The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21
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issue, in relation to this unfortunate
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a series OF frauds have been carried on
by parties holding responsible posi-
tons in their employ, and as ii was a
matter requiring great amount Of in
lgenuity to detect them, and at the game
time prevent the suspected parties from
becoming aware of the web that was
gradually weaving around them,S the
public can easily im1gine the amount
Of labor that was required to bring the
matter to focus. " 80
+ The railroad company have snrmised
|, that fora period Of, perhaps. three
years, their road has been robbed to
an enormous extent, and thereupop,
some six months ago, with the aid o.
many OF their trustworthy employees.
succeeded last Monday in placing the
affair in such a positive position, as to
fix the. matter bcyo I'd q doubt, and ar.
rested Al Allison, Swearingen and B.
w. Goddeil, of this city, and had them
placed in Jail in default Of bail. While
the officers who had gone up the road
arrested Howell, the ticket agent al
Red Oak Junction; Mcdaniel, ticket
agent at Corning, and Suvdam, ticket
agent at Missouri river station, two o
the latter number confcssing their
guilt, and duplicating seven others,
and out OF the latter three Of them
when confronted by witnesses also
acknowledged their guilt, only one man
Of the whole posse demanding an ex-
animation, and when brought into
court for that purpose begged to be
excused"
These suspected p1rties had three or
four different means Of swindling the
company. The one most practiced by
the conductors, when working indi-
vidually, being to retain portion Of
the cash fares, but when acting in COLI
fusion with an agent, their nsOdsss Opcr-
andy was entirely different. First, by
selling local tickets, which Che conduc-
tor would take up, and, instead OF
punching and returning to the railroad
company, they would return them to
the agent who sold them, who would
put them in the case again and report
them nnsold, the money for the tickets
being equally divided between the two.
Second, the Conductors would take up
coupon tickets, held by parties coming
from the East, and instead ofreturning
them to the company, would give them
without being punched, to the agent,
with whom he was In collusion, who
would sell them to parties going west.
to those stations, the coupons referred
to; and, rs before, divide the pronts.
Mr.. Goddell, as we stated in ycstcr-
days issue, has only been short time
in the employ OF the company. coming
originally from Ohio, having been con-
nected there with several railroad
companies; the last being the Atlantic
u Great Western, and has accumulated
a considerable amount of money.
estimated from $4,000 to
100000, and when arrested, having in
his possession over $4,000 in securities
and 5000 in cash, besides being known
to own extensive property in the East.
Mr.. Swearingen has been connected |
with the railroad for upwards of seven
years, during the latter portion of
which he has unfortunately lived In a
,tyle far more extravagant than his IN
:ome would seem to warrant, when AZ
We understand his salary was only
400 q year, since the first Of January,
'esides few perquisites amounting
perhaps to $50 per month, which, he
vas expressly forbidden by the rules
f the company to receive.--Hasoksye.