The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-09
SWINDLING A RAILROAD.
REPORTS FROM NEWBURGH THAT
MANI ARRESTS WILL he MADE.
West shore People In this City Attribute
Less Importance To the Three Arrests
Made rberc-ls Pender n Detsetiyes

! GiI!ooIy. and John j. FENDER on n charge
dcfraudinv the West Shore Railroad Con
pany is estimated hero as OF very great impol
lance. They are accused OF conspirinS wit
passenger conductors to resell tickets and re
duced-rate ticket book covers.
Pepder came here in the latter part {
March. He said he was Now Yorker and 4
tho insurance business, but he never did any
thing here In that line. II wasn't long after hi
arrival that he began to hang around the Yves
| Shore depot. There he met Horton. who keeps
saloon short distance away in South Waite
street. and Gillooy. who Is the depot new
agent II was soon whispered that they wer
in partnership in the ticket scnping business
Tho loss of tho railroad company is said her
to aggregate many thousands OF dollars.
| A warrant has been issued for n young maj
named Thomas Cunningham. who worked 70
Horton. but he has got away. District Attor
ney Michael II. Hirscbberg OF Newburgh trav
elled over tho road many times last winter
and people here think II was he who informed
tho West Shore officials Of how they were be-
ing swindled.
After being arrested tho three men wero ar
raigncd before Recorder McCroskcry and re-
lcascd on bail in tho sum OF $1,000 each
Horton and Gillooly were very nervous at the
hearing. but Fender was very cool.
This was remarked by everybody. and an.
other thing noticed was the gentle. almost
familiar way in which the Pinkerton men who
ePs snsaer o"E tho s train to
New York. and he hasn't been seen around
since: knowing ones say that this city has
Tie suspicion is that he is a pnkerton man,
and that he came hero for the express pur
and Gillooly. and then bctrayng them. 1t is
evident INT thn tWo ACCUSED Eh men are Of tne
same ss way OF tminE King Ihey haye been heard
prosecute, every, person who las bought tick.
use d'"sFt th NSo ansK "f Mrss%
berg snid Tonight:
and Gllop9Iy to convict dozen men. Our VIZ;
neSSses viii al be pinkorton men, and they Will
first first, but 1 will say that it came from New.
Tic District Attorney refused TO saw anv.
thing about Fender. but smiled. knowingly
when MS name WIS mentioned. He acknowl,,
sssns ose sns sps t, Ssd
latronized the scnlpers knowing they were
swndling tho road.
by the rnkertons in Newburgh in the way Of
Getting evidence has been repeated in many
will follow soon. 1t is also said that many
conductors on tho road will soon be under ar
rest.
=. Ono of the company,,s employees in New
81 t se unSsr y
e 9nS 81 ss s he t sas s s.
tended over period Of little more thue a
month. and not years. MS WAS stated. ind that
THO fGEmpsP 9 lSss hH f5gng proboblvesa
than sl66o ' fhe thug was 8 WORKED t tfis
way, The company sells rcduced-rat, tickets
system something like q Communication ticket
ess aIe X n
every time the holder rides ticket Is torn on.
With the tsSst and turn that IN e the lie
bo"k with tht let a MaS sell The w WITS
th1g e hsSPs who Y eaa resell Ths
book would be taken ur again; and was per:
hnps sold back again to the scalper. who would
sssa asss il nd So %Sfs
used and reused, The profit on each sale was
nee, small # is also said believe
is the duty q condnctor 70 lake Up the
tickets. punch them. and turn them n Al the
srs. who Iesold them: TIs profit here must
aFss EsrS tany are f Sold a4
each. An oven diyvy would give tho conductor
Sn 81 on kSs and it's pretty certain that
To carry on either Of the frauds for any con-
poSsibIo TEe &c: ID @ tictat Is "ef
course. tho safest: man buys reduced
rate, TIC, hook and it may last ,o him year
ss fG arnns m tho book nhG Sc
or so after the owner gets through It. the fact
that 1t Is not turned in may not ie discovered
me S these G% ts to
Mile one missing would not be noticed, tho
a absence of half dozen or SO would quickly be
again the purchasers Of Hfty trip tickets
usually buy me new books when their Gd ones
written in the hook and a record OF it. and the |
date OF its sale is Kept in the office. When a
man applies for a new book inquiry is made to
II it has not been. ,thon an investigation is
started to see ,s what has become Of It 4 it is
sred'S Sow about the strnirhs tisEets.
Each, ticket sold is, numbered, The ticket |
agents send in daily reports Of their
atsgc S%w cSts rom Yore o Abany
They are numbered consecutyely from to
that ticket from New York t" Albany 20. II
is on top Of the package in his ticket case. He
tskst So q Nsw sa he
DIS rt ta s sFss ns an sS the first
il the hands # ,psssensers. ( man
VINO buys "a railroad tlcEeL may he counted Oh
using 1t the iaya Tor the train for which he
buys it. Now, and then he doesn't do it. and
occas !onally tickets are purchased ahcal and
may be kent for days without being used. but
the rule Is That they are used the day they are
sed. and the day after the agent sends
in his report e tn. srl. Of tho ,ickets the Con.
and Albany should turn IN tho tickets. |
pHumGerot ! to ~ inclusive cancelled;
In perhaps nothing would 10 thought Of ii. |
hut IL Nos. u and 7 AZ well were missin.
from the cancelled tickets there would he an |
Investigation. and il two Or three more were
would be pretty clear that something was
wrong. and spoilers would be placed on tho
trains to watch the conductors.
NO sir" concluded tho man. lit Ia not pos
sible for conductors to cheat II company for
any length Of time or for any considerable
amount. The spottcrswork Is ensE"
When asked VIII Their any Of the suspected
conductors would be arrested and punished
ii" man said he ,li.l not thi nix so.
some time aga" he said. 1T was decided
n the New Jersey courts that the taking Of a
uilruad tirkot by II conductor was not theft,
Iut was merely Il violation OF on" of the rules
# the company. rhu Pennsylvania Rairoad
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