The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-01
Man Convicted Of Promoting Fake
Wrestling Matches Throughout
the Country is Getting Thin
at Prison Work.
TRIALS FOR NEXT MONTH
Dope Around Federal Court at Council
Bluffs Has It That About Fifteen
Members Of the Gang will
Stand Trial.

United States court rooms in Council !
Bluffs, the next term of federal court,
which will be neld in that city next
month, will have for its principal I
work the trial of alleged members of /
the Mabray gang. Already fifteen al
legged members of the gang are under |
arrest and awaiting trial and the gov
eminent authorities expect to make a I
number of other important captures
before the date of opening court ar
rives. I
Postoffice Inspector Swanson, who
worked up the cases against the
gang, is now in Seattle. Wash, where
he has gone to look after three men
under arrest there One Of them is
thought to be the famous Darby,
alias Thielman, for whom the inspec-
tors have secured the country. Dick
Beatt is under arrest at Enid Okla,
and will be among the men tried
next.
Judge Smith Mcpherson of the
southern district Of Iowa, will be the
trial judge. as he conducted the for
mer trials.
Marshal Talks About Maybray.
United States Marshal Warner re-
turned some days ago from a trip to
Leavenworth, where he went to take
quartet of prisoners. The latest
news concerning Maybray is brought
/ back by the OF cial who says:
81 saw Mayb-ay and he was about
the sickest looking individual I ever
/ did see, too. He was just coming in
to the dining room with the rest of
/ the convicts, having just finished his
weeks work. If ever saw tired
man in my life, he was the one. He
seemed scarcely able to lift MS feet
from the floor and appeared to be
4 completely done for.
Il talked with Ole Marsh, another
member of the gang. and from him I
found out what was the trouble.
There are about dozen of the
old Maybrayites in the prison aLI all
of them are down on Maybray for
keeping that record which got them
get a chance. they make it hot for
their former chief
Working "Game" on Him.
"Maybray was big fat man. Well
they have put HIN to work in the
brick yard. And he has to, catch
: brick which are thrown to him by
another convict Now, the other con
Wet. the man who pitches the brick
to him, is one of his former gang
members. They are working some
sort of system by which they get q
;. fresh man to throw to Maybray about
every hour, and while the thrower is
fresh and strong. Maybray has tc
; stand it all day by himself. If he
! fails to catch them as fast as they
come he gets hit by handful Of
brick. And you bet they come fast
enough xNEu
, II don't blame him for looking al
) tired out. He has lost about twenty
, five pounds of flesh and no longer
, wears that debonair expression thai
characterized him while Busy taking
$4,000 rolls from the mikes. Those
fellows throw those bricks just as
hard and as fast as they can and ole
Maybray must catch them CT get hurt
Imagine standing a bombardment Of
brick for about nine hours day"
Altogether there were eighty-foul
indictments returned by the United
States grand jury in Council Bluffs
About eighteen of these have beer
disposed OF, fourteen men being sen