New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
ARRESTS FOR FRAUD BY MAIL
Three Men in Brooklyn Accused
of Swindling the Ignorant.

George II Baker president OF the nan
way Educational Association. OF No. z-'
Monroe street. Brooklyn. was arrested yes
terday by postoffice inspectors IN rai'
on the premises. when they confsca'e"
truckload Of circulars and letters ra"i
]. Gallagher. secretary Of the associa''on'
and John A. Jenkins. member OF 'ne
board Of directors. were arrested iate''
The charge against the three men, on
which bench warrants were secured, WAS
that they obtained money under false pre-
lenses and used the mails in Fraudulent
scheme. The men were arraigned before
.Judge Chatfeld. of the United States oir-
cult Court. and held for trial.
The Railway Educational Association
pretended TO prepare men for hfsRen'"
and hremen Besides it's main Office IN
Brooklyn. the association maintained ""a'
il called railroad recruiting stations III
all the large cities Of the unl'ed H,do
and in Winnipeg. BY means Of advcrusihs
in the newspapers Of those cites 'he 'a'
citation secured its clientele. A typlca'
advertisement. published in this CITY, was
as follows;
Men wanted. ages eighteen to thiriy-hve'
for iflremen. 500 monthly. ana praheiiiSS~'
$50. m New York and other ralnoaur ,s;.inn
perience unnecessary. no strike, postum
guaranteed competent men. pronlouo,nfio
railroad employing headquarters. over ."
men sent to positions monthly: sta'e ~
send stamp. Railroad Educatlonal stroot
citation. Dept 81. No. 227 Monroe street.
Brooklyn.
The INQUIRER was informed by letter
that he would have to take a prepara'oiS
course for which he would have 10 pay IN
advance AT the rate OF Sl5 for brakeinen
and 500 for fremen The letter guaranteed
O nosition at the close Of the course or inc
rounding Of the money No mention OF
physical qualifications was maze "e
II Baker Is said 70 have had some con
nection with railroads which were WHITE
70 take such of his pupils as were guam
fed for the position.
The understanding was. however thaI ~
man below the standard required would oo
accepted The postoffice inspectors chdI
that Baker duped men who coud not spe'"
English. others who could not "rite' "
were color blind or otherwise absolutely
haired from railroad employment, by his
offer 10 secure them jobs as brakemen OF
flremen.
Baker who lives at No. IS Lafayette ave-
rua Rrooklyn ed statement last even
ing in which he aid:
THE present charge of the Postoifce pe-
i.ar,ment is t1sed on three complaints
from scholars. the details of which are not
vet known 10 me. \ year ago IN NaShihs-
ION. before Judge Goodwin. Assistant Az
tornev General for the Postofhce DEPART
mcnt on February 10. our whole Worh was
investigated thoroughly; yet after lou'
hours of critical examination ! was as
missed without a single feature OF our Worh
noinc criticised or a single suggestion OF
change or Improvement being made 10 me
We have sent to positions more than eighty
five hundred graduates on more than nine
hundred calls from railroad offices all over
North America. and about one hundred ana
twenty-five refunds have been made to un-
successful scholars
Baker said that among the shareholdefs
n the association are the New YORK Cen
tral. the Atchison. Topeka a Santa re- the
Chicago. Indiana & Southern. the Minneap-
oils & 81. Louis and the Wheeling X Lake
Erie railroads