Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-03-12
Both Men Blurt Out Stories of Losses
in the Boxing Matches.
THOUSANDS OF LETTERS SHOWN
Prosecution Well Armed with Corre-
spondence and with Witnesses.
MABRAY GIVES PIECE OF MIND
ALLEGED Leader OF Gang Ribs Fur OF
Secrcst the Wrong way-Joe
Cans, Prize Fighter, May
Bc Called.

Mike grown old and wealthy in tho
bucolic environment Of an Iowa farm
j. ii. Secrest Of Iowa Clty-and Sam Sutor,
the wise guy" Mike OF the village OF
Cass Lake, Wis, were thrown into con-
trast in the testimony introduced by tho
prosecution Of the Mabray gang In federal
court at Council Bluffs yesterday after
noon
Secrests the living delneation OF Farmer
john" typical victim OF the green goods
man, unburdened his soul Of many an
gushing facts. telling the jury how he
lost 5000 on a boxing match at New Or
leans and went home for $1,000 more to
lose Sutor tried to tell how he was next
the time, but lost anyway. He blurted
out his word picture of the operation
which cost him $500 without regard TO
what lawyers and court might have to
say, and In terms all his own.
The introduction of documentary evil
dence by the prosecution is now well under
way. The prosecution probably will not
rest before Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning The defense has not subpoenaed
witnesses and has not given an lnumatlon
Of the line Of defense to be taken up
aside from the obvious points OF the case
on trial.
Letters that Were Not Burned.
No less than $500 letters and other doc
uments are in the possession of tho prose-
cution though 1t is possible that but n
part of these will be introduced. Neither
Is 1t likely that all of the 12O witne sses
yet remaining on the list win be examined.
William Scott OF Pawnee. who has turned
states evidence after a faithful term of
service to- the "bi gstore" gang, came in for .
bit of keel-hauling in the afternoon, be-
cause of his failure to come across with
the testimony in willing style for the prose-
cution in the morning session when he was
on the stand for more than an hour. His
wife, on being recalled to the wltness stand
gave evidence concerning a big store"
letter in q remarkably vivid and startling
statement, which was later ruled out Of
evidence.
| The evidence today will follow in general
direction the course OF that Of yesterday
A fight is to b made by the attorneys
| for the defense against the admission in
| IevidencO of the letters and rnmoranda
conflscatd By J. S. Swensop, postofflce
inspector, at the raid of the Mabray res
idence in Little Rock, Ark, when Mabray
! was arrested.
! Argument on the admissablity Of this
evidence is to be heard this morning by
| JuuSe MCGneTbOn. ne ueI6nS0 Will con-
tend that in a measure the introduction of
these letters puts Mabray in the position
Of testifying against himself Colonel Mar
cellus l.. Temple, district attorney, is con-
! fident that the prosecution will be able
to put the confiscated documents in evil
! dence.
]. S. Cavanaugh of Oklahoma City, the
! biggest mike of the many--victlm Of a job
! worth S37 900 to the credit side of the ''big
stores" ledger-arrived Friday afternoon
and appeared in the court room. Mr..
/ Cavanaugh took a seat in the back OF the
room and did not allow his presence to be-
! come noted by the throng of defendants
along the railing in front.
Mnbrny Says n Few Things,
At the close of the afternoon session,
Mabray gave j. H. Secrest, the Iowa
! farmer-mile, a piece OF his mind about
what he had said on the witness stand
about his innocence in being drawn into
the game. Secrest had maintained that he
! had only loaned the money and at no time
had intended to actually bet 1t on a horse
race.
lou ought to go home and preach that to
! your grandchildren" snorted the manager
Of the big store" "The idea uf sitting up
there and dealing out that stuff. Oh, no.
you didn't bet that money; oh, no."
| Never mind, maybe there will be another
horse race in Council Bluffs some day."
said another bewhiskered mike, coming up
to get into the row. ..''.. .......'s
II you wait to bet on 1t with me you
will walt a long time" said Mabray.
Il hope that's right" answered secrest.
! Then Mabray turned about to talk to
Emmett Tinley, his lawyer, who was calling
| him aside for a cOnference