The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-28
STEALING OYER 4 MILLION.
A Railroad Robbed by Its Agents. Conductors,
Ferry Masters, and Others.


curious as to the disposition of its receipts.
That there were leaks somewhere no one in
authority denied. The unsolvcd question con-
stantly propoundcd was. Where are the
lcaks?' Find the holes through which the
earnings drop" said ono gentleman. " and per-
haps we may bc able to bring solvcncy out of AN
apparent insolvency" So importunntc did the
people. who in good faith relied upon the
good management Of the company. become.
that rigid investigation into all departments
was instgatcd The result il that one leak.
10y which the company has been Systematically
robbed Of over 81 100000. has been discovered.
There appears to have bccn a combination. cm-
bracng conductors. icrrymastcrs. road agents
retail dealers in the ncighhorhood Of the New
York terminus Of the road, and fow ap-
purcntly respectable outsiders to aid in
scheme " rcscing tickets taken up hut not
punched by thu conductors. fo, instance
ticket purchased originally from the ticket
Office for - 50 was taken up 10y the conductor.
hut mo, punched. This ticket wl- through one
of the respectable" outsiders. placed in the
hands of a. local agcn, or one @. hrr,tail dealers
along Cortlanlt or Liberty s'rfctS. Il WIS sold
again for the fun price. again returned. and
again sold. This continued until possibly ton
passengers had passed over th" road on the
samc ticket or the S25 thus taken IN the COM
pany received the faro Of the first passenger,
s25 gnd the combination divided the rest OF
Another method Of harvesting srons was
through the computation tickets sold in pa'k-
ages at a reduced rnt' 10y the Newark AMI Ncw
York Branch of the road. Lare. numbers Of
these were bought 10y agents OF the retail deal
cr- and local agents and then sold -in-ly NJ
four years the company has been robbed of
about 800 day in this manner.
Efforts have lrrn made to discover the leaders
in this swndling comhination. hut untl r.
Gently without elect short tim" ago Mr.. II.
i. Baldwin. general pas~,n agent. dcter-
mined to break up this trnii! and. II possible.
bring the parties 10 justice. ii. cmt oyed com
uetent detectives. and H. soon as sufficient wi
dnnce was obtained. appll .ntion WAS made Ia
District Attorney Aheel 81 Ncwars for aid. Of
icrrs were detailed from the N,werk police
force and warrants were granted for the arrest
of two Of the persons supposed to b. leaders in
the combination. On Monday night last ihcs"
persons wcrr arrest and carried 10 Newark.
but the officers. under INSTRUCTIONS from the
District Attorney. Hav" Il, information 20 th"
public Through one Of them. Thomas Ncshitt
brought before Justice Jo-sup for cOninlttal.
the secret leaked out The nam" ot the other
person and the disposition OF ham was kept
Justicc Otto sad tha, late On Monday night
Thomas Ncspitt was brought before him on
ofN.w Jersey. ne bound him over IN $500. On
the following morning Ne-'4i who j. ia easy
circumstances. appeared hefor' Ju.t tico fo-eup.
and through his counsel. Samuel Morrow. Jr.
waived an cXamlnaton TO hwAt IA. action ui
the Grand Jury The Judge fiNod his bail at
otto said that nu one else had been hroush boz
tore him on a similar cAarec. hut he under
stood that number OF other persons were in
Tho reporter subsequently, learned that the
nrrsvh VINO was "Trestei AZ IN same I'm" anu
who's name the Disir I Attorney WAS - anN-
iou- to keep secret is Mr.. George Hall. wh1 has
,harse 4 ths, Liberty street ferry On the New
from his position. but hl- present whereabouts
Mr. John Mills. Chicf ofthc Police Of Newark
of
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