Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-18
THE p. OFFICE ROBBED.

Two Thousand Mile Tickets Taksu and
Traced to James III Bell
Another young man, living too fast for bis
own good is in trouble. The party is James
Fl. Bell, young man of some twenty years.
The trouble is in connection with the burg.
larry of the general ticket Office of the North
ern Pacific railroad, Jackson street,
for which he was arrested by Detective
O'Counor about IL O'Clock yesterday fore
noon. The complaint was sworn out by
George K. Barnes, general passenger agent
the railroad company, and in brief charges
Bell with felon.ously entering the ticket office
Of the company, and stealing and carrying
away two one thousand mile tickets
for passage over the company's road, of the
value of $780,
Itsappears from statements OF officers OF the
road. that sometime last Saturday night the
general ticket office, 323 jackson street, first
floor, was entered, it is supposed by means OF
a regular key TO the front door, and
the Office desks, money drawer,
ETC., pried open and ransacked, and the two
thousand mile tickets mentioned above
about the only thing of value not locked up
in the safe the night before-carried of.
The theft was discovered early Sunday
morning in checking up, and steps I'M
medistely instituted to detect the guilty
party or parties. During the day
information was received that Bell had been
negotiating the sale of such ticket. It was
also learned that Bell and another party had
applied for four sleeping car bsrths from st.
Paul to Bismarck, their companions being
two fraii women. As the berths were all
taken the trip was not made, but Bells malt
companion, the one to whom it is alleged he
sold the stolen ticket, did go.
, Acting upon the information gained as
above, sll conductors were notified to keep
sharp look out for the stolen tickets, and
when discovered to take them ND and notify
the general office. The result was that the
conductor OF the train from St. Paul for
Bismarck Sunday night was Offered
after leaving st. Paul. The
holder at first demurred to giving the ticket
up, but he was soon made to understand that
discretion was the better part of valor, and
the ticket was handed over, and an acknowl-
edgment made that he purchased it of Bell.
Upon these facts q formal complaint was
made out yesterday morning charging Bell
and G. Brown, the person having the ticket
recovered on the train, with the robbery, and
warrant placed in the hands of Detective
O'ConnOr, who made the arrest of Bell as
above set forth. Upon searching his person,
1000 mile Northern Pacific passenger ticket
was found alleged to b the COM
panion stolen ticket to the one recovered on
the train.
Between and O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Bell was taken before Judge Burr OF the mu.
nicipal court. when he waived examination,
and the preliminary hearing was postponed to
Friday next at 10 a. N bonds in 81 900 with
John Dowlan and Patrick Keigher SIS sureties
being given for his appearance.
In the meantime the officials at Bismarck
have been telegraphed to arrest c. Brown up
on his arrival there, and last night Detective
0'Connor started for that point to get his
man. Having gotten out of the stale, the
authorities coulo not secure his arrest or de
tention simply as witness, hence he was made
a joint defendant.
Young Dell was for some time, up to with.
in a few weeks, in tie employ of the railroad
company SIS clerk in the general freigh,
office. When SO employed the general
freight and ticket offices were together in
the room where the ticket office now is, and
then he was enabled to become entirely
familiar with its interior arrangement, and to
certain extent with the business of the
ticket department, where the tickets were
kept, etc. The theory of the officers is that
while thus employed Bell by some means got