The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
.MABRAYS TAILOR
IDENTIFIES HIM
7. H. Boyer Contradicts the M'Cann
Story.
VISITS PRISONER. IN HIS CELL
Recalls Acquaintance Of Years Ago In
Kansas city--Mabrays Clothes
Were Fitted Upon Mr..
Boyer.

Des Moines, May S.-For the first
time since Mrs. Lillian Gates OF st.
Louis declared that J. c. Mabray and
IL. j. McCann are one and the same
man, one OF Mabray's old acquaint-
ances yesterday positively identified
the noted prisoner and conIradicted
in the strongest terms the theory OF
the st. Louis woman.
t. III. Boyer OF Sioux City, promi-
nent business man there and formerly
a resident of Kansas City, identified
Mr.. Mabray as the man with whom he
had dealt in business way in Kansas
City during the month OF June, 1903,
when j. j. Mccain, the St.Louis horse
man, disappeared, and is supposed to
nave been murdered by @Lord" Fred
eric Darlington.
Mabray as Host.
Hello Tom said Mabray when Mr..
Boyer appeared at the door Of the cell
lin the Polk county Jail yesterday.
"Hellc, J. c." returned Mr.. Boyer.
and their hands clasped through the
bars before Jailer Scott Wise had
found time to unlock the cumbersome
door to Mabray's steel walled apart
lments.'
The cordiality with which Mabray
Ioffered him chair bespoke the spirit
lof hospitality which is explained by
1.-THE proud declaration the alleged conf
Idence king so often makes, that he is
a native OF the sunny south, where
hospitality is Unborn. II takes true
hospitality to back up welcome into
a steel CELL with its barred windows
the world. Deputy United States Mar
lshal Hammond and reporter for the
Register and Leader accompanied the
visitor, and the welcome all received
was of the whole-souled kind that
makes friends for Mabray, even while
it helps to bear out the stories of in
Vulnerable mikes" who say his ability
as mixer was equalled only by his
Iaptness as swindler.
Men Are Similar in Size.
Mr. Boyer was the proprietor of mer-
:. Ichant tailoring establishments and for
!, 1--we years he was a. resident of Kansas
n City, where he owned an institution
. of that class. Although not himself a
tailor. Mr.. Boyer has occasion to re-
member Mabray better than most of
: the men whose clothes were made in
his establishment, as the two men are
almost exactly the same height and
build.
Mabray's business" with which Mr..
Boyer, of course was not familiar, took
him away from Kansas City frequent
; lily, and when he wished to order new
suit he telegraphed TO the tailoring es-
Establishment, with directions to try the
clothes on Mr.. Boyer. Their physical
measurements are the same in practi-
leally every particular
- knew Mabray only as one OF the
/ Ecustomers of my establishment" said
Mr.. Boyer. Il knew nothing of his
private business, of course. and cared
nothing. The fact that his clothes fit
ted me makes me remember him with
especial clearness. He was often in
my place of business in Kansas City
and was one of those fellows who en-
: joy telling good story to a congenial
[ lcrowd We knew him as good Gus
/ toner of the firm, as good mixer
5 and as the man whose clothes could
be fitted upon my own figure"
! Mabray was glad to see Mr.. Boyer.
: The latter had come to Des Moines
) from 0skaloosa after visit there
!. with relatives. Knowing that Mabray
: was a prisoner in the Polk county
2 Jail and wishing to satisfy his curios-
y ity as to the real identity of the man
, who has been the subject of so much
5 notoriety in the last few months, Mr..
e Boyer asked for permission to see him
/ and Deputy Marshal Hammond him
l self accompanied the visitor to the
e Jail
e Mrs. Mabray had just arrived at her
I husbands cell when Mr.. Boyer was
+ Iushered in. The prisoner placed the
: two chairs the cell affords at the dis
k lposal of his old acquaintance and Mar
e lshal Hammond and laughingly apollo
i Igized because he had not been able
; to meet them at the front door.
: For half an hour the conversation
e dealt with the days in Kansas City.
: Both Mr.. Boyer and Mabray recalled
t the Kansas City flood of 1908 and with
|. little difficulty Mr.. Boyer remembered
I having seen Mabray during the month
!, of June, when the Mccain murder was
:. being investigated in ST. Louis.
:. To satisfy himself entirely as to
i the prisoners identity, Mr., Boyer re-
J. moved his coat and Mabray donned it.
! Fits Just like 1t was made for him, =
b said Mrs. Mabray, and no one had the
Itemerity to contradict representative
Iof the sex whose word is law on the
set" and hang" OF garments.