Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11
Council Bluffs
NOT SURE ABOUT NAYBRAY
May Be Difficult to Prove He Wrote
Letters About Swindle.
BETTER SHOW IN STATE COURT
Charge of Judge McPhersOn Indicates,
However, Grand Jury viii Take
ID the Case of the BuncO
Men.
Men.

While Il is the intention of Postoftice
Inspector Swenson to present TO the fed-
eraI grand jury, which was impaneled
yesterday on the opening of the March tern
Of United States court in Council BUTTS
the case Of j. c. Maybray, reputed head
Of the swindling Syndicate which lie
credited with Fleeing a NUMBER OF
wealthy Mikes out of large sums OF
money, and while IL is likely that an in
| dictment will be returned. officials oil
the federal court are not at all positive
that a conviction will be secured on the
evidence SO far obtained.
Postoffice Inspector Swenson was be-
fore the federal grand jury yesterday
but IL is understood that body Will not
take up the Maybray case until the ar
rival of Samuel Sutor, the hotel man oil
Cass Lake, Mimi. who was buncoed out
of Sc. 1000. Mr.. Sutor is expected to reach
Council Bluffs some time today, a tele-
gram requesting his presence having been
sent yesterday morning by United states
Attorney M. l.. Temple.
The opinion among officials of the fed
eral court yesterday seemed to be that
Maybray would eventually be turned over
10 the local authorities for prosecution
I'm the state court. The charge against
Maybray in the federal court is improper
use of the mails in connection with his
alleged schemes to defraud wealthy suck
ers of their bank rolls. 1t is said that
the maximum penalty on conviction OF
this o~ffense is a fine of 81 900, which
Maybray would. it is believed. be able to
pay, or Imprisonment not to exceed
eighteen months. The difficulty In con-
victlng Maybray, it is said, rests with the
| question of whether it can be proved that
he personally wrote any of the letters
said to be in possession of the postoofice
authorities.
In impaneling the grand Jury yester-
day morning Judge Smith Mcpherson
made indirect reference to the Maybray
case. He made special mention Of cases
which might be brought before the jury
involving charges of fraudulent use of
the United States mail.
The following is the personnel of the fed
eral grand jury: James Record, Glenwood,
foreman; II. NJ. Bartlett, Brayton; M. E.
Bell, Malvern; A. J. Coe. woodbine; E. T.
Cone. Murray; c. s. Crounse, Prescott; L.
Groteluschen, Gray; @. H. Harvey, Logan;
s. A. Hixon, Sidney; ]. w. Jefferson,
Prairie City; M. ]. Keane. Vail; Daniel
Lewis, Glenwood: L.. c. Lewis, Harlan,
Thomas Lincoln, Brooks; Roy Miller, Pts
gah; j. b. McCosh, Anita; A. w. Rem.
shaw, Alton; G. C. Redtke, Magnolia; O
B. Train, Audubon; 1. M. Treynor, Des
Moines.
Bootlesser Pleads Guilty.
An Indictment was returned by the grand
jury against John Tetric of HamburR or
the charge of bootlegging. The defendant
who had been out on bail, was brought
into court and after pleading guilty wal
ordered placed in custody until the court
could pass sentence.
Leroy Goodrich, Avery Mortified and
John Hobbs. three lads from Red Oak
Ia, the home town OF Judge Mcpherson
were before the court charged with de.
facing a rural mail box, having been in.
dicted at the September term of court. AL
three admitted their guilt and sentence
was suspended during good behavior ir
the cases of Goodrich and Hobbs, but Mer.
rifield was sent to Jail, as the court stated
he desired to make some inquiries concern.
ing the defendant. Judge Mcpherson STATED
that he had been told that young Merri.
field was wanted by the authorities a.
Red Oak for being drunk and beating hil
mother. Young Hobbs, it developed hat
been in Jail after his arrest for four month,
as he had been unable to furnish a bal
bond. When Judge Mcpherson learned THU
he had ordered the boys release on hi
own recognizance.
Today Judge Mcpherson will hold g
hearing I'm the habeas corpus proceeding!
Instituted In behalf of Hans Lauritser
and Christina Marie Jensen, at present II
the county Jail at Audubon. Lauritsen de
serted a wife and family and Mrs. JenseI
deserted a husband in Denmark and to
gether eloped to this country. Lautitser
was arrested on the charge OF bringing
an alien woman into the United States 70,
immoral purposes and his case will com,
before the grand jury. The woman wa
held as q witness in 5000 bonds.
1T will pay you to see Sperling & Triplet