Judge Cooley And The Scalper

A railroad ticket agent recently in commenticg upon the indiscriminate cutting by brokers, told this : Judge Cooley bas a way of roundDg up the scalpers that puts a stop to their operations in short order. He does not wait for the railroads to bring in evidenoe 8gain8t them, but j'ist goes out.on a stillhuntby himselfand genera'.ly goes home with his bag ful!. The last time he was in Chicago he dropped in sort of incidentally upon oce of the most obnoxious of the brotherhood and brought him into camp in a tnanner which gave the other scalpers cold feet lor a month. "What can I get a ticket to New York for ?" said he, leaning conñdentially over the counter and tipping a wink to the man bebind. "Seventeen," replied the broker brisklv. "Can't you do any better than that?" responded Judge Cooley persuasively. Well, the broker thought that he oould, and finally arraDged to give the Judga four tickets way down below the legal rat e. " Well, bring them around to my room at the Grand Pacific to-night," eaidthejudpe. 'Haven't the full amount with me." So at the appointed hour the broker appeared at the rooms of the judge. The judge received him kiodly. "Hold up your right hand," said he casually. The broker did po with some amusement. "Now" continued the judge, "do you swear to teil the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth ?" "I'U be d- d if I do anything of the kind," said the broker, aa his expression changed to blank amazement, and is hand dropped like a shot. "Ob, I gue38you will," returned Judge Cooley with a careless drawl ; ' 'here's ïny friend, the Uaited States Marshal, sitting by my side, and you will be given over to his custody if you don't. So, now, sit down in that chair and teil Judge Cooley, of the Ioter-State Commigsion, all about those tickets you offered to sell him below the legal rate this afternoon. I want to know exactly how much each road got for them and your commission." The broker feil in a limp heap in the chair, and before he left the room the State Commerce Committee had exacted some information which struck the