Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-03

their time Identifying the members Of
the gang and in offering each other
condolences and in comparing notes.
There We're an even dozen of them
down there yesterday. In addition to
Walker there were present J. C. Bow
man, Of Denver. a fellow loser; and
George s.. Bedford, of Greeley, Col;
Col Bowman Bedford also identified
Maybray and Clark: stating that he
had never seen Walker or Johnson.
Maybray Loses His Sangfroid.
1 The Mikes" came so thick and fast
that Maybray for the first time lost
his comrosure and his temper at the
same time. 1.-The government must be
in ID of a fix when it has to
treat defenseless prisoners in this man.
ner," walled Maybray to his attorney
and the officers.
Samuel Sutor, who was present at
the time, remarked to Maybray: There
can be To doubt as to you. my man."
This angered Maybray all the more, to
which he retorted, There may be a
ID sight more before this is thru"
"Any more Mikes to come today"
derisively yelled Warner and Johnson
thru tho bars of their cell doors as
they witnessed the departure of some
of them from the jail.
Attorney for RaIIew Talks.
John F. Organ, Council Bluffs at
torney for T. w. Ballew, adds an in
teresting chapter to the swindles. He
ries Of how his client was roped in
are incorrect. Illustrative OF the skill
with which the men who work these
swindles carry on their schemes, Mr..
Ogan quoted from a letter in his files.
The incident, however, does not re-
late to Ballew. The letter is ostensibly
from a man who has been employed
as private secretary to q party of Col
orado millionaires, who are represent
ed as being upon a pleasure trip in
their private car Sunset" The letter
is written in a chatty and unconven-
tional style, and reads like the COM
of one friend to another.
1t tells that the Colorado men have
with them their club boxer, whom
they have matched against various OPP
ponents during their trip.
"Sore" and Wants to Get Even.
AS lCllC1 SlclCS lii1l LILO OOAOA, WIZ
Is paid a monthly salary, knows that
his employers are winning large sums
on his victories, and that he feels that
he Is not being treated right in the cut
of the money. Then the private Sec
rotary gets busy with the ICON" talk.
1t is he who is writing the letter, and
he says that he has arranged with the
boxer that he is to lose his next con-
test, which Is to be with a first class
man, but special protege and friend
of the Colorado millionaires. Skillful
reference is made to the fact that the
wager, in frolic, sums that
would constitute a fortune to the ordi-
nary man, and the letter leads up to
the proposition that the private secre-
tary has secured ample money to bet
on the match but is at loss for some
one to place the bets, saying that the
first suggestion Of anything Of the kind
coming from him, would cause suspi-
cion and his being fred from the party.
Anyhow, the millionaires will not deal
with any one not Of their own class
and a man is needed who can meet
them on common ground, II not dollar
for dollar, somewhere near 1t. Can't
the recipient Of the tip supply the man
to make the bet?
Victim Gets to See the Letter.
The adroitness with which the let
ter is worded is fully in keeping with
the other details OF the game. The
recipient Of the letter has 1t suggested
to him that he. accidentally" show it
to some one able to comply with the
as to finances and APP
pearance, and the victim, having his
greed fed with the alluring prospect
usually falls easy prey. The result OF
the prospectus is that the victim poses
in the transaction as the bettor against
the millionaires. handling first, the
money Of the private secretary. and
later putting in his own money, which
is, Of courses, lost.
Wilson, alias Roberts, Attorney Or
gan says, was, with Maybray, the
brains Of the organization, and accord
ing to various accounts, Wilson pulled
the gang out of several tight holes.