The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
RACING SW|NDLERs INDICTED.
Victims in Eighteen States Lost
100000.
Sheriff, Police Chief and Prosecuting
Attorney Got $z5 Week, Said
Letter to Chief of Band.

Council Bluffs, Iowa. flames G..
Maybray and eighty-four associates
were indicted by the United States
Grand Jury for the Southern District
of Iowa on a charge of conspiring to
defraud through the use of the United
States mails. With the exception of
Maybray and three or four others,
none of those indicted was in custody
1t was stated that the list includes
many persons known in criminal an-
nails in all parts of the country, and
that nearly every name is followed by
from one to four aliases. Each of
these alleged confederates. it is
charged, had number, which is Civ
en- as one of the aliases credited to
the defendant.
Although specific amounts are not
mentioned in the indictments, it is
authoritatively stated that the
amounts lost by the alleged victims of
Maybray and others named will ex-
coed half million dollars. The sums
lost run from $500 to $4,000, the
latter sum having been placed on a
fake horse race, according to the evil
dence at hand, by Missouri banker.
Victims in eighteen States, the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and the Dominion
of Canada are named in the indict-
ment, indicating the wide range of
territory over which Maybray and his
associates are alleged to have piled
their vocation.
AS basis of operation they used.
according to the indictment, the cities
of Council Bluffs, Davenport and
Burlington, Iowa; st. Louis. Little
Rock, Seattle, Denver and New Or
leans, to which places, it is alleged.
victims were taken by the numerous
'steerers.
In setting out the specific instances
in which violations of the postal laws
are charged, the indictment includes
copies of many sensational letters
said to have been exchanged between
Maybray and his associates, which re-
fer to alleged deals" and name va
rious sums of money as having
changed hands as result of the OPP
erations of those mentioned in the in
dictment.
One letter is from Polk City, Iowa.
It is signed by F. R. Marts, and in
closes $1,000 ito apply as forfeit
money on our deal pending" A let
ter from Samuel Sutor, of Cass Lake,
MINI, says: 81 have made my check
on the bank up there for $4,000"
In letter written few days later
the came man informs the person who
received mail from postoffice box A.,
which was Maybray's box, that the To-
cation referred to is only twenty min
utes' ride from the heart of New
York City, and that the fixing" could
be done for SIS week, which will
cover everything, that is, the Sheriff,
the Chief and the Prosecuting Attor-
ney."
The Indictment gives the names of
eighty-five persons who are alleged to
have been victims of Maybray and his
associates, most of whom live in the
Western States. Among those named
in other localities are;
P. w. Whalen, Port Arthur, Cana
da; Edward Jones, Shamokin, Pa. !;
e. Ellison. Kamloops, Canada James
5ervais, Port Arthur, Canada; James
Weber, Shamokin, Pa; s. McMairn,
Toronto, Canada; J w. Springborn,
Cleveland, Ohio; c. Nelson Pratt, To-
ledo, Ohio, and c. A. Nelson, Alma,
Mich.
The trials will begin at Red Oak.
Iowa, during the November term of
court or at Des Moines in December.
Sylvester R. Rush, special assistant
to the Acknowledgement of the United
States, at the instance of the Depart
ment of Justice, is taking part in the
prosecution.