Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-18


also be able to pay me about $500 he
owed me, and he could redeem some
diamonds worth about $500 that he had
put in pawn in Charlton, Iowa. He
said his wife wanted him to stay at
home and stop gambling.
u asked him, do you know this Mr..
Martin? is he all right, a good honest
fellow?
"Dobbins said he had known Martin
for fifteen years, and that he was
straight, square fellow. In the mean
time Martin came in. I told them
would have to charge them $500 if 4
had to go up to Council Bluffs and
fool around for a week or ten days.
told them I would not know how to bet
II they did furnish the money. They
kept assuring me that wouldn't have
to put up any money. Well, told them
would have to charge them $500.
They finally said, why you won't have
to be there over two hours. You will
get to Omaha about 6 or z O'clock in
the morning and the race will probably
be run inside of two hours They said
they would buy my cleeping car tick
ct and railroad ticket and guaranteed
that would not have to stay there
over half day. Finally Martin says:
Ton Per Cent Of Winning.
"T'll tell you further what Ill do
TIL give you 10 per Cent Of what win
and pay you for your time
Il told them I didn't want to DO any
thing. Finally I thought as Dobbins
wanted to reform and quit gambling,
| any md foys H. 1,,1<
give 10 per sent, 1 concluded to go.
Eyes, sir, they said need not take
amy money. 1 asked them how much
money they had. After told them /
would have to charge $500. Martin
said, we'll, they couldn't very we'll do
that He said his brother in-law, Will
son and he had mortgaged everything
they had to get $1,000 which they
wanted to bet on the race.
well, we met at the depot in Kansas
City. They had the sleeping car tick
cts and railroad tickets. We got to
Omaha between and Z o'clock and
went at once to hotel. They selected
the hotel. We went and eat breakfast.
Dobbins said he would stay with me,
and Martin put on his coat and left
us. He said he had some telegrahping
to do. When Martin came back we all
came ito Council Bluffs and registered
at the Grand hotel Martin selected
the hotel. We went up to our rooms
at the south end of the east wing
about the third or fourth floor. Martin
says, You can sleep in that room, and
Dobbins can stay with me in this one.'
"Dobbins Always Came to Me-"
| After we had been in the room a
while Dobbins come to me-Dobbins
always come to me-(subdued amuse
ment in audience) and Martin went
out He returned in a short time with
George Wilson, whom he introduced as
his brotherin-law and the secretary
of the millionaires and me as the man
who was to represent them. About
the first conversation Mr. Wilson told me
why he had got his brother in-law to
go into the horse race. He had been
private secretary for the millionaires
for eight or ten years, he said, and
had done all their work, and had made
several deals for them that had paid
them big profits in business. They did
not seem to appreciate it or raise his
wages, and he didn't think it any harm
to go in with his brother in law They
We're going to lose the money anyway
He said they had tried their horse or
long and short races with the million.
aires horse. The millionaires' horse
had been world beaten, but had gon.
back. They knew their horse could
beat.
This was In the evening. Mr.. Will
Ic,o A L: L.
back and he said, What have you go
to show that YOU are man of means
Il said I didn't have anything tt
show, but that Dobbins knew me ant
could tell them about my flnancia
standing. INshowed a blank check OF
my bank, ALSO Wilson said that didn'
amount to much and that anybod,
could get a blank check. Now, if YOU
had some drafts to show AMI lay dow
on the tables where the milionaire
could see them he says, Just to lie
them see that there is going to be
lot of money bet
Gets Cashiers Checks.
"Well, said / guessed could ge
the drafts. Wilson told me to get tn
drafts, and instructed me to get then
!! changed to cashiers checks to shov
\ that the money was in town.
I'VE went from the hotel to a banl
UP on the corner, 1T was the Firs
National Bank. We talked bit witt
one of the men: After a time MI
Hart came in and Martin introduce,
me TO him. They wanted me to ge
$4,000. Hart, he says that was to-
much to put in cashiers checks. ex
planned that ] would telephone to tw
banks in st. Joe and get drafts for tn
cashiers checks. He did not ask M
what was going to do with the money
and did not tell him. He finally re
ferred me to two Omaha banks that h
said were correspondents of the tw
st. Joe banks where did business Il
that way, he said, the Omaha bank
had more currency than he had. I toll
him might not have to. cash the check
but he said that he would feel that tn
bank had to cash it if it were pre-
scented.
Telephones to st. Joe.
1--WE went back to the hotel. Marti,
said he would pay the expense of tele
phoning to st. Joe, and we went to tn
central telephone office and / tele
phoned to the banks in st. joe Marti
|, and Dobbins were with me. I Gale
up st. Joe and told the banks wante
$50, 900. They said, That is quite
sum- told them I didn't think
, would have to use it j, but wanted it i
case should need it. They said it wa
) a good deal of money and asked If
could come down and talk it ove1
They said they didn't knn,u Il S,ras, Pol