Evening star., 1908-01-19
POLICE UNEARTH
ALLEGED SW|NDLE
Attempt to Defraud Charge
Against Five Men.
LARCENY OF CAR TICKETS
Washington Railway and Electric
Company Victim.
BANK NOTE COMPANY ANOTHER
Two Defendants Arrested Here and
Three More Taken Into Custody
in New York.

SIdl lllIS Vi SiS dliiS cN iiibiS -
the part OF several persons at the
expense Of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company and
other corporations has been un-
carthed. 4. L. Drummond, for
Inerly chief OF the secret service
division OF the Treasury Depart
nent and chief OF the Drummond
Detective Agency i'll New York,
last night caused five arrests TO
be made in New York city and
two in this city.
The men taken into custody here are
Charles L. Tabler thirty-one years Of
age. who resided al @l2 West list street
New York city, and Leo Lucas, thirty
two years of age, whose home is lI.i !
street The former reached here yes
terday and was arrested at 18th and +.
streets late in the afternoon two head
quarters detectives having followed nun
about the city in an automobile ~ was
expected that he would call for A box o
street car tickets that had been shipped
from New York, but the detectives feared
he might elude them and they arrested
him Lucas was found at d grocery
store on 18th street, Mount Pleasant.
where he was employed as clerk. lis
house was searched and alleged incr'm-
! mating evidence found.
= Persons in charge of the prose cuttoii
claim that the defendants were deaEli2 ~
tickets printed in the establishment 81
tne Hamilton Bank Note Company. -
Cold street. New York city, where Tabler
had been employed during the past ci9nt-
cen months as A transferef. hdFiiis
learned the trade in the bureau 81 en-
craving and printing several wears ~ aso
he was working fo- salary o. Sfo
week. 1t Is stated, and last IhufSdiS
VAS ordered to go on the road Tor tifc1
months tip. Detective DruTnhloAd SS'id
he learned that Tabler onlected 10 i e"iiii,'s
to this city. but he finally consented, al
though re delayed his arrival three DAYS.
Action in New York.
When the two men had been placed
under arrest In this city Detective Drum
mond communicated with Chief Metal
,artv oe the New York detective bureau
and later in the night he was informed
fhzx ftve arrests had been made there
one of the persons apprehended III New
York Chiee Drummond said last night.
IN Richard Wansett, who formerly reSl1@d
!. at TO Isth street northwest. AiotHt''
he added, is man named liar.fS: =
third is an. engraver The Two otHer
men arrested. 1t is explained, had beeh
in company with one or more oi the %
ers So far he had been advised laS'
night. Chief Drummond rema ked,
charges of grand larceny and conspiracy
are to be preferred against the defend
ants It is possible. lie further SAID, tAat
an effort will be made TO have Lucas ana
Tabler taken to New York city 70 trial
INSPECTOR Roardman has had Detectives
Warren. Mullen, Vermillion and Rarhce
work with the representatives OF thc
Drunmond Detective Agency. and they
made the arrests of the two men here.
The prisoners were taken 10 police head
quarters shortly after being placed in ar
rest They were kept IN the "ifice OF In
spector Boardman two or three hours uh-
dergoi,ig the ''thirG degree. Detective
Drummond participated in the interroea-
tion When Ii was ended, Inspector
oardmsn said: .Tabler offers no eH-
planatioE. Lucas admits he came by the
MS rie.:ic,1.e." The prisoners were after
war,l removed to different police stations
and lot Ned up.
Officials Obtain Data.
Gen George II. Harries and II. ". Ftu-
Ter OF the Washington Railway and Eiec-
tric Company last November learned that
tickets were being disposed of irregularly
and they summoned the superintendent Of
the New York detective firm. The few
fats tn. railroad company,s officials had
CLEANED were laid IL fore Tho detective and
the latter put his men u work on the
case
About $500 worth Of ear ticr<c.s and
$500 worth OF certificates Of tuc -uited
Tobacco Company have been recovered
in this city. Both the tickets and cer-
tiicates wera printed by The Hamilton
Bank Note Company. great amount
of work is done by that company for
big corporations In different sections of
the country. but detectives engaged ii
the investigation were unable to say
mat alytA.nS other than the r,,r tick :
cts and the certificates of thu tobacr"
company had been taken from tt" eS-
fablishment The coupons recovered
last night Were good only in .sal Fran
cisco Bv shadowirG. the detectives
managed 10 get behind Lucas soon after
they started their invest stisati"I in this
city, they state. and they saw ltm con
meet with Harry Winsatt. "pr ~ the
five men under arrest IN New York.
The latter was then residing !. the 10th
street address.
They hobnobbed together" surt.
Drumnond said 10 Star reportc:. and
connected with man living on Scaton
place December y last the resident of
the Seaton place house. Lucas and Win
Satt We're together, and Wil-iu was
followed to New York. whc~e H. VAS
located at 13S West 18th street.
Met in Metropolis.
The men. il is stated w-re seen about
tile Kennedy Hotel at 4"th aud Broad
way. II was at the hotel mentioned that
Wsnsett met Tahler aud Harris. tire Int,
ter siding 2B West 1nSth street
Wansatt ard Harris were roommates
Tabler visited the room of Wansatt it i,
J.. :. ..t,. Vas Il so seen win ire sou
Of a deceased president Of tla bank not
company. although the latter was not con
n scted with any of the alleged d:sLoues,
transactions kennedy'.s seemed to have
been the meeting place for ti2" men az
"n~d re- tn the detectives. Dee -mbcr IL
Il is alleged. Wanseti shipped box a.
Jackets 20 Uae Washington home OF Lee
Lucas and while the box was being han.
died one Of the tickets was found pro
truding from under the lid That ticket
was taken from the box by using knife
and Il is being held evidence.
While the detectives we're shadowtnl