Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

What was MI Mabray doing thereC
continued Colonel Temple in a dry tone.
''Oh, he was taking part as a millionaire"
replied Gay, with the assurance that pre-
sumed q knowledge of the matter In hand.
Il think ne was working under the name
OF. Gordon at that time. r. B. HERMAN
and f.. w Broyn were there with him."
the witness added In rbpiS to the next ques-
tlon. .E.F jtfy Elf In
The method OF s~nilstiag the athletic lieu
tenants. az sthe gang, was set forth by Gay
under the questioning et the prosecution.
Tom DaYis showed me. a letter" he said.
TT was signed Georgia That was George
Wilson. Il met him after 1 went to New
Orleans" y go
What did that letter say7" suggested
the examining attorney, making ready for
the objection from the defense that inevi-
tably followed. 3JH.FI
at It that We're located here and ready
TO handle all kinds Of business
Gay then detailed the operation whereby
he decoyed, with the, assistance Of others
Of the gang, James Tierney Of Streator,
ILL.,, TO New Orleans. where that person OF
sportive proolivities was dispossessed OF
$40, 900. Hts story made reference to a letter
from the rang which was shown to Tierney
in the lnfiatory stages Of showing the in
tended victim what assure thing was In
sight. This touched o pthe techinacl and
vital Issue of the case on trial and Colonel
Temple drew the witness out on the point.
did that letter pass through the mails?'
he asked. So. '.-
YES" answered Gay, 'decidedly.
The fsCDrOp Dead" Game.
The regiment Of lawyers for the defense
hunched their chairs up an inch closer.
Davis explained 1t all to me-" said Gay.
II was to throw the bout and bite into a
rubber ball filled with blood and lie there
dead" said Gay. explaining the invariable
tragic end Of the Mabray bout when the
victim Is made to believe he is a fugitive
fleeing from a scene OF murder.
Gay fooko DIP the disposition Of the affair
OF a man whom heooalled shull, mixed
for $4,000 at Council Bluffs and men
toned also A. S. Johnson as another vic
tim.
YES, I knew they had postoffice box
No. 4 in Council Bluffs he said when
pressed further in regard to the question
of use OF the mails.
81 knew that they were receiving mail
here and had protection to do business
here"
''You made a memorandum of the boxes
they had about the postoffices of the
countryr'"r 49,
YES said the witness, producing from
a pocket his memorandum book.
you say you got letters in Chicago
How were they signedY
,,Just BOX A. said Gay. Il got letters
through the postoffices at Spokane, Los
Angeles and Seattle, all signed that way
or from the boys"
CAV from his notes testified to the mum
Der of the boxes in the offices
/, Emmett FINLEY took up the cross-eA'
mihation by at once centerinS his ettorts
on the matter Of the letters.
"You say that Tom Davis showed you
/. q 'letterT'' '' "'
eyes, L saw him get the letter In my
houaa He waststaying there at the time.
: TIC cr-oss-examination drew from Gay 9
abatement that John c. smith, a ponce
maRistrate at Streator, had been made 9
o marty TO the Fleeing Of Tierney'
o No Terms, for TuFning Testimony
3 An attempt Was made by FINLEY to h
=, - ,yhot terms Gay had become a witness
En- the state, but the witness declared
IBat ha had had no agreement with j. .
"a swenson. postoffice inspector or others
an reeard 10 his fate IN court. The attacF
~, the Witness was then turned towAIN
hIs relations with other members OF th'
q ,os.,op,
, .h.t cav had tried to "shake down" her
riman. a chief of the gang at Denver To-
Al 700 threatening to turn states eNi
ct asked him TO sign my bond when
was arrested and to help me out wa
the most that the witness could be mao'
70 admit. ~