New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-06
IsEED $4,000 OF P. R. R.
.opS1DENT M'CRE1 TRAPS
TIRGINI4 MAYOR.
r,..otened to Dynamite Railroad
D.oosrtvand Endanger Patrons
roucied Corporation Grie0ance.

Aur This is = declaration
A.. life is openly staked on the result
EN'' .-eDared 10 meet you at any time ana
NJ an ..,a, name. The weapons shall use
fsr 80 and other high explosives.
~ o'Ha',.. Ahrana {. Eby. Mayor and referee
lnus -, of Burkeville, Va 10 the "Presi-
. @hh' - pannsvlvania Railroad. Philadel-
Cert -. % naming $4,000 as the ransom
fsaa oH -. Sa, 81 the railroad. it's steamships
.bs travelling public. and otherwise 'n'e"'-
,be Pennsylvania Railroad
Has Hna..,.,,g carefully laid plot of the federal
ss,sc,lyes. Ely was arrested In this CITY
ls ,.hg,s in the company OF OSWALD j. De
p-'~. .b,e, clerk 20 President McCrea. who
Rou''. ~ lsrter in inveigling Mayor Eby 10
i''O he was held In sleooo bah for the
nh ,err, Of court by United States Com
-sioner Craig.
U.s.. Asor,nr. William l. Calvert. postoftice
:, Richmond. Va. furnished evidence
So. thar Fby mailed the threatening let
SUE .he Richmond & Charlotte Railroad
he Rousse told of the receipt OF the
'sns consequent cooperation OF the rail-
F'.'- .,hor,ries with The Postoffice Department
srng Eby 10 Philadelphia
:, .,r,,,rb the hearing Eby sat unmoved. lie
s,s,erent. and when charged by Com
h-4s - craip with 1evising 10 defraud by
nss she United states mail. and attempt
:, = extort," said simply that he could not
,srrsh bail ~. ms sipnea
-. c-,,h In il he proposed TO use ex-
,'..irss in wrecklng freight and passenger cars
-. ,-.vious lines Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
mad ,-,-.. \.
.,,,s q shall be in Virginia / shall take care
-, the papers have details Of all wrecks;
r,.-v anarchist in the country with nerve VIII
,nou this lead. I am ready 10 disclose my
is,r,irv and keep the secret Of this warfare and
!, methods provided you pay me $4,000 and L
l,vs vour pledge that 60 free. If you break
-,ur pledse at this stage you will only get me
!, mo most for blackmail and threatening let
,.r take my punishment and do my worst
vb.n 70 free, and no one can control my
iursu. or pen"
Ebr sets forth further that he has tried for
,h.tr wears 10 earn an honest living. but finds
ina, rhe corporation thieves get all and the rest
cnsnkind must starve or stand in"
Il his letter Eby also specified that he would
us no one except the president or some high
,sds Of the road. He designated that the
srofa secret order be used in the insertion Of
personal" as an answer in The Richmond
Ines Dispatch"
personal" was inserted by postoffice de-
sdyss and Eby's demand OF $50 and trans
Ersuon 70 Philadelphia was acceded 10
through Mr De Rouse. Letters were received
ron Ehy telling Of his intended trip 20 the city.
Hs reached here last night and wrote Mr.. De
Ruasss, making an appointment 10 meet him at
eoon to-day
About l230 o'clock the men met. and Ir DE
Rousse took Eby 10 the Third National Bank.
Shere he procured a certified check for $4,000
snd 500 IN cash. These he offered Eby. but
ne latter refused saying. Keep them for a
while" CHEZ Postal Inspector Cortelyou then
nads the arrest
inspector Calvert who knows Eby. was asked
ssof Eays queer action. He said. Mr. Eby is
ia Gazy He has long entertained a spite
ssanst the Pennsylvania Railroad His father
aso stock In branch road in Virginia, and Eby
eatFes that by the reorganization Of tie road
.'oasn the Reading and Pennsylvania in
'snees his father lost some $4,000 That is
=! ne believes $4,000 and more is Justly due
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