Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-11
M|LL|OMA|RES
CLUB FOUND
EASY MONEY
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
IN MAYBURY HEARING
Witnesses Tell Of the Trusting
SportSmen SwindIed 0ul Of
Thousands of Dollars and
Shipped Home on ChaIiiy


nv Morning journal Sneeiai Isased wirsl
founcu pLns In March 1O-Scn-
sitiohal testimony py tour govern
ment Witnesses, the first called IN the
case Of John c. NIavbrav and others
,t,,,.,.,a .;,t, o,s,;..o,. ia aafrond
pN uhlaWin use OF the Ihlttu 9,a'es
malls featured the DAY proceedings
IN that case. The testimony was given
hN Thomas cay indicted win May
pray, nut VINO turned EoNernlheut
Mltness' James Coon OF oWoss"'
Mleh, ana ernest Fenny' pfoles-
FIohHl wrestler whose nome - "a
$nepherd' Mlch. pom OF the f.ter
adnltted steerers ana ~ - y. Nel-
son. victim OF the sWlhullhS "peFa-
ions
me alleged operations oI MaNnrnN
ana ms associates, known as the NH
lohalfes NiuD IN New orleahs, zen
yer and Councll Bluiis, was tod WIN
= detail tnat lndicated the ieAuefs OF
the ctuD 10 nave IN organization
never before equallcd IN TINS country
"Ihe sporting events arranged ana
earfed through by these men, accord
ing TO the Witnesses, were 50 WeH plan
ned thai there was not the remotest
ehance Tor the victim 10 escape anu
f''f tff' 49,
according 10 ms aplltN ana WilllnG-.
ness to contribute to the fund.
foiloWihg the arralSnnent q tnr'e
additional defendants Ed Mccoy
Fred Null ana George 4. Morrison,
the selection OF q jury was begun.
Judge Mcpherson limited the de-
tense 70 ten prremptorN cha lienges
ana the government to three only one
ol Whlch was exercised ana TINS tacii-
ltated the work OF selecting twelve
men 10 near the evidence. Five far-
ihefs were accepted ana the other
seven are from various pranehes OF /
business life
Thomas cay ono oi the indicted
men VINO turned state evidence was
me first witness called, lie said he
IiTsi met MaNpraN III New orleans
MayhfaN pelhg thcu associated with (
y; ~ h"friln"n ana FRANK w Brown 1
VINO are now nghtins extradition IN +
IvS AhBcles' hdN llNed ~ Sueaior, /
~. Mhere ne mas been n professional +
wrestler ana, according to his testi- I
ilohN y" lnductcd james Ilerney OF \
.hat cry 10 go 70 New orleans ana +
net on sure thing wrestling I
mhtch IN January 1905 He testified
lhat ilerney lost $4,000 of which
''". received S-'oVo.
Gay told IN detall OF the system en-
lloNpu % secure victims and how
'heN We're handled from the time they
were first '1nterviewed, until they
We're sent nome penniless He also
lolu OF belng one OF the wrestlers in
match in which lumberman Of st.
Paul named Shull, lost $2,500
Ernest Fenby. of Shepherd, Mich,
lhoth'f professional wrestler who was
y leieated at Detroit a few night ago
o% HNDscko. the Pole. was star gov
efhmrnt witness, He received letters
rom Councll Bluffs, the authorship
y winch he testiied Maybray admit
-ed 10 hum giving hem "tull dope on
liked wrestling matches and horse
aces.
He with James Coon, a neighbor.
undertook to ste er some friends
md We're successful in landing three.
rom whom $1,000 was taken ON
matches. Coon later went
IN the stand and confirmed Fenby's
estimony IN every detail. Coon is em
1loNed by sugar beet company at
pWosso, Mlch" and said he was first
'pprohched as an accomplice while
lusklng corn near Alma. Mich.
G. a Nelson, a FARMER living at
Nlma was victim to the extent OF
$1,000 and he told how 1t all hap
'ened. II started out for a bit of
port ana ended mp without q cent, "a
'steerer' having purchased a ticket
or him and sent him home.
Both sides waived the usual open
ng statements to the jury, Il brief
'utlino having been made when the
lrsl twelve men were called into the
'oX and before challenges had been
X@rcised.
With the opening Of the afternoon ,
& ession the taking OF testimony hegan.