The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
BURRS SKINNED KANSAS TOO
S.ds).OOO az TREtu TROM rHf
NJ NfI8u FR >rtTE.
kansas state BANK Examiner t.aborinE tn
tntiure the PiutorratIr Partners Nat To
Put Money Into ats ansi hogs niii
They Have Asked liin, for rr,iiS rrr>

One OF the Stagcs "a which Burr Bros
Inc whasss, members ~.r.. arrest ..d ~
the Post ono. Depart msn,'S RAID last
Monday found II easy To puck NJ money
in Kansas. , y Dolley the State Rank
Examiner. says that h. believes that
Burr Bros and ut hers 81 the get rich
quick clan hav" taken more than t'nOH
out Of Kansas quit" recently Mr. poiI"N
has written To- Postmaster i"neral Hitch
cock suggest ing that IN" get rich quick
business can he wiped ont only through
cooperation bet we-n III" Post Office
Department and the heads Of IN. various
state banking departments He sng-
ges;s that m" depart m"nts exchange
informatio ion about Wild cat mining com
pani..S and thoS" who offer ~ PER cent
interest for queer invest mentS Mr.. Dol
lev intends 10 protect his own people
anyway Tie saws
This department offers to furnish def
mite and reliable information Of anv
stock or bond scheme that Kansas people
will writ. about II the people Of tho
state want ~ know about any company
or promoter W. will dig out the inforrna-
ton FOR them This already has saved
thousands Of dollars 10 Kansas p.opl"
who have asked for Investigations
shelton 4. Burr used TO live in Kansas
Cry lie was a salesman for he Kansas
City Coal and COX. Company. and Charles
i 4 tlough. secretary of IN" coal com
pany. SAYS he was good one. In an
interview IN the Kansas CIV Sfor Mr
Clough says
-Ieavenworth IN. Burrs old home
il thoroughly excited over 'ha fate Of
the Burr boys The "normous STRIDES
made by those Leavenwor-h boys IN New
York WAS The absorbing TOPIC Of CONVEX
salon IN the city ny the river
And how the Burr boys did pat il on
when they returned occasionally to tho
old home town Loud clothes. diamonds
in such prolu-Ion that ynu hal To blink
your eyes while talking ~ them. stories
from the Burr boys that sounded like fairy
tales Why. the Burr hoy SIMPLY had
L.avenwor'h wabbly all the time
II was the l.tt.T- that a." Burr brothers
sent back 20 friends m l.,arrnwnr,h that
kept the town folks talking All conf.
dental letters. Of course. w"r. gwen out
Tor general circulation II got nOl~s,d
around that IN. Rurr bows employed "A
stan 81 la -tenog aph-rs and had an en-.
ti.e floor IN the tlatiron Building for their
Offices
Tn. last time | saw shelton Burr was
ON a tram gong from Chicago la New
York He wor" showcase. fun at ,iia
mond>. a -'L' with huge checks in II and
a silk hat He told III. h, Wa IN the. hroIS-
eragr husInc-= IN Now York and was
making all kinds III money | didn't
know Just what Il" had been dong until
hoard nj his arrest
Continuing tn story 81 ~" Bprr>. The
Star -ay- Henry Burr. IA. father oi
tn" Burr bows. Wa ON. ~ IN. early resi-
dents II IcdvenwOrth H.. was q Sho..
manufacturer and employed prison labor
for Nh" most part In tn. Early uay- the
state Government lat It, prisoners on con
tract The elder Burr rnaI,. "A comfort
abl" fortune out II MS shoe factory and
upon his death tn" BOYS fell heirs 10 IN.
property They didn't max" q success.