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Show uu PULLMAN CONDUCTORS CHARGED WITH GRAFTING PITTSBURG, Feb. 9. Pennsylvania I railroad detectives announced here that with the arrest of seven Pullman, . enductors. another Pullman employe and tWO residents of Pittsburg, a scheme to swindle the road of thous-i mils of dollars through redemption of! tickets had been uncovered The pris-l oners, charged with conspiracy to de-fraud, de-fraud, larceny, embezzlement, receiving receiv-ing stolen goods, and other charges under stato laws pertaining to the theft of railroad tickets were held for; a hearing today. Tho information made before Alderman Al-derman A A. Riley by the detectives' charged that the conduotors instead of cancelling tickets, especially those for long trips, disposed of them to a "fence" here, who bad them redeemed. redeem-ed. The detectives sihl that thefts J of tickets amounting to about $25,00u' have been discovered and that they expected ex-pected further Investigation would put the railroads loss far in excess of that amount. |