Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1878 — Fraudulent Tickets. [ARTICLE]

Fraudulent Tickets.

The following circular has boon issued to iucmduclots by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati A St Louis Railway Co.: Dec. Ist, 1878. 7b Oondvelor*: From this date you will refuse to honor any of the old form of slop-over checks that may be present,-d for passage, us large nu'iibors, ami probably all in circulation, are forged and fraudulently Issued, the genuine issue of the old form having bem withdrawn fr.m use two years since. Explain' this to passengers presenting the old form*of flop-over checks; refer them to parties from whom the checks wore obtained for redress, and state that the stopover checks of the old form which proto, upon investigation, not to have been iVirodulentiy issued, will be redeemed by the undersignud. In issuing stop-over checks now In use, lie psrticular to call the attenliuh nf passengers tv the tif>eeii-day limit. zr W. 1,. O'Rants, Gcn'i I'nsn. and Ticket Agent Travelers are cautioned against purchasing tickets from irresponsible ticket speculators. The only protection against fraudulent issues, lost or stolen tickets, is to always purchase tickets fron the authorized agents of the railroad company.