Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-18
NO QUARTER Is SHOWN
This Fight between the Roads and the
scalpcrs-Henry Caspary Arrested
on Charges Preferred By the
Joint validating Ohice.

on Charges Preferred By the
joint Validating onioe.
Henry Caspary, q ticket broker, was
arrested at the Atlantic Coast Line
depot yesterday afternoon on charge
Of disorderly conduct. The charges
we're preferred by representatives OF
the joint validating offices. The
agency had prepared for another big
killing" Of scalpers tickets and It
was while the work was being planned
that Caspary was arrested.
During the day it became known to
the agency that number Of long dis
lance tickets would be used on the
Coast Line train, and, as there was an
abundance of evidence and Identified
ton, the representatives Of the office
were prepared to see that none but
original purchasers went through. In
order to inspect all transportation be-
| fore the train started north all avenues
| leading out from the station were
locked and passengers were required
to pass through the regular gate
MANY cut-rate dealers were in the sta.
ton. One dealer went to the gate and
he was told that he could not go in
without showing his ticket, He had
none and he quietly stepped aside.
Caspary appeared at the gate just as
/ the other dealer moved away and the
agency people allege that he became
| obstreperous when refused admittance
He was talking loudly, when a police
man was called and he was placed I'M
der arrest. He was released on the
deposit Of a $40 bond.
The fact that proper Identification
had been secured by the validating of
fee prevented the scalpers from send
ing their customers to the gate and
they resorted to other means Of hood
winking the railroad They made an
utter failure. however, for kilograms
from Florence last night stated that
several passengers had been elected
from the train for attempting to use
scalpers' tickets.
In order to get by the agents in
Charleston the purchasers of the "out'
law goods bought tickets to Florence,
at the station, and after passing Flor
ence handed in the cut-rate trans
portation. 1t happened that the con-
ductor who left Charleston went on to
Rocky Mount and he was given in
structions about the tickets. The
scheme was too thin and the elected
passengers had to walk back to Flor
ence through the cold night air.
Ordinarily the scalpers might be able
to get their goods through by follow
ing this plan, but the situation is be-
ing handled so we'll here by the vail
dating agency tnat most tickets that
drift into the Office Of the brokers are
put on the blacklist.
A man who had bought a cut-rats
ticket out of Charleston had an I'M
pleasant experience the other day that
he is not apt to forget. He was trav.
cling with his witt and was in the
dining car on the Atlantic Coast Line
train when the conductor went in for
his transportation. The train had
stopped for a moment and conse
quently the conversation was heard by
every person in the car. The conduct
or was looking at the signature,
why l don't understand mis-" SO
the conductor, for yQrsI are riding or
negro's ticket The passenger prick
up his earss3, then colored quickly a
his F<5yes dropped. By this time t
VI other people were listening. "Tl
" ticket he continued, was origina
- purchased by a negro known persc
- ally to me. 1t is not yours, neither
al this your name, so I think III take
O. The passenger looked sheepish a
then paid his fare. The incident "
- not pleasant for his wife. but it "
IN amusing to others in the dining car
IL News and Courier Charleston, S.
H. December 49, 1901