Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-25
Scalpers of the Worlds Fair
Tickets Prosecuted.


Telegraphie advices from President
Hilton, of the st. Louis Association of
General Passenger and Ticket Agents.
state that in a raid made on five ticket
scalper's offices in st. Louis Fridy night
last, under direction of Joint Agent
Norton, of the st. Louie terminal lines,
the retnrn portions of over seven hun
dred Worlds Fair and other excursion
tickets were c~oniiscated. This in the
face O. the fact that the st. Louis
scaipers had been enjoined by one OF
the United States circuit judges Of
Missouri from handling Worlds Fair
tickets at all.
Ticket Scalper Edward j. Glider
sleeve was on Friday last sentenced to
sixty days in Jail and to pay 500 fine
for violation Of the courts injunction,
this being Scalper Gi~ldersleeye's third
%offense. Ticket Sealper Schnbach was
sentenced to ten days in Jail and to
pay a fine of 300.
Adyices indicate that St. Louis is i'll
tested with a perfect horde of crooked
ticket scalpers from all sections OF the
country. Passengers who have at
tempted to use tickets purchased OF
these scalpers, upon being challenged
and having tickets in names other than
their own taken away by the railroad
officials, have, upon returning to the
scalpers for their money, been accused
of being spoilers for the railroads and
IN a few instances have been assaulted
and thrown into the alleys to get out
the best way they could.
The number of 'World's Fair tickets
recovered in the raid indicates that
these scalpers have no respect for re-
straining orders or other Instruments
Of the law, and their assaults upon In.
noeent passengers who have gone back
for their money Indicate that they have
less respect for law and order IN any
form. and. in fact, little respect for
human life.
The depredations and nefarious prae.
tices Of these st, Louis scalpers have
reached such proportions and become
so bold that the railroads have for the
protection of their revenues and for
the lives, limbs and pocketbooks of
their passengers, begun u most vigor-
GUS campaign, which, it is stated, will
be vigorously and unremittingly waged
until the close of the exposition or I'M
til all Of the crooked ticket.scalpers
are behind the bars. The campaign
may be truly termed strenuous.
The Worlds Fair visitor, according
to railroad officials, is hereby given a
tip that, if after this exposure Of these
highwaymen in gentlemen's clothes, be
sees fit TO do business with them and
commit the crime of false impersona.
tion by attempting to use a ticket with
some other mans name on 1t, and he Is
challenged and the ticket taken away
from him, he had better accept the
loss, take the medicine like a man and
buy a new ticket from the authorized
agent at st. Louis and wend his way
honeward peacefully, for II he returns
to the scalper's Office and attempts e
recover his money he ID liable to b.
hauled into the back room and slueget
in the most approved fashion, robbed
Of whatever other earthly possession
he may have on his person and thrown
into the back alley with q broken head
So far as Atlanta is concerned thu
scalpers have been entirely put out q
business and such a remarkable recort
was established that st. Louis Is nov
adopting Atlanta methods in tbs war,
fare now being waged.- Atlanta Con
stitution.