The sun., 1893-07-16
Observation-Disclosures ARREST
SIZE IS THE OWNER or THE TEBB
TICKET soALPING AGENCIES.

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Mrs. Harriet Webb who conducts tho sev-
cral Webb ticket scalping agencies In this city,
was arrested on Friday night together with
George Levinson. the manager OF her agency
at 227 Broadway. on n charge OF selling tickets
to Chicago the stamps on tho back OF which
had been forged. Each was held yesterday
morning in $1,000 luii for examination on
Aug. y by Justice Meade In tho Tombs Police
Court.
Mrs. Wcbb's husband. Dwight I. Webb. was
rest business ~ INV ~ tho rail.
road ticket scalpers III New York. He died
a year ago. leaving n fortune Of between
$500 900 nnd sI.OCo 900 and his widow has
o "nu NV, ,. s''oUoo"o, ,r, anu n.s "iu'" mas
carried on MS business Ihe tickets the Sell
ing Of which resulted in her arrest wero stolen
from tbo Nav yort CoptroI R.ijr,,a donot ~
W.. 'o w." YIN .enie I'M ~, M. .,,s uspos a..
Wcse Lockport on April %. The thief took
through ticts,s to CHICAGO Some t,r,o ofter
.,.tousn .iche.s 20 Ih,e'so' some 'i'he h'ter
rested, and he confessed. and was sent to
prison for three vears He rafnsed IN toll
what bnd became y, the ticlots ans tho rail.
road detectives who we're at work on the case
couldn't c.t onv trnco of Thorn.
About m onth ago one OF them was turned
in by n conductor He had taken 1t up in tho
u. assa IA w way. ~ Ihe STAMP on the oaes appeared
animation ami ., sy experts: e, they Ioond law on
oho e'ue '',n' ui,' no' eA,S1 IN 'ne oris'hai "
stamp ana they decided that the stamping
VIII, while tho official stamp used by the railroad
effort was made to trac. the passenger who
had rendered the ticket, the object being to
find out from him where he bought it. A few
days later another OF tho tickets was taken ND.
The stamp On i,s hoct was Of n disersnt da,s te'
The passenger, who tendsrcd this tick ct was was
purchased it at u " ebb scalping agency.
John r., r. farinham the man who is in charge
tEal., then called on inspector .McLaughiin.
As the company had lost a great deal Of money
bi by various swindles OF tho Kind. 1t was dc
watch; detectives Heidelberg and NuGent
were detailed on the case. Since then q num-
railroad company. and on each the STAMP had
the same faw that was discovered on the first
among those stolen at the time Of the Lock:
port robbery. but they had been reported
missing from depots IN that neigh hborhood.
a lew oaVs ago inc rnllroad detectives got
evidence on the strength Of which they, made
Il Is
been sold at Webb agencies. The detectives
t sna hsy aSSaseS the o9 70 % Broad d
that that tick ct was one OF the Iockport tick
cts. This, was reported to the inspect
fsr anu went Ssfors imstic iFathaam aha the the lat
the. asensy: aad also q variant for the ar: r.
was arrested Without any trouble. Mrs. Webt,
was at her country home in Rye Though she
was absolutely no danger Of her rusninc away.
-ss,sSslss instins, fhas ssss hsssssIty isr ~
they resoFted TO a fcsoy tsieeram. w
been arrested. and that he wanted her 10 come
s sta"n 8%faa ssi
on to jaii She gave bail immediately. and also
IN he robs court e'
pslvat,e: Mrs. Meob and Leblson both insisted
that the tick d ets had been purchased innoeently
in the fraud. Mrs: Webb is a woman Of ner-
H3us ,rp tenn Perament. and she cried great deal
they od old s
eient: ptt that was mistake. and they were
prTrghWN Wh ohfk and iHrcea T 70 give new bonds;
arepofter ", OF the MaM ana nc. EIpress she having
relative employed on that paper:
business and we had no kIowiedge In our once that
tney were IN any way fTaIdlent as such Tickets are
come TO me or and stnt.s ihs ~ ~ naa
were fraudulent should have been only TOO glad TO
ever stock had on hand OF a similar nature.
@ Otner roads having made 4 similar discovery. have
s1 af % C. aS. @ to nsys E:
tickets were reRuariy slammed and sirned and there
god There has nothing Of h. Kind ever occurred IN
death Of my hushanI to take charge OF IL "
At the Webb agency and at other scalping
aEencies ~ II was Said yesterday that swindiing
was a common practice. and that IL wns often
done through the agencies. They had prac-