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Show LIRE AN EMITHQUAKE. Ticket Punchers Along the Line Convulsed Con-vulsed by the Arrcet of Two of Their Number. THE CHUGG BOYS THE VICTIMS. A Batch of Unoancaled Eailway T'ckets Unearthed at Their Respective Eesidencea. , i Shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon af-ternoon Mr. S. W. Ecoles, general passenger pas-senger and fruight agent of tho L'uion I'aeilio, appeared beloro Judge Laoey and procured four warrants, three of which were for the arrest of John t'hugg, his wife and George Chugg, on charges of embezzlement, while the fourth authorized the otlicors to search the residence of the former. These instruments that wore to strike tho domains of tlie ticket puncher with tho fury of a tornado wero placed in the hands of Captain Lange for service, whereupon lie selected one of the "faithful," and accompanied by two of Mr. Kudos' omployees tho party pro ci-edud to tho residence of Conductor Chugg. A rap at the threshhold brought Mrs. Chugg tripping to it and tho door swung back to reveal a most alluring Iiicturo of taste and comfort. Captain ango mado known the object of his visit, stating that warrants war-rants had been sworn out charging the parlies mentioned with having stolen and manipulated railway tickets belonging be-longing to tho Union I'ncilic railway. Mrs. Chugg stood erect for a moment and then made a stubborn, unblushiug denial to every allegation. The captain cap-tain had overcome and routed similar defenses, however, and informed Mrs. Chugg that the Sleuths had been haut-intr haut-intr her footstuns for three months and had positive evidence of the fact that sho had been disposing of uncanceled Union Pacific tickets, lie explained tho meaning of a warrant, war-rant, aud gave her to understand that if it was served he would have to take her to jail. Reference mado to her frequent voyages to tho broker's ofliee ud seeing that she was about to be entrapped, en-trapped, the lino of defense was nmend-d nmend-d and she admitted that without the knowledge of her husband sho had stolen tickets and sold them. She declared repeatedly that he was ignorant of what she had done. A search was then instituted institu-ted and two tickets wero unearthed whereupon Mrs. Chugg faced the captain cap-tain and banded him another. On the suggestion of tho Union Pacific emissar- 1 ios Mrs. Chugg was permitted to remain at the house on her own reeogui.ance. Having staggered tlie enemy in the , first skirmish the officers now proceded , to the Union Pacific depot and took their position on the platform to await the arrival of the train from the north. At 3:10 it bowled In on sched- tile tinio. Conductor Chugg issued from the coach and fell into tho eap tain's warm embrace, llo was escorted fo the elty jail where an invoice re; vealed the presence of a number of tin- ' canceled Union Pacific tickets. Ho was removed to lodgings in tho lock-up J where he was confined until 11 :80 this j morning, when he gave bonds in the sum of SI 000 for his appearance before 1 Judge Laney, I In the meantime Captn Long and the members of his reception committee commit-tee had been to the depot to await the 10 o'clock train from the south and to nab the third of the trinity who were inentiousd In the warrants. The train came in on schedule time and the reception re-ception committee welcomed George Chugg the brother of John. His con-d con-d uctor's hat was all that be was permitted permit-ted to remove, nftor which he was taken to police headquarters and subjected sub-jected to a search. Several uncanceled tickets were found on his person. To this he offered the explanation expla-nation that had been given by his brother, that he had not had time to check them up and cancel them while in transit. He was taken before Judge Laney nnd gave bonds in the sum of JilOOir While the court soene was in progress Captain Lange was searching the residencea resi-dencea very small one by the way of George Chugg, at which place' he developed tho presence of another small batch of unoauceled tickets. The case is becoming more sensational as the last chapter is spun off by the oflioers and will be watched with intense interest inter-est to the finish. The system worked, or said to have been worked by the defendants, is an old one snd simply consists in unloading unload-ing the unpuncheu ticket to the broker and scalper who can well afford then to let the traveler ride on excursion rates. |