The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-23
CASH pOURS IN TO BURR BROS,
4 s1O.O0O uONDtE MORNING
VAL aNDTHEl CAN'TGET BAIL.
h~nders Lucky Enough ta B-<s" Late Get
Nones Back Man, who Ha,~ Reen
Ruined ONE iorrh &bssit It. Admiral
swans featurrd In Oii Literature.


raided Burr Bros get rich quick fac
tory IN the Flatrron Building on Monday
eat down yesterday ~ look over the con-
Germs Monday morning mail they found
more than s,o.OOO IN IL And slow Is
the come on TO give up hope OF 30 per
cent dividends thar vest erday while the
inspectors were sirll busy gathering up
the papers aud books before locking the
Office door many kilograms were re-
ceived asking that shares IN Burr Bros
properties be reserved for the SIMPLE
minded writer's until money could b"
forwarded This Monday morning har-
vest IA supposed 10 have been tina result
of the advert Isemcnts which the news
papers that will print such advertise
m.nts published last sunday IL wAs
enough 20 bail out the two Bnrrs II they
could rae Sot n. They and ! III. Iohay
are stat IN the Iomhs The Government
has attached the Burr accounts IN nearly
a dozen BANKS n this CITY The men III
charg. OF III. cas-. think that the Rurrs and
Tobey mean To plead poverty in The hope
Of securing a reduct ION Of bail when they
come up for hearing next Monday
anyway r Wesley Preston and g ~
1obev Of Burr bros who wer. caught
Yesterday. one in Portland. Ore and
the other in Bloomin cdale. Mich had
no trouble in finding hail at once Both
waived examination and gave bonds TO
appear in New York for trial Prest on
gave a bond OF sioOn and Tobey $co.o0
\ number OF o'h.r get rich quick con
Germs with headquarters in New York
are under Investigation and arrests will
-.
-hsy have evidence sufficient to put the
principals behind The bars Postmaster
General Hitchcock had several confer
encrs Yesterday with Inspector Dickson.
he local chief Of the service. and said
rhAt tho Department was going right
ahead in its efforts to close the mails
10 swindlers and send the swindlers To
Federal prisons
The DOOR ~ IN. Federal Building were
hardly open YESTERDAY before the Burr
brothers rom-ons began tn roms on and
tell how they had been dupsd Inspector
kincaid and Assistant United States
Attorney Dorr listened to nearly fifty
pitiful stories Of savings which had gone
tn better the Burr brothers concern and
paw for the advertisements Most of those
who came 10 ask II there was any chance
u getting their money back were elderly
women and number were widows who
had pur their husbands lif. insurance
money into The Burr mining or oil com
panlss. There were a few men. however.
and among them John kmersohn a brick
layer, Of is1 Bl~ecNar street He said h-
had invested s.. OOo his entir', savings IN
the British American Goldfis ID and copper
{ ompanv az Is cents a share and Nevada
Mining. Milling and smelling at ~ cents
After reading one Of those advertisements
he went to the Flatiron Building and talked
with very pleasant I@rsou. vino induced
him to invest. He never got anything
but literature The lirsraturs Of the
Nevada Mining. Milling and Smelling
Company bore on it, outside a photograph
OF IN. lste Gov sparks OF Nevada Finer
sohn says that h. wruts 10 Gov Sparks
and received reply purpor'lng t. bs
from tn. Governor. although mailed in
Chicago. in which the brick layer was
assured that the mining and sm-ltIng
stock was all right After receiving this
letter EmerSOhn parted with $50
The Investment brought no returns.
bur later Ein.r-ohn got letter from
Burr Bros IN which tha concern SAID that
they were a. much discouraged a. h..
hu' that there was surely lots Of money
IN oil and wouldn't NJ like TO exchange
hI- mining stock for oil stock and buy
a. much oil stock h-.-Ids- AS he already
had mining stock Inc Dric slayer was
wondering II hs could scraps. togath"r
money enough TO ta<. a tiier m oil when
the Government ended the game
Ems-sohn'- ca@- II given at some
length as an illustration II the Gov
srnTnAnt's officers contention that the
so N,gt
most ready - bite again. and that this
IL what makes the sucker list worth
5000 az se' down III Burr Bros li-t
Il assets.
Some Of the others Who told their stories
e. 'h.- Post once people were Mrs Levina
Lawrence ~ Philadelphia. who came here
u -sy mat the 81 .Ds insurance money
eft by her husband had all gone 10 Burr
Rros Mrs David Crabb widow. Of |
IL last SInety-IhiTd street. Who had |
.,!- her savings into 5 $50 shares Of Burr |
Bros oil stock at NJ cents share after !
having been assured that size wpuldn { |
haze ~ work any more II sh" invested !,
Fr.i G-undalman Of - sands street !
Br"oklyn. who had purchased 1000 |
-hara- " oil stocks and an old woman !
'Sh" had 1900 shares II Buick oil al ~ !
ents share and who refused 10 leave
the Federal Building. saving over and /
over They told me just go wait and Id /
.-e' my money land surely they wouldn't !
te, eve an old woman
Before the inspectors who We're gather ,
.nE up Burr Bros. papers got through .
= TX vest arday hey had been interrupted .
b .ndreds ~ times by cli-n-s Of the firm .
"a n had come 10 try 10 get their money |
4. Their" was no hope for these. hut
uAre ar. about fnc lucky ones who's.
..''.r- containing checks were held up
e. N" Madison square branch post vffic..
and SIll 10 ret urnad 10 hem The peopl.
rh. sent the checks gathered m by in.
tl".-r- IN Monday ~tli also get their
money h-rk after the checks have been
...-t a. ~ ldenc.
tnong Other interest things that
IS .-r Bro mail showed was that tho
0u"-rn had hired a private car which
- 20 hay" started TINS week for CALI
~rN4 wl'h - party on board 70 inspect
.," rl Properties. There We're 30 have
.." Eighteen m The part and Burr Bros.
, o.. %. ~ foot th.. bills
Although r. M..sl.'y Preston who was
rested IN Portland Yesterday ~ wanted
r ornT""'rOn with the Burr Bros. case.
90. Inspectors say that h" withdrew from
..i' 'Dun.-rn several months ago and has
rnr.. Ia'-lY been connected with rh.