The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-21
AFTER THE FAEIRS

AflEk lM fAkIKS
MANY ARE ARRESTED FOR Us
ING THE MAILS TO DEFRAUD.
Names OF the Persons and Some Of
the Slick Schemes They Used to
&c. Money.
Nineteen arrests we're made Fri
dav IN towns II Pennsylvania ana
New Jersey IN the governments cru
saGe asains. persons accused OF US
ing the mails to detraud- The ar
rests were made by postal inspector:
and all the defendants were given
hearings before United States COM
m:ssione-s and held in bail 70! trial
OF 20. further hearings or charges
o: using the malls 20 detraud." :"
Seven o: she defendants were Civ
en- hearings IN Philadelphia. These
were four officials OF the Chain Shoe
Stores syndicate. with Offices in Phil
adelph!a: two constitute the Pine
Heights company. q New Jersey land
improvement concern with Philadc!-
phia connections. and the seventh g
local physician.
The complete list OF defendants
with the results OF their hearings
follow: Chain Shoe Stores syadi-
cate. Louis L. Rice. president. Phil
| sdeloh:a: Andrew c. Patterson. arst
vice president, also president OF the
Excelsior Trus: company o! Phiia-
delphia: Edgar Pohl!S. second vice
president and treasurer: Geo. Il.
Brooks. vice president. Philadelphia.
leach was held il $1,000 bond fo7
further hearing.
Pine Heights company. Robert G..
Morris. Philadelphia: Harry F. Stan
ton. Ocean City. y. j.. waived hear
| ing and held IN $500 bail each for
trial!
Other individuals arrested were:
Dr.. ]. B. Hornste!n. Philadelphia,
$500 bond held FOR the court:
Charles 3. Mckee. Huntington. Pa.
$1,000 for 2 further hearing: ]. S.
Lepsch. Ridseway. Pa. $4,000 :cr
further hearing: John a. Weitzal.
Lancaster. Pa. $1,000 for further
trial: Abram Stauffe. and Oscar A.
StauTer. PALMYRA. Pa. $4,000 for
court: Ira c. Webster. Newark. y.
). 81 900 for further hearing: Os-
car Gustarsor. Jersey City. $500
FOR furthe. hearing: S. J. Sullivan
P;,tsburg. $500 70! court: Lewis
Conrad. Conrad Lotze and VIM
Bingham. officers OF the Correspond
ence Institute of America at Scran-
ton. $1,000 each tor further hear
ing. This organization has no con-
ncct;on with the International Co..
respondence SCHOOLS.
The government alleges that the
Chain Shoe Stores syndicate SID
stock through fraudulent represea-
tac;ons. Dr.. Hornste!n. the Phil
adelphia physician. Is accured OF
sending through the mails cI-c,,',-s
advertising a remedy and IS charged
| with making fraudulent srat,.aeutS
IL his literature.
Conrad, Lotze and Bingham are
respectively the president. secretary
and treasurer and manager OF the
Correspondence institute OF America.
J The postal inspectors allege that
this concern procured lists OF higf
school students and wrote TO them
stating that their names had been
recommended as those OF persons
with artistic talent On this account
the institute offered a sic course Of
art instructions for $3.50. It Is
said that there was no faculty OF
artists. but there were $4,000 stu
dents enrolled on tae books OF cae
concern.
Mckee. who was arrested in Hunt
| ington. traded rs the Charles B. Nc
Nee Commission company and the
Huntington Fruit and Produce COM
panv 1t is alleged that be bought
produce OF farmers through the
mails and failed to make parment.
Lepsch IS = ieweler. and is al
legged 10 have defrauded the Adams
Express company with q false claim
for $4,000 damages. His claim was
an alleged loss OF $4,000 worth Of
iewel-y which he said he had sent 70
2 Philadelphia jewelry f.m for ap-
praisal Il IS charged that Lepsch
merely sent an empty box by eA-
press.
Weitzal is accused OF buying
bronze and iron castings through
the mails and neslec;!ng pa:men,.
Gus;avsop IS said to have sent i'm
proper literature through the mails.
Silve-man IS alleged 10 have collected
| money for supposed charity. using
the names OF prominent P!ttsbuTS
| men "-ithout their consent
The arrests are. il IS said. crdere!
5y the postmaster general who had
posta! inspectors az work on the
cases for month and half.
Advance the ColorS.