n,,duc,ars r1an - tna ~ Tannapa u iia tae
~ -onansaols ulon tSe Soncoso 4nc, and, 10
1o,nSna' 1a Ipon Oh o.ae1 s9ntes "5 pa1ls tIos.
.aeote, ~ hins nuu otAet alicles sot tna1
s. Snaac1es N consaefhble quantities and that
= rts laf "as lntat1ao'y ID Fallroad tickets
Eonet1mes ne would receive two or three
tickets, and then again number ae twenty
.I esen tnl.1s. ue was accustomed 70 sell
1hcin 70 my parties Where hc thought they
touia "a pe ea1els nsea:
u sia1ea tha1 Mf. Nitcher sold two
Aa'area aoAafe Rofln OF tickets TO one dry
Fcoos nr1n IN Manc4ester md hfly dollars |
t9., ~nItn 70 anothcf urn IL the same place. |
1aAlhe various articles IRON the stores In pay
.neu.. nlthe ~ bos1oo ana Concsrd are
a.so a.. reported 10 have received numerous tick
s AZ l1M toe same source. II Is supposed that
IL. - @>'S "-'e ooI VI n!au1 asEuA
VIC nave been engaged In this ucket-scllins
business. n
=, i!ansaetione IKE the above arc only
sln,n1 sai., onenees a; compared with the alleged
".nn",og taH,',s ~ 13fes pa.o ~ Tue cars. Major
SaI.ts Int meuaou q oelee1io9 was 70 trans
port soldiers over the rn1lroad ostensibly for
clain'aEcncy purposes, paying their tnres In
money and allerwtFd examining the waybt1ls
oi the conductor to see the amount Of money
1cturncd 10 the ticket Office nj the close Of
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