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The Worthington Advance
Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
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Trial in New York begins on the 10th inst. for Jacob A. Van Volkenberg and George W. West, ferryman and ticket collector at Jersey City ferry, accused of conspiring to defraud the Pennsylvania Railroad by passing back and reissuing tickets, totaling $60,000-$70,000 in three-cent ferry frauds. Honest employees called 'sneaks,' dishonest ones 'solid men.'
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The trial in New York of Jacob A. Van Volkenberg and George W. West for conspiracy to cheat and defraud the Pennsylvania railroad was begun on the 10th inst. The defendants were respectively ferryman and collector of tickets at the Jersey City ferry. It is charged that the collector would pass back a certain number of tickets taken up and the ferry master would reissue them. The frauds by three-cent ferry tickets alone reached the enormous sum of between sixty thousand and seventy thousand dollars. So general did the conspiracy become that the honest employes were known as "sneaks" and while the dishonest party were admiringly characterized as "solid men."
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New York And Jersey City Ferry
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On The 10th Inst.
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Jacob A. Van Volkenberg and George W. West, ferryman and ticket collector, conspired to pass back collected tickets for reissuance, defrauding the Pennsylvania railroad of $60,000-$70,000 via three-cent ferry tickets; trial began in New York on the 10th inst., with dishonest employees admired as 'solid men' and honest ones derided as 'sneaks.'