The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-30
.SAL|M & HAHN
IN HIGH FINANCE
FIRM OF SYRiANS DEFRAUDED
CREDITORS IN CAIRO AND
OTHER CITIES.
HAVE CONE TO SYRIA
TO Spend Christmas and Thereafter,
SAYS Stkeston Account Of the
YOUNG Men--Got Away
With Big Sum.

Cairo creditors of Hahn < Salim
firm OF Syrians who left Sikestol
Mo suddenly few days ago leaving
their creditors In lie lurch viii be in
terested In the following story OF
their business history as given by the
Sikeston newspaper:
About three and half years ago,
TWO young men calling themselves
Joe Salim and John Hahn came here
from Greenville, Mo, whore they hal
been in the general mercantile bust
ness. They rented the store of Skies,
Baker, ct al and Went into business
In a small way, about the same time
renting the west side Of the building
10 party calling himself Charley
Ameen The HAHN K Salim business
grew and prospered from the star
but a little later Two young fellows
calling themselves the Morry Bros.
came along and took over the bust
| ness of Ameen and conducted the res
taurant business for some time, ap
parently making money, bur a little
later. they claimed to have failed, and
Hahn { Salim took over the concern
and the creditors whistled. whereupor
the Hahn & salim people took the
partition out Of their business and &C.
cupied the whole house Some year,
afterWard, Charlie Amen bobbed vi
on the scene and went into business
In a small way at Charleston. Mo. IL
conducted the business for a while
when Hahn & Salim again took over
his assets and again the creditor
whistled and Charlie 8meen went his
way These young men were eour
teus. kind, sober and industrious AMI
had the confidence of the entire com
munity and have undoubtedly made
money from the start
Took Much Money.
Last Saturday a week ago. they
took in more than thirteen hundred
dollars in cash and Joe and Georg.
left Sunday saying they were going tc
St Louis where they would buy win
ter and Christmas goods and thar
George would have an operation per
formed on his eyes. Some days after
ward John and Mike received a let
ter from them from St. Louis thai
George would be back the next morn
ing and that Joe would stay few
days to look after him.
As soon as the next Saturday
sales We're in, amounting to aboN'
eleven hundred dollars. John anf
Mike discovered that they wanted t6
visit some relatives in Fulton. X
Ameen perhaps. and they would bus
few car loads of groceries in Cairo
before returning home. They did no.
return as per agreement and. the
clerks became suspicious Thursday
things reached white heat when Fer
guson Mckinney. of St Louis, came
to the city and started attachment
proceedings. Up TO this time there
are about thirtyfive thousand dollars
in attachments run on the stock and
the matter is likely to 20 into the
hands of a trustee in bankruptcy.
Those who are In a position 10
know. say that they must have left
Sikeston with fifteen or twenty thou.
sand dollars in their pockets. over
turning the Lincoln axiom that 'you
can't fool all the people Their ma
tive home Is In Syria. a little pro.
vince in Asiatic Turkey near Bey
routh, close 10 the Dead Sea. but they
are not dead. YOU see. and they are
probably on their way 10 spend
Christmas with mother. while stfcn
hundred creditors are holding the
snipe bags.