The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-31


They Are Broughr TO Grief by super
intcndent Moedy, of The New York
fxOad.
The New York Times ssys: "CspMin;
Hooker and Detectives Mcmahon and
Irving, of the Niaeteenth Sab-pFeoinot,
brought to the Yerkyille Police Court
yesterday Charles LeysteT, ahss VIM. H.
Gill, alias McCurdy, and Peter R. Hallis,;
who jointly with Leyster used the aliases
mentioned. Their ofanse consists of an
organized conspiracy to obtain frse.
passes on different railroad andsteamshipI
lines and selling them again for what
ever they could obtain for them. The
companies 90 far known to have been
swindled are the New York & Harlem
Railroad Company, the New York &
New Haven, the New York Central, the
Erie Railway Company, the Providence
& Rhode Island Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company,
the Old Dominion Steamship pCompanyand
the g. H. Mallory Steamship Company.
The conspirators did their own print
ing, and procured rubber stamps with
which to make their bogus orders for
free passes appear more official like.
From the LIST to the 10th of January,
they obtained five free passes, worth at
AN average about $18 30, from Superin-i
itendent Bissell, of the New York & Har-
lem; Superintendent Toucey, Of the New
York Central, and Superintendent
Moody. Of the New York & New Haven.
The tickets were obtained on the pre-
,sentation Of forged letters from William
NJ. Clemens, Master of Transportation on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The re-
quest for a free pass was generally made
on behalf Of some well-known conductor
Un the Baltimore & Ohio Road, who was
off on a leave Of absence, and the grant
ing to him Of the desired pass would be a.
favor to Mr.. Clemens personally, which
be would 'reciprocate at a future day.
The official appearance of the letter
was much enhanced by bogus stamp
bearing the 'company's name on one
corner. 9Superinsendent Moody was the
first to discover the forgery Of Mr..
Clemens name. On the 20th instant
Hallis, alias McCurdy, presented.a letter
-purporting to come from MIR. Clemens,
and asking . pass for Conductor Nc
Curdy, who was ON leave Of absence, to
Buffalo and back. Mr.. Moody gave the
pass, but thought it strange that the
writing and printing on the letter should
be 90 fresh. He called the attention of
Superintendent Bissell, who happened to
be present, to the discovery he had made,
and Mr. Bissell suggested to have the let
ter sent to Mr.. Clemens. This was done,
and Mr.. Clemens telegraphed back that
the whole letter was . forgery.
1t was only the day before Mr..
Moody's discovery that Mr.. Bissell had
given pass on Just such letter as the
one Mr.. Moody had received, hence his
suspicious that there was something
wrong. The case was then given to
Captain Hooker, who succeeded on Mon
day in arresting the prisoners. In addi-
ton to the railroad gentlemen already
named, who appeared in court as wit
nesses against the accused, was q repre-
sentative of the Erie Railway, who
stated that on the 9Th inst. one Of the
prisoners had obtained from them pass
to Buffalo and return. In the possession
of Halls, when arrested, was found a
pass to Galveston, Texas, procured by
him from c. H. Mallory & Co. The
prisoners pleaded guilty, and were held
for trial in default Of 81 900 bail each.