Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-05
GADSDEN MEN ARE
BROUGHT HERE IN
FAKE TICKET CASE

Louis Bumpus and his brother,
CORTLAND Bumpus. arrived in Allan
ia Friday IN 1he custody of private
detectives to answer to the charge of
conspiring with C. L. Lumpkin. con-
ductor of the Georgia Railway and
Power company. to defraud the COM
pany by the sale of bogus street car
tickets. They were taken to the Full
ton county Tower
The Bumpus brothers, arrested at
their home in Gadsden. Ala, Where
they are prominently connected.
waived extradition and were orouSht
u " y 'i r Gloer, general manager Oh
the Atlanta office of the ADAMS Nc
tional Detective agency operaOis ser
of which worked up the case IL
the power company, SAID thaI W."
ronts will be sworn out against tle
Run,nus brothers in the Fulton coun,
~ courts and, after they are trleo
there. the federal authorities may
arrest them for using the mails "
defraud. ,lo &c
soid ~ have handled the actual safe
of the bogus tickets. mace cotIl-
nlete confession. according 70 ME-.
G1oer, who exhibited an atfldaVlt
T,umpkin is said to have slgneu' ~
the affidavit Lumpkin said ne was
FIRST approached in Atlanta oy CourI,
land Bumpus. who was mere 70 w..
louis. in the Atlanta federal PEN
tout;or,I serving a short term for
robbery. ..s-.
Iun,pkin's Afidavit
"1 told him that ! did not thi INK
T could do it: that I liked my Jop
and wanted to stay with the COM
nanv" Immpkin continues in the az
fidayit. 80 that matter was drop
ned until along in January. at when
time I was over to see II. c. Bum
nous and his brother. who was out
on probation. H. c.. his brother,
and 1 were all in H. C;s room
when the matter was dlscusse9
again. They said that if l would
dispose of the tickets I would be
out no expense, that / could stay
here and they could deliver the tick
cts to me: all that I would have to
do was to dispose of them on
80 per cent basis. All money was
to be sent to them and they were
to send me a check for my 30 per
cent.
III. c. was to act as treasurer and
Louis was chief advisor. They in
timated that they were going north
to have the tickets printed. The
next I heard they had gone to Bir-
mingham and put in an order for
$500 tickets. I got letter from
H. c., stating that he would be here
on Friday. January %. met him
106 Of those ticket books. He stay
ed here two hours then went back
to Gadsden. 1 carried the books on
out to my house. 613 East Fair
street.
IT did not fool with the tickets
that day at all Saturday I took
ten out and sold five of them, r
decided not to fool with them on
Sunday. Monday I had a special
mingham, Ala. 1 decided the let
ter was from H. c.. it was
in his handwriting but had no name
signed. He told me to destroy the
tickets at once. 1t was understood
when letter as above referred to
was received that everything was
to be destroyed, all letters, tickets,
etc. He told me in that letter to
remember that If l got caught not
to mention anybody else's name and
that they would not mention any
names If they got caught. H. G.
SAID not to ride any more on tick
cts. AT $40 Monday afternoon l
vas put unQer arrest.
Secured Tickets
80. remember selling one book of
these tickets to a Mr.. John Carr I
tolo Mr.. Gloer that had burned all
the tickets, but 1 believe I could find
MN some of the tickets, if Mr.. Carr
mad not used them all. Tuesday
morning Mr.. Gloer and I and some
oL ms men went out and got a book
with eight tickets in it. l carried
the tickets down TO Mr. GIoar and
turned them over to him. When H.
=. was over to bring the ticket books
ne brought one-half dozen stamped
and sci sd envonk,n. and
Golo me TO make out reports Of what
was going on and send to him. 1
Gloer, as | had not destroyed them.
had three Or four tickets of the
ones l had sold Sunday and turned
them in in my Sundays returns. I ran
on the Buckhead line. Mr.. Shumate
showed me my envelope and 1 rec
oSnlZed TOUR tickets as the ones |
had The difference
on the tickets sent me by II. G. and
the gotten out by the company
is in the serial numbering Of the
tickets. The numbers on our tick
cts were engraved, the lettering on
the counterfeit tickets being heavier
than the le'' on me tickets of the
company. H. Z. ,awed me a letter.
ht.H' the company FRIDAY wnen
he was here which he had had print
ed. v 'lylor was manager and
J. S. Cats, tre. "er. He posed as
Mr.. Ta& .o4', of. Gainoe' Q. and as
being with the Georgia 7 nd
Power company. I do not know "n'-.
thing about where the tickets were
IT AXE this confession volun-
tarily and without any promises Of