St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
HUNTING BROKERS' SCALPS
CLARENCE cORBET7 rs ADMITTED TO
BAIL RY JUDGE KELLY.
NAMES ON THE INDICTMENT.

the District Courts.
Clarence E. Corbett, manager for the
ticket scalper firm of Mckenzie q Frey,
on lower Third street, appeared before
Judge Kelly, of the district court, yes
terday, in pursuance of notice of a
bench warrant issued for his arrest on
all indictment for selling railroad tick
cts without license to sell transpOrta
ton tickets of common carrier.
Hon. Hitler H. Horton, who was
member of the legislature that passed
the anti-scalper law, appeared for Mr..
Corbett. A plea of not guilty was made
TO the Indictment. A motion to admit
to bail was granted, and the bond
fixed at $500, which was furnished, with
Claiming Seabury and W. d. Kirk as
Sureties. Three names are Endorsed on
the indictment as witnesses, one being
Abner Valrymple, to whom an unlimit-
ed ticket was sold last Friday from st.
Paul to Little Falls. over the Northern
Pacific road, the price beng $3.50, while
the full fare is 1921. John T. Ford, a
conductor on the Northern Pacific road,
and George NJ. Miles, a conductor on
the Milwaukee road between st. Paul
and La Crosse, are the other two named
as witnesses before the grand jury.
None of the witnesses reside III st. Paul.
Ford and Miles are members of the
Conductors association, and it is said to
be owing to the efforts of that associa-
ton that the prosecution was begun.
THREE ROADS INTERESTED
The general passenger agents of the
railways Interested in the prosecution
of the ticket brokers disclaim having
any direct connection with the matter.
They assert that the Order of Railway
Conductors is directly interested in the
prosecution. The Burlington and Gread
Western officials say that their lines are
not Interested in the matter even
through their conductors, and assert
that the only lines which are pushing
the matter are the Northern Pacific,
Milwaukee and Omaha, the Great
Northern even having nothing to do
with it.
Mr.. Corbett said last evening concern
ing the matter: 81 understand, through
what believe to be reliable sources,
that am accused Of selling ticket to
Little Falls from st. Paul. over the
Northern Pacific, to Oliver Valrymple,
supposed to be conductor of the Oma-
ha, and that the witnesses to the sale
are George &. Miles, a conductor of the
Milwaukee running between st. Paul
and La Crosse, and J A. Ford, conduc-
tor of another line. They say sold
card ticket upon which was no limita-
ton nor anything stating that it was
non-transierable. | am told that | am
charged with buying the ticket Friday
and selling it the same day. l can say
positively that Miles has not been in
my office for several weeks. AS to the
other man, do not know him."
An official of one of the railways not
interested in the fight said that it was
evident to him that the ticket had been
sold to Corbett by ticket agent for the
purpose of catching him through spot
tiers and making test case. The official
of another line not interested i'll the
prosecution said that it was hardly fair
for the railways to jump upon Corbett,
when up at the corner of Rice and Uni
verSity avenue clothing dealer named
Henry Norman had sold tickets without
a license.
BASIS OF A BAD LAW.
The prosecution is based upon vio-
lation of the law requiring that all ticket
agents shall be licensed. The law was,
of course, passed to enable the railways
to shut off the sale of tickets except
through their authorized agents. The
Texas law was identlcally the same, yet
the district court at Houston held that
the law was unconstitutional, because
its operation would necessarily deprive
one of his right of property. Any one
purchasing railway ticket would be
amenable to the law if he afterwards
sold it.
The general passenger agent of one
of the roads interested IN the proSecu-
ton remarked yesterday afternoon that
while it may be that ticket which has
no limitations can be sold by an unau-
thoriZed agent, it was clear to him that
a ticket which has upon it a contract
specifying that it is not transferable
could not be good after being sold by
the first purchaser.
The official of another line said that
this argument cuts no figure in the case
since the whole question turns upon the
right of one who has no license to sell a
ticket. whether the ticket bears the
contract that it is not transferable or
not cuts no figure" he said. "He would
be Just as amenable to the law whether
he sold one form of ticket or the other
if he had no license to sell tickets"
Il am under the IMPRESSION" said an
official of one of the lines supposed to
be interested in the prosecution, "that
the scalpers have inStigated the prose-
cutiOn themselves. in order to have a
test case under favorable conditions"
A IL tha tlaLat hrnEnrS n tho nj c
sert that they will stand by Corbett.
THE fact is" said one of them, 1.-THE
Guarantee Ticket Brokers' Association
of the United States stands at the back
of any man who is prosecuted under an
anti-Scalper law. Every ticket broker
of the United States is connected with
this association. The president of the
association is J.R. FleiShman, of Buffalo,
and the secretary is j. Claude, of St.
Louis"
COULDN'T BE HAP Ply TOGETHER.
Karin JenSep's claim for limited di-
wore from Christian Jensen and The re-
quest of the latter for an absolute Gi-
vorce were heard yesterday by Judge
Egan. Both applications were denied,
and an order made to the effect that the
husband pay the wife $40 month for
the maintenance of herself and their
three children. Mrs. Jensen was pre-
viously married, ana has daughter by
| the former husband. The three chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen were in
| court at the trial. They are two boys
and a girl, aged six, four and two years.
| The husband has laundry on Robert
street, and the wife keeps boarding
house. 1t seems that they quarreled, sc
that living together seemed to the court
to be a remote possibility. After the
decision of Judge Egan the father said
| 90, by to his children, and left the
court room in an apparent good humor.
The mother also seemed pleased with
the order, and departed with the three
white-headed youngsters clinging to
her.
| WATEBED MILK CASES.
George Staples and j. w. McGrath
appeared before Judge Kelly yesterday
and pleaded mot guilty" to indictments
charging them with selling adulterated
milk. They were each allowed to de.
part on their personal recognIzance in