The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-21
ARRESTED IN UNIFORM.
FORMER CAPT1IN or TOLUNTEERS
ACCUSED or STUMBLING.

Isnac r. Jobe Locked Up for Procuring
Railroad Tickets on Forged Government
Orders and DispOsinE Of Them to
Scalpers-Arreated Mt tho Aston House.
Isaac r lobe. formerly n Captain in the Sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry. one OF the
immune regiments. was arraiGned yesterday
morning before United states Commissioner
Alexander on n charge Of swindlne the United
States Government He was held in $500
bail to await tho action u the United states
Grand Jury lobe was arrested last Thurs
day In his room at the Aston House. The com
plant against him was made by Capt. J. ". Lit
tell. attached 10 the Depart
ment OF the army here in New York. Jobe is ac-
cused OF Issuing orders for railroad transporta-
ton. fascly'sgned and with nut the pro- per au-
thority, no having secured when in the army
n book containing Transportation blanks.
Some OF these orders lobe Is alleged to have
disposed OF to ticket scapers. The case is 20.
cuiar, it being the first OF its kind on record.
Johe secured he book. 1t is stated in the
com pnint. when the regiment was In camp at
Chicknmauga Park. While lobe was Acting
Assistant Ouartcrmastcr Of the regiment he
made application TO Washington for q lock
containing blank requests for Transportation.
II being hs duty at that time to secure trims.
portation for such men of the regiment as re-
quired It. book containing nifty such blanks
was issued to lobe on oct I. 1879 The
blanks when properly filled out are good as
orders for tickets on the railroads.&c. railroads
changing the transportation to the Government.
lobe went to Porto Rico with the regiment.
and when 1t returned to savannah two months
ago he was m Istered out with the rest. He
failed at the time to return the book
On June 3. according to the complaint ho
called upon J. y. Richardson ticket agent
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. at Broadway and
Twenty third street and. explaining that he
was Capt Guard Of tho Nineteenth Infantry,
presented an order for the TRANSPORTATION OF a
Sergeant and nine men to Western.cties. The
men, he said, were to arrive shortly from
10 proceed to Manila Jobe wore the fatigue
uinr transportation book. Richardson had no
suspicious OF irregularity The blanks given
f5 the 1s skped by M ds ba
signature OF j. Guard Nineteenth Infantry as
furnished Jobe. when he Ter received s the tick.
cts. told Richardson that he came from Col.
Kimball. DEPUTY Quartermaster-' ienera al
tho Army Building. A fcw days later lobe
called again and presented an order for trans
rortatton '2rT-nfteenn men The requests being
On juno .. it is alleged. Jobs went to Fred
erlek J. Fieischhauer; a ticket agent for the
way. and presented an order for transporta-
ton for fifteen men to Columbus. O.. which
Fleischhauer bonored. lobe took the tickets
to T. NJ Burroughs. Il ticket seller at q Astor
House. burroughs bought the oders and
disposed OF them The Baltimore and Ohio
they observed that the transportation blank
did not bear the name Of vi Their Col. Kim ball
or Capt. Littell. Accordingly. they called up
Col. Kimball on tho telephone: and the latter
began an investigation. A few lays later
Richardson also appeared and told the Colonel
OF JOhc's visit to him.
Col. kimbal found at once that no such OF.
fcers existed as Lieut.. Hov. and Cant Guard
and that the blanks were fOtgeries. Chiefs
of Detectives 'McClusky detailed Detectives
Granville and Long on the case and the orders
were traced to Hurroughs's office. Jobe had
House. and, ACCOMPANIED by CAN'T Littell. the
detectives went there Thursday morning
Johe was registered under his right name. but
as he continued to wear his uniform the clerk
was able to direct the detectives to mis- room.
When the detectives asked lobe il he was
Capt. Guard he replied In the am rnative.
Then wha3 are you doing in the uniform of
the Sixth Volunteer lnfantryE' broke In Capt
Littel
lobe could not give n satisfactory answer
Among his effects were found lot OF newspa-
per CLIPPINGS, telling Of Capt. lobe Of the
times at Santiago. The Sixth lmmunes we're
not part of the sixth Army Corps and hence
the stories were all concoctions A book Of
TRANSPORTATION blanks was found with all but
one of tho blanks missing.
Congressman Timothy Campbell appeared
for lobe. who waived examination He was
handcuffed and taken to LUDLOW Street Jail.
still wearing his uniform According to Camp
bell Jobe was at one tlme DEPUTY Commits
sionsr Of Street Cleaning in Washington.