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man whose card reads. Or Ludwig
Darmstadssr. Journalists. representative
Of European papSrs. sic Central avenue.
clsveland, Ohio.' and who has been al
the New Amsterdam Hotel for several
months vas arrested last night by Lieut.
McConvills on the ground that be has bssn
selling 90 railway mileage hooks 70 New
York merchants FOR sI7 and has besR
slow in making deliveries in cases where
he oOlbocted i'm advance
The charge against Darnstadler on the
Pclice Headquarters blo,tsr il obtaining
saso by trick and device from the firm Of
zncksr a JOsephy. rs Broadway. bu; tho
complaint 10 made by McConville himself.
He declined TO say last night VINO made
the complaint against Darmstad,ev. who
snys he calls himself Doctor hecluss
he has besn a rabbi. McCOuville declared
he would call many merchants TO court
20 testify. even though they might not 40
willing to IL regarded a. Compliments
Lieut.. McConville said merchants Who
had deAling~ With Darmstaclter said that
the latter profeAsed 20 be- in touch with
publications and advertising concerns
that took mileage hooks from the rail
roads in payment for advertising aud that
he generally paa theae concerns Na
~ SIS for the 50 hooks and could accord
inRly sell them at el7 and make a good
profit THE cut rate Vas Appreciated ny
the concerns that employ q number Of
travelling saiesmen. and McCOnvIile said
hs had harmed that Darm~taSlier usually
delivered fe~ book. az N7 each TO prove
that he cO'ild get them and took o IarRe
order Tor mileage hooks a. 81 and got a
check in advance on representation that
the concerns he was dealing with wanted
money h~fore they sent on tho hooks
He has Leen spending his evenings at the
Hoffman, Hsus. I7ii Broadway. where he
ws~ In tourh With . number 20 commercial
travellers
MccOnville said tina, railroads are not
permitted By the Interstate Commerce
Commission TO issne mileage in ex-
change fOS advertising or for anything
hut nash and that Representatives 10 the
Trunk Line Association would testify
against DaFmstadteT.
The detective heard from one Arm that
DarIn~.Rdter pgoss~sed to have got over
eighty mileage books on the New Haver
railroad from publishing FIRMS aud was
exhibiting Q letter firm the Illinois Inter
STATE RailSav Guide ~ Chicago which
inquired wSstbsr bs sOtIld handle any
Dore intercbangsaIas Hileags books. ana
spoke % Transmitting the four orderS b~
Ind sent In. The intsuuhAaGsabls lpOoks
are sold for Sc by IIarn,~tadter and for
s7S by the railroads. McConvitie said
Lteut. hcConvills gave out . H., ~
hrm- that kAve Rad d~Alingr With Darn
Stmdt~r In various Amonnta Among
thorn are, l. Newman a s0a. cor-et
manufacturers. Fourth avenue and
Fiehteenth street. sra: Fechh~imer.
Fischel a Co. Tss BrUAdN Az. ssI: Cohen.
Goldmann a Co.. as Broadway. $50
and q representative ~ that concern.
ssS: FlatAI. Oelsh~imer q 90 " Fifth
avenue. Siss: the r. 4 G. Corset oSnpany
s7iI y Jacob Il 10. sion: Franksnf-Id
Rro-.. s2IS and bli Strauss. a r-pr-~-nta-
tive e Rirkenfeld. Strauss = 60. sI-s7
Wooster street. seO
Inquiries AZ the various railway ticket
ofS'o~~ In the city Nv McConville sbowsd
that Darmstadtsr had paid out owes
o. OBJ cash for mileaRe books. the deter
tive said ~" understands that these
were used for making sample deliveries
~ cut rate hooks IA the msrrhant-
isut. McConvill- told the pri~Os,er III 90
u h. really had the contracts With tho pub
fishing hO'I-ss he wOuId he FeI~ased NJ
once On Offering proof % H. and that
prOceedinE~ would - taken against tbs.
railroads. FOR trading the mileage books
for advertising. IBarmatAci;sF said h..
had a wife and ssxbt children i'm Ci..y..InnA