Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-02
NIKE GASES SOON
DEFENDANT BANK AND OTHERS
WILL INSIST ON TRIALS AT
COMING TERM.
COUNSEL FOR FIRST NATIONAL
CHARGES MISREPRESENTATION
Declares That "Mike." Resorted to Do.
eeption in Order to Securing cashins
Of Drafts-castIe Case Cited as an
Example of Methods in Making Bank
a Party to Transaction.
Special to Times-Republicar.

Council Bluffs, Sept 2.-That pnr-
ton of the famous Maybray cases rep
resented in suits brought by the
Mikes" to recover their losses, will be
tried during the September term of the
district court.
Emmet FINLEY, acting as counsel for
the First National bank and its IT.
ficers in the Mike" cases, in an inter
view said that everything would be
done to bring about speedy trial of
the cases and that he believes several
OF the cases at least will come up for
trial during the present term of court
This will be hailed far and near with
breathless interest, for there are no
cases that have ever been tried in
Council Bluffs that have attracted SO
much widespread interest
MIR. FINLEY has been working over
time to prepare answers to the nine
teen petitions. Altho there are many
cases and probably three score of peo-
pie connected as parties to the suits,
they all bear a close resemblance 20
each other on many points. This is So
a full discussion of the complete list.
As to Identifieations.
'The answer filed in the case Of
a fair example Of all as to the method
of obtaining money from the banks. In
all the cases the dealings in the draw
ing money We're the same as they
would be in drawing money from any
bank at any time. In many instances
it will appear that the so-called mike
called at his own bank for instructions
as to transferring money and to learn
what bank he should be sent to. In
most instances his local banker sent
him to the First National bank ct
Council Bluffs. in some instances his
bank sent the Mike to an Omaha
bank, and after the transferring of the
money there, he would be sent to the
First National bank at Council Bluffs
with the cashiers draft with identia-
cation by the Omaha bank. In nearly
every instance each man deceived his
local bank.
Castle Case Fair Example.
"In all instances the man acted as a
total stranger and was believed to be a
stranger in the city. 1t is not infre-
quent that strangers seek to cash
checks and drafts as bankers are ask
| ed almost every day to serve strangers
Where a stranger can not identify him
self or prove genuineness Of his check
or draft, it is necessary to forward the
paper to the bank for Identification by
his own banker. Every one Of these
men represented themselves as strang-
ers and unable to furnish Identification
by residents of Council Bluffs.
"Since the cases have come UP 1t has
been learned that one Of these Mikes
was personally known to a we'll known
business man in the city. and also that
he knows that he could have furnished
Identification, and yet for some I'M
known reason, he misrepresented the
fact to the bank.
sit is our purpose to push the cases
to trial at the earliest date possible
and we expect to try some of them this
term. AS far as we are concerned
there will be no delay in bringing any
of the cases to trial.