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Show RAILROAD SWINDLE AT LAST CLEARED UP NEW YORK, Feb. 26,-Wlth the rearrest rear-rest of Samuel J. Humphreys and the arrest ar-rest of Douglas E. Smith last night on the eve of the day when Charles A. Seton is to ho sentenced for swindling a Texas 1 all Way, the notorious Norfolk & Western railway forgeries are believed to have been cleared up. Only the sharp eye of a clerk of a trust company prevented perhaps the largest swindle forgery ever attempted in this country. The swindlers, through a forged letter purporting to come from the president of the Norfolk A Western railway, obtained from a reputable engraving company a facsimile of the Norfolk & Western certificates, cer-tificates, except that they used "railroad" for "railway." . They contemplated ' selling some and hypothecating others- for loans. They would have netted nesrly t'.nno.ono -if successful, suc-cessful, but only realised l$U00 before cap-tnred. cap-tnred. . |