Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — USES TICKET 29 YEARS OLD [ARTICLE]

USES TICKET 29 YEARS OLD

Purchaser Arrested Just'Before Train Started and Has Been in Prison Since. , - Kansas City.—A man whose face was white and drawn has just ended a long-delayed journey. He entered a train at the Union station here and after a while gave his ticket to the conductor, who regarded it curiously. The ticket called for a trip to Gallatin, Mo., was issued by the Wabash & Pacific railway in 1886 and was good still. The passenger told his story briefly, sadly. Twenty-nine years ago he was traveling from Leavenworth to Gallatin. He had arrived in Kansas City and bought a ticket to Gallatin when h® was arrested and taken back to Leavenworth. Found guilty, he had served 29 years in the federal prison in Leavenworth.