Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-09-12
How HE RODE FREE.
.r eeA1 AN EASTERN RAILWAY OUT
 OF S2o.

,uo,ors Were Deceived by Him For
 .,or. Than a Year-A Simple Scheme
 r,,n,ch Required Only Nerve and Self
 co,+rol-Tricks of Conductors.
 There is a we'll settled belief on the
 of most people that the conductors pr m the steam railroads have an lntultiye gnowledge of the persons who nave not D;d their fares, and that, while they ~ ~av occasionally pass man without s1+iro m his ticket, so phenomenal IS ssa memory of the average conductor ,d eo well does he remember faces mat it is almost impossible to deceive Kim While this may sometimes be trno as a rule it is the passenger him. ,if who gives the cue for the conduct
 ,s oction. The man who deliberately sttompts to evade the payment of fare
 nine cases out of ton will by his looks ss,d action say to the conductor, II have M nt maid my fare, and l don't intend fo D Some conductors with short mem ayies and distrust of their abilities for aotoctinp the frauds will continuously au ort the word tickets as they pass shronoh tho cars, where many changes are taking place between stations, at sbo same time extending their hand to- ,gord each seat. The man who has not naid feels that this is direct appeal made to himself and responds according II But if this Tuse does not succeed in ra,ina the would be "heat' deliver up his ticket it so far changes his face and demeanor that ho often shows conscious rnilt and his ticket is then peremptorily demanded.
 It sometimes happens, however, that even all the tricks and artifices of the conductor will fail, and man will suc- eeed daily i'll evading payment of his fare. not merely for weeks, but for ,nontbs A remarkable case of this kind vas recently observed on the Fitchburg railroad. For more than q year man enploved in one of the large wholesale Houses ill this city has been taking a hain from one of the suburban stations, and aoduaintances who rode on the same car were surprised to see that he never paid fare.
 At first it was thought that he might have a pass, which the conductor, know inc him we'll, did not require him to show. But it was learned that he al- ways paid his faro when coming from Boston when the conductor is sure to Remand fare from every person on the rain. Then came the suggestion that he had m understanding with the con- ductor of the train on which he rode when going to Boston. But it was found that when the conductor was changed to another train and a stranger took his place he also failed to collect fare from the man.
 So for weeks the man was watched with much curiosity by the passengers Eho knew of his success and were curi- ous to see how long it would continue. They saw that he invariably got on the train on the left hand side, so that he could not be observed by the conductor, who stood on the station platform. As soon as he entered the car he took one of the many unoeeupied seats next to the window and lost no time in becoming deeply absorbed in the contents of a morning paper When the conductor game through the train to collect fares from the passengers who got ill at this Station, this man, instead of ignoring his presence, as most men similarly sit hated would have done, gave rapid glance from his paper, looking tho off cial squareIy i'll the eye, and resumed his reading with just the suggestion of impatienoe at the interruption. The re- proof conveyed in that glance, carrying with it positive assurance that there was no disposition to evade anything, was so emphatic and pronounced that it left no doubt ill the mind of the con- ductor, if he had any before, that the Passenger had got on the train at an other station and bad paid his fare to Boston. There was something about the mans appearance as well as his ac- tlons that assisted ill the keeping up of this deception. He bore all the evidence of substantial, honest business man of middle age, and far above evading pay Ment of cent fare But it was singu- Jar that day after day q sharp and dis erlmlnating conductor should be so cas- ly deceived, and apparently against his own convictions, for on several occa- eions he reached for a fare, but was checked in his advances by that re- proachful look with which he was con- tronted.
 But the end came at last, on that pam at least. Either the conductors s asuspiclons were so completely aroused That he determined to satisfy himself whether he was being imposed upon. or eise some one had called his attention to fhe deceit praetieed, for one morning he feached out his hand for the fare, but fecelyed only the swift and impatient glance This did not satisfy him, for Mnen the man returned to the perusal of ms paper he was tapped on the shoulder ma hls fare demanded in no uncertain terns. A communication ticket was re- 'netantly produced, punched without comment and returned to the pocket Whence 1t was taken The next morning she passengers watched curiously for sile next move in the game, but the man llad evidently given up the contest on .hat train, for he has not been seen on since As he was known to have