Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-27
Your number is 49,"
Following Gana to Denver.

your number is 49,.
Following Gang to Denver.
Mr.. Swensen said today when l had
my trap all ready for them&in some un-
manner my plans were
made known to them and within an
hour they were gone followed them to
Denver and took up quarters in a Sc
cluded part of the city. From there
watched them, and laid other plans
which were made known to them the
same as had been done in Council
Bluffs. Before l had an opportunity to
get them they had flown to Little
Rock.
"At Little Rock took a room on the
outskirts of the city and watched the
men. | heard of one of the contem-
plated victims of the gang, named Ry-
an, in Bridgeport. ILL.,. and arranged
with him to fall into their scheme and
pretend to be caught He was to hold
them off long enough ito let me get
there with the proper papers to arrest
the men if caught In the act. From Lit
tie Rock I wired some of the men
whom / had found to be victims of the
gang, asking them to give me author
ity to get papers out against the men.
Samuel Sutor. of Cass Lake Mimi,
wired go ahead but Ballew. of Prince
ton Mo-. came at once to Little Rock
and j. e. Cavanaugh was with me
ready to prosecute them.
Get Away With the Dough.
II knew that the money was in a
safety deposit box at the bank and
arranged with Cavanaugh to get out
attachment papers and confiscate the
box. A little delay In getting a bond
which was fixed at $4,000 gave the
gang an opportunity to get ahead of
us at the bank and get the box out
The bank phoned me at once, as per
arrangement, but we lost out"
Is the Box at Davenport?
Garnishment was issued against the
Wells Fargo Express Company, forcing
the return of a package supposed to
have been shipped to Davenport, Iowa.
by Warner and johnson. two of the
men under arrest at Little Rock. con-
tanning the 100000 which was In the
safety deposit box The agent at Dav-
export wired that the box was there
subject to the order of the court
While the bulk of the proceeds of the
gangs nlanipulations that were de-
rived from any one state was gathered
in Colorado, some large sized contri-
buttons were made by Iowa people,
among them, it is asserted, being E. S.
Collins, of Dallas Center, Iowa, con-
corning whom business man of that
city said while here yesterday:
"E s. Collins, the Dallas Center man,
who Is supposed to have been one of
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one recognized in his home town as the
most cautious of men, altho he has
a fortune of $4,000 at his command
and most of it is ready cash.
collins came ito Dallas Center years
ago and grew rich on his farm He
saved his money and raised a family.
He has now only two boys In the fam
lily, the mother having died. The three
make their home in town. Some time
ago Collins went to Des Moines and
married Hattie Spellings. but she does
not now lived at Dallas Center
"About year ago Collins said he
was going to Europe for few months
to bring back big stake he had in
sight over there. He was gone a long
time, but no one ever knew or heard
anything more about the stake and it
Is now generally thought that that was
the trip on which the Council Bluffs
gang landed him." 1t is understood here
that Collins yesterday admitted that he
was trimmed" by the gang but would
not state the sum.
Swindle Gangs Books Reveal Much.
A list of over 300 namese appear in
records found among the effects of
H., ~ NJ fTe
federal authorities. For the operators
the gang had q system of lettering and
for the steerers they had numbers. In
a loose-leaf ledger was kept separate
account with each .of their custom
ers,'' and they run into the hundreds.
In a bundle of eighty eight large en-
velopes are contained the complete rec
ordsy of jobs; how 1t was carried on,
what was done, where it was done
who were interested, contracts, chal-
lenges and other correspondence.
How Samuel suter Was stung.
The following history of the Samuel
sutor case is typical of the whole:
aug. 12-Number "147" arrived from
Cass Lake with Samuel Sutor, (157) Is
a cousin of George Wilson, Sutor prop
of resort Interviewed at Grand Hotel
for horse race by George Wilson (A).
Drew on home bank for Grands (thls
Inspector Swenson says means thous-
ands Of dollars).
"Aug. II, forenoon. Met in room at
Grand Hotel and arranged for match
between Red Leo and Abbie L.
"Aug. II, afternoon. Mike drew out
all his money ait suggestion of George.
Put same in to help Had race in lane
west of Manawa. Gore. Run off.
aug. 1s, wired from Kansas City to
Sutor. Got away all O. K; forced to
change route. Be with you as soon as
possible
Aug. 81 wired Samuel Sutor from
x. c. Have George in custody. He has
confessed all. Consider negotiations at
am end GORDON"
Sutor last $4,000. Denver detective
playet both ends and the middle.
At Little Rock, while the arrested
men were being arrigned, Swensen
saws l. j. Warner, one of the quartet,
tried to tear up letter. 1t was re-
covered and pieced together and turned
out to be letter from a detective
agency in Denver informing Walker