Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
LOOT NEAR HALF MILLION
Little Rack, CaAANl hlahs SwiAalsrs
Operated over RAtFe eaaAuy,
HAD AGENTS IN EVERY Stair


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tiala af operations extended aver TIE en-
lara oaaatrs and their vietaNs RWmheF
Rsarls = hundred tFSm Wham aimass tsAAea
WAs seouFeA augiRs The pAsi iva years y
the aeeiArauaR ~ TIE state eAa federal
aGnaials NBa caused tAe arrest Yesterday
~ j a. Ma NAy and three allesea seNs
Federated headers 50 b eharsed, at = msst
tAaraushe agxaaixed RARa % . iaaieFs, . ~
a charge At uslAs The mAiis % defgaWa.
ta seaT0hiAs the effects " MayhaTY last
night records Stre found stViRs the names,
he AatnaFisiea declare, ~ meR wha were
Viettmssea "a well a. AZ ever 30 others.
stationed IN sveFy state IN the union and IN
several provinces IN CaAAaa vhom. tha
Nmeials assert acted a. assRts at the
msA
paYsak their residence In tAuls Roes the
quartet setupied = home IN Pulaski
Heights = fashionable saRaFR A suite Of
afHiees 10 a down tasA af1ea building
oNmpietaa the local background toY their
operations which. Il u AlieE~d, were 10 ar,
range bogus wtesinRS matches ana foot
and horse races
Chtef Inspector swanson 81 the Cnitsd
states postal service with headquarters In
Caanea Rluffa la, who has been ihvesti-
gazing Win several local officials, effected
the arrest
Wsaea arraiknea before United States
Commissioner Allen the men entered a plea
81 not guilty and q continuance was had
un4n March ? 10 peFnai; the government 20
produce their Witnesses
The men arrested giVa their names as
J. L MAybarN n NJ. Clark, J. NJ John
son and lsadOre J, Warner, They were
iaenufaed by r.. G cavanauEh, Of New or
leans. Who declared that he lost N4,co on
a previously arranged wrestling match.
Mea Were ReaVIly Armed.
, LITTLE ROCK, Arb, Feb. 0-tSpeeial
I TelegramA-PossAi Inspector Swanson %
| Council Rlafta sheriff Roberts and depu-
ties this afternoon surrounded the palAtial
Casnn residence In the fashionable Pulaski
Heights arresting J {. MayeATy and l. J.
Warner as they ran from the rear OF the
building towards the woods in the rear,
Both were heavily armed. Warner carry
ing q pump sun. r NJ Clark, a third
member Of the hand, was arrested in the
house. The men were Identified by J. c.
CavAnaugh. q Louisiana timberman. as
the men who worked him for $500 on a
fake wrestling match in New Orleans two
wears ago. Charles johnson. smother mem
her Of The band was arrested in the COM
missioner court when he came as q wit
ness Former Sheriff Mintor OF Princeton,
No arrived On q train shortly after the
arrest. The men are wanted for working
T ". RaTlsw Of Princeton. No, out of $4,000
on a horse race at Council Bluffs. Warner
claimed 10 be a diamond merchant and 20
have Just met The others He was tearing
up letters from Denver, when detectives
warned them OF the officers being on their
tral.
Inspector swanson says the men worked
many al Council Bluffs for amounts total
inE over ssN.Oca Maybary was known there
as Gordon and was formerly q member OF
the Boekfoot Lake racing gang, which was
! broken Up al Hot Springs several years
ago. The men had cleaned out a safety
deposit vault shortly before their arrest,
the Officers securing only r.ses and a mum
Der Of diamonds from Maybary.
Dobbins. alleged % be a member Of the
same gang. is now in the jail at Council
Bluffs. having been arrested in New York.