The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-13
Bogus Scheme Of Lawrence
Man Unearthed.
Boston & Maine Mileage Tickets
Covers RefiIled and Sold.
Legality Of Liquor Llceuses Grasted In New
Bedford May Be Questleset.

LOWeii, MASS, Af4li lo- Wlliidni &
Clore, alias J. w. Marston. alias ]. W
Johnson. alias ]. w. Stevens, was ar
rested here yesterday and charged witt
ustering counterfeit mileage and tril
tickets on the Boston and Maine.
He admitted slis guilt. When a n ssted
he had two trip tickets on his person.
good from Boston TO Lawrence. and he
claims to have sold IL at prices ranging
from SIS to 50 each.
His scheme was to purchase old covers
and bind in the new tickets, which he
would number TO correspond with the
cover. He had not put out any 1000 mile
tickets. as'he was somewhat puzzled as
to getting a proper imitation OF ID. j.
Flanders signature. He did his own
press work In Lawrence. having pur-
chased a small press for the purpose.
The plates. type and lone tickets have
been recovered. He had also made a
plate duplicating a coupon ticket for a
bicycle contest. as published In the
Lawrence American. and had ordered
5000 slips printed In this city with two
coupons on the slip-l8.o00 in sli--which
he had bargained TO sell at 81 per 1000
TO contestants in Lawrence.
Massachusetts, Legislature.
Boston, April l3.-The bill directed al
homes for consumptives was reported In
the house yesterday by the committee
on public health. II provides that new
hospitals for persons sick with contagi-
GUS diseases, or additions to present hos
pitals OF that sort. shall not be made with
out first securing a license approved by
the board Of aldermen and board OF
health. A measure was introduced CAL
culated to secure the reinstatement OF
former members Of the Massachusetts
Benefit association who were frozen
out" from active membership and to
bring about a meeting OF these members
on June of this year The bill allowing
railroad companies to buy the stock OF
leased roads was ordered to a third
reading, with the amendments proposed
by Representative Stanley last week
Incorporated. The governors veto OF the
pure alcohol bill was tabled in the SEN
ate. and the body then passed the re-
solve for sending a militia regiment te
New York on the day of the Grant monu.
ment dedication. The house refused t.
reject the resolve" allowing the sale o.
the old Salem normal school building by
auction at not less than $4,000
More Street Contractors Indicted.
Boston. April 13.--Five more indict.
ments were returned yesterday in the
superior criminal court in connection
with the alleged frauds in the stree,
department Of the city OF Boston. All
the defendants appeared in the court
accompanied by persons whom they had
selected as bondsmen. All were ar.
raigned, and all pleaded not guilty. The
additional indictments are against the
following named: John Richard Null
rey, former clerk in the street depart.
r1ent; William Scollans. contractor ant
cattle dealer: Thomas f. Finneran, con
tractor; James Kelly. contractor; Mi.
chael II. Reddish, teamster. An indict'
ment has also been found against Franz
r. Kimball. contractor, who is now out
OF the city. but he VIII he brought int,
court as soon as possible after his re-
turn.