Cowan Declines to Talk
A minor figure in the Charles F. W. Neely postal fraud scandal in Cuba stonewalls reporters about disguised shipments made through his Indiana printing company.
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The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readMuncie, Ind., June 22.
Muncie, Ind., June 22. Ross H. Cowan, president of the Neely Printing company, in discussing the report that he will likely be taken to Cuba to explain about the shipment of printed matter from his office to Neely in Cuba under the assumed firm name of Cowan & Company, instead of the name of the Neely Printing Company, declined to give any reason for making the shipments in that manner. He stated that extradition papers will not be necessary to get him to Cuba.
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