New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
RAILWAY TICKET SWINDLERS
TWO MEN ARRESTED UPON SEPARATE
CHARGES
ONE Is ACCUSED or CONTEMPLATING PASSES
AND THE OTHER OF GETTING TICKETS FROM
DISHONEST coNDUcroR-ANoTHER
ARREST IN NEw-ORLEANs.

ARREST IN NEw-ORLEANs
Ex-c,h,ef Drummond OF the Secret Service. yes
terday arrested Clarence Barnett. an agent OF the
Stafford Mineral Springs at Nos 2j6 and 25' Broad
way who also has brokers' once al 40 o.
Broadway. and brought him before Commissioner
Alexander where ne was charged with having
made counterfeit tickets OF the Southern racine
Railroad Company and worked scheme 10 de-
fraud by sending them through the mails ban
was fixed at S. $50. and Barnett was remanded TO
Ludlow Street Jail until next Tuesday morning
Mr. Drummond who is now at the head OF a
,-iva.a detective agency gave the history Of the
case as follows:
Early last February were Informed that a
clever gang OF organized 10 rob the
Southern Pacific Railroad by means OF spurious
tickets They started in by copying a blue ticket
that allowed a man to ride from Chicago 10 New
Orleans and back again, but they did 1t on such
poor paper that it was easily detected They quit
that scheme, and then printed the ordinary ticket
on four small pages, which sends passenger
over all our lines. These are signed and counter
signed by W. G. Neimyer. the general Western
agent, and the tickets We have secured are IN
doubtediy forgeries.
barnett who worked the New-York end OF the
scheme was a travelling agent for the Stafford
Springs Water Company and several other con-
Germs He was a broker for many country mer-
chants, and wandered all over this and the adjoin-
ing States selling goods. He assisted in his
work by a brother in New Orleans. Eugene. VINO
has also been arrested. and another brother. whose
name am not certain OF, in san Antonio Tex.
Clarence Barnett got the spurious tickets printed
by VI Schlessinger & Brothers. No IA Centre-st..
this city, but there is no doubt that the printing
work was done in all honesty and without sus-
picon.
Had the scheme gone through the company would
have been swindled OF several thousand dollars.
1t was luckily nippcd in the bud Clarence Barnett
has been sending the spurious passes to his brother
M ain
them. These we were able TO trace as well as
those sent TO his brother In San Antonio.
at is evident that Clarence Barnett has been DO
ing legitimate work also for found that Angel
& co. No A Houston-st.. did his packing business
for him He had a home in Bensonhurst. where
he lived with his wife and child II convicted. h.
States mails for fraudulent purposes for forgery
and for issuing counterfeit tickets. The probable
loss to the company will not exceed 500
Eugene Barnett has been In business in New-Or-
leans as ticket broker in partnership with Joseph
Wenar. 1t SAID that the brother in San Antonio
inspector Fegan q the Southern Pacific Com
pany has been working on the case for a number
Of months. II is reported that IN New-Qrleans Fe-
gan pretenaed 70 ~3rk Of s o., a MS shar of the
profits Of the scheme
Barnett admitted in an interview after MS arrest
that ne made the tickets out sald that they were
to be used an advertisement FOR some houses he
represented. having the name OF the mouse on the
reverse side OF the ticket
CHARGES AGAINST JOSEPH BLANK
Frank W Smith. general passenger clerk OF the
New-Yorh Ontario and Western Railroad, caused
the arrest yesterday Of Joseph Blank. OF No. 1851
Lexington-ave., on the statement Of August Well
that Blank on August Is. sold him two railroad
tickets alleged TO have been handed over to Blank
by a conductor who was IN league with nm IN dis
poslng OF tickets dishonesty.
blank Is manager OF the bottling establishment of
the David Meyer Brewing COMPANY, al 10. lz5
Second-ave. According 10 Well, Blank sold him a
ticket Of the New-York Ontario and Western road
s-on New-York TO Liberty and another from Hur-
icvville 10 Nrw-York for s.. Mr.. Smith said the
value Of the tickets - 70 and that Blank was
road agency ~,~
When Blank was arrested Policeman OConnor,
OF the Tombs Court Squad. found on him eight
tickets 10 Hurleyville. Blank asserted. however,
that he had sold no tickets TO Well or any one else.
and knew no conductor the road. He said he
happened TO have Hurleyvllle tickets because his
family was staying there. He was held for exami-
nation on September S.
II is said that the railroad has been losing money
through ticket swndlers for the last four months.