The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-15
STOPPED THEIR MAI

"A
Long ltst of High sounding -
to he Prosecuted Under III. -, ~"
h'biting lotteries sweeping orir,
CHICAGO. Dec. 9.-The Tnit.l ~.
authorities have determined 4.
press the bond and invcstm.n, W.
panies which are operating IN NJ.
the country. Post Office in~...,s.
Stuart received from Washingtnn NJ.
terday list ~ over ffty cnu..-.
operating in much the same naur.r.'
the Guarantee Investment Co. ~ a..
cage. whose officers were convicted /.
Judge Grosscup's court. Acc.nn.,~
ing the list was communicate Ill.
the chief post office inspector /,
Washington stating that the cnrnnan,.'
named had been investigated W. A..
sistant Acknowledgement Thomas a,l
had been pronounced by him fr.,A-.
lent and not entitled 10 the privilry..
of the United States mails. lnsp.e,..
stuart was instructed To notify n.
po>tmastcrs in his district not 10 d.
liver any Of them registered Letters I.
money orders lie was also diree,aa
10 secure evidence against any ~ Il.
companies operating here or anvwAer.
else in the west and prosecute tho,
under the law forbidding lotteries Ia
the act forbidding the use Of the mai,
for swindling purposes
The companies included i'm the X.
are as follows. some Of them bein,r -.
tually branches of the same c,s.srn
but operating i'm different sections ,
the country: Equitable Invr,isnes.
Co, Council Bluffs. Ia; Perpetual M.
turity Bond Co. same city: iowa ,sus.
antee Investment Co.. kcol.us. IA.
Reserve Fund Investment Co. Cr.,top
Ia; United States Investmen. Ia
Bankers Investment Co.. Capital Cor.
sui Co and Columbia Bond Investment;
Co. Minneapolis: North American b.
vestment Co and st Paul Guarautes
Investment Co. Milwaukee: STATE B.
Washington Bond Co. Tacoma: Phe.
nix Loan and Investment Co. Colo-aG,
] Guarantee and Loan Co.. ,suarantes
( Investment Co, Investment Bod "a.
and Norlsmen's Investment and Bind
Co. Denver; Walden Investment Ca.
Pueblo. Col: Pacific Coast Bond an!
Investment Co. Ogden, Utah. tab
Savings Investment Co, Mt Pieasaa.
/ Utah: Utah Guarantee Invc.tmer:
Co. Seattle. Wash; Guarantee AL.
Bond Investment Co. Covington. ky:
Columbia Bond and lnvr>iniea.
Co. Newport. KY; American Guarantee
Savings and Investment Co, Fort Val
ley, Ga; National Confederate Gna-
antee Co.. Nashville: Phoenix saving
and Investment Co. Waco Tex
American Bond and Investment Ca
Equitable Investment Co.. N>~oua
Loan and Investment Co. and Ne
brassa Savings Investment Co. Omaha |
National Guarantee and Invest:
ment Co. Lincoln. Ncb; Na-
ticnal Savings and Investment ca
Tekonska. Mich: Columbia lnves%
ment Co. Saginaw. Mich: :.
Louis Mutual Bond Investment Co
and Guarantee Investment Co. ).
Louis. Pettis County Investment Co.
Sedalia. Mo-; Missouri State Loal
and INVESTMENT Co, Fayet:s
Ma; <-Providxpt Bond and lnves
rnent Go. and Franco-German Electrl
~. &luCinUGtls NalilDTUiI I<aNt dus
Water Co. Dayton. o.; Union Invesi
ment Co. and Louisiana LOTTERY Ca
Kansas City: Guarantee inveStmer
Co. Hull, Ill: American Certficar
Co. New York city and Utica. \. u
Provident Bond and Investment ca
Washington. -. C.. and Philadelphia
Inspector Stuart was instructed that
any change in the plan of operation .
these companies is not to be allowc
TO change their status before the pei
office authorities. Abandoning p.
bond maturity" plan will not >aTa
them from prosecution if evidence cai
b. secured that they have herct0soT
violated the law forbidding lotteries
This order shutting out the inves'
ment companies from the mails. saA
Inspector Stuart" is a sweeping one
and will put an end 10 the swindle.