Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-26
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY MARCH 20 1910

l of his mouth. The club members would
I rush around n minute or two In fear.
and then the heads would suggest to
the victim NJ the occasion that 10 would
be- wise To- run for it. or take the
INST train out OBJ town. or all would be
held lur murder IL always worked and
I the man fled Go his home minus his
. money auC generally frightened.
When hc gut home ne would write 90
find out what had happened. and 10
was correspondence Of this kind which
itu into the hands uf the authorities
anc gave them witnesses
Horse races were worked in some
thing the same way Jo J eys were In
troduccd 90 the victims. and an were
said 10 be in the employ Of Mabray
and his crowd for the purpose or "do-
ing The millionaire Plans were made
by which tine victim was 20 take tho
place az "a regular bookmaker. keep
the sheet. handle the money. and turn
20 over 60 tho particular agent of Ma
bray who happened 90 Doe working In
the plan. and then wait for the race.
The horse would start iu the race. and.
just after when there was no chance
of dangor to him. tho Jockey would fall
from DIS horse in "a az and the money
would be- lost Sometimes that ended
the career ot that particular victim.
but sometimes he was induced 10 20 for
more money and the trick was worked
.
would be the same. and again the ia
would appear. and this time the victim
was sent home quickly to avoid arrest
THE STAR WITNESS.
The star witness Of the trial was one
Howard B simpson Of Spokane. who is
capitalist there. and who knows
every one NJ the gang and has
grudgo against Mabray and others to
s..F
lionaires' club" which was used &C.
record Its operations was introduced
and In % was the name ana address of
every one Of the Confoderatos. with his
true name and dIus. ana addresses
real and fictitious. an OF which were
known o. Simpson This book had
been taken In raid ON Mabray's eff
itcts lu Little Rock. and showed "a
profit of Sl.500Oo0. which Simpson said
was only a small proportion Of the
gains which he figured out at least
S5.0o0.o00 in an The one season the
Council BUNS headquarters collected
S250.000. and other offices i'm proportion
The highest amount secured from any
one man. as brought out on the trial
was 1884, 900 from j r. Cavanaugh Of
oklahoma city. although the district
attorney In charge Of tho case has evi-
dence 10 show that Canadian "in-
NfHANf WIS renewed OF NhNNNNs ana HI
eX-public prosecutor ~ Cook county
H., had yielded So. 900
Some of the witnesses were shame
faced when they gave their testimony
and others We're hardened The former
felt their position keenly and gave
their evidence reluctantly knowing fun
well the effect il would have upon the
Inhabitants Of their home town. and
fearing their reception upon their re-
turn. The others were apparently
used TO IL. They had embarked upon
their speculation knowing the nature
of IL fully, and expecting TO be smarter
than those who We're engineering the
deals and when they lost they took
their medicine. They were willing 10
testify. however, and cared little for
the effect upon their friends or rela-
tlves. o. o. Newberry Of Argyle, Ia,
described himself as n horseman Of 40
years standing. He smiled all through
his testimony. Speaking Of a wrcst-
ling match. he said;
I'VE had II all framed up when
got 90 thinking II an over" said New
berry. Il was 81 years old then and
that was the first time In my life that
I was mixed up IN anything Ike that.
I couldn't sleep nor eat. SO the night
fore Il was TO come or, 1 got up at ~
O'Clock and went down TO the million
ares nIANaAf cur i was HFAfA AlAAAANA
10 stop IT, / saw. some one at the
depot that said they wasn't in. so 1
had 10 give up I'd Leach, that de-
PENDANT sitting over yonder, lost the
wrestling match 20 German. and my
money was lost After the match the
millionalrcs got together and talked Il
over.
"Then one Of 'em comes to me and
says. Old man, We like your style;
give YOU another chance. but you II
have 10 put up $4,000 this time
They told me they liked my face and
1 told 'em ! liked IL myself
We bar Farmer Burns or GOtch,
but you can bring on a good wrestler
all right for the $4,000 go, says one
OF the 'millionaires.'
1--WE sot a hold OF a wrestler called
the Greek Demon Maxwell he picked
him out.
1--WE got right back 10 Wilkesbarre
and got down 10 business.
THE Greek had IL framed 10 me that
f. would be better FOR him TO lose the
first fall
we don't lose any fails at an this
time. I says. You see / had $4,000 up
this time.
but the Greek lost the first fall:
then on the second ne clapped German
down hard
Burns. one or the miIlionaires, took
out a gun as long as my arm and
throws IL down on German. You lose
another fan and you're a dead one
SAYS Burns I seen right there that
I'd either be out $4,000 or have a corpse
on my hands When 1t was all over I
wasn't troubled with any corpses or
any money either"
Now how much did you lose2" asked
Asst Dist Atty. stewart
Thirteen thousand and EXPENSE
A NEW ORLEANS FIGHT.
william Burke Of ST. Louis got mixed
up in one OF the New orleans fights.
and the district attorney asked him lf
he had then lost $1,000.
Yes" replied Burke, raising his hand
bearing a three-carat diamond to add
lust the throc-and- a-half-cara diamond
that adorned his lilac nockwear 81 did,
but I'm a plunger L Amt sore. I've
been taking chances all my Ire duu
took one there, that's an
who handed this TO you?" continued
the lawyer, holding mp contract Tor
the boxing match, which cost Burke so
much that Mardi Gras season,
''rhey all handed IL 10 me- replied
tho pIunger seriously.
81 went down there with Harry