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Storey Cotton Company Swindle Exposed in Philadelphia
A sprawling 1900s fraud tale centers on the Storey Cotton Company and its Philadelphia offices. Sophie Beck and Stanley Francis spearheaded a network that lured investors with promises of high returns while siphoning off funds. many participants fled abroad as indictments followed. The scheme involved forged deeds, fake grain receipts, and a web of fronts including the Provident Investment Company and various shell offices. Remaining assets yielded paltry returns for 10,000 investors as lawmen pursued arrests, extraditions, and trials.
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Storey Cotton Company
Ines
Bull
Judgestone Capitalist
Sportaman
Kentucky
Geal Obetartinl
Man
Stanley Francis
Thomen
Francis
Meldom
Philadelphia
Unites States
Europe
New Jersey Teachers’ Association
Cotton Company
Storey Company
Arthur Foster
Post Office
United States
Provident Investment Company
Gnited States Trust Company
Pon Telephoneia
Pris
Gartende Sundheim
Margaret Hope
Ture
Francie
Sophie Beck
Sophie Teck
Jenkintown
Sophie
Jake
Graham
Storey and Provident Companies
W. H. Latimer
Handsome Harry
Latimer
Canada
Martin
Brooklyn
Caroline Barry
Barry
Chenga
Frank E. Stone
Frank E. Martin
San Francisco
Honduras
Judge Stone
Philadelphi
United States Grand Jury
Frank C. ‘Martin
Frank ‘T. Stone
Franklin Stone
Thomas Harper Oliver Quinlan
F. Ewart Storey
Stanley Prand
Arthur C. Howard
Walter B. Riggs
W. R. Richmond
Thomash. Quinlan
Estella Graham
Edward Dunne
Estella Collins
Paris
Judge Stone Cong
Php Storey Cotton Company
Adaleo
France
Howard Co Ald
Sophie Heel
Providence
Walter B. Riges
United States District Court
Atlantic City
Marrin
New York
Buffalo
James Johnstone
James Cortelyon
Maret
Storey
Russell B. Hartt
Washington
Post Office Department
C. A. Bonaall
Salem
Ohio
Peat Office Department
George C. Holden
United States Portal Service