The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-25

them changed to cashiers checks to
show that the money was in town"
Ballew then told of their going to a
bank in Council Bluffs and of being
referred to an Omaha bank. 1--WE
then went to the hotel and / called
up the bank in st. Joseph where
do business and told them l wanted
$4,000. They said that is quite
sum of money. ! told them l didn't
think that l would have to use it,
but l wanted it in case l did need it.
They said they didn't know that it
was Ballew talking and wanted me
to come down and talk it over. |
assured them that it was Ballew at
the phone. Martin and Dobbins then
said get $4,000, that we could get
along with smaller sum. Finally
the ST. Joseph banks agreed to send
letter of credit for the $4,000 to
two Omaha banks and we could get
along with that" The money, Bal
lew testified, arrived in Omaha Oct.
liz. Martin met me there before
breakfast. We went to the banks and
had to wait until 10 o'clock for the
| ST. Joseph mail to arrive. The letters
came and | signed the drafts and
notes, and received cashiers checks
for 5000 each from two banks.
1--WE went to the Grand Hotel in
Council Bluffs and Martin says, Now.
I'll furnish you money to put up as
forfeit Wilson was there. He in
structed me how to handle the mon
ey. Put it in your pocket with the
cashiers checks and when you pull
out the forfeit, about $4,000, you
draw the checks out too and lay them
on the table. Then the millionaires
came in. We were all sitting in one
room. There were about eight of us,
three millionaires, the riders, Wilson,
Martin, Dobbins and myself. They
were plain looking men and had not
told me they were plain businessmen;
that they would not talk gambling
land if they thought that 1 was a
gambling man they wouldn't have
anything to do with me-"
Ballew then told of the selection
of stakeholder, of the signing of q
contract for race and of his having
made "a showing" of his $4,000
and of it getting into the pot" He
also detailed the race and the fall Of
the jockey riding the horse on which
he had bet the money, of the sight Of
blood and cry of charge of murder
:, and of their hasty flight and of Dob
bins telling him to meet them in
, Kansas City, when he, BalleW would
: be given back his money.
On cross examination BalleW be-
came confused a number of times.
. He said that he registered under the
name of E. HOLSTER at an Omaha
:, hotel on arriving there; that this is
= the name of one of his trusted bust
- ness managers; that after he reached
: home for five days he wrote letter
each day to Dobbins to an address
=. that Dobbins gave him; that getting
= no reply he went to Kansas City and
= on going to the address given him BY
i. Dobbins found all of his letters be.
y hind the mail box. Ballew says he
: never caught sight of Dobbins agar
until after Dobbins' arrest in New
3 York where Ballew said he went tt
= identify Dobbins. Ballew was asket
number of questions of an embar
y RAISING character in relation to hi
- becoming connected with dea
~ which he afterwards declared a swim
- die, when he, himself, expected t
-. profit by it. Ballew took refuge be
~, ~ that he expected it to result in tn
- reformation of Dobbins and that b
-, ~ would realize on his $500 note Whic
- he held against Dobbins. To som
~ questions Bellew hesitated, but whe
~ asked if anybody had ever refunde
~ any part of the 100000 to him h
~ answered quickly and in decide
~ affirmativ