The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-11
RISK IN USING
BOGUS TICKETS
Conductor Miller Says That Men
Are Easily Detected.
WOMEN FlB AND BLUFF 1T OUT
SCALPERS ARE NOT so NUMER-
GUS AS THEY ONCE WERE.
WOMEN FIB AND BLUFF 1T OUT

Every year the risks taken in riding
upon a railroad scaIpers ticket is becOm-
ing greater. There are several reasons
Tor this. The agents who are employed
upon the various roads are becoming
greater experts in the detecuOn OF these
tickets and other precautions are taken
by the railroads so that il requires in
genuity to get past the agent and the
conductor without being caught
r. c. Miller, the agent and veteran
conductor. who is now employed by the
oregon Short Line with other men TO pick
out the people VINO are lraNe1lIS on cou-
pOns purchased from ScalperS, tells some
interesting experiences with LnOse VINO
LTy 10 ride for less than the regular rates
The chances OF getting through on such
ticket are so small that II has driven
armies of western ticket scalpers out Of
business. In Salt Lake City alone there
are only three scalpers where there used
10 be eight or more. Mr.. Miller says the
the railroads began 70 employ agents TO
examine the ticket and inquire into its
ge'-uineness.
How scaIpers Get Tickets.
How do scaIpers get their tickets?" he
was asked yesterday
In various ways, was the reply MOST
of the tickets they sell are excursion cou-
pOns made out to some point beyond the
place TO where IL is used. A Westoound
PASSENGER VINO has bought ticket from
some eastern point may decide not 10 re-
turn. He may have purchased the ticket
at half the regular fare, but he can re-
sist the temptation to realize something
ON the ticket and thereby reduce the
cost of his ride
for is the office of the ticket scalper. His
ticket may be cOlOnist's ticket through
70 the coast. When ne gets here he de-
termlues to stay He may not nave N
tended 20 90 any farther, but II prOua oiy
cost no more for ticket to the coast
than to this city. He sees a chance to
Eet smart rebate from the scdlper and
he buys a ticket all the way through,
and when he gets here he sells what he
1.-The scaIper has two ways of getting
rid OF the ticket He may sell it to some
one who is willing to represent himself
as the person for whom the ticket was
issued. Some brokers are adept at eTas-
ing the name on the ticket. They ac-
complish this so well that it is difficult
10 discover the deception with a glass
even after another name has been sub
Women Are Merry.
DO women ever ride on a scalDer 5
"Oh. lots Of them" was the rep.y. 1t
IS more difficult 10 catch woman IMAM
q man as a rule. They are more nervy-
Why I have had them look me straight IN
the eye without a tremor of the eye or
tinge of color in the cheeks and lie scan
dalOusly- OF course, we trip them up
very often, but a great many play the
game so well that they get through all
right / would rather deal with twenty
men than one woman.
catch. In fact, they are a dead give
awav from the minute they step on the
train and ! can pick out lots of them be-
fore they get on the train at all. can
tell from their actions that they are going
10 push up a scalpers ticket. 1 have done
this often. When they see the agent or
the conductor. beads of sweat will stand
out on their forehead
the woman is usually cool and col
lected. partly, 1 presume, for the reason
that she depends upon her sex and pos
sibly beauty to get through easily The
woman goes prepared to wage "a fight if
necessary. The man goes aboard feeling
in his heart that he is already whipped
and with the hope that he can put up
a satisfactory defense If he-is- pressed tee
closely"
Detection of Tickets.
What methods do you employ to de-
TeCt a UicketZ'
We'll. there are various ways I can
no. give away the secrets OF the bust
ness but the most common way is to ask
questions If I get a ticket and man
that appear suspicious I casually ask the
man how he enjoyed the trip, when he
arrived at junction points and I find out
what he knows of the town where the
ticket started from Before I have gone
verv far the man begins TO fidget. The
woman begins to fib. After awhile the