Evening star., 1896-04-09
PLUGGED TICKETS
Broker Marmaduke Held for the
Grand Jury.
CHARGED WITH CHANGING TICKETS
Testimony Given by the Railroad
Officials.
T II E wO G A S E S

Railroad officials and railroad ticket
brokers were in Judge Miller's court today
in full force to hear the case of WILDER w.
Marmaduke, the ticket broker charged
with 'doctoring'' Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road tickets, as heretofore published III
The Star. The technical charge against
the broker was forgery. The plugged
tickets, alleged to have been altered by the
defendant. we're produced in court and
identified. Lawyer Henry E. Davis repre-
sented the defendant, and entered pleas OF
not guilty to three charges brought by
General Agent Alvey Of the railroad. AS
sistant District Attorney Mullowny prose-
cuted.
The first witness examined was Mr..
George Baldwin, a clerk in the Treasury
Department. He testified that on the 9th
Of February he called at the Baltimore and
Ohio office to see his brother. and while in
there Mr.. Hege, the general passenger
agent for the District, asked him if he
would stop Ia Mr.. Marmaduke's and sell
TWO tickets good for passage between here
and New York. Witness reminded Mr..
Hege that the time-limit on the tickets had
expired, but the latter said he knew 1t, out
would like to sell them. Witness took a
memorandum Of the numbers of the tick
cts, and also made private mark On
them, which he identified. He stopped In
the defendants office and offered them for
sale. Mr.. Marmaduke told him they were
no good, but gave him $2 for them.
The tickets had originally been good from
Chicago to New York, but the Chicago to
Washington coupon had been detached.
Witness identified the tickets shown him
as being the tickets he sold to Marina
duke
Had q. Number.
j. T. Wright, ticket broker on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, was next sworn
Mr. Mullowny said he expected to show by
the witness that Mr.. Marmaduke is a MEM
ber OF the Guarantee Ticket Brokers' Asso-
citation, whose members are known by diff
ferent numbers, Mr.. Marmaduke being No.
"VI"
Witness said that the defendant is a men,
Der OF the association. and witness identified
the number W. on the tickets. Witness
said that one evening a man came to his
off1ce and asked witness If he would not cash
rebate on Mr.. Marmaduke, as the latter's
ONCE was closed. The tickets purported to
pear the signature of Gies, broker in Chi
cago. So far as witness could discover, the
tickets were genuine. Witness examined
the tickets and said they were in the condi-
ton they were when he bought them, but he
did not discover that they had been plugged
until complaint was made
Gateman Sellers testified that he took I'D
one OF the tickets from q passenger at the
nepot a. o ana turned 1t over to Mr.. Alvey. The
had been notified early in February to look
out Tor the plugged tickets.
Ilcket Broker Davis gave evidence con-
eea. eernng the mode of dealing by brokers.
put knew nothing OF Mr.. Marmaduke's con-
nection with the tickets
General Agent Alvey testified that the
tickets in question which purported to bear
tne signature OF the Chicago broker had
lot Deen IN the hands of a broker there
Ihey were mailed from the Chicago office
OF the company, and had been sold to Mar
maduke as decoys. The tickets he said,
were punched to expire on the 4th nj
February. and were sold two days after
this date Witness saw the passenger who
presented the ticket, and he went with hin,
and pointed out Mr.. Wright's office as the
place where he had purchased ii. The man
Who presented the ticket he said. gave his
name as Flemming, and said he was a
race track man from New York. Witness
ad not know who sold the tickets to Mr..
Mr.. Wright was again questioned. and Re
said he did not question the man from
whom he bought the tickets to ascertain
"nether ne had come from Chicago or not.
The Second Case.
This closed the proof in the first case, and
a colored witness named Abraham Gates.
who Is barber, was sworn in the next
case. He testified that he went to Mr..
Marmaduke's Office for Mr.. Hege and
bought ticket for New York for s475.
When he first called there Marmaduke had
no New York tickets. but told him he
would have one later in the day. Witness
left $40 deposit there and returned later i'm
the day and got the ticket. This ticket
ne ne gave to Mr.. Hege. The ticket broker
told MIN he must use the ticket that night.
Mr.. Hege testified to the Sending Of
Gates Tor the ticket, and told Of the ticket
.he colored barber returned him. This
ticket, he said. had been plugged. so he
th1ught, @ but the plugging was good job.
This closed the second case, and as the
witnesses in the third case had not re-
sponded this charge was nolle pressed.
Judge Miller was not satisfied with the
PROOF pro .,c, concerning the plugging of the sec
ond tlcket' and called Mr.. Wright to ex-
anime the ticket. After very careful ex-
animation, he said that the ticket. cad been
plugged. "0 Deeii
The court volunteered the suggestion that
the railroad company might have to use
cast iron tickets. Se
Counsel for the defendant SAID he had
nothing to say in the case, and was willing
10 nave the court dispose Of the charges
Judge Miller discussed the proof, and the