Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-16
Follow He Wasn't Betting on Forced
to Win at Point of Gun-PIumber
Said He Could Stand His Losses
Simpson, of Seattle, Proves Star Wit
ness for Government.
Special to Times-Republican.

most OF MS fellow sufferers NeWberrx
has a we'll developed sense of humor
and as time, has long since healed the
slashes made in his bank account by
| contact with the syndicate he contin-
ually dubbed over with mirth as he
| told his story on the witness stand
| NeWberry lost $4,000. eve had it al
framed up when I got to thinking 1!
over" testified Newberry. IT was g.
years old then and that was the frs,
| time that l was ever mixed up in any
thing like it, l couldn't sleep or eat, sc
| the night before it was to come off
got up at IL o'clock and went down to
the lniliionairies' private car. 1 was
| determined to stop it. I saw some one
at the station who said they were not
In, SO [ had to give it up.
| ED Leach, that fellow sitting over
there, lost the wrestling match to Cor
don and my money was lost. After the
match the millionairies got together
and talked it over. The one of 'em
comes to me and says. Old man, we
like your style; you're fine fellow
and we want to give you another
chance. But you'll have to put up &c.,
900 this time
"They told me that they liked my
face. and I told 'em liked it myself.
| Maxwell, he was the secretary, as
I, you fellows call him, said if I didn't
come to the front for him we'd both-b
in jail. thought we'd both as we'll be
in hell, but Ish4d to SO thru with it
We got a hold ON a wrestler called the
Greek demon. Maxwell he picked him
out. Then we got back to Wilkesbarre
Pa, and got down to business. The
| Greek had it up to me that it would
| be better for him to lose the first fall
We don't lose any falls at all this
time told him. But the Greek lost
the first fall; then on the second he
slapped his man down hard.
Burns, one of the millionaires, took
out a gun as long as my arm and
throws it down on German. You lose
another fall and you're a dead one'
says Burns. saw right there that I'd
either be out $4,000 or have a corpse
| on my hands. When it was all over
wasn't troubled with corpses or any
money either"
Plumber Could Stand 1t.
William Burke of st. Louis is q
plumber and could afford to lose. the
$1,000 which he iissipated on a fixed
boxing match. .You say you lost $4,000
ION that New Orleans fight asked At
.torney T'nley of Burke. yes" slowly
drawled Burke as he raised to a COM
manding position under the electric
light on the stand his hand bearing a
three carat diamond to adjust his neck
scarf on which rested a four-ca
stone. 81 did, but I'm a plumber. I
my life and I took one there, that's
7 ALL
who handed this to you?" asked
United States District Attorney NJ. Il.
Temple, holding up 4 contract for the
boxing match which cost Burke so
much that Mardi Gras season.
"They all handed it to me- replied
the plumber seriously.
What was this sure thing that
Forbes told you about?"
'F'orbes himself"
Forbes, the busy little bantam
weight, who. with his brother Clar-
ence, also a fighter. is on trial, smiled
at the witness, and Burke beamed back.
when Forbes fel. and went to
bleeding, 1 went to my hotel and
packed my grip. The stakeholder, who
had all the money. went for a doctor
and I haven't seem him since"
Star Witness an Stand.
From Spokane, Wash, the govern
ment brought as it's star witness in
the Mabray trial, the man who is said
by the government officials to have
been the brains of the notorious Buck
foot gang, which operated in Webb
City during the 90s under the leader
ship of Robert Boatright, and who later
was connected with r. u. Herman
and Frank w. Brown in similar opera
lions i'll Seattle. This man was II.
Simpson, real estate dealer Of Spo-
kane.
The most searching investigation by
the officers detailed on the Mabray
case has; failed to show that Simpson
has had any connection with big
store" operations for at least three
years. Under the, statute Of limitations
he is now immune from prosecution.
That he was a. big man in the bust
ness. however, is indicated by the dec
iaration OF tine men ieiis,I &c Of III the
,Mabray. trial. Ill Seattle he was as
ISOLATED with Herman, Brown and
Ed Ellis, known also as Ed Crawford
in big store" transactions, and is said
to have taught them what they learned
of the game.
The theory of the government Of
fcerS is that the men connected with
Mabray merely perfected what they
learned from Simpson.
Simpsons testimony on direct exan-
nation related to his acquaintance
with three men said to have been lieu
tenants of Mabray, r. B. Herman, f..
W. Brown and Ed Ellis, alias Ed
Crawford He said he had correspond
ed with them, had seen them write. and
he identified their handwriting in the
records found in Mabray's trunk in
Little Rock. These records included the
famous Morocco BOUND. loose leaf
memorandum containing an index of
the men connected with the operations
OF the syndicate" and also envelopes
which were found in the trunk, each
one of which contained the complete
record of the Victims their addresses,
the character of contest in which they
were MIXED" and the number by
which the swindiie was classified il the
records kept Of the "syndicate's" oper-
atoms
Simpson Areusss interest.
The defendants knew Simpson was