Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-28
NEW YORK.

l Ingenious Fraud on the Railroads. NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-A report was circu- l lated around police headquarters this morn 1 ing that an extensive system of issuing forged | railroad tickets on through lines had been de- tected, and that the headquarters was SUD- posed to be in this city. Inquiry at police headquarters as to the nature of the forger- ies failed, as the superintendent was not to be seen, and none of his subordinates felt in
 clined to give any positive information on the subject, although one detective admitted that he had been on the alert for something of 1 that kind, but could not give any details of the affair as the matter had not been thoroughly worked up. He, however, believed the suspected parties had been and were still being watched and without doubt
 would soon be captured The way the tick cts are sold is considered ingenious. There are class of men known as 'scalpers, ,''who sell tickets over nearly all the railroads at less than the price charged by the companies. Through some of these men 1t is believed the forged tickets are disposed of to persons seeking to travel cheaply, and being well ex- ecuted tickets are likely to deceive both the purchasers and the conductors of trains, who in hurry rarely do more than take casual glance at them. They have even passed the clerks at railroad headquarters til the time arrived to check
 
 of duplicate numerical designations have shown that something has been wrong. This examination does not take place immediately after the collection of the tickets, and the operators being aware of this fact have had opportunities for disposing of large num- Der to the unwary especially newly arrived immigrants.
 .sWeary of Li1e',-An American Lady's
 Death Abroad-VVns It Suicide or Mur-
 der!
 NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-A special cable from Paris says the American consul at Paru has forwarded details concerning the mysterious death of an American lady at the Hotel de France on the 3d inst. Her name was regis tered in Paru as Mrs. Olney. She came over in June in the French steamer France. She remained some time at the hotels at Hence and Chatham in Paris with several friends. She had been at the Hotel de France about ten days. In letter written before her death she says: q am weary of life and want rest, ,'' and asks to be placed in coffin in the dress she wore when she died. There is some doubt that the lady committed suicide Thanks to the consul. however, she had Christian burial Miss Candace M. Ol- ney was well known milliner of this city and carried on her busi- ness in East Fourteenth street, where she had been located for the past twelve years She retired from business last February The original firm name was C.M. Olney $ Co.,. Mrs. L. D. Newell being her partner Up to the time of the celebrated Newell divorce trial, in which deceased fig ured as witness, she had always thriving business, having for several years prior to this time traded under her name alone. Af- ter linking her name with Mrs. Newell many of her customers seem to have ceased trading with her, and finally she determined to sell out and on the competency she is supposed to have amassed Mrs Olney sailed on the
 steamer France, on the 18th of June last.
 She booked her passage direct to Havre and made the voyage alone.