The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
GRAND JURY INDICTS
ALLEGED SWINDLERS
IN HUGE BUNCHES
EleHTY-FIVE TRUE BILLS RE-
TURNED AGAINST MA5RAY
AND ASSOCIATES.
ILLEGAL USE OF THE MAILS
Eighteen States, Territory Of Alaska
And Dominion Of Canada Directly
coneerned-Fake Horse Race Said
to Have Eeen Steered."

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Sept. "a
James c. Mabray and eighty-four al
legged associates were indicted by the
United States grand jury for the
Southern District of Iowa, charged
with conspiring to defraud by Illegal
use of the United States mails. With
the exception of Mabray and three or
four others, none of those indicted are
in custody, and for that reason the
names Of the defendants were not
made public. 1t was stated, however,
that the list includes many persons
known in criminal annals in all parts
of the country and that nearly every
name is followed by one or more
aliases.
Although specific amounts are not
mentioned in the indictment, it is au-
thoritatively stated that the amounts
lost by the alleged victims of Mabry
and others named will exceed half a
million dollars The sums lost run
from 81 500 to $4,000, the latter sum
having been placed on a fake horse
race, according to the evidence at
Ihand, by Missouri banker.
The list of names of victims given
in the indictment includes men of
prominence in all parts of the country
and there is set forth in the specific
charges a number of letters of an in
eliminating character which gives a
touch of sensationalism to the docu-
ment.
Victims in eighteen States, the Ter.
ritory of Alaska and the Dominion OF
Canada are named, indicating the
wide range of territory over which
Mabray and his associates are alleged
to have piled their vocations. AS q
basis of operation they used, according
Ito the indictment, the cities of Council
Bluffs, Davenport and Burlington Ia;
St. Louis, Little Rock Seattle, Denver
and New Orleans, to which places II
lis alleged victims were taken by the
numerous "sterers."
The indictment gives the names OF
leighty-fve persons who are alleged to
have been victims of Mabray and his
associates.
| The list is as follows:
A. A. Vancleave, st. Louis; DR.. c.
lC. Vanderbect, st. Louis; George A
Quinby, Denver; M Jackman, Mime
apolis: Louis Hendell, Marquette
Mich: w. H. McGrath, Pine City
Mimi; M. Meuer, Bristol, S. d.; c. E
Hayward, Garden City, S. D.; William
H. slime, Chicago; Joe H. Walker
Denver: Thomas Gale, Fond du Lac
Wis: Adolph Yeske, Harding, Mont,
In. C. Harrington, Sioux Falls; P. w
lWhalen, Port Arthur, Canada; Alex
ander Delaine, Pernbine Wis; 7. w
Ballew, Princeton, Mo-; Hans Ander
son, Ketchekan, Alaska; A. j. Olson
Memphis, Tenn; DR.. ]. c. Harrish
Jr.. st. Louis; Joseph w. Lessen, Me
nominee. Wis; Ed Jones, Shamokin
tPa.. C, M. Mccain, Denver, ]. NJ. Tur
!ner, Chicago; F. Ellison, Kamloops
Canada; 2. Pierpont, Marysville, Mo-;
r. L. King, Fowler, Col; Edwin James
Blue Springs, Neb.; J. c. Bowman
denver; r. w. C. Shull, Minneapolis;
George L. Brown, Merton, Kan; E. G.
Allspaugh Terre Haute, Ind; ]. E.
Harrington, Sioux Falls, s. d.; James
Serfvais, Port Arthur, Canada;
George F. Castle Britt, Iowa; John
Begger, Sioux Falls; H. Ford, Van
couver, B. c.; R. A. Frazer, Helena,
Mont; Frank R. Baker, J. H. Secrest
Iowa CITY, iowa; F. r. Marts, Polk
City. Iowa: James Weber, Shame
kin. Pa: Max Lindenbaum, Louisville;
In. A. Ketchell, Dencer; Ed Stenger,
Hermosa, S. D.; John Hermelbrecht,
Bancroft. Neb; A. Harrington, Mime
anolis. F. Y. Roethle, Neenah, Wis;
In A. Mansfield, Winnebago, Neb.;
John Corbin, Chicago; Cecil E. Walk,
err. Denver; Samuel Sutor, Cass Lake,
Mimi: w H. Bedford, Bolckow, Mo-;
Ralph P. Mattingly, Nashville;
George S. Bedford Greeley Col. John
Kozlek, Chicago; o. L. Cramer. San
Francisco; j. b. Titterington, Dallas,
Tex: c. w. Field, Minneapolis; A. F.
Cook, Memphis; James Tierney, stare
ator, H.: S. McMairn, Toronton, Can
ada. Joseph A. Young. ]. E. Cava-
naugh. McAlester, Okla; E. S. Bessey,
Oklahoma City; J. P. Scheuermann,
eoIi Kan Henry Stogesdill, Cabool