Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-02
Horse-Race Fakirs' System In
cluded Making Dupes Afraid
of the Law
KYLE IN HIDING FOR WEEKS
illinois Man Who Lost $4,000 Ran
Away When officer Sought His Aid
in Capturing swindIers = Maybray
Prepared for Flight at Time of His
Arrest-clark scsres the Suckers.
Special to Times Republican.

OF men can make play so good thai
| the sucker goes into hiding for fear OF
the law, it can well be said that 1t is
| the work of experts That is what the
.Maybray gang Of swindlers did for j
G. kyle, an aged farmer living near
Decatur Ill. Kyle was victimized out
of $4,000 on fake horse race Feb. 10
last, and when federal official began
work on, the case and sought Kyles
aid in prosecuting the gang Kyle was
so badly frightened that he went into
hidingA He was cereain that the 'offic-
Ilers wanted him for participation in the
killing of one of the jockeys, SO vivid
was the death scene and so cory the
dead one he could not make himself
believe otherwise 4et.
Is Finally Located.
Mr. Kyle was finally located and his
joy was great when he found that he
was not to be prosecuted for murder
and is now at Little Rock. where he
has positively identified the gang. He
mas also identified the horses that were
used In the race as the ponies which
were attached at Little Rock under
Swensen's orders.
Not less than q dozen victims of the
gang have been to Little Rock and
have Identified Mayi,ray and the others
and more mikes" are constantly on
the way there or are coming to Council
Bluffs for the same purpose. In fact
they are coming out of the woods so
fast it Is keeping the officers busy
keeping cases on them and the neces-
sary data that will be needed when q
hearing comes off,
st Attachment Suits Piling Up.
Al. r, Cook, Of Memphis, wealthy
lumberman who was touched for $1O,-
900, has begun suit against the outfit
These suits in attachment are piling up
every day and the money, II any is re-
covered from the gang, will be cut
many times before 1t is distributed. II
the accused men think to secure their
release on bonds, they will probably
find themselves fooled. c. S. Granger, a
postal inspector from Creston, Iowa,
who has got into the game. says that
the bonds of the men will be doubled
and trebled when they get back into
Iowa Granger says, quite APPLY, that
the people of Iowa are determined, If
the right men have been caught, to
make them suffer for the bad name
which has been given the state.
Maybray Prepared for Flight.
An interesting story Of Maybray's
Interrupted flight is waited up from
Little Rock. Gus H. Lyons, mer-
chant of Little Rock, states that q
few days before Maybray's arrest he
told Lyons that he had been quite
successful in his lumber and timber
business and that he planned to take
a vacation of couple of years and
that He was going to South America
for his holiday. He wanted to sell
Lyons his horses and the auto, the RED
machine which has now history all
most national in Its scope. He offered
the outfit at ridiculously low figures
but Mr.. Lyons did not buy.
The men are said to be losing their
air of bravado and also their natty
appearance. They are living well, ac-
cording to all accounts, have the run
of the corridor in the Jail and their
stock of good cigars seems not to have
been exhausted. Until a rule was put
into effect barring visitors except
mikes" and officers from the jail, the
men seemed cheerful, but 1t was an
ali of forced oheerfulness.
Clark Scores the Suckers.
The members Of the gang were ex-
ceedingly anxious regarding the state
Of public feeling concerning them and
of their probable status In court. +.
M. Clarke who appears even holder /.
than Maybray at times, roasts the.
Mikes who have made their appear
ance in public since Ballew and Cav
anaugh made the start, and Judging
from remark of his he has only u
feeling of contempt for them. Clarke
said: well, they're all right, and l
don't blame them, In a sense, for
thing they have done. But they've
simply got the yellow. that's all.
Net Coming to Iowa Soon.
4 AIaybray and his fellow prisoners
are not likely to be brought to Iowa
for at least two or three weeks. United
States Marshal 4Rernniel upon whom
will devolve the duty of transferring
the prisoners, say that his deputies are
all busy preparing for court in the
Helena district, and will be busy for
4 time after court convenes. and that
he is not going to take any chances
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