, 1879-01-30
Which We're Obtained BY Means Of
Forged Letters to the
: Managers.
Tie pIuntler Subsequently DIS.
noscl Of to tho Ticket
ScnfpGrs.
George 1artman's Adventures with the
Inmates Of the Rabbits
Nest,n

The top iloor of Fat o'Nclll'e io"f'story oall"'
inc Oh tho corner "f stats "'nl HnfFtson
streets. wa'thc rendezvous VI theaane a'i'i tlat
as,.,, - =. .,,n ~ ,,a rost r,outucrt.
e',me AZ "'.o ~ " ts '.."' ,a" p'1i' ~, ~
rms gang Of !orsefs' unaer Tue ieadetsn'p o.
n *e'''1msa II. ,usncf ' I wx.saass.s sa,.f H. If.
,,nerattou,.-,,as carried IN u systcni
~ f.n,"..rf,,,tn,, ,o,,arhool. If vor,,n. rsIl.
W .'''use'.eHs ,s ~ 10 ~.
supcrEntcndcnta OF tic same, md. by using
,,.c,- owr ~ havc o,, otrc, poa,rs urI tirkcts on
r"ar,v nl' tn. rai,ro.d. .hero thcv ,icsIrcl. u,l.
Of o eo,'rs.. rs Wv have sold then, through The
scalpcrs' offices, anil nlso disposed Of them
thcmtriyca, Tic business TINS conducted has
l,co ot ,rr,t ,nor,lt,lr Int f. IL f,nnosslt}e to
obtain anything like an estimate Of the ntnount
Of money that The railroad corporations have
bccn swirdlc.l out Of III 50 long period. Scs-
or., n, I'm rotIrnoJ ot11,.crs IN tlts city have Ind
occasion TO suepest ana' so"e.Ans I'ossu nue.
being done In obtaining passes. anu u 10 Nuate
well known ihat tho ticket.scalpars hnvc sold
posscs as wei, an tickets, mlul In some Instances
tie passes 40 soaeu ., nave @ peen a .a"s" .sons
conductors AMI Tic hoides-"ho Aao Pcf'aPs
bought tl'cn' In good fafth-has bccn compelled
TO PAY FULL FARE.
ntAu fr,Hr ffl n mir
M ..ol.s.1 ~, -. r. r.,,soor ,s,,,,,,smv
ny ule supee.Sitnit i ~ ,.oa, ~, t.,,r" rrf"!
are uot EchsIa'J M'eu ""r ~ itasf.l. -,
cnes' or .ns, "s'e ~. IT," t,.tosa oS ,ii,,s ar.t
W., Mnn '.e H. a.ts,emrs ~ .,rl, n .varr,,,
cicw 70 t'ie eAistcMce oi SUN H. aHs'G,,. ~.
u u. wnu,eSI'o wv Wh;nusn scrrrt,ty os Gc,;. s
e.a, 1ai Waao,t"r MetfuiIm NJ ihe t.htrnoo
e. 4 Alton Ra,'road. via asccrtaincd t!mt
,ot;.r hon rnt fht. scnnt,,rc of an p1llctul Of
IT,. r:,a a oss nrer tbr ijn}on
p"cas i III, ia,,;r"a' % Ha, hcrn nrescntcd al Omaha.
,,ar" i, .sos dn."trc,i. tfe presenter haYiny
faslaS ~ a,,,c,r tn ~ Tho nasa ut timu Yl,rI'
tnI.i ~ @pf In -. An rxnu,inatiou OF the
tc,te, I .hnwed i. to uo forg-
rrv nj" ncyt thing to do was
~ ,,t.corss uhn In fnrrrrs wcrr. On the aJ
,'ia, ~ ~ ,o..f,, ,nwSrr fnns,ah1r f;corwe
fcrra,i,m f. "',i rri'tna,, M a "a already known a.
= vnrr X ~ X MN wos pmnloyctl ia discover
a ser ' n, i1,r fnr..crs. who wcrs be-
s;"rci -, Nn H. fhrovo thn,,yh un 1Irtintto in
I.3v.n no - clsw c ' tit woujI lead to ils
fs'.s, -" ~. +hai. ,enTc,rn,,s Tin iot, wns nj,
',sua,,v .,tiiIr,,lt nns. and Il was oaly by Jtt
NJ r+"at ncrsnvsransu 1I, , GOOD tact tat 'o rot
~ Mntninr iptst o su1.1s pcrsons whom lie s.psetci
Of h"vi,;,. ~ 1,,~d il. tSa r@,l,tery at storc, he
r. w,s s"i' i"d 10 l''' heiinyo tnat ono OF tl'un,
VIA was 60 Concerned CT I''' In osier crooked work,
mud h. @ @psap apSat sy 9qs tsec xsis lin tg0 tg e |e
s.ma,,. W., W. ,,sss ,,, c',nTnrter ri whrl,
80 t'ss, ~ ~ ~ oon .,n,e uaytu~
.',. .ort 81 "isv n wnrr ,.,,nn In .1ctrrmin.
