Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-22
NEW HAND In "MIKE" CANE
J. ]. Hollister, Grain Dealer of Mills
City, Deals 1t.
TO HAVE REVENGE ON BAYBRAY
MIR. HOlIister Tells How the Alleged
Bunco HeImsman Steered Him
Against a Ghostly Load
of Grain.
TO HAVE REVENGE ON BAYBRI
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CFrom a staff correspondent.)

ffrOm a Sta1t COfreSpOnuent.J
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia, May H.-Another
of the victims of the Maybray "swindling
syndicate has resorted to the courts in an
effort to recover the money out of which
he was buncoed j. ]. Hollister, a grain
dealer from Minneapolis, who dropped
$4,000 on fake wrestling match in Coun-
ell Bluffs on May %, 1907. has. through his
attorneys, S. B. wadsworth and II. A
Crawford of this city, filed in the district
court original notice of suit against J. c.
Maybray. John r. Dobbins. Max Boyle
w. Fl. Graham. r. ]. johnson and Benja-
min Marks. Conspiracy to defraud is al
legged by Holllster against the several de-
PENDANTS
According to the allegations OF Hollister.
the "steerer'' in his particular case was
W. II. Graham. Hollister says he was in
duced by Graham, who called on him at
Minneap polls, to come TO Council Bluffs fer
the purpose of considering a proposition to
purchase a quantity of Kansas wheat. Gra-
ham, according to Hollister, claimed to
know OF 10000 bushels of grain. slightly
damaged In an elevator fire, that could he
bought for 10 cents bushel. Holister was
shown samples of the grain by Graham,
who represented that much of the grain
was in fit condition and that a big profit
could be made by the purchase
Brought Victim to Omaha.
! Holtster acting on Graham's representa-
tions, came to Council Bluffs and was taken
over to Omaha, where more samples OF
the grain were shown him. While the trans
action for the sale of the grain to Hollis
! ter was pending, the wrestling match
proposition showed up. Hollister became
interested" and when he returned to
| Minneapolis he was minus Just $1,000.
Hollister came to Council Bluffs last
March and went before the grand jury
but that body had already returned ter
indictments against Maybray and the other
| alleged members of the "swindling syndi.
cate" there were considered sufficient and
no Indictment was returned in the Hollis
ter case. Maybray is in jail in Des Molnes
and Dobbins has been behind the bars Of
the county Jail In this city since last Febru
ary. when he res brought back from New
York on charges connected with the fleec
ing Of T. w. Bellew the banker of Prince
bins was recently continued until the Sep
tember term of district court.
Samuel sutor, the hotel man of Cas-
Lake, MINI, who dropped 5000 on a fax,
horse race has brought a civil actor
against Maybray. B. Marks and officers o
the First National bank of this city TO re
cover his money.
Postoffice Inspector Swenson, who wa
in the city yesterday, said he is going Sun
day to Denver, where the trial of Ernest l.
Powers, alleged member of the Maybra,
gang, is to be held either Monday or Tues
day, Powers is alleged 10 have "steered
j. c. Bowman of silverton. Colo, into tn
clutches OF the gang, with the result tina
Bowman was fleeced out of S3,70O on
fake foot race in Council Bluffs on Jun
of last year.