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

12. had the cashiers checks We
Martin, .Dobbins and myself, went to
the rooms. Now Martin says. vii
furnish you money to put up as a for
felt Wilson was there. He instructed
me how to handle the money. Put it
im your pocket with the cashiers
checks he says. and when you pull
out the forfeit, about $4,000 forfeit, you
draw the checks out and lay them ON
the table
Now when we got to the hotel the
millionaires come in. had never seen
them before"
Describe what took place fully"
said Attorney General Byers.
After we come from Omaha with
the cashiers checks, the millionaires all
came into the room. We were all sitting
in the outer room, the biggest one The
milionaires were all brought in and in
troduced by Wilson and Martin to-
gether. Just before that the two riders
had come in and had been introduced
to me. Then the millionaires come in
and all were introduced to each other
There were about eight of us, three
millionaires, the riders, Wilson, Martin,
Dobbins and myself.
Meets the MiIionaires.
THE mtllionaires We're introduced as
MIR. Hemmingway-Mr. H. Hemming-
way, a large man, and Mr. Crawford
and MIR. Gordon. They were introduced
under these names, Gordon, Crawford
and Hemingway. They were plain
men, looked as tho they had not been
shaved for a few minutes Martin had
told me they were very plain men and
talked only business. That they
wouldn't talk gambling and if they
thought that / was a gambling man
they wouldn't have anything to do
with me.
All there began to talk business, but
someone said they wanted to have a
little race. George Wilson brought up
a contract for race. There was some
talk. Gordon and Crawford did the
talking, and said they wanted to have
a little race
WAS 1T mentioned who was to act
as stakeholder"
EYES,"
Ballew then told of the selection of
a stakeholder, of the signing of a con-
tract for a race and of his having made
"a showing" of his 100000 and of it
getting into the spot" He also de-
tailed the race and the fan of the jock
ey riding the horse on which he had
bet the money. of the sights of blood
and cry of a charge of murder and of
their hasty flight and of Dobbins tell
ing him to meet them in Kansas City.
when he, Ballew, would be given back
his money
Confusea on Gross Examination.
On cross examination Ballew became
confused a number of times He said
that he registered under the name of
ID. Hollister at an Omaha hotel on ar
irving there; that this is the name of
one of his trusted business managers
that after he reached home for five
days he wrote n letter each day to
Dobbins to an address that Dcbbins
gave him; that getting no reply he
went to Kansas City and on going to
the address given him by Dobbns
found all his letters behind the mail
box. Ballew said that he never caught
sight of Dobbinsi again until after
Dobbins' arrest in New York, where
Ballew said he went to identify Dob
i bins. Ballew was asked number of
questions of an embarrassing CHAR
acter in relation to his becoming con-
nected with a deal which he afterwards
declared a swindle, when he, himself
expected to profit, by it. Ballew took
refuge behind the statement several
. times. that he expeetsd it to result in
, the reformation of Dobbins and that
he would realize on his $500 note which
he held against Dobbins. To some ques-
tions Ballew hesitated, but when
asked if anybody had ever refunded
any part of the 100000 to him he
answered quickly and in decided at
firmative