Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-18
Council Bluffs
PROFITS Of The GANG BIC
Hundred Sixty.Two Thousand Dollars
from April to October.
QUARTER OF MILLION AT BLUFFS
Complete List of Victims for six
Months and the Amount Each One
of the Mikes Contributed 10
the Gangs Funds.

According to the memoranda contained
in a small red leather account book be-
longing to J. c. Maybray, the alleged head
of the "swindling syndicate" the profits
Of the gang from its operations in Council
Bluffs between April / and October 10 of
last year amounted to Sl62.595. Maybray's
share OF this amount. according to the same
little account book, was S2S, 49,.
This little red leather memorandum book
was found, with many other papers. in
Maybray's trunk when he was arrested in
Little Rock, and is now in possession Of
the federal authorities In this little book
Maybray evidently kept his private account
of the tricks turned by him and his gang
Of bunco artists. one entry in this book
shows that the gang turned between April
/ and October 10 of last year twenty-nine
tricks netting the swindlers the neat
sum of {l62, 595. Another entry shows that
between October Is and November Is the
profits were 1900. but there is nothing to
Indicate how many tricks were turned
to secure this amount.
From the memoranda found In Mabray's
trunk, Postoffice Inspector Swenson has
found evidence that Maybray and his as
sociates cleaned up S256. 295 from their oper-
ations ia Council Bluffs alone during the
fall of 1907 and during the several months
Of 1908 they made this city their headuuar-
ters. This large sum of money. Mr.. Sven
son said yesterday, represented what they
secured by fake horse races, wrestling
matches and prize fights in Council Bluffs
alone. Even this sum, Mr.. Swenson saws,
does not represent all the earnings" OF
the gang, as he knows of several victims
who dropped good sized bank rolls here
during this period whose names are not to
be found among the papers discovered in
Maybray's trunk.
List of the Victims.
Maybray and his gang operated in Coun-
ell Bluffs during part of the fall of 1907,
while their headquarters were actually in
New Orleans. Maybray's memoranda bear
indisputable evidence that the gang turned
tricks" in Council Bluffs during the fall
of 1907. Here is the list of tricks" turned
by the gang in Council Bluffs between
! April 1 and October 10 with the dates,
names OF victims and the amounts con
tributed," by the Mikes, all of which data
is taken from the little red leather private
account book Of j. c. Maybray:
April 2, q. Pierpont, Maryville, Mo, s.. 100.
April %, J, Hemembracht Bancroft. Neb.
May 4. NJ. Meuer, Bristol, S. D.. $1,000.
May 8, II. l.. King. Fowler, Colo, 5000.
May 3 E. Hayward, Garden City,
May !2 Edwin James, Blue Springs,
May 26 A. Harrington, Minneapolis,
May q, Slime, Chicago, $i,44O.
June 8, j. c. Bowman, silverton, Colo.
June Is Day & Mansfield, wInnebego
July Q, Joseph P. Walker, Denver Colo.
July 9, shulI, Minneapolis, MINI. 50, 500
July IS, j. Corby, Chicago, $1,000.
July Il, George Brown, Horton. Kan.
July 20, Thomas Gale, Fond Du Lac, wis.
5000.
July 25. C. Walker. Denver Colo. 50. 900
July q. Adolph Yeake. Hardin, Mont.
81, 250.
August 5, E. C. Alspaugh, Terre Haute
August i, Samuel sutor, Cass Lake
August Is, D. c. Harrington, Pipestone
August 20, Harrington, Hartsel, Colo.
$4,000.
August 81, w. H.. Bedford, Ray, Mo.
s.. 900.
September .. servius & whalen, Port
Arthur, Canada, S. 900.
September S. Mattlngly, Nashville, Tenn.
81. OO0.
sartamber 16, Alex Delain. Walton, wis,
s.. 800.
sertember %, George F. Castle, Britt, Ia.
5000.
October /, George S. Bedford, Greeley
Colo. 81. $50.
October 10. T. W. Ballew, Princeton, Mo.
$50, 900.
state Grand Jury at Work.
The grand jury which was impaneled yes
terday afternoon at the opening of til,
March term of district court by Judge o
D. Wheeler started right to work on wha
County Attorney Hess stated will be
thorough investigation OF the swindlinI