Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-22
INDICATIONS ARE THAT "TREAs.
uRER" OF MAeRAY GANG
HAD BEEN LOCATED.
$4,000 IN CASH FOUND
ON ONE OF FRISCO SUSPECTS.
Russell B. Herman and Companions
Believed to Be in Possession Of III
Cotton Gains-Herriman Has Num-
erous Keys to Safety Deposit Boxes
Located in Various Cities.
Special to Times-Republican,

Special to Times-Republican.
Council Bluffs, Oct. CIV. F. ALL
mon, United States postoffice inspec-
tor, who assisted in the arrest few
days ago of Russell B. Herman, Ed
ward G. Moon and Frank w. Brown,
at San Francisco, all of whom are I'M
der Indictment here and in Omaha as
alleged ring leaders in the Mabray
swindle syndicate, has aroused the
greatest interest among the numerous
victims Of the gang, since his return
from the coast, by his statement Of
the big find the officers made when
the three men were searched.
Moon and Brown did not have any
large sums of money upon their per-
sons but Mr.. Allmon says that $4,000
In cash was turned up when HERMAN
was searched and his effects gone over.
In addition, Mr.. Allmon says that they
found keys among Herriman's effects
to more than a score of safety bank
deposit boxes in San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Council Bluffs and other cit
| yet be determined upon but which
point to the most interesting disclos-
ures in the near future, or as soon as
the federal officials have concluded
their investiga tons along the line upon
which they have started.
| HERMAN Also Has Brains.
| Ever since the arrest of Mabray and
1T became known that the gang had
realized enormous sums from their
victims, the federal officials and the
public has felt a lively curiosity as to
what became of all this money. While
it is known that Mabray and all Of his
men Were good spenders they could
have gotten away with but a small
fraction of their winnings as claimed
by the hundred or more victims who
have shown a willingness to tell their
stories. HERMAN is recognized as one
of the brainest men with whom Ma
bray associated and many believe that
he was one of the few who had Ma
bray's full confidence and shared with
Mabray the responsibility and in fur
nishing the brains for carrying on the
many big sWindles with which the
gang is credited.
| Was this $4,000 found on HERMAN
a part of the swag? And will the
many keys found in his effects unlock
l secrets which the government officials
have been hoping to land upon FOL
months? These are some of the ques
tons which have been aroused by thu
1 developments in the west. The des
perate character of the men taken il
San Francisco is shown, says Mr.. ALL
mon, by facts developing with thei
arrest. HERMAN rushed to the bacl
door OF the building in which they wer'
taken and tried to slip past the office
stationed there, with revolver in hand
but was met with a gun in the hand
Of the officer and desisted. AS we lie,
the men thru the streets they hum
their heads and pulled their hats dow
over their eyes to avoid the gaze of tn
people on the streets and to proven
being photographed. HERMAN is
prize catch, believe. He was regarde,
by many as the treasurer of the gan,
and financial manager.
Gather Many Letters.
In addition to the mass of CORE
spodence and books containing detail
of the transactions of the gang, cap
tured with the arrest of Mabray a
Little Rock, the federal officers have
since the beginning of the arrests o
men indicted here as steerers and co
conspirators of the gang, secured owe
2,10O additional letters which are nov
in the possession of the federal govern
ment, all having a bearing on tn
transactions of the organization at diff
ferent times. The collection of thi
mass of evidence is an indication o
the diligence of the federal officials an,
of their persistence, which, however, i
the usual manner of the federal gov
eminent in dealing with men suspects
of violating the United States laws.
It is rumored here that NJ. Z. Temple