The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-17
j. s. CAPTURES 19
IN R|CH-QU|CK RAID
Postal Inspectors Sweep Dragnet
Through Two States to Stop
Swindling by Mail.
GIANT FRAUDS UNCOVERED
One Concern Cleans Dollars From
High School Boys; Another
Deals in Farmers Produce.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. lS.-Nineteen
arrests were made today By postal in
spec,oTs in Pennsylvania and New Jcr-
sey in tho governments crusade against
persons accused OF using the mails to
defraud. The defendants. we're given
hea rings before United States commits
sioucr-s and held IN bail for trial or fur
ther hearings.
Seven defendants were given hearings
I'm Philadelphia. These were four on
Gals OF the Chain Shoe Stores syndicate
with offices here; two constitute the
Pine Heights company. a New Jersey
land Improvement concern with PhIladcl-
pha connections. and the seventh is d
local physician.
A list, with the results OF the hear
ings, follows:
Chain Shoe Stores syndicate. Louis L.
Rice. president, Philadelphia; Andrew c
Patterson first vice president, also
president OF the Excelsior Trust COM
pany OF Philadelphia, Edgar Pohls. sec
ond vice president and treasurer; George
II. Brooks, third Vice president. Phila
delphia Each was held on $1,000 bond
for further hearing.
Some Waive Hearing.
Fine Heights company. Robert @. Nc
Norris. Philadelphia. Harry r. stanton,
Ocean City \. j.. waived hearing and
held in $500 bail each for trial,
Other individuals arrested were:
Or. j. 8. Hornstain. Philadelphia
Charles r. Mckee. Huntington, Pa; J,
s. Lepach. Ridgway. Pa, John 4. Welt
eel Lancaster Pa; Abrsm Stauffer aud
Oscar A. staufrer. Palmyra. Pa: VII
liam S. Lean. Lebanon. Pa; Ahram 5.
stauffer Palmyra. Pa, Ira G. Webster.
Newark, X. j; oscar Gustaveson, Jcr-
soy City. y. j.: s. Joseph Silvcrmsn.
Pi,tsbure. Pa, Lewis Conrad, Conrad
Lolz and William Bingham, officers OF
al Scranton. CThis organization has no
connection with the Internationai Cor
respnndcnC" SChool)
Tho government alleges that the Chain
Shoe Stores syndicate sold stock
through fraudulent representa- ions.
DR.. Horustcn, the Philadelphia physi-
clan, Is accused ot sending through the
malls circulars advertising q remedy.
statements in his literature.
Accused of Varied Crimes.
Conrad, Lott and Bingham are. re.
spcctiVclr. the secretary and treasurer
ana manager Of the Correspondence In
stitutc OF America. Tie postal inspcc
lists nf nigh school students and wrote
them that their names had been recon- =
mended AZ those of persons with artIs-
tic talent On this account th, insti-
tutc offered si2 cours" Of art instruc- =
t!on under it's facult, OF fnc artists Tor
$3.50. II was said there was no Cac-
uly Of artists. but there were 80. coo
students enrolled I'm the books of the
concern,
Mckee, who was arrested In Hunting
don traded the Charles y. Mckee
Commission company and the Hunting
don Fruit and Produce company 1t IL
| alleged that he bought produce from
farmers through the mails and failed In
make payments.
LcDach Is Jcwcl"r. and Ia alleged TO
have defraudcJ the Adams Express COM
| Dany with Il falls" claim for $4,000 dam
ages. His CLAIM Was an alleged losa Of
$4,000 worth of jcw"lry. Which hc said
| he had sent To n Philadelphia jcwe,ry
frn for appraisal II IS charged that
Lepach merely sent an empty box
| through the express company.
! Ihe others are accused OF minor
! schemes To uetraud.
The arrests, it is sa!d. were ordered
I by the postmaster general, who had
| postal inspectors at work on the cases
] for q month and half.