Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-08-19
TICKET SCALPERS GET A BUMP
Arrests Made and Fines Imnos.,
for Buying and Selling
Excursion Tickets


Last Wednesday morning Magistr.,
John T. Byrne imposed a fine Of sS'
and $3.50 costs on Robert Millor
$500 Woodland avenue, Philadelnb,,
He had been arrested and brought I.
the magistrates Office by Sergear,.
Frank T. Brennan and j.. A. Tullv =.
Camden, members of the West .Ter.S'
and Seashore Railroad Co.'s noIi.'
force. The arrest was made at ~.
Wildwood station shortly after tho a.
rival of the daily excursion train =,
Wednesday, being charged with bav
ing purchased from one of the passon
gers that day the return coupon of .
one-day excursion ticket for the sur
of $1.00. Miller pleaded guilty ana
was let off with a fine and costs =,
above mentioned. e4had come dowr
to Wildwood last Sunday on an or.
cursion train to visit his wife and
three children who are %stoppine on
Taylor avenue. Wishing to return Ia
Philadelphia again on Wednesday 90
81 DdSh W WOLh dS ne SAID, his
thought was to economic on the mas.
sage by purchasing the return counou
of an excursion ticket at a much los,
cost than the price of a regular one.
way ticket. This the unfortunate
young man succeeded in doing, but the
result was that he lost not only mis-
dollar and the ticket, but $3.50 be-
sides-a pretty dear experience to say
the least.
The violation of the anti-scalping
laws have become so numerous and
so fragrant of late, it is said, that the
railroad companies have been forced
to act in order to protect themselves
They lose a lot of money by the oper.
alton. There has been at least half
a dozen arrests SO far. On Tuesday
last Mike Kane was arrested for the
second time, accused of buying and
selling railroad tickets. He was again
held for court by Magistrate Byrne in
the sum of $500. Oliver Bright went
on his bond for the second time. The
al lCOI VI WI. 1Ao1AC q maui ny DdI-
geant Harry C. Archible, of Camden,
accompanied by Captain Joseph N.
Amos, of the same city. They found
eight return tickets in his possession.
The magistrate stated that the ar
rests are made and the proceedings
taken under the compiled statues Of
the State of New Jersey, page 1858, Sec
ton 2; and by virtue of the pamphlet
laws of 1904, page 1922.
Yesterday morning Officer Archibole,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad police
force, arrested William Pierce, COL
ored, of 121 West Davis avenue, on a
charge of bartering with a passenger
for the purchase of the return coupon
of a one-day excursion ticket. This
passenger had come down from Phila-
delphia on the Thursday morning
daily excursion train, on the West
Jersey and Seashore railroad, and had
ended the journey at the Andrew ave-
nue. station. where Pierce was taken
into custody, when he tried to buy
the return coupon. When brought be-
fore Magistrate John T. Byrne at 1877
East Oak avenue, the alleged offender
pleaded not guilty, acting upon advice
of his counsel, John Bright. Bail
in the sum of $500 was demanded for
his appearance at the September term
of court. Not being able to procure
bail on the spur of the moment, the
prisoner was sent to the city lookup
Later in the>day Pierce changed his
mind about the matter and~sent a
request to the magistrate that the
case be reopened, to permit the en-
tering of a plea of guilty" The re-
quest was granted, and then a fine Of
$500 was exacted, and $780,, add
tional, for costs. The changing Of the
plea was evidently viewed by the JUS
tice as a mitigating circumstance, in
asmuch al the accused was let Oh
with a light fine. Another consider
alton may have been that the ticket
had not been actually bought, but only
bartered for.
Gu"diu OpIlu6ci, diSO SOiOiOu' ""
arrested on Wednesday morning, near
the city garage, at the corner of Pine
avenue. He had purchased four re-
turn coupons oof one-day excursion
tickets on the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad, from four young
wofnen who had alighted from the
train that morning in the vicinity
mentioned. Sergeants Frank P. Bren-
nan and J. A. Tully made the arrest
Springer resisted, and in the scune
the four tickets fell to the street. SER
geant Brennan showed a bleedlns
thumb in the magistrates office. ne
testified that the arrested man DN
him. Springer gave his place of resi-
dence at 4415 Arctic avenue. no
pleaded not guilty and the magls-
trate held him under $500 security lot
his appearance at the September term
| of p0urf tn Jafo,I% ~ hoiI Springer