Complex sentence: Kid Twist concocted a scheme to bilk the New York Central Railroad out of thousands of dollars, by having the owners of a nearby print shop distribute $4,000 of phony ticket passes to the public through scalpers.
Split into simpler sentences: Kid Twist concocted a scheme to bilk the New York Central Railroad out of thousands of dollars. By having the owners of a nearby print shop distribute $4,000 of phony ticket passes to the public through scalpers.