The Great Counterfeit Street Car Ticket Scare

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Title
The Great Counterfeit Street Car Ticket Scare
Abstract
In 1897, the Montreal Street Railway discovered counterfeit streetcar tickets and called in the police to investigate. Conductors Eli Harvey and William McKibbon, William’s brother Alexander, and more than twenty others were soon arrested for their involvement in the scheme.
Publication
Canadian Rail: The Magazine of Canada’s Railway Heritage
Volume
No. 498
Pages
24-27
Date
2004
Language
en
Citation
Angus, Fred. “The Great Counterfeit Street Car Ticket Scare.” Canadian Rail: The Magazine of Canada’s Railway Heritage No. 498 (2004): 24–27.
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