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Show "GET RICH SOON" SCREiflJ JAILED NEW YORK. March 1C George IL Munroe, prominent among promoters of schemes of tho "got rich quick" variety, va-riety, nnd who Is fcfiaid by the government govern-ment officials to have obtained at least $500,000 from Investors In his propositions in the last few years, was Couvicted here today of ublng the mails in connection with fraudulent stock operations, Judge Hough sentenced Munroe to servo three yoars in tho federal penitentiary pen-itentiary nt Atlanta. Chief" of tho charges on which Munroe Mun-roe was tried was that he promoted, through tho malls, oxtenslve sales of wireless telegraph stock, the greater part of which was never delivered. rvr |