Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Council Bluffs
lORE MINES ARE on DECK
Seven More Suits We're Filed in
Council Bluffs Yesterday.
NEARLY $4,000 INVOLVED
Money Was Lost on Fake Horse
Races, Foot Races ana boxing
Matches IN 1907 and
1905.

Matches in 1907 and
1905.
That the J. C.. Maybrav gang Of big
store swindirrs was operating quite eN-
ter sivelv in Council Bluffs during 1907
as well as during 1905 was disclosed by tho
filing yesterday in the district court OF
tho petitions In seven Of the Twenty-Five
suits brought by Mikes" from various sec
tons " the country to recover the MONEY
out OF which thev had been bunkocd TIE
filings Yesterday show that three OF the
Mikes" who appear as plaintiffs IN these
suits were induced to come TO Council
Bluffs in 1897, where like the other victims
o fthe gang they were promptly and effec-
lively fIeeccd OF caah.
The plaintiffs i'm the seven suits. the peti.
lions in which were filed yesterday are:
y. A.. Van CIeave Of Al. Louis. who
dropped 5000 on a fake foot race on June
g. 1907. IN Council Bluffs.
James Wehber Of Shamokin, Pa. who
was separated from 5000 in connection
with a boxing match in Council Bluffs on
july 3. 1907.
NJ Jackman Of Waterloo. Ia, formerly
" Minnesota. who on July IL. fN, was
fleeccd out of $4,000 on a wrestling match.
Et1IUN =. M1tlUlBlN oI NHSUNllle' IeuIl.'
who lost 5000 ON a wrestling match OF
S0Dtember Z, 1908.
George L. Brown Of Norton. Kan. who
was separated from s. 200 on a fake horse
race on July rs. zoos.
Adolph Yeske of Harding, Mont. who
wac bunkocd out Of $3.50 on a horse race
on July IS 1905.
George +. Castle Of Britt. Ia. who on
September ~ 1908, handed up 5000 on a
fake horse race.
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tional bank of this city is not included In
the list of defendants in the petitions of
A. a. Van Cleave, James Webber and
VI. Jackman. These three Mikes" fell
into the clutches Of the gang in 1907 before
Mr.. Spiudler's connection with the bank.
T. G. Turner now president Of the City
National bank was cashier of the First
National bank I'm 1901. but he is not in.
cluded IN the list OF defendants in these
three suits. Mr.. s%pindler is named as one
OF the defendants in the other four petit
tions filed yesterday as are Benjamin
Marks. the First National bank; Ernest
e. Hart. president Of the First National
bank, Ernest f. Hart Incorporated James
c. Maybray with his numerous aliases.
John r. Dobbins and Frank o. Scott.
Nv van NitdNtS suit / II IldlllllNbl'
ORE Fields, clyde Alvoid and George Max
well are alleged to have acted as the
"steerers" and are included in the list of
defendants.
T. II. Hamilton also appears as the
steerer in the case Of James Weber. In
the case Of NJ. Jackson, Charles Wilhelm
appears as the steerer. Ed Ellis and Ed
Crawford are named as the stesrers in the
suit Of Ralph p. Mattingly, and also in the
suit Of George l.. Brown. Adolph Yeake
names c. L. Seaton as the steerer who
induced him 10 come to Council Bluffs from
| Montana to be shorn. The petition in the
suit OF George F.. Castle, the Mike from
Britt, Ia, no steerer is included in the list
OF defendants.
A~IIeEntiOns in Petition.
The allegations contained in the petit
lions filed Yesterday do not differ in es-
sential particulars from those in the petit
items previously filed. The stories of how
the plaintiffs we're shorn OF their wealth
vary but little.
Up to date A. A. Van Cleave OF st. Louis
is the first Mike" who went up against
a f~ootrace to sue. The sprinters In this
foot race. according to the petition. were
George Maxwell and Lew Holland, but be-
yond the statement that the race was run
in Council Bluffs the location is not
stated.
When James Weber was induced to
come to Council Bluffs from Shamokin,
Pa, the headquarters Of the Million
aires club" appears to nave been at the
Goodrich hotel according to the allegations
contained in the petition. Here 1t was,
Weber says, the preliminaries Of the fake
boxing match between Edward Morris and
Morgan Williams. which cost the man
from Pennsylvania 5000, were arranged.
The boxing match was, so Weber states.
pulled off in a building at the southwest
corner Of Broadway and sixteenth streets.
NJ. Jackman Of Waterloo, Ia, dropped
his 5000 at a wrestling match pulled off
at the Broadway building. The principals
were George Bennett and J. c.. Gordon,
Maybray, the leader of the gang Is said to
have gone under the alias OF j. c. Gordon
and the Inference is that on this partcu-
lar occasion Maybray assumed the role Of a
wrestler. The fake horse race was used by
the gang to fleece George L. Brown OF
Norton, Kan. AdOlph Yeske of Harding,
Mont, and George Castle Of Britt, la.
Ralph p. Mattiugly OF Nashville. Tenn,
who hailed from far off Nashville, Tenn.
was put against a wrestling match said to
have been pulled Oft in a shady nook near
MINISTER Springs. north Of the city. Joe
Acton and Jack Gormsn are said to have
put on the wrestling stunt for Mattingly's
benefit. Mattingly paid 5000 for the
privilege OF being also present"
Alleged Steerer Released.
Frank Scott, the alleged 'steerer" in the
] 1asa % lain II HarUralbEanhf Of nannrpff
Neb., who was mixed for 5000 on a
AXE horse race was yesterday released
from the county jail. where he had been
since June IS, following HIS arrest at Sioux
City, on a bond in the sum Of 5000, furn-
ished by Elmer l.. Fehr, Wallace Benja-
min and Verne Benjamin. Indictments
were returned against Scott on charges OF
larceny and conspiracy and the bond under