, 1880-11-06
DEI'fiO{11.
nErFCTitlN tlF THE ElEfSfts.

nErECr13N 0F THE CHINE.
sreeins hf'puteh Ia The Chteaga Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, NV. 5.-Iast Wednesday
afternoon II. L. Ebcrts, excursion agrnt Of
tile Canada Southern Halfway, entered
small ,sews deWlt anil tnbprlnllllg Office
kept by g. Il. l5akcr III Woodward avenue,
am! willie l,o wns buying paper 1,akcr'a
fathcr showed customer 4 railway ticket
as a'sa'nplo af jottwork. Ebctts ldoked at
tho Ticket anu at once ttetectcl tic eottil.
tcrfclt nf n Canada Southern coupon ticket
to Denver, Colo. 1le expressed s0nle sur
prise at tile neattess OF the ]ob, Inquired wlso
ordered tllcns, nllu was told tllat PASSENGER
Agent SnUw tiad given the order. MI. Et,urts
llastcncd to resident passenger-Auent War
ron and told him Of hts discovery. 3tr.
srow was Immediately tclearanheA to ut
buffalo, asnl ut once came OIL. Snperintenl-
cnt Rogers WIS Notified, ulld n visit WIS iuste
to the prtntiIlx-nfffce, where q large number
1T completed Ca'.atla Southern halfway
coupons were found. Young baker, o, te~
lng told TINT they were forgesIp's, l,ccamo
greatly concerned, and at once lnlcsltatLng-
ly gave the railway officials nil the infornla-
tlur lie possessed ubout the parties w,o or-
tlercd tlion,. Two nletl, calling themselves
Fnucett md 1iltIen, gave Hukcr
tho contrnck Thoy said the tickets
were ordered hy Alr. Snow,
nrld after they had beeli put III type tic lnasl
Faucet told hin. to hold TIC for,us fur few
days, rs he Ind telcErap!,cd to Snow to lnakp
some c1a,,gcs. Il few ttnys Inter tie men
appeared, md Faucet produced telegram
pnrpOrting t0 have becn sent By Mr.. Snow
directing w1,at changes should bn mutle.
The inG,l talked about 1.-THE business of tho
Cannda Southern Linz, atld Baker says Ito
supposed everything WAS square. Tho Cali-
atla Southern tickets Ind only been struck
utf Wednesday, forenoon, md ,.bott fifty If
tliem hAil been given mt to tue Incl. tnt the
probability Is they were having work dore ut
4 month ak9 Baker turned ont largo
Sal ss!a wefs ssps toa a Pa0'ii fn tho OF o,ss s'
Tie first stop takcn WIS to ascertain
IN u fey honrs' tinle. Ii, was positively
known Tint they had started for Cl'icugo.
n'M S'psrI''tSnttent lsoEeFs te!sgraphed TIE
!ssSty aug lust u" ps fee fgs ff2sseF7 tsEss xs;s
forged were a. vefy clever countrricIt
Of Tho coupons issued by Tic tllrco lines
named above. Tie Cal,ada Southern itckets
reat, "fssM St. TRosss. lS ont a;s fisro ifi'fts is
10 COUPON from tint station to Ucti olt, and
the tickets wcre evidently designed tn be
sold elsewhere thnn ut st. Thomas. Thus
TINY would not pass Into tho lRnds OF any
CAnAttn Southern conductor, who might tlt,-
ttct tle torgsry. Thy r,atls se'cctc.! for thn
cAgo. the Chlcago Il 4 ton to ST. Louis, the
Missouri Pacific 10 knllsas City, and tIlu
Union 1'nciiio 70 Denver. The only giyc-nway
nbuut them IL The biz black hcRtl containing
the Wortls "Canatta Southern Railway
Lines" There 1B u possibility TINT they
would l>o detected by the CanatiH Southern
conductors, but rs tlore are ~ nIa1,y differ
cut forms Of ticknts the cheat would never
bo detected OIL their Inns,
MT. Shows signature Ia q fac-simile. The
Tickets aro tinted ai,l!ost like tho genuine,
but when compared witt, the latter tho diff
ftrnncn Is plainly noticeable
Tho Lake Sl0rc CoAntcrlc!ts nro wllnt nro
known rs the Cllicngo blank tickets, stuinpetl
:"Cllicago," with q bfnnlz to I'LL In
any station on tile roul, They ure
4 perfect fac-simile, and would not
l,o detected by Lake Slioro conductors. Thu
]attur tickets Were ordered and delivered
weeks ago. a.!tl how many OF them have
BEEN Kcnt Ollt Is not kllOwll. Only one Cen
trnl Vermont ticket Inns been fnulI, a11t
huW lnaty forgcries OH tltfs Company have
been tllstl0 c,tlllot ba guessed.
Tho nufiles given by tho alleged counterfeit
ers nrg undoubtedly assumed, but Atr. Snow
thinks oil0 9f thenl wns formerly Employed
IN u railroad printng-t,tllco ut Buffalo. Mr.,
bilnW nIMl Superfntontunt-of-pOl Rogers
lGIt Tor tlIlCAgO tonight.