The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-14
OCEAN TICKET TRAFFIC.
Baltimore immigration Bureau Tn
eaFths Sealping Scheme.
Alleged Illegal Deal in CattIcmen's
Certificates Brought to Bight-The
Department for DecisIon-RuIing
to Affect All United States Ports.

BALTIMORE. Nov. 1.-THE United
States immigration Bureau at Baltimore
city has unearthed what is believed to be
weII-concocted scheme for the purpose
Of placing on sale at cut rates eattIemen's
tickets which are issued BIZ the various
steamship companies to men crossing and
=recrossing IN care Of cattle
3 Louis H Robinson was detailed by the
department TO Investigate an alleged lie
gal traffic IN cattIemen's tickets at Bal
timore As result OF his Investigation
David Mccullough, who for over twenty
two years has been sailing from this port
in charge Of eargoes Of cattle, will, in
future. be compelled to engage in some
other occupation. as the department in
Washington has debarred him from con-
tlnuing his work
This disbarment results from Mr.. Rob-
inson's discovery that Arthur Gisiner at
tempted to impersonate Patrick keiDe.
The keen observation and good recollec-
ton OF Mr. Robinson enabled him to see
readily that Gisiner, although ne assert
ed he was Keine, was not the man he
alleged to be, though resembling him
In all certificates issued 10 these cattle
men MT Robinson has originated the plan
OF having embodied the name, age, IA
tionality, height, weight, color OF eyes
and hair of the person named. Thus it is
made a difficult matter for an outsider to
palm himself OF as the genuine article
The decision which is awaited from TIE
department in Washington will be far
reaching as it viii in the future control
such matters in every port Of the United
States
sfr. Robinson obtained an affidavit from
Gisiner as follows:
INV name is Arthur Gisiner 1 am
twenty-one years old December %. 1900
was born in GreenTille, Va Ny father,
6. W. Gisiner. and my mother are living
in Staunton. Va, No. 21s Augusta Street
I left Boston September Is, 1900 on the
steamer Sycamore as a eattleman (the
cattle foreman was William FittS) for
Nelson Morris. I never went over before
as a cattleman. When ! left the United
States I intended to go TO South Africa
When I arrived in Liverpool I had S10l5,
OF s52. I got work at my trade as stone
carver.
4 met Mr.. James Stokes, who keeps a
messenger agency and boarding house at
Caution Street. and was told by him
he could sell ne a return ticket If l want
ed to return to the United States on the
shin yedamore for SIS. He said the ticket
was in another name. but il was all right.
He further told me he would send me with
Mr.. David Mccullough. foreman for ".
| W. Brauer, and that he (McCulloughl
would see that I landed in Baltimore IN
| der the name on the ticket, which was Pa
trick Ketne, and which name I gave when
l arrived
I never went to the United States Con-
sui Mccullough handed me the ticket
and said it would be all right I signed
the ships articles as Patrick Keine at the
| Sailors House. I never had any inten-
ton of beating my way back, as I had
sufficient money to pay my way home. but
was induced by Mr. James Stokes to take
| the ticket. as it was much cheaper, and
reminded me that it was the same as a
| scaIper's ticket in the United States. /
have in my possession about $2T- I first
met Mccullough at Stokes house. Both
! of them told me to represent myself as
! Patrick Keine, and Mccullough said he
would stand by me and see that 1 went
! through all right. Both were present
when l was told the above. The above
( conversations took place at Stokes house.
| Mccullough knew of the whole transao-
/ ton and wss present and saw me pay
| Stokes S15 in gold for my ticket
! Mr.. Robinson made the following state
ment Of the case: In examining return
| ing caltIemen on the arrival of the British
! steamer VedamoTe, from Liverpool NoYem-
Der j. 1900, l found enc arthur Gisiner,
who had bought return ticket of Patrick
Keine. a cattleman. 1t appears that some
ODD went before the United States Consul
at Liverpool and impersonated Patrick
Kefne The consul ma sd on the cgrtff-
cate which 1 made ont for Patrick Keine
| the difference in age and weight and de-
| Ifvered said certificate so changed to the
captain Of the Vedamore as Patrick Keine.
David Mccullough. foreman for ". W.
Brauer, stood by and said to me: This
man went over with me as a cattlenan on
| the Vedamcre from Baltimore. October 1,
1900 My suspicious were aroused upon the