The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-06
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The grand jury have f0uRd true bills
against J, II. Mcdonald, = hsggsgsnsB
on The Kansas Pacific railroad, and
uhIae conductors Of the same road
whose names are John Carroll. ID. A.
Hill and John Phelps. They are charg-
ed with eonsPiring 10 defraud the com
pany which employed them. Mellon
aid and Carroll were arrested ON Satur-
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Sher-
man, and Hill and Phelps were brought
In last evening from Topeka by Deputy
Sheriff Howe. The prisoners were all
lodged in jail, and will probably have a
hearing in the district court this morn
ing and their hail Fixed.
IL seems that in July last the officials
Of the Kansas Pacific road had suspi-
eions that persons were being carried
over their road without tickets issued
by the company, and the case was
given 10 the Rocky Mountain detective
association for investigation. Detect
i've Arnold was detailed to work up the
matter, and he yesterday gave = re-
porter Of the Tribune the details OF the
result Of his Inquiries. The first thing
observed by the detective and his as
sistants was that Mcdonald and Car
roll, the former n baggageman and the
latter a conductor on the Denver d.
vision OF the road. were frequent Wis
itors at a certain saloon in Denver. The
next thing noticed was that almost
every day persons left the saloon and
proceeded TO the depot and boarded
trains without stopping TO buy tickets
at the Office. Under the detectives in
structions a party Of four went on the
evening of August - to the saloon and
represented that they had just arrived
from Leadyille and were going east in
the morning. They were asked whelh-
er they did not want to buy tickets at
less than regular rates, and the inquiry
was accompanied with a statement that
II they agree to say nothing of
how the matter was managed they
would DO provided with passage tickets
to Kansas City for $40 apiece. The
party agreed TO say nothing, and after
many and repeated injnnctions OF Sc
cresy, the tickets were produced and
the money Tor them turned over.
One OF the tickets read From Colo
RADIO Springs TO Denver" was dated
sometime in 1879 and had been used
as the conductors pnnch-mark testi
lied; another read "Atchison To Reno,'
OF date, May, 1878, which had als'
oeen used third was a ticket ISSUED
py the Illinois Central railroad at Cairo
TOT DenVer owe the Atchison, Topeka
q santa re road, also used a fourth
ticket was from Kansas City to Wal
lace used u cancelled. One OF The
bogus travellers stated that he had I
trunk, ana that he could not get !,
checked through on the false ticket
McDonaid agreed TO make That al
right, told the man To point out te
MIN his baggage at the depot ! N the
morning ana ne would attend to II
ana TINS was done. The tickets FIRST
went through u hands OF n WERE
punched by Carroll, OF Thu
DenVe DIVISION. Next Conductor
mn, oil the smoky iiili division, punch
ed the tickets, and iinally after leaving
b~rookvilic, the end oil the Kansas di
vision, Phelps took them III
and CAV the supposed travellers checki
10 Kansas City. The four railroad mel
thus worked together, n the profit
OF their wrong-doing were divided
equally among them.
Conductor Phelps, when his train wa:
at Topeka, asked one Of the paIt,
where he was going. He replied Indie
pendence, Missouri, but he intended u
| refurn IN I'm fha fall IT..
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