Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-30

| HleihpeTS OF MS FAMILY free OF duty,
kempner had parties In Cuba buy CT
gars for him and sent 10 him by regis
| tered mail marked gift" thereby evad
| ing the duty. Seventy-eight packages
were received by Kempner In this way
many of which he sold.
He was removed Oct 25 1903.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT AT
TORNEY- GENERAL.
| The administrative methods of Tyner
| and Barrett are clearly illustrated in n
number of cases which were passed up.
| on by them.
| T.. G.. Lewis.--E. c., Lewis OF 81
| Louis Mo, was conducting what is
known as an endless chain" scheme
Barrett ruled that his scheme was a
| lottery, but no fraud order was issued
| and as an acknowledgment OF Barretts
| lenlent treatment Lewis presented him
with a gold watch.
Samuel Harris.--Samuel Harris OF
| New York published In the papers a
| picture of an eye then the letters ID and
A, followed by the pce OF a hoe The
| advertisement announced that 500 re-
| ward would be given to anyone who
| would correctly answer the name of the
| state represented In the picture. When
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| dent was advised that under the rules
Of the company 1t was necessary before
| cash prize could be given for him 10
| purchase one package of the renowned
| Curaline tablets, costing so cents. After
| buying the package the victim was adj
| vised that so great number had an
| swered correctly that II became neces-
sary TO divide the 500 prize among
| them equally. The amount due each
| would not exceed 2 or cents.
| a fraud order was issued against
| Harris but after Barrett retired from
| office he became Harris attorney had
| the fraud order revoked and Harris
| ran the same old business for months
| without interruption.
Casslus NJ. Upton. --Cassius NJ Upton,
| publisher of a cheap Illustrated paper In
| Chicago, sought TO extend his circula-
| ton by the puzzle plan. In one of his
schemes he submitted the initials, of
nine leading railroads running out of
| Chicago, with the pames of the roads
| spelled out. emitting few OF the let
| ters. He offered $500 reward for full
| correctfanswers TO the list The condi-
| ton was that In order to get prize Il
| would be necessary to send 81 for
| years subscription TO Upton's Illustrat-
| ed Weekly. The puzzle was so simple
| that anyone could answer IL correctly
| The result was that the $500 prize would
| have been divided up until the winners
| would receive less than cents each
| and this Upton failed to distribute. He
was arrested for using the malls to de-
| fraud. Asst, Atty-Gen. Tyner protest.
| ed against the action OF the postofilce
| inspector In causing the arrest. And
upon Barrett's urgent appeal the attor-
ney- general, over the protest OF the
| district attorney, directed that the case
| be dismissed
| l.. NJ Cushman.-At the same time
| that Upton was operating in Chicago.
L. NJ Cushman, publisher of the Column
| bian, OF Boston Mass was also operat-
| ing schemes Of exactly the same char
| acter and on July |, 1899, Barrett de-
| clared his schemes fraudulent, stating
| that the case should he presented TO the
! district attorney with n view Of his in
dictment Yet short time before he
| had declared the prosecution Of Upton
for exactly the same offense was un-
| warranted
BOND-INVESTMENT SCHEMES.
When the Louisiana Lottery company
| was broken up by the federal govern
| ment d number of ond-investment
| schemes sprang up over the country
| embracing lottery features In their
methods of business
Asst. Atty.-Gen, Thomas declared In
| 1892 that
"Theso so-called investment
| schemes are more dangerous to society
| than ayowed lotteries
shortly after Tyner and Barrett were
| Installed In office eight of these bond
| lnvestemnt companies, against which
| fraud orders had been issued by Thorn
as, formed an organization and sent
| representatives to Washington for the
| purpose OF having these fraud orders
revoked G.. A. Where, of New Or
leans representative Of these COM
| panles, on June "a wrote the secretary
Of his company as follows;
II have got the strongest assurance
that the government Is our friend and
| win do all they can for US. Being
| sure Of this ! wanted to return home,
| but Butterwor,h. Dudley, and Tyner
himself tell mo that 7 must stay here;
| that | will be needed.
on June 2S, four days later, he again
| wrote;
Had a long interview with the law
clerk VERY satisfactory. He Is a
| nito fellow and relative OF Tyner's
| wife. His name Is Barrett and he has,
! charge OF this matter OF ours and is
| conducting the investigation, | eX-
| pect a suspension order by about
| Thursday
| This Letter was written on Monday,
| June 2S. The fraud order was re-
yoked on Wednesday the 90th, one day
! earlier than Where expected,
After the fraud orders against these
| institutions were revoked bond invest
ment schemes multiplied until there
were several hundred In the United
| States
Early In the year 1900, Barrett and
| j. Henning helms. an agent for a bond
| Investment company made a verbal
! agreement TO enter into law partner
| ship Jan 1. 1901. Shortly after this
agreement Barrett announced that ne
! intended to render n decision as TO all
! bond-inyestment schemes. This opin-
ion was rendered on Dec O. 1900, and
! IL held all bond investment concerns as
! fraudulent But while declaring them
"inimcal TO the postal laws" Barrett
suggested that they be given an OPP
| portunty--
| ITO make such changes as viii eliminate
| al Objectionable features before fur
| Their action Is taken by this department