New-York tribune., 1910-11-22
q the T'ornbs The hearine was fixed for

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Monday.
When asked whether they had d state
merit 10 make the Burr brothers smiled
and shaking their heads said lacouically.
Nothing doing" while Tohey did not
say even that much.
\ few minutes after the Burr brothers
party had left the federal building for
the Tombs Charles L. Vaughan was
/ brought in from the Continental Wire
! less Companys offices. No. 56 Pine
street He had no lawyer and did not
/ care To have one just then. He was ar
! rEigned on charge laid BIZ William &
/ Robinson, a postoffice inspector. Of Bos-
/ ton. who alleged that on June i. 1919,
I he used the mails in an attempt 10 de-
/. fraud Walter " Altman. Of No pool
! Clay street. Topeka. Kan. He was held
! II $4,000 bail and III default thereof
/ was sent TO the Tornbs. He viii have a
/ hearing tomorrow.
Found Sucker List"
! While only one man was arrested in
! the descent upon the Continental Wire
/ Jess Company's office the extent OF the
/ operations Of the company recently
made II the more interesting case of the
/ two from the point of view Of the gov
J ernment. Besides arresting Vaughan,
! the postofT1ce inspectors and Headquar-
/ ters men secured forty mail sacks full
( of papers. Among these was the famous
card index system known Jocufarly IN
+ Wall Street as d Sucker List
Shelton c. Burr and Eugene H Burr,
/ the two brothers arrested yesterday.
/ who gave their name TO the corporation.
were born in Leavenworth. Kan. Their
father had a shoe factory III the peni-
tentiary al Lansing. They came to New
I York some years ago and started bust
ness in Harlem apartment. selling
stocks II 1907 they incorporated them
selves with the Tobeys and Preston as
Burr Brothers, Incorporated, and since
that time have been selling stocks of
various concerns, almost all OF which
have disappeared.
Il is charged by the postal inspectors
/ who have been Investigating their bust
ness that they had agents in various
I parts Of the country who tipped them off
- soon as any man came into an in
heTltance OF when & woman had re-
ceived the insurance upon her hus-
bands life. Then the fortunate posses
sor OF small capital would get aIIuring
literature The company was not above
! employing servant girls of various ma
tionalities TO sell stock among their com
patriots who had saved up a little
money.
/ The company was Incorporated m Con-
nectcut with capital Of 100000. which
was increased 70 S3e0,O00 during this
/ year Of late the company has been sell
ing the stock of the Buick Oil Company.
i concern with d capital Of $1,000. 900.
Their advertisements contain a picture
OF David B Buick. inventor OF the Buick
automobile. Benjamin z. Noffat, OF
/ Chicago, manager Of the oil company.
said in Chicago after the arrests that
the company's properties were ali above
board and II good standing. and that
! their connection with Burr Brothers was
unfortunate.
Admiral Sob" Evans's Company.
According TO the postal inspectors, Z
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Wesley Preston, a director OF Bur
Brothers, has been acting in the West as
the selling agent for the stock Of tht
California Consolidated Oil COMPANY. OF
which Admiral Robley D. Evans IS nTesi-
! dent.
BJp7- Brothers have also organized tho
following companies. The CoaIfng1 Con
solidated. capital 81 COCOON; the Coal
iiuga Aladdin. 81 .000 d00; the Kern u est
err. $3.50. .Go0: the New York-CoaHnga-
$500. geo: the CoaifnEa Crude Oil. S400.
00n. and the PeoT7Fe's- Associated OIL
COMPANY. 81 0e0.0s0
In a memorandum 70 the Postmaster
General the inspectors say that all tle
stock in these companies. except Z Iitrie
in The first two. has been sold. and that
the proceeds went to Burr Brothers
+ Only the first four. II vas added, are
doing any work
The mining companies promoted n
the Burrs fffcfuCie Rawhide Tarantuia
capital $1,000 0eQ. the Golden Fleece
Mining. Milling ana Refining COMPANY
/ $500 600; the Montezurna Mining and
Smelling COmpany. the MontezUna Ex-
tension Gold Mining Company, the Ellis
mere Farm Of Michigan and the Cali
fornia Eucalyptus Timber Company, with
$1,000. 600 capital each. They also sold
the SIe0. .0oo stock OF the New AmsteU-
! Dam Securities Company, and merged il
. With Burr Brothers.
IN addition they sold stock IN dozen
( more mining companies, capitalized in
the aggregate at S20.500,000. but the
/ companies are now out Of existence. In
/ five companies. with an aggregate cap
/ itaI Of SI0.50Q.000 including the Chi
! cago-N New York Electric Air Line and
! its associated company, the Co-opera
F. tive Construction Company, Burr Broth
ers Inc. have sold a large proportion
/ Of The stock. but the companies have
/ survived.
They also sold stock Of the Titak Com
/ pany. . million dollar corporation now
! IL the hands Of . receiver. and lately
! have been selling lots in Lincoln, X :
/ The had Offices IN Cleveland, Chicago.
} Los Angeles and san Francisco until re
/ Gently. but the state government Of Cal
( ifornia excluded them from that state
last summer.
/ Ornate Wireless Circular.
/ The Continental Wireless Telegraph