The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29
FORGING RAILROAD TICKETS.
Ingenious Mode of Observation-Disclosures
I'm the Case Of william G. Wright.

Ingenious Mode Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
i'm the Case Of William G. Wright
Justice Hogan yesterday held an examination at
the Tombs In the case Of William G. Wright, whose
arrest on charge of forging railroad tickets has al
ready been public In the columns OF the HERALD
The first witness called was Henry W. Gwinner, OF
No. Aston House, who testified that he is the general
passage and ticket agent for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in this city. He had been informed on
the nth inst, by Abraham Alderman, Of No. GO
Exchange place, that he had purchased from
Wright ticket purporting to have been issued by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ana alleged 10
pe good for passage from Boston TO Chicago, over
The New Jersey, Camden and Amboy, pennsylvania
and Ptlsburg Fort wayne and Chicago Railroads.,
said ticket being signed .'LewlS l.. Houpt, AGENT
ana numbered 3ol all OF the coupons attached TO
said ticket ali OF which bore the endorsing stamp Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Gwnner charged
that the said ticket so purchased by Mr.. Alderman
was false and fraudulent issue, the company OF
which ne was the agent having no knowledge OF or
interest in the same.
Abraham Alderman, of No. sc Exchange place, tes-
tiled that he had purchased the ticket shown in court
and attached 70 The complaint and affidavit OF Ar.
Gwlnner from Wright on the l4th OF December, and
that hen he visited the Office at 206 Broadway he
saw only Wright, who informed him that he had only
one more ticket left.
0nleer Ebe Hay, of the Twenty-seventh precinct,
testified that he arrested Wright on the I'D, when
the prisoner informed him that ne had sold five or
six OF the tickets and had four or five left; after
taxing Wright to the station house the officer
the tickets. ten OF them not being dated.
Gustavus shepard, OF No. 81 West Forty-fo
street. testified that he had visited the Office OF
Wright on the 14ih inst, and purchased Of HIM q
ticket similar 10 the one shown by MIR, Ackerman
anu he paid twelve dollars for IL; day two after
he again purchased two more tickets and paid
Wright twenty -ihree dollars for the two; he had
since ascertalncd that all OF the tickets so purchased
were utter lorgenes; witness was not connected
with any railroad, and he saw Wright only on the
two occasions he mad visited the office.
Mr.. Gwnner. beng recalled for cross-eXaminati0n,
testified that the tickets purchased by Alderman
aud shepard II good, were valued az twenty dollars,
which sum was divided pro rdtd among the several
companies over whose roads the passengers could
travel the coupons being evidence Of Indebtedness,
and they formed the basis OF adjusting accounts.
lr. Ackerlnan, ON cross-examlnatlon, stated that
he not connected with any railroad but that he
purchased the tickets In pursuance OF directions TO
90 ~; he had noticed an advertisement In the
nKRAD that Mr.. Cooper had the tickets for sale; the
advertisement read ioows:--
ckes Chicago Tor cheap account of sickness
Lett vita G. = Cooper Sw broadway, room No. y, up stars.
Witness I'D not see Cooper for the prisoner said
he was not In.
There being no further evidence In the case the
magistrate decided TO laily commit the prisoner on
a charge OF forgery IN default Of 5000 bail. Wright
sayk he N q native Of New Hampshire, aged thirty
years, dealer IN patent rights, and In answer
20 tse charge said, ~ an not guilty. have been
made dupe by others. The tickets were AL regu-
laTly advertised. di my business openly " my
onlce.~ N alleged that several thousand dollars
ol Forged icActs have becn disposed VI In tins
NAY M several cities uf the Union.