The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
BURRS SKINNED KANSAS TOO
ssbO,NsI az TREiM gROW gHF
NFIOH ER >riTE.
kansas state Rank EXAMINER i.sborins Ia
iRsiuee the P,utorraiir Farmers MT I"
Put None, Into cats and bags niiI
Tnry Have Ashe,i linn for s'psis .Fs@..


Tnry Have Asked linn for s'~sissFsss
tine OF the States IA which ihIrr Bros
Inc who's. members wsT" arrested %
tn" Post Office depart m-ntS raid last
Monday, found II easy to pick az money
IN Kansas J y Doll.v. III. Srat" Bank
Examiner. saws that lac believes thai
Burr Bros and others ~ the get rich
quick clan hav. taken more than s1NO vi.
out of Kansas quit. recently Mr. Doll"y
has written to Postmaster General Hitch
cock suggesting that IN" get rich quick
business can b" wiped nut only through
cooperation bctw r"n III" Po-' Office
Department and he heads OF ia. various
state banking departments He sug-
gests that IN" departments exchang.
information about Wild cat mining com
panieS and tnos.' who offer ~ per cent
interest for queer investments MIR. Dol
ley intends to protect his own people
anyway He saws
This depart mon, offers 10 furnish def
nit. and reliable information % any
stock or bond -Chtm. that Kansas people.
will write. about II IA. people Of the
State want To know about any company
ar promoter ". will dig out the inforina-
ton for them Tins already h.s, saved
thousands Of dollars 'o Kansas people.
who have asked for Investigations
shelton &. Burr used 10 liv. M Kansas
City He was u salesman for IN" Kansas
CITY Coal and COX. Company. and Charles
y Cough. secretary nf IN. coal com
pany. saws h'. was good one In AN
interview IN the Kansas civ Star Mr
Clough saws
"L.av-nworth nh" Burrs old horn"
is thoroughly excited over N. fate of
h" Burr bows In. "uormous ~ ride.
mad. by rhos. l.aavenUor' h boys in New
York was IN" absorbing tops ri CONVEX
satIOn IN IN" city NJ III" river
And how the Burr boys did 'p,It 1t on
when they returned OCCASIONALLY 20 tho
old home town Loud clothes diamonds
in such profu-ion that YOU had 70 blink
your eyes Will" talKIng 10 them. It urier
from the Burr boys that sounded llk. fairy
tales Why, IN" Burr boz -lmply had
IaavsnwOrth wahbly all "a" time
II was thu letters that tt" Burr brothers
sent back ~ friends Iu l.'1v"nwnrth ,ha'
kept the town folSs taIkIng All conf
dental letters. ni Co'Ir-.'. w"r" gwen out
Tor general circulation N got noI-.d
around that IN" Rurr bows -inploy.-i "A
STAN of lD -t"noG apher- and had an en-
tire floor IA the flatlrou Building for their
offices
The last time | Jaw shelton Burr was
on tram gong from ChICngo To- New
York lie worr - showcase. iull oi dia-
monds. a suIt with hug" checks IN 1t and
"a silk hat II" told M. Ne was IN ih. hrok
-rag" business an \"w York amt was
making all kind 1T money | didn't
know iu-t what h" had h...,n doing until
| h"Ird of hi- arrest
Continuing the story of tho Burr. thu. /
S'nr say Henry BUR-. thu. father of
the Burr bows. wa one of the. .,arly resi-
dents of lcavsuworth H.. vas a -ho..
and employees prison labor
for tn" most part Ia IN" early DAYS the.
State Government i"' IT. prisoners ON con B
tract IN" elder Burr made a comfort
able forum" out of his shoe factory and
upon hIs death tn. boys fell heiT- to the
property They didn't MAKE Success
~ ~ however. and the factory wls CLOSED 20