New-York tribune., 1909-09-30
ALDERMEN EXPLAIN
LIGHT ON TICKET FRAUDS.
Counfcrfeiters and UsherS SAID TO
BE RESPONSIBLE.

Counterfeit tickets and tickets passed to con-
feaerates by ushers said yesterday TO nave
been al the OF the trouble at the alderman.
stands on Friday Aldermen Downing ana Dou'
said that their investigation Of the sale or sea's
90 persons who could not get on the STANDS De
cause they were crowded had led to that eohclu-
sion The tickets for these parede points OF VIC" @
are not fOr sale stands from $50 street 10 ool
street in Central Park West and from 80 street 70
26th street on the east side Of Fifth avenue al e
supposed 20 seat twelve thousand persons hN
thousand at the uptown place and seven thOus"i''
the other. -
Alderman Douling. who is chairman Of the alder
manic committee which has charge OF the arrange
ments for the celebration. was In the theh Oh t.'o
turmoil at the Madison Square stands. He sa" 'ie
many turned away, and as much puI]eo @'
were the ticket holders that there should Oe iO
room for them He said yesterday:
''Of course OF our tickets were for SAFE
That some should have been sold by those 70
whom the aldermen gave them may be posslole, Dul
This is not suppOsed 10 have occurred. We shall DO
all in our power 20 prevent trouble tomorrow Inc
tickets sold must in the main have been counter
feits. We got them out in a hurry. ana uleo 10
have them printed so that duplication would De
impossible.
we believe also, that ushers passed some OF
the tickets friends. who hawked them about for
s. each. We shall have sergeants-at-aTms OF the
beard as ticket takers tomorrow with instructions
up all that they collect. In addition we
shall have more aldermen at the stands 20 over
matters. I win be AT the Madison square
stands. and Aldermen Schloss. Kavanagh and Nc
Cam at Central Park West"
Are you going 10 ask the police 10 cooperate,
20 arrest persons selling tickets" was asked
The alderman said that he thought something OF
that kind would be done, but did not believe that
there would be any selling around the stands
1t was learned that each alderman received l25
tickets TO each parade, and that they distributed
them among their constituents. There was no
doubt, an alderman said yesterday, that some OF
those who had received tickets from aldermen pre-
ferred TO sell them. II also said that IL there
were police arrangements 10 arrest persons found
hawking the tickets the stands the word
would be passed along. so that none OF the faith
ful commercially inclined would get into trouble
Alderman Doull. who is the arrangements
committee. said yesterday that there was doubt
instead of tearing up the pasteboards The ush-
'ers had received no instructions tear them up
but then the aldermen never expected that such
EWindle would occur.
Alderman DoWling a hunted yesterday.
and il hard TO get hold of him Persons who
had been sWindled were after him. chairman Of
the committee, 10 get their money back. He was
cornered by several men in the afternoon but they
old get any satisfaction. He told them that
the aldermen not responsible for the fraud.
and that consequently they could not be held for
the money spent worthless tickets. He told a
reporter for The Tribune that there were fully
seven thousand persons on the Madison Square
stands and agreed that they were very mucn
crowded.
The active l.. the heat OF the fray,
when ticket holders tried the entrances to
the stands where Alderman DOHling was, was In
spectOr Herlihy. He at one time compelled 20
drive the policemen 10 greater zeal in keeping the
disappointed men and women away.
1t bad said Alderman Downing. but
what there 10 do under the circumstances?'
The who sold the tickets did under the
eyes OF the police and were not molested Tickets
were being haWked around up 10 the time Of the
appearing OF the head OF the parade al 18th street
but there still interference. II the pro-
sramme OF getting police aid is carried out, the
scenes Of Tuesday Will be repeated at the alder
manic stands to-day
Henry Smith, the Park Commissioner, said yes
terday that the report that there had been specu-
lators at work at stands along Central Park West
was untrue. complaint that speculators were
selling seats high s. at the stand OF the Board
Of Trade and Transportation Investigated Dy
officials Of the latter yesterday il found that
the thirty-nine detectives employed AT private
agency 20 aid in making ticket holders comfortable
had been in collusOn with the ticket takers and
had sold tickets whenever possible. The regular
tickets had coupons for seats attached, but those
sold by the detectives were without the coupons.
The detective agency called the thirty-nine
men yesterday. took their badges and dismissed
them. repetition OF the selling Of tickets at that
stand, II was said, would be impossible to-day.