Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1927, Page 17

TWOHELDIN MAL STOCK FRAUD CASE Third Man to Surrender on $200,000 to $500,000 Fraud Charge. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March §.—More than 100 residents of cities and towns in Tilinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Mich- 1gan are believed to have lost between $200,000 and $150,000 in a stock-selling scheme revealed yesterday by post of- Matthews and Harry Marler, have been ar ed on charges of using the mails to defraud in connection with the scheme , and released in $2,500 bonds " pending hearing before a United States com- missioner Thursday. Third Man to Surrender. A third man, David M. Eyre, said by post office officials to be implicated, has promised, through his attorney, to surrender himself, Postal Inspector Robert Lewis, whose investigation re- sulted in the charges, declared. The trio, accordi s, ating as Matthews-Eyre & Co., s stocks on margin by telephone, col- lected the money, but failed to deliver the stocks or to make resales when ordered by their clients. After mak- ing small settlements with a few of their clients, Lewis said, the firm sud- denly ceased operations. Are Free on State Bonds. Matthews and Marks are free on bonds of $10,000 in a State case of a similar nature, in which they are charged with violating the lllinois se- curities act in a stock-selling scheme operated under another firm name. |SLIP COVER Escaped Convict, Posing As Remus’ Friend, Mulcts Gullible Lawyers of $75.00C investigators to New York to look for the million. Remus, a_former Chic: who rved a sentance By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 8.—Posing as a friend of George Remus, wealthy al- leged bootlegger of Cincinnati, Rob " ert A. Schultes, 40, escaped conv whs known to Schultes, from the Federal Penitentia slightly, the latter said. has mulcted g e out of about §' i f ars, Re'toud Fede Canadian Cangl ‘(])pposed ; o, Marc] o resident, at Atlanta, but only gislature adopted a re Premier Ferguson urg Schultes was recaptured a few ds ago and told his story with chuckles while being held for his turn to Atlanta prison, from i escaped by scaling the w serving three years of a fiv tence for using the mails t Schultes had a long list of Ch formed each in turn that cers were hot on his needed money to get to there he promised the him from $500 to $1,500 and some of the more gullible sent d to fit your furnit { NG 4 lored t. u STANDARD VPHOLSTERY 431 SNW. . - Want to borrow on your real estate? Submit your proposition to The Federal-American Company 1352 G Street 807 14th St. Phone Frauklin 5443 ive BETTER LIGHTS URGED. Sixteenth Street Highlands Group -to Conduct Survey. 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