Hitchcock says hundred million lost in fake stock schemes
Postmaster General Hitchcock announced arrests in two major fraud cases involving Burr Brothers of the Flatiron Building and the Continental Wireless Company at 56 Pine Street. He indicated more corporate arrests tied to nationwide solicitations are anticipated as part of a broader post office fraud crackdown.
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Hitchcock
Post Office
Burr Brothers
Flatiron
Continental Wireless Company
Pine Street
Washington
Department
People’s Associated Oil Company
Burr Brothers, Incorporated
Rawhide Tarantula
Montezuma Mining and Smelting
Montezuma Extension Gold Mining
Golden Fleece Mining, Milling & Refining Company
Ellsmere Farm of
Michigan
Calfornia Eucalyptus Timber Company
New Amsterdam Securities Company
Burr Brothers, Inc
Red Top Mining and Leasing Company
Long Beach
Mexico
Arizona Mining Company
Nevada Goldfield Mining, Milling and Smelting Company
United Standard Lead and Zinc
Florence Consolidated Mining and Leasing Company
Round Mountain Central Mining
Cobalt-Portage Mine Company
British-American Copper Mines and Smelter
Pyramid Pile Cure Promotion Warned as Swindle Exposed
The piece exposes a health scam hawking Pyramid Pile Cure with fake free trials and claims of instant cure. It also reports a federal crusade against mail fraud, detailing arrests and prosecutions of promoters behind a wide network of fraudulent oil, mining, and finance ventures led by Burr Brothers Incorporated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid
Marshal, Mic
Mrs Averill Sentenced for Slaying of Husband
In Albany Vermont Mrs Josephine Averill was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband Frank C Averill. Judge Willard Miles sentenced her to 10 to 12 years in the Vermont State Prison. the sentence began immediately as she cried. Frank C Averill, a traveling salesman, was shot at his home on October 2 and crawled to Frank P Wells for help before informing Wells that his wife shot him.
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St, Albans
Josephine Averill
Frank C. Averill
Willard W. Miles
Vermont
Frank
P. Wells
Byrnes argues Narrow Gauge not needed for Boston plans
Byrnes asserts the Narrow Gauge line is unnecessary for expanding service from Boston to Winthrop Revere Lynn and the North Shore. He outlines a plan to use the Eastern Railroad right of way, build a tunnel, electrify tracks and modernize to cut travel times and boost regional growth while stressing profits and regulatory approval.
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Boston
South Station
Winthrop
Revere
Lynn
North Shore
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Old Eastern Railroad
Boston & Maine
East
Revere Beach & Lynn Road
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Provinces
Greater
Baron Rosen
Canada
Perion
Railroad Commission
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
Massachusetts
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United States
Sheldon C. Burr
Frank Tobey
E. H. Burr
E. Wesley Preston
C. H. Tobey
Connecticut
Buick Oil Company
Coalinga Consolidated
Coalinga Aladdin
Kern-Western
New York-Coalinga
Coalinga
Happy Jack Copper Mining Ara Development Company
Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company
Toledo, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad
Chicago, New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Co-operative Construction Company
Vitak Company
Lincoln
N. J
Derby
Elm
Manchester, N
Granite St
Quincy, Mass
Washington Street
Providence
Aden
California
Ginter Co
A & Union
Vaughan
William B. Robinson
Walter N. Altman
Topeka
Kan
Carter Reno
Arizona
Burr
Fifth Avenue
Dorr
Bakersfield
Cal
Los Angeles
Seattle
Wash
Byrnes
Mr. Byrnes
New England
Hunyadi
Janos
Quickly
Henry Siegel
Oxford
Rochester
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