The age-herald., 1900-11-30
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 THE RAILROADS Alleged ScaIperS' Agent Loses Suit Against Passenger Men FAILS TO SHOW HE OWNED A Ticket Left at Central Ageney-off- cias Will Now Prefer Serious
 Charges Against Man-Many /
 Ruses Employed by Brokers
FAILS TO SHOW HE OWNED

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 The scalpers and their agents are using all sorts of schemes to get the best of the railroads which issued provisional rebate excursion tickets during the late Grand Army of the Republic encampment.
 Yesterday Benjamin Newwitter, said to be an employe of the scalpers, had Commits soner Donald, H. Koehler, F. D. Brodbelt and J. E. Jenkins of the Central Passenger Association arrested and brought into court on a charge of withholding ticket belong ing to him. valued at ST. Newwitter al- leges he secured the ticket in Washington, D. C., August 26, at the office of the c, & o. Railroad, and on arriving here Septem- Der 1 deposited it with the association agency, 25S Clark street. He said he paid 50 cents for the extension of the ticket
 On the witness stand Newwitter was un- able to tell in what part of Washington the C. x O.'s office is located, and failed to de- scribe the station at which he took the train for this city.
 Attorney Coulter, for the defendants of- fered a ticket in evidenece bearing the name of Newwitter, and apparently in the same handwriting as the disputed ticket This was sold in Pittsburg, but Newwittec declared positively that the signature was not his and that he did not deposit the ticket for extension and valida ton. After examining both tickets closely Justice Martin became satisfied that the sigma lures were identical and dismissed the case. Commissioner Donald will swear out a warrant charging Newwtter with per jury and forgery.
 MT. Koehler of the Central Passenger As sociation yesterday discussed the many ruses employed by ticket brokers in trying to get hold of Grand Army of the Repub- lie tickets. He said that in many cases handsome young women were employed and frequently members of the broker 5 family came to the office of the association to get tickets, which were sold to theabrol- CTS for a small consideration by the eerigi- nal deoositor. yssal
 Some ot the brokers had agents in New York, Washington, Pittsburg and other large cities, Mr. Koehler said They shadow men who purchased excursion tickets in those cities, and after they had left the city ticket offices in those places negotiated for the purchase of the ticket The original purchaser of the ticket en- tered into a contract with the agent of the scalpers to deposit it for extension at the Central Association of Chicago and at some future date redeem it and then give it to the scaper. +5stA-
 IF some cases brokers themselves went to the offices of the passenger association af- ter having purchased a certain ticket and tried to redeem it. In order to get the ticket the signature of the original deposi7 tor must be duplicated, else the officers of the association will know that the per- son who makes application was not the de- positor Therefore, it was necessary for the brokers their agents to forge the signature of the depositor in order to get the ticket The passenger association will arrest Newwitter on that charge. Hun dreds of persons who applied for certain tickets at the associations offices were forced to go away without them because the two signatures on the ticket did not correspond.