The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-24
MABRAY IS GUILTY"
THIRTEEI OTHER SURE-THINC ATHLETIC PROMOTERS CON-
 VICTED.
Two Years Imprisonment and a Fine of S10,000 Maximum Penalty
 Prescribed.

Council Bluffs, Ia.-John C. Mabray and thirteen associates who for ten days have been on trial in the United States district court, charged with fife gal use of the mails in connection with ly the jury Sunday. Robert E. L. Goddard of San Antonio, the fifteenth defendant, secured a disagreement. Those convicted are:
 John C. Mabray, Leon L. Loser, Tom s. Robinson, Willard Powell, Clarence Lass, Edward Leach, Edward K. Nor ris (colored), Clarence Forbes, Harry Forbes, Frank Scott, Ed Mccoy, Win ford s. Harris, Bert R. Shores and Will liam (Ole) Marsh.
 The defendants accepted the verdie+ without display of feeling, and Ma. bray shook hands with several of the jurymen after they were discharged.
 Mrs Mabray broke down when the verdict was read, and her husband at tempted to console her. She soon left the room, however, still weeping.
 Two years imprisonment and a fine of s10,000 is the maximum penalty for Mabray entered by the court. God dard is still under indictment and will be tried again. All the defendants were locked up Saturday afternoon i'm mediately after the jury received its instructions. Twelve of them had been on bond until that time.
 Col. Temple, the district attorney, ha Iol | +l,o dismissal of Louis R. Stowe, the Min neapolis man, charged with being a member of the conspiracy.
 With the conviction of the defend ants the government believes it has broken up the most monumental swind ling combination that has ever operat- ed Statistics have been gathered which show the receipts of the com bination since it's organization about ten years ago, to have exceeded $5,- GOO, ,00O.
 The success of the government in bringing the defendants to trial was largely due to the capture, when Ma, bray was arrested, of trunk found' in his home. which, it was later ascer. tained, contained a complete docu mentary record of the transactions ot the combination for period of foul years.
 A loose leaf pocket leaged was ono of the documents thus secured. It con tained the names and addresses of more than two hundred persons who have acted as go-betweens in various trans actions. They lived in nearl. every state in the Union.
 There were fourteen branches in va rious parts of the country, all operated from one city. The headquarters were moved from time to time as the lead CTS came under surveillance by the authorities. Foot racing. wrestling prize fighting, horse racing and wire tapping were the specialties offered victims upon which to "make easy money.'
 How Scheme Worked The victim usually was first ap preached by an alleged friend who had been previously solicited by regular "steerer' as he was known. In most instances representations were madt that the steerer" had a cousin waC was secretary to coterie of men ot great wealth who were travelling ovel the country fofr pleasure. The victim was told that this secretary wa: angry at some alleged ill-tfeatment and he had undertaken to swindle his employers out of large sum of money The victim was invited to assist anC when he accepted was in turn sniwdleo on a sporting event which proved tc be :" fixed' against him instead of 1T his favor.