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Show SE1IESEES illSSSl 1 18 WES II Iff ; New .Vork Couple Worked tShrewd (tome, DefrauMiug (toileles,s Speculators. NKW VORK, April 21. Thomas O'('onnor and his wife, ranees 0'( minor, mi-nor, also known as Frances McLain, : v;cre found guiltj- today by a jury in : the United Slates circuit court on two j counts of an indictment charging them I with usingjthe mails to defraud. j .'ludge Holt sentenced O'Connor In fif- j teen mouths in Clinton prison and sus ponded sentence, on Mrs. O'Connor The O'Connor's were charged with sending circulars throughout the country coun-try by mail, saying that they had in side information on the stock market and could so advise clients that the lut- ter could not fail to reap big profits in speculation. Mrs. O'Connor, under the name of Frances McLain. posed as the possessor, of "inside information.'' Jn her circulars sho suggested certain so-called so-called brokerage firms as reliable and best able to handle the business of clients. The "brokerage firms' ' wore shown during the trial to be conducted by tin-O'Connors tin-O'Connors under various names. They invariably either closed out the deals of victims "at a loss to the latter or else "failed" when the demands for , the payment of profits became too in- j sistenl. |