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Speculators Recount The Old Time Ticket Scheme At Opera House
The piece describes a ticket speculation scheme at the Metropolitan Opera House era, highlighting Jimmy Hyde’s plan to beat the free list by smuggling in strangers via a violin case. It details how Hyde and accomplices passed in at least ten people, using a musician’s ruse to gain entry and profit, despite warnings from others.
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Jimmy Hyde
Jimmy
Max Hirsch
Metropolitan Opera House
Hyde
Hirsch
Dnt
Thirty-ninth Street
Hirach
Taneoorfie
Lanchter
Idesian
Tyee
McIment
Watil
Slyde
New York
M. Yous
New York Sun