THEFTS FROM SUBWAY
EXPOSED LN NEW YORK
CONSPIRACY OF CLERKS & TURNSTILE MEN.
HUGE SUM IN QUESTION
B 7 Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright NEW YORK. January 16.
'The theft during the past three y-ars of 24.000.000 nickels (1,200.000 d iilars) from the municipal subway system was revealed today with the a -rest of two change booth clerks, who are alleged to be members of a ring of 30 employees.
The District Attorney. Mr Thomas Dewey, said that the conspiracy, which netted members 1500 dollars daily at its height, was carried out through the ci-operalion of a number of the maintenance men who turned back the turnstile indicators before handing over the collections to the clerks.
The thefts involved 15 subway stations. Additional arrests are expected.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 January 1939, Page 5
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