The times., 1901-04-23
A CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
Charges by Washington Traction
and Electric Officials.
4 street Railway Employe Accused
of saving Cancelled Tickets Order
ed tn he Burned-Company N HeHNy
Loser Many Others Suspected.


ed tn BE Burned-Compnny HeHVy
loser Many Others Suspected.
Behind the arrest last night OF George
w. Cadarr. an engineer employed by the
Washington Traction and Electric Com
pany. and Edward Parker, a conductor,
and Richard Williams. a fireman. also
employees of the corporation, are allega-
tious of a giant fraud
The police and officials Of the railway
company. believe those under arrest, and
others vet unknown. are responsible for
the loss to the company OF about S5e.-
Ga. Cadarr is charged with conspiracy tn
defraud the company. while Parker and
Williams are held on suspicion. pending
complete investigation.
The arrests were made singly shortly
before midnight as the result of an in
vestigation into large losses alleged by Of
ficials Of the railroad COMPANY war
rant was secured late yesterday after
noon for the arrest of Cadarr. sworn to.
by George H Harries. First Vice Presi-
dent of the company Detectives Boyd,
Muller. Flather, and Lacy found Cadarr
at his home, 1905 I Street southeast, and
took him TO the Ninth precinct station.
There he was confronted by Mr.. Harries
Superintendent Lee of the railroad COM
pany Lieutenant Daley. and several 9TH
ers. besides the detectives.
Cadarr was put through a searching eN-
animation and he finally implicated Par
lIer and Williams who were afterward
arrested All the prisoners were kept at
the station during the night and the IN
Vestigation, which is still in progress VIII
certainly lead il is said, to other arrests
According TO the police. who have been
-Try Of lea-sz
by the company for two months past.
Cadarr first started the scheme by which.
the alleged frauds have been perpetrated.
lie has FOR more than a year had charge
of the big furnace of the company in the
plant at Fifteenth and II Streets north
east being chief engineer at that power
house. It has been the custom for years
10 burn all cancelled tickets OF the com
pany in this furnace. as they are brought
in day by day by the conductors. checked
of in the Office. and sent down stars to
he destroyed. II is said that CadaTr
struck upon the idea of rescuing these
tickets from the furnace before they were
burned, or after they had been hut
slightly scorched, and selling them to va
rious conductors on different roads in the
city. II was obviously a part of the
scheme. too, that conductors purchasing
In At their various offices. instead of per-
feet tickets taken from passengers on
trains and ears from whom they collected
1aye
There has been a noticeable falling of
in the receipts OF the railroad, and this
fact together with the suspicion raised
by the steady appearance in the offices Of
the road Of singed tickets. aroused the
suspicious Of the railroad officials
About February / Mr. Harries found
that the company was losing heavily and
hegan an Investigation. Shortly after-
ward he notified the police and Detectives
BOYD, Muller, and others were pat to
work on the case. The detectives worked
for two weeks. gradually gathering evi-
dence. and then the scheme Of marking
tickets was resorted to. The detectives
marked a number of Cancelled tickets.
which were then sent downstairs to be
destroyed with large hatch. The marked
tickets We're so arranged that they would
not readily take fire because placed in
the centre Of batch Of tickets
Several days afterward some OF the
marked tickets, already Cancelled, were
again turned IN at the offices of the COM
pany. showing that the suspicious of the
officials and detectives were correct A
warrant was then sworn ont for the ar
rest of Cadarr
vt the station last night Mr. Harries
and Superintendent Lee, OF the railroad
company. We're closeted with Lieutenant
Daley. the detectives. and the prisoners.
who We're under examination for hours.
The railway officials refused to talk much
concerning the affair Superintendent
Lee said:
Il cannot speak OF the matter now. We
are still investigating the case. AMI ether
he Ia fnf..r
pany has been very heavy
Lieutenant Daley said that his men had
been working for several weeks III cOaIuuU-
ton with the detectives. He said he under
stood all the prisoners would be cha rlssd
with conspiracy TO defraud the company,
but that Parker and Williams. together
with John keating. also conductor on.
the road. who WAS arrested after mid
night. were simply held On suspicion until
The whole affair had been investigated.
Policemen johnson. Williams. and Mans
field. Of the Ninth precinct are. tai ,g
part in the investigation.
The detectives have been told that the
loss To the railroad company has been.
about $4u8 a day since January last. per
haps more It IS believed by the police
that at least twenty conductors On the
various branches OF the Washington
Traction Company have been guilty of
fraudulent practices IN connection with
the sale Of the tickets. and il is not uu-
likely that wholesale arrests may follow.
taoarr WAS seen laSt night al the sta
ton. He said that he thought the whole
affair was bad enough without newspaper
uDtOrietl-.
Il shall not talk about the case now.
be said, until 1 have consulted q law
YER
Cadarr has been on the road little over
q year. He is married and has TWO chill
dreu. The detectives made q search OF
his house and found I'm q trunk iu his
bedroom about 1900 tickets already cam
Ceied- When searched AT the station about
1..pT, tickets were found on Cadarrs per
son
Edward Parker has been on the road
about three years. He is married and has
several children. lie declined 10 talk last
night Richard Williams. who for a time
Is said TO have assisted Cadarr in the
engine room of the power house, lives at
]lo7 = Street southeast He is also mar
Tied.
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