The times., 1897-07-07
CONDUCTOR A TICKET THIEF
John Valentine Charged With Rob-
bing the Glen Echo Company.
Entered the Office and Helped Hun
self From Package In the Safe.
Motorman Also Arrested.

About S25 worth of street car tickets
were stolen from the office OF the Glen
Echo Electric Hallway, near the Conduit
road, several days ago, but the officers
and employees OF tie company remained in
ignorance of the robbery until advised OF
their loss by Detective Burrows, of the
Seventh precinct, who lad apprehendeG
the supposed thief.
John Valentine, twenty five years VI age
ana employed as conductor on the line,
is now locked up in the Rockville jail,
charged with the offense, while EenjdInn
| Clements, a mUtormau, is beld in 500
| bonds as an accomplice.
The robbery is supposed To have oc
CURED some time last Saturday, and tile
matter vas first brought TO the attention
of Detective Burrows by the statement
of Il man who said he had purchased
| 81 worth 0f street car tickets for 81.
! This greatly reduced rate looked sus
pieious to the detective, and he at once
| began To investi gate the matter 1t
| was learned that It young man ans wering
| Valentines description had made numeT
J Gus efforts to dispose Of large numbers
OF Glen Echo tickets at less than their
face value Among those 70 whom Valen-
tine endeavored 70 sell his plunder Were
several OF his fellow conductors on The
line When Detective Borrow had worked
up what ne considered a good case against
the young man, he reported his finding
TO Mr. W A. Armstrong, the superintend
eDt OF the road
The officials were surprised to learn Of
bn hut e.I, a
the fact that more than 800 tickets had
been filched from a pacakge in the office
! safe
The company's tickets are numbered
consecutiyeIy and in short time one of
! the conductors turned In with his report
q ticket on which the number was several
| thousand in excess of any that had lett
! the cashier in the regular manner. De
tective Burrows was then asked TO locate
! the supposed thieves, and started to 90
| 10 International Athletic Park, where 1t
/ was thought trat an effort would be made
| to dispose of the stolen tickets. On his
way there the officer saw Valentine AMI
| Clements enter saloon on Thirty-second
| street, and when they emerged promptly
| placed them under arrest and locked them
| up in the Seventh precinct station-housc.
| When searched at the station none of the
booty was found on either of the men,
| though Valentine had between ST and So
| IN his possession.
The Maryland authorities were notified
| of the arrest of the men, and yesterday
NOR ming Deputy Sheriff Embrey took
| them before Justice OF the Peace Austin
In Maryland, where they We're arraigned
Valentine made no objection to ao
conpanying the officer without reqmsition
papers. and before going made a com
| plete confession of his guilt TO Detective
| Burrows he admitted having entered
the office, and finding all OF the clerks
| engaged, saw the safe open and took
| several packages OF them.
The officials OF the company believe, how
| ever, that Valentine worked the comiina-
| tinn on the safe when no one was about
Nearly all Of the stolen property has been
recovered from various persons to whom
| the tickets were sold.
Both men were given preliminary hear
| ing vest erdav afternoon before Squire Austin
| and Valentine was remanded to jail TO
await the action of the grand jury.
Clements was released on 500 bail,
| signed by his father. IT is relieved that he
had little or nothing TO do with the robbery.