The Washington herald., 1910-11-22

NEW POLICY ADOPTED.
These happenings and others Of a like
nature which are coming are brought
about because the department has
adopted a new policy in relation TO the
innumerable swlndlers who use the mails
20 sell stocks in worthless prospects by
false representations. Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock figures that these con-
Germs have stolen sloooooOoo in the las;
nvs years.
The old policy was 10 issue fraud or
ders against them. The new policy IS to
start the head men for Atlanta, where
there is a capaeious prisoa
So far seventy-eIght Of the concerns, he
says. have been tackled in different parts
OF the country. There are lots left on
the programme.
Mr. Hitchcock has been on the Job in
New York since last Friday, conferrlng
with Inspector Dickson. Of the local Of
flee, and Chief Inspector Sharp % the
Post-office Department. who had also
run up from Washington to be in at
what the departmers hopes VIII be the
death OF Burr Brothers, so far as the
United States mails are concerned.
Raid Made in Morning.
Everything was ready at 10:30 O'Clock
this morning. and AT that hour Inspectors
Kincaid, Reddy, and Booth. re7enforced
by three men from the police depart
ment's new secret service. dropped in at
Burr Brothers office. IN the Flatiron
Building. They found the well-furpished
ffices-Eet-rich-quick concerns have the
latest wrinkles in that sort of thing
crowded with customers and men and
women clerks. The patrons were busy
| discussing the merits of the Buick OIL
Company stock, a concern with S5,0o0,G
! capital whose advertisements contain
the picture of David B. Buick. inventor
and founder of the Buick automobile.
Conversing with the customers. the in
spectors found Eugene II. Burr. secre-
tary and treasurer of the company and
F. II. Tobey. vice president. But Shelton
/ c. Burr wasn't around. and thinking that
he might be hard TO find later the post
Office men inquired for him.
Mr. Burr is down IN the barber shop.
said the other Burr brother but as the
inspectors and detectives started away
ne remembered just in time and called
after them. Come TO think OF IT, at this
time OF day he's most likely in Mrs
Farnsw0rths Christian Science rooms IN
the Mohawk Building. 16o Fifth avenue. .
Reading n Pamphlet.
SO the sleuths went TO Mrs Mary E
Farnsworth's Christian Science rooms,
where they found Shelton c. Burr read
ing a Christian Science pamphlet.
He was quite put out at the interrupt
ton. and when told that he was under
arrest announced that some enemy must
have sicked the inspectors on an honest
mans trail. He excused himself to Mrs
Farnsworth and was taken to police
headquarters. where he was charged with
using the mails in scheme to dsfraud
and turned over 10 the post-offiee inspee-
tors.
Meanwhile the inspectors. dividing their
forces. had gone back 10 the Flatiron
Building This time they asked no ques-
tions but informed the room full OF peo-
ple that some of them at least were
wanted" and that everybody had best
keep very quiet while the process OF
picking out tho sheep from the shearers
was going on.
one of the inspectors said later that
the responsibility of most OF the firms
clients was quite as evident as their per-
turbation at being caught in a raid just
as they were dreaming of 80 per cent
profits They LETT in a hurry when. after
arresting z. H. Burr and F. II. Tobey
and telling the clerks that they would
have 20 make a trip to the Federal Build
ing. the detectives told the clients they
might go.
Girls Near Hysteria.
There was twenty girls and twelve men
employed in the place. Most Of the girls
were young, and there was need fol
much diplomacy to prevent hysteria wher
the girls found that they had 10 60 along
see Blackstone for Thanksgiving