No,,Ts r. tis'u 1..nis,ims wro iH hatl traC,1 hi
wMc'As .na', o"''"''s' ""s'0 ~ ''N ''''
"'a''' ,..a,,s,,n. ecrrn.wov,r
49,, $3.50 ~. ~, 80, H., s,,,... e,,x
.!.,a ~ "t n,s'f ,vnrErt iii" HEAVIER srrmniinv
tls wl,oIe I"t,.t Of lie hail md gottiur cIosc to
lin tioors ri tIe two RUINS, which hc ylll,ss-
nucntjy asrertnincl were ktlt,wn to tho gang ~
lie Il ftnhbttss Ncst,H lie came very ncsr being
discovered, oslc OF the gang c,n,lg out to sec
who it WIS ti,ut rnade tho nolau about tle
much, hui cavuel enough to satisfy hin ,llal he
lad clcw 10 ,i.s burgers ho WAS IL qurst ii.
| Uu cnnttnuca til. work OF stAiowint: tIlr per-
sons wI'o Visited the " Nest," nMl fund tt!ut
urc5son l,e wus Il 10 well t!lat bis vile nnd
Jm,vi,t"r nass.,i lin on tlc atrcct uni tiI not
rrcu.,,Izv lin, Niyht after night Hartman frr-
nne,1tcJ saoons. anI, Ia ol,r Or Two ipstaucea
Gambling. .ro0,ns. tu observe tho ulDye1llupts ol
tl,r rauv. Ind naw unp OF them cntcayur to sci,
n mr. %rnirnai mss to luull who,n ]lv lad casually
falin,i in with, Several times Iiurttnai,
thought tllu gang had "got Tie
si,nt,nwc,i nni el,hsrat,cnt events showed they
were kusnctu.ls but tiii not aek In tnu to avoid
arrest. Whcm satisfied That l,o huJ lis mcli
"Icad TO Fights" ~ tl,u detectives
say. uartmun laiJ p,aps fpr their cur.
IN, ~. II" onIane,i thc names of
thu gang a, mcar a. possible, nut,
| urtl,ntHtluE tho Superintendent VI Police With
In. int lint lie rad M, inportaus caso in hand
md s,rc.i snycral tr,sty I1cf, to nssist lin II,
eif"cttuts I'm cnntura uf fle gu,,p. thut otiriai
,etni"a l,cterllycn 1iynt. Usuirr. Lvnlcrcul,.
nni Ste,surt to uid lin. Wurrunts we're ut,.
ttaIn.,l for thn
.,,r,s, vororp,
ARREST % Tue fon"!n' ....,..
from Justica l.u!'ak, Ii'a alsu the nccesSasy
| searrtWaTranta to enable the otlcefs 10 sGGl1ra
| unytilinE IN 1hp neAt tlht 'hlbht oc touhd there
uni wh,ci could be nset! a. esldsuve Alr.
Whspplo swure out tEe warrants i9r tue nfresta,
IN which I.ewls Z. Curtis, Frank Williams alias
l}lckus, y. Il. AlDItf. Jatnrs lluos1n, nhl llerEu
Curtis Wrts accused u tho "erlMr "t
furgu: alpl rounterfettng tickets or
I'asses for tito passago uf pertnns III my
railroads. aud Tor counssrteitlng Thu scal al tns
IIuntIibal ~ st. Ja.eph lsalrua1 co'Nl any,
kmowing ,lmt IL was likely al OF the gang would
Gu u tho Nest, Inst hight Ut about b:la Nelock
itartuIau, With Detectives Ryan, l.oudcrraI,.
Baudcr. und Stewart, nut Ut thu o'Nril! Du'!d,
ln::, At I'll" northeast Garner o1 Harrison MI
6tatu streets, anh immediately procet1ct
tn the. f.,ut.n t'pr. wllrre Tho "lsabbts
Nest MS Situated. After II hriel survey ot 'ht
sltHatu, tin tluur MAS broken ut,en md por
ituA VI tllu gang iuuud. strrolIt!cl with n! thu
eytIrnrrs of tt!tlf work. III tho room wcru l.pWl,
Curtis. FranH backus. a,na ilc wnlal, "t:crty. II
| Iip Et1lrprs WGrA EU uSsHtYEti thQt RESISTANCE