The times., 1901-05-31
BAD STREET CAR TICKETS
Detectives Unearth a Counterfeit
ing Conspiracy.
A Conductor on the metropolitan
Railroad Arrested, with His
Brother - Both Confess Escaped
Detection for Over Two Years.

Detection for Over Two Years.
Two local detectives gained new profess
sional laureis yesterday in the capture of
/ Frederick Daniel Henry Ingley, a conduc-
tor on the Metropolitan Railroad. and his
! brother. Samuel Edwin Ingley. a former
/ waiter at the Shoreham Hotel, both of
] whom afterward confessed to a wholesale
/ counterfeiting of tickets of the Metropol-
| itan Railroad issue. Detective Sergeants
/ Browne and Lacy, who made the arrests,
! have been complimcnted by the officials of
/ the railroad company and of the Police
! Department for having exhibited unusual
| intelligence and energy in the handling of
an exceptionally difficult case.
The detectives recovered 81 $50 spurious
tickets that were in possession of the men,
secured the confession from both of them,
and had it afterward reduced to writing
and sworn to. There was also captured
voluminous correspondence with parties in
England that fastens the guilt upon the
prisoners so overwhelmingly as to induce
them TO volunteer to plead guilty when
the case is brought to the attention of
the courts. The extent of the loss to the
traction company is impossible to estimate
at the present time, but it viii unques-
| tionably run far into the thousands OF
dollars.
ham. England, and who give their ages
as thirty-three and thirty-one years, re-
spectively, were locked up last night on
a charge of forgery at the Twelfth Street
stationhouse. where they were supplied
with a good supper and an abundant sup
ply of cigars, which they seemed to great
ly enjoy. Previous to being taken TO court
this morning they will be measured and
photographed for the rogues gallery
Their operations are believed to date back
to January. 1899, but it was not until Au-
gust of that year that the company Off
cials first became aware of the fraud.
Strange to say, the discovery of the
counterfeit was made by green con-
ductor, who had just been appointed on
the road, and was making one of his first
trips. He had accepted the ticket as
fare, but something about 1t aroused his
suspicious and he called the attention of
one of the superintendents of the road to
the matter. That official referred it to the
vice president of the company who, in
turn, forwarded il TO Albert b. HOen, OF
the firm of a. Hoen & Co, photographers,
OF Fayette Street. Baltimore, who print
the tickets for the railroad company. Mr..
Hoen unhesitatingly pronounced it a coun-
ierfeit, but proved his assertion by means
of acid tests and by comparison of the
scroll work and shading. in which he was
assisted by means of a Photographic en-
largement of the ticket.
A search of the accountants office fol-
lowed, with the result that it was found
that many of the tickets were being re-
ceived each day. The spoilers" in the
employ of the company were put to work
and have labored increasingly on the case
ever since, but without result
At last the company determined to
place the matter in the hands of the
police, and requested that Detec-
tives Browne and Lacy be as
signed to the case, which was
done three weeks ago yesterday. Since
that time Detective Sergeant Browne has
devoted almost his entire time TO the
matter. while Detective Sergeant Lacy
has been an indefatigable worker with
him. After familiarizing themselves with
the methods employed by the company in
handling the conductors accounts they
1t was found that during the month OF
April the company had redeemed from the
Capital Traction Company spurious
exchange price being 81 hun
dred. The Herdic Company also turned
in 81 worth of the tickets for the same
time, which dcke,s were not punched
1t was then ascCrtained that more OF
the counterfeit tickets were being turned
in on the Connecticut Avenue line OF the
company than any of the other lines
and 1t was determined that the guilty
party WAS on that line. The returns of
the conductors We're watched, but with
little result.
Detective Sergeant Brown then famil-
iS<tzed himself with the counterfeit and
ton to riding a great deal on the cars of
that> >llne. Whenever he saw a passenger
pay lis fare with one of the bad tickets
he would follow him and ask where he
secured the ticket. The invariable reply
was that il had been bought from one of
the conductors of the Connecticut Avenue
line.
None of the persons approached knew
just which conductor he bought the
tickets from, but could tell approximately
the time and place that the purchases
were made. All of the conductors who
passed that point within a reasonable
margin of time were noted, and in each
instance II was found that Ingley was
among those on the list.
4 bunch of the tickets that had been
redeemed from the Herdic Company and
had not been Cancelled were then made
use of. They were given to people with
instructions TO ride on certain cars of the
company on a given trip.
1t was found that all Of the suspected
men. with the exception Of Ingley, turned
in the tickets with the good ones, appar-
emily noting no difference. Although
many of them that had been first pri-
yately marked, were forced into the hands
OF ingley it was found that only in rare
instances did he ever turn in any of these
tickets. 1t was concluded from this that
he must have a guilty knowledge of the
affair and that recognizing the counter
felt he refrained from placing them in
his returns.
1t was further noted that he was the
only conductor who did not include these
tickets in his returns. Wednesday lady
VINO came INTO inc city on a Baltimore
and Ohio train boarded lngleys car and
bought a quarters worth Of tickets get
ting the counterfeit kind. The detectives
were made aware Of the fact and decided
to set trap for Ingley.
Yesterday morning as the car .assed
the corner Of Ninth and + Streets north
west a messenger boy boarded the car
and asked for $40 worth Of tickets. which
lngley sold him. II was figured that this
would reduce his supply Of good tickets
and induce him to dispose Of SOM. Of the
others. On the return trip a lady board
co the car at the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot. and as she bought quarters worth
Of tickets Detective Sergeant Browne rode
alongside Of the car on bicycle and saw
the sale. He also saw Ingley issue to the
lady, who was acting under instruction
from the detective, a transfer north on
Ninth Street. This was done for the pur-
pose of getting his punch mark
Ine detective hurried to the corner Of
Ninth and i Streets, where the lady greet
ed him with the remark. 4 believe / have
it, and, after glancing at the remaining
hYe tickets, Detective Sergeant Browne
replied: Il am confident that you have
He then telephoned G. II. Harries to meet
him at the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot and moment later was Join
ed by his partner. Detective Sergeant
Lacy. They boarded Ingleys car as it
came back from Georgetown and signaled
Mr. Harries, who was in his automobile
as they passed the depot.
When they reached the switch north
of the Capitol, the switchman, under pre-
threw the switch for the East Capitol
Street tracks, and Detective Browne pull
ed the b.ll for the car TO go ahead and
at the same time informed Ingley that
he was under arrest The man appeared
to be surprised and at first insisted that
he did not know the cause of his arrest
but afterward promised to talk IL ne
could be permitted to see Mr.. Harries