The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . nted to start an insurance com-pany could find the necessary capital by simply pay-ing a certain amount of coin to Mr. Jacobs, who wouldfurnish him with fake stocks and bonds and certificatesof deposit indicating that vast sums had been de-posited in the coffers of the Chicago Loan and TrustCompany. Also, Jacobs did a fine business with theget-rich-quick men, whom he furnished withall thereferences that might be desired by the most skepticalsucker they could corral. Other schemes in which Jacobs was interested were:The Dyer Light, Heat
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . nted to start an insurance com-pany could find the necessary capital by simply pay-ing a certain amount of coin to Mr. Jacobs, who wouldfurnish him with fake stocks and bonds and certificatesof deposit indicating that vast sums had been de-posited in the coffers of the Chicago Loan and TrustCompany. Also, Jacobs did a fine business with theget-rich-quick men, whom he furnished withall thereferences that might be desired by the most skepticalsucker they could corral. Other schemes in which Jacobs was interested were:The Dyer Light, Heat and Power Company of Illinois;American Electro-Automatic Telephone Company;Republic Water Power and Cattle Company; WaubonColonization and Improvement Company; AmericanTropical Planters Company; Denver Telephone Com-pany, of Denver, Col.; Fall River Electric Power Com-pany ; Industrial Commercial Agency of America;Caspar County Bond Company; Merchants TradingBank Check Company; Chicago Insurance Agency;Tuhachuce G. & C. Development Company, and some.
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