Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-24

Will Sdiu fSlCALnONQ IOr q peTlOO OF uI.
teen years last past. That on or about
the 18th day Of July, 1908, was called
to the telephone at the office Of John K
| cooper, justice of the peace. and when
I answered the phone the party calling
hotel. l asked who it was talking and
the party replied, George Smith, and
| VIII meet you at the door,"
That on approaching the hotel I saw
! Major Richmond come out Of the east
door OF said hotel and seat himself in a
chair close to the door. AS drew near
him he rose from his chair and asked
me II was looking for George Smith.
replied that he George Smith) had
called me over there and the major
said He (referring to Smith) is in
| here" and started into the hotel, re-
marking, HE wants to see YOU" That
ne walked ahead Of me directly to the
toilet room of the hotel AS we en-
tered the room a man met US just in
side the door. This man was j. c..
Mabray. That we walked over near
the center of the south side of the
room and Major Richmond turned
around and handed me $40 gold piece.
j told him ] did not want the money
and asked him to take it back He
said that had done man a favor and
wanted me to have it. told him I
did not know who it could be, as there
was no one owing me anything like
that. Richmond replied, "You are not
supposed to know" and told me not
to say anything about this to anyone.
I took the money over to the office
of Mr.. Cooper and told Mr.. Cooper
what Richmond had done When at the
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to anyone by the name of George
Smith, nor did / see anyone of that
name.
That on the following day returned
the $40 gold piece by special delivery
mail addressed to Major Richmond.
Than on the 18th day of July, about II
o'clock a. M, Richmond came to Mr..
Cooper's office and in the presence of
John K. Cooper told me he had re-
ceived my special delivery letter and
stated that man at the Grand Hotel
had asked him If he knew me and re-
quested that he give the money to me.
Richmond seemed very much agitated
and excited when he came into the Of
flee. q told him j did not want money
that had not earned and his reply was
that the man claimed to know me.
Other Affidavits.
In addition to the above affidavits,
two others signed by D. J.. Weir, for
mer member of the police force, and
now residing in South Dakota, and by
H. &c. Roark, of this city, were filed
with the amendment and application for
suspension.
Roark in his affidavit, tells of offering
Chief Richmond IS to release cash
slot machine, which had been seized at
the Ogden house in January, 1908, and
charges that Richmond demanded $25,
but later permitted Roark to take the
machine away on payment of SIS.
Weir says in his affidavit, which was
made in South Dakota, that he was or
dered by Richmond not to go into, or
interfere with gambling houses, and
that early in the year 1908 the affiant
and other members Of the force in
formed the chief of the character Of
the business being done by j. C. Ma
bray and his gang and were instructed
not to interfere with Mabray, that he
(Richmond) would take care of that
matter himself, that these parties were
bringing money into Council Bluffs and
he did not want them interfered with.