Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-15

| Take his money, my son. praising Allah
Tho Nil was ordained TO be sold.
--MaNims OF Hafig
Mikes sorTowful mikes gladstone. mikes
! rep,ntant and mikes uarerentaNt hclrcl
/ the government pile I'm evidence against
John G, Mabroy and his departmental heads
/ In the big store" gang Ia federal court at
Council Bluffs yesterday
Mikes from the vintages ~ all the years
! that the system as developed by the Ma
! bray company has been IN operation tool;
the stand to tell their fortunes in the "suic
thing" game Each was there TO connect
some part Of the voluminous cores
pondence In the possession OF the prose-
cution with actual use OF the mails ct
ters and betting schedules we're piled in
/ 20 increase the list of exhibits, which s
now near to 2oO in number.
The unwilling mikes. II. A. Berthold and
! w. c. Wagner OF Aurora, Ill., embar-
rased beyond endurance by tho ordeal OF
the witness stand and publicity. were
brought TO Council Bluffs to testify by a
/ postoffice inspector, who was dispatched to
bring them in after they had left Council
| Bluffs
Berthold i7 connected with large brew
| ing interests in Aurora, whilc Wagner. a
! relative, is a Wholesale dealer in shoes.
/ They were excused last week by Colonel
| Marcellus l.. Temple, district attorney. on
( tho representation that they did not know
/ anything about the case on trial Tho
| prosecution learned that they did and their
recall by the poatofflce inspector followed.
Newberry IA Unique Specimen.
a smile twinkled behind the busy mus
tache that bedecks tho face OF O. o. New
berry Of Argyle, Ia, forty years a horse
man ,as he related his Joyous experiences
in the losing Of $4,000 with the pioneers
OF the mixing geme In wllkesbarre. Pa.
I in 1906
I'VE had It all framed up when got TO
thinking IT all over" said Newburry Il
was 62 years old then and that was the
! first time In my life that I was mixed up
! I'm anything like that. / couldn't sleep nor
eat. So the night fore It was to come off
] got up at 10 O'Clock and went down to
the 'millionaires' private CIR. / was do
termined to stop it. I saw someone at
the depot that said they wasn't in, so |
had TO give up.
''Ed Leach, that defendant sitting over
yonder, lost the wrestling match to Cor
man, and my money was lost After the
match the millionaires got together and
talked 1t over.
Then one Of em comes to me and says,
| Old man, we like your STYLE you're a fine
fellow and we want 20 give you another
chance. But youll have to put up $1,000
this time
"They told me they liked my face. and
told EN- liked it myself.
Hunted Good wrestler.
1--WE bar Farmer Burns or Gotch but
you can bring on "A good wrestler all right
for the $4,000 co. says one of the million
aires
Maxwell, he was the secretary, as YOU
fellers call him. said II didn't come to the
front for him we'd both be in jail
thought we'd both as well be in hell, but
had to go through with It.
I'VE got a hold of a wrestler called tho
Greek Demon Maxwell he picked him out
I'VE got right back to wilkebarre and
got down to business.
"The Greek had 1t framed to me that
it would be better for him to lose the
first fall.
I'VE don't lose any falls at all this time.
says. You see I had $4,000 up this time.
But the Greek lost the first fall then
on the second he SLAPPED German down
hard.
Burns, one OF the millionaires took out
a gun as long as my arm and throws 1t
down on German. You lose anther fall
and you're a dead one; says Burns |
seen right there that I'd either be out
$4,000 or have a corpse on my hands.
When 1t was all over / wasn't troubled
with any corpsese or any money either.
Now how much did you loser asked
Assistant District Attorney Stewart.
Thirteen thousand and expenses re-
piled the witness.
you see they offered to pay my ex-
penses when Tom Robinson took me 10
Wilkesbarre the first time, but when the
shoutn was all over the boys had showed
me such time for my money ! didn't
want TO be mean to them and demand
expenses"
The refusal OF Canadian mikes to coma
into the United States to testify against
James r. Morrison Superior, Wis, and
F. $. Null, solon Springs wis, defendants.
resulted in their dlscharge, verdict OF
not guilty has been entered and the Wis
consn pair has departed,
The position taken by the Canadian
mikes is explained by Inspector swensou,
who declares they have been Influenced"
Two victims were charged 20 the account
OF Null and Morrison. Principal among
these was s. M McMaln. Toronto, ont,
who lost $500, according to the Mabray
records.
Mikes again figured largely in the ses-
sion. Frank l.. Marts Of Polk City Ia,
was the star mike. lie told a story OF
mortgaging his farm TO get into a Mabray
wrestling match at Council Bluffs.
Judge ReRffirms Ills Ruling.
Judge Smith b. Mcpherson reaffirmed
his ruling admitting the documentary evil
dence captured by j. 3. swensou, postofflce
inspector, at Pulaski Heights, from
Mabraya residence al The opening OF
court Al the suggestion OF the court Mr.
swenson was placed on the stand for ex-
animation and described the raid. briefly
Continued on Third paKsN