The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-07
ALLEGED TNAfFDck1Me ri SALE
or TRse passes uMEARThEo
IN 81. PAU
CHIEF CLERK IS INVOLVED


B. Pasl- Nina - Thrcwegh . series
of frzS6s IN The d~ssgossssoR az trip
aassss. the Great Northern railroad has
oeea a<fraoaed out cS frcm 3lts.@ss
70 3is9yAsse . PEAR. The seak2ge Is
sasd - have h<en going On for sou-
years and thai the rassroad has lost
zpward OF tsass
Al Ray. special ag<cs sog the Great
Nc<SAern. has hee1 working On The
cAse foe over . yea AIDED By Dstee-
dives Fraser and Lane, S1 Paul police
department Two arrests hare been
naAG- P1xl CAxhoc. sakonkeeper. St
Paul - charged with dssposing Of the
pa&sesA Another arrest has been made
In GFa1A Forks, n. d.
II 10 declared The tkefss have been
going a for The lAss fozr years ana
hat neaxty every city of any size On
IL eafire line Of the Great Northern
has N agent u the svtndless. Who dis
poseA Il tickets In hfs own town
EDpsoymenf agenciss throughout the
West are also said 70 have been CON
Dected with The frauds. and Wholesale
aSresss are GxpeeteA aRoog this class
The manner used BY the thieves 10
ai1 70 have been to take the trip
passes which hAA been issued 70 tAs
maintenance Of way department for
Tie use Of lAboress and others employ
- a the lire. and BY making vroas-
fzl returns dispose Of them 10 their
ageats. Who would sell them to employ
mem agencies or other parties Who
hAA . demand for them
D. p. Woodbury.. chief clerk In the
maintenance Of way ONCE Of the Great
NogtheYn. Who has been in the service
o. the Great Northern for several
years. 10 charged with being implicated
tn the deal A chief clerk IL was his
duty 70 issue the trip passes and no
check could be kept On The number
since the chief engineer Of the mAinte
nance Of vay department spends most
Of his time On the system How much
light Mr.. Woodbury. . On the frauds
could NOT be aScertAined. Special
Agent Ray neither denying o II.
nrmins that the chief clerk had made
any admissions
Louis Hill. president Of the Great
Northern. has taken personal charge Of
the case and promises that no efforts
win be spared to bring the guilty ones
to Justice He expects 20 arrests to be
made before the end Of the week
At the Northern Pacific onaces It was
stated that n occasional culprit haA
been caught dispossng Of employees
passes 10 those rot entitled TO them.
cut II Was claimed that the system ~
such On the Northern Pacific that IL
would soon discover any sxtension Of
The fraud
A Teeeas Under Arrest
Grand Forka-A- ToscAs. charged
With obtaining property under false
p~resenses. win be given . preliminary
hearing before Justice Purcell Jan Z.
In meantime he II out OF custody on
The strength Of 81 100 bail provided By
\ r. Turner and Max Rabinovich-
The defendant, who has been the
Greek Interpreter for the Great North
err several years. was taken into Gus
tody Wednesday. Toscas denies being
guilty OF the charge nlsd. saying it II
but part Of . plan that is being worked
out By enemies TO bring about his IN
doing He expresses confidence At be-
ing able to clear himself.
Toseas has been In the limelight con-
siderably for some time past. Various
charges have been made against him
Of fraud In connection with the
A~~Ats~- r< <hz (.~nck fahnvcrG In thfa
section Specific charges are now filed
against him OF using railroad passes
fer his own benefit by selling them to
Greek Aborefs.