The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-17
% CAUGHT IN POSTAL RAID
an ARR CHARGED WITH TRY
INC TD err RNH QtsCk
And >ins the Malls To Befraud CusfemerS
Tar From, Home seme OF Them sssd
>torhs. some Real Estate. Some Reno.
dies and some Instruction I'm Art.

IN. mails To d.fraud. post Office inspectors
under direction 81 Chief Inspector j. 8.
'ort"lyou made twenry-two arrests to-
day IN tins CITY. IN other parts of Penn
sylvania and IN New Jersey
The upstate arrests were made Quietly
and the smaller cgsas were not made
pubic unrrl tn" larger raids were COM
plet.d
III" prisoners ar" all accused Of USING
ia. mails tn defraId som. are said to
haN" conducted stock and land swindcs
and others ar" accused of selling goods
Tor which they never pad mr. Of getting
money fnr ARTICLES never sent tn tina
would -" purchasers
Perhaps IN" most important arrests
w"r" mad' N Philadelphia where former
"i'ic al "f Ih. ham Shn. Stor. Compan-
concern which TIA" postal inspectors
DESCRIBE as rival 81 rh" National Public
'ilII'"s Conn ANY. w.r" taken into Gus
fodr and later held IN 81 ooo hail fo- a
further hearing an January
In" men arrested ar" Louis l. Rude.
president Edward Pohiig second vice-
president, and G-org. = Brooks. third
ric"-pr"-ld-nt All are Of more or less
promrn"nc" IN local financial circles
Tn" postal officials saw that tho former
officials Of tn. Chain Shoe Store Companv
had as assets handsomely furnished
offic. IN the Franklin National Bank
Binding and "A cobbpr shop describ~d
in IN. l''.ratur. Of the company AZ a
= factory ahl. TO run out 100 pairs Of shoes
a dav The company said its schsma
WAS 10 own and control shoe stores and
factories IN various parts of the country.
Tn" company was formed in 1870 with
a capitalization Of s.. 600 400 authorized,
issued in shares Of 81 par value.
Al the start the price per share WA,
20 cents. This. the postal officials saw.
was arbitrarily increased To 81 to mislead
Inwary investors. About ST.. 600 in stock,
L - SAID was sold. Last October n re-
Or ganlzarion Of the company was de-
by some Of tho stoclsholccrs
who had become suspicious and old off,
'ials were forced % resi- gn and three now
Dnes were elected
The prosecution i based on the conduct
II affairs by the old officials
Another company whose officials wore
to-day WAS tn. Pin. Heiehts
and Company. with Offices in this city
] h" officials arrested are Harry ?. STAN
on. builder and real estate man and a
"rmer Councilman Of Ocean City. n. D.,
md Robert q McMorris Of this city.
IN" scheme which the Governments
avs was worked was similar to that OF
n" companies which were raided soma
I'M" aR" Tn" company has tract
4 land near r'I"kahoe y j The postal
'fficlalS 4av ~ was represented 70 he i'm
'roV"d. but N reality u was covered with
Grub uaN
Tn" company - SAID p" hav" given away
"'w'''n ~" and ~" lots. charging - for
h" decd Q - "l"h lot and o have sold about
"A" sam" number 81 lots for prices ranging
-om So =" 500 each Using the mails
, d"fraud was the charge brought ny tho
'-i"r'l inspectors
d. u HorIn-'.tn wa.tak.n into the
ragn"t "u charge of misusing in.
iall> b.: sending CIRCULARS declaring ma.
- could "1.".' ne cur" Of cert ain dis
a~.-
nv 'Ndi ~ hEblu-' y IL l."p-cn. q
comment I-w..'l"r of RIdgwav. Pa ~
II Of RI" ordinary L"psch has been
~e--Ing olaim Against ihc Adams
Npr"-- COMPANY for SOM worth Of
w"Irv aN.g.d hv INN 20 have been lost
stolen ~ irau-.'
In rr.-hrrg ." claim lu-pnr.or Cnrte.-
~ ~aIi lie u-.' IN" mats and cam" under
.- Federal law fur fraud Tn. con.lgn-
H..
IN for arrral ~"rn"n.. Wa not sent 1T
j. % - charged h"r hn empty pacsAgs
''nr ~ - rla."
! n" "hHrg'. - sending obscene matter
rough Ne" mails wa mad. against Ira
Webster If Newark y J and oscar
I-taf-"n e Jersey ti'v
Mrs Laura ~',."u ~ Form station nsar
tr-hurG. Wa h"ld hy Commissioner
rf-"v charged wl'h ordering eD,-
"d"ri'-- 81 vlriou- Kinds Under differ.
: names and after they were sent To
r denying hat IN. han received them.
] N" other arrests wer. made for various
I-"- 81 tn" public confidence, and In
""ior IorIelyou -aId he would continus
- criI-ah" against misrepresentation
I'll the mailbag becomes reasonably
- from the class II literature that
= lurad lmm.n-. sums of money out
rh. pockets OF IN. people
SCRANTON. Pa Dec H. Louis Conrad.
nrad Lott and ". VI. Bingham. operat-
, III" Correspondence. Institute Of
n"rica At D7 Lacks wanna avenue.
re- arrested his afternoon by Deputy
IIted States Marshsls Hugh J. Evans
Il Samuel Hofford charged with oper-
ng scheme 10 defraud through the
tied States mails