Show JTOHNSOXS BAD LTICX NEW YDRK Aug 31A farreaching scheme to defraud the Southern Pacific railroad by the issue of counterfeit tickets tick-ets Is supposed to be at the bottom of the arrest of Clarence Barret here today to-day Barret who Is a broker in dry ft goods and aGent for a mineral water companY WAS arrested br Andrew Drum mond earchief of the United States secret service and held In 5 bail on the charge of depositing in the malls on Aug S3 a counterfeit pass of the Southern Pacific The Druzmnondnsancy has been t U e3 A working on the case for four months and agents arrested today in New Orleans Eugene Barret a brother of Clarence Bar ret and Joseph Webber alleged to be acting in collusion with the New Yocker Mr Drummond Is after a printer in this city and another agent in San Antonio who are said to be in the scheme Several Sev-eral months ago a consignment of 10000 tickets was printed in this city and sent to Barret Bros in New Orleans They were conductors coupons The Imitation was so imperfect that their detection was made Then I Is said the accused man turned his attention to advertisers tickets tick-ets which are printed on ordinary slips of paper and easily imitated These were made out on the Southern Pacific company com-pany and about a dozen were accepted before the fraud was discovered Barret has been under urveilance for several months He denied his gui His counsel said the man had simply acted as an agent for New Orleans people |