Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-01
JOHN MEMELBREcHT, NEBRASKA
FARMER OF WEALTH, WITNESS
lNMAY1RAY GANG SUIT.
LARGE NUMBER CALLED
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
Hermelbrscht Relates How He Was
FIesced Of 5000 on Fake Horse Race
Rider Of Horse Pretended to Be
Injured and Gang Got Away With the
Money.
Special to Times Republican.

/ Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. Feb. John Hemel
brecht, the rich Nebraska farmer who
is the complaining witness in the sui
| of the state against Frank Scott, thu
alleged Mabray steerer. now on trial il
1 district court here on charge of hay
! ing feeced HemeIbrecht out of $4,000
! on a fake horse rage in Council Bluff
in March of 1908. was one of the stal
witnesses before the federal grand jury
| at its session here several months age
when nearly 100 we've indicted.
| Scott has two indictments agains
! him. He was arrested last June ii
Sioux City after having escaped the
vigilance of the authorities for some
months. After being in Jail here six
| weeks Scott secured his release on bal
| Of $4,000.
| Henelbrecht told his story before the
grand jury, with variations that are
said to have livened the deliberations
to q high degree, in the following
words:
"Along about the 1st of April, 1908
| first made the acquaintance OF Frank
Scott, a, farmer living near Fender
Neb. my home About the Goth Of
April, 1908, was in Bancroft. Neb,
and there Scott introduced me to
! Richnan. who, he said, was an old ac-
quaintance and schoolmate, and they
wanted me to come to Council Bluffs
and act for man named Frank Max
well, who, they said, was a brother-in-
law of Richman, and that Maxwell was
I, IA nfay nf am Or
way, Crawford, and Gordon, who, they
said, were millionairies.
"The next day Scott, Richman and
came to Council Bluffs and met Max
we'll at the Grand Hotel MAXWELL said
lit would be necessary for me to get
a draft or some money to make a
showing with, so Scott and I went to
South Omaha, where executed a note
| to the Great Western Commission
Company, securing the same by a
mortgage on some cattle, and got q
draft for $4,000 The same day or the
next day Scott went with me to the
First National Bank of Council Bluffs,
where l deposited the draft.
"About the Oath Of April 1 signed a
racing contest agreement, and imme-
Ediately thereafter commenced betting
money that was furnished me by Max
we'll and Richman. The next day, Sat
uarday, Maxwell said it would be nee
| essary for me to get my money. that
f; he was unable to get his money be
cause the same was locked up: that my
money would be returned to me within
a few hours.
.'Scott and I went to the bank and l
got So 900. We went back. to the hotel
and Maxwell was there. He had some
money also, when I got back. and his
money and mine was placed in grip.
Soon after the millionairies and horse
men came in, the betting was resumed
and about 1 O'Clock Gordon stirred up
a fuss about being $500 short. and
wanted the money in the Shareholders
hands counted. This was smoothed
over and the race was held. The rider
of our horse pretended to be injured
and Maxwell declared the race off and
said that they would run it at some flu
ture time. il l would put up some more
money. Scott and I took the train for
home, but Scott left the train at Blair
and said that he was coming back to
look into the matter.
81 got some kilograms after got
home. which was ALL"
Bankers and business men of Fender
and Bancroft, Neb., and a large num-
Der Of others, are here to testify in the
case.