The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-12-15
Stopped 4HEIR MAIL

Ehiid in the suf;sfessiJH az sisIudiina-=
A Long List OF Hi&;l- Sounding Frauds
to be Prosecuted U4der the Law Pro-
hibiting Lotteries Sweeping Order.
CHICAGO, Dee 9.-Thc United States
authorities have determined to stips
press the bond and Investment com
panies which are operating all over
the country. Post Office Inspector
Stuart feeeived fropi NashiAgtda yes;
terday a list of over fifty concerns
| operating in much the same manner as
the Guarantee Investment Co. of Chi
cago, whose officers we're eon8icted in
Judge Gfdsscap's court. = Attonipafly:
| ing the list was a communication from
the chief post office Inspector at
Washington stating that the Companies
named had been iIivestigated by AS
slstaiit Attorney General Thomas, and
had been pronounced by him fraudu-
| lent and not entitled to the privileges
of the United States itidils. Inspector
Stuart was instructed to notify the
postmasters in his district not to de-
liver any of them registered letters or
money orders, He was also directed
to secure evidence against any of the
COMPANIES operating here or anywhere
| else in the west and prosecute them
indef the law foibiddihg lotteries aid
| the act forbidding the use of the mails
for swindling purposes
The COMPANIES included in the list
are as fellows, soifie Of them beihg Wis
tually branches of the same concern,
but operating in different sections of
the country: Equitable Investment
| Co., Council Bluffs, la; Perpetual Ma
tuithy bohd Co., salil& city! tbNa guafz
antee Investment Co, Keol1uk, Ia;
| Reserve Fund Investment Co., Cfeston;
Ia; United Statea Investment Ca,y
Bankers Investment Co., Capital Con:
sui Co. and Columbia Bond IriveStmefit
Co, Minneapolis North 4tneriean In;
vestiheht To- and st. Paul Guarantee
Investment Co., Milwaukee; State of
| Washington Bond Co.. Tacoma; Phn-
nix Loan and Investment Co, Colorad6
Guarantee and Loan Co, Gtatahtes
Investment CO., Investment Bond Co.;
ard Workmen's Investment and Bond
| Co., Denver; Wadem Investment CD,
Pueblo, COL; Pacific Coast Bofid aid
Investment Co., Ogden, Utah; Utah
| Savings Investment Co., Mt Pleasant,
| Utah; Utah Guarantee Investment
| Co., Seattle, Wash; Guarantee and
Bond Investment. Co, Covihbton Ky;
Columbia Bond and Investment
| CO., Newport, KY: American Guarantee
| Savings and Investment Co., Fort Val
| lev, Ga; National Confederate Guar
antee Co., Nashville; Phoenix Savings
and Investment Co., Waco. Text
American Rend ard Investment CO
Equitable, Investment CO., Missouri
LOAN and Investment Co., and Ne
braska Savings Investment Co., Omaha;
| National Guarantee and Invest
ment Co, Lincofny Neb.; Ma
| tional Savings and Investment Coz
Tekonslta4 Mieh. Columbia Invest
ment Co, Saginaw, Mich; st.
Louis Mutual Bond Investment Co.,
and Guarantee Investment Co., St.
| Louis; Pettis County Investment Co.,
| Sedalia, Mo-; Missouri State Loan
and Investment Co, fatetts,
Mo-. Prdvident Bond aid Invest
ment Co. and Franco-German Electric
| Co., Cincinnati; California Land and
| Water Co., Dayton, O.; Union Invest
nent Co. and Louisiana Lottery Co.,
Kansas City; Guarantee Investment
| Co., Hull, ILL.,; American Certificate
Co., New York city and Utica, n. vi
Provident Bond and Investment Co.;
Washington. ID. c., and Philadelphia:
Inspector Stuart was instructed that
any change in the plan of operation by
| these companies is not to be allowed
to change their status before the. post
| Office authorities. Abandoning the
bond maturity" plan will not save
| them from prosecution if evidence can
be secured that they have heretofore
| violated the law forbidding lotteries.
This order shutting out the invest
Inent conn anies from the mails" said
Inspector Stuart, Is a sweeping one,
and will put an end to the swindle'