Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-08

I'M 0UTtnB tue 49, yOoS ssssO WS~Ss ,-'--'
elected officers solely Tor the p$Epose.
Il Wa said. Of keeping the ossanas.
tion alive. w. II. KiNpack was made
prnsadsnt: r. j. Day. vice president:
C. II, Swanson. SECRETARY. and Or. l.
L. Poston. treasurer. with inseruc-
lions for these officers to appoint an
executive commattes Of fve members
at sorI,c future time Then IN tho alb
sencs of anything else to do some ono
suggested that the league should De
consistent with its purposes and place
itself on record as opposing tho ois-
missal OF the Mnbray cases. rcsoiu-
ton passed to that effect. and the sec
rotary was instructed to DO the rest
He did II we'll. In the form OF v'sot-
ous letter to the attorney general anu
the county attorney
Letter Reaches Dss Moinss.
The letter reached Dos MONIES
Thursday afternoon and Attorney Gen
eral Cosson Immediately acted. he
wrote q very positive letter to County
Attorney Capell Informing him that all
OF the nolled indictments must De re-
instated at once under penalty or MS
removal from office BY application OF
the Cosson law. the statute tnat was
invoked to dispossess Major george H.
Richmond. The attorney general also
in the same hour wrote tho letter !"
clerg Brown. This was OF such an I'M
pcrative character that 1t orookeo no
delay, and Mr.. Brown imm sdiateiy went
upstairs where the court docket was IN
use and noted the appearance OF the
attorney general In all OF the cases.
There are now on file indictments
against about $50 Of the mixers. altho
they comprise but twenty-six bills. Tne
indictments were returned under the
| guidance of former County Attorney
Hess with Wow Of minimizing tbs
cost of prosecution. Mabray, as orin-
cipal, was indicted in each case that
was pulled off here where evidence was
Forthcoming and with him each OF the
steerers. Jockeys. wrestlers and nghtets'
making six defendants in many OF tho
cases and as high as eight or nine IN
Others. Under the Iowa law all OF these
| defendants may demand separate trials
| Only Two Cases Tried.
Only two of the cases have been tried
in the state court, John r.. aias
"Beckey" Dobbins and Frank scout.
Dobbins was convicted by County Az.
torney Hess in November. 1909. and
was sentenced to five years in the peni-
tertiary. His attorneys appealed to
the supreme court and the case is now
pending. Dobbins is the steerer who
landed Banker T. w. Ballew. Of Prince
ton. Mo-, for 5000. Scott was tried
lin February, 1910. with former Attorney
General Byers present as an active
participant in the prosecution.
The state had a great deal stronger
case against Scott than was MADE
against Dobbins, but the jury acquitted
him. 1t was declared at the time. "a
protest against the interference Of the
attorney general in the affairs OF the
county Scott was the steerer who
manipulated John Hemeibrscht. OF
Bancroft, Neb., who lost $1,000.
modicum Of the same evidence was
presented to the federal grand jury
when Scott was indicted. At the March
term Of tho federal court here he
entered plea OF guilty and got 1--WE
months in Jail.
huas Task in Prospect.
Tho task that has been put upon the
Estate by the action OF the attorney gen
leral - q huge one and the costs that
lwill be piled upon the county Will be
worth taking account OF The Dobbinl
land Scott cases cost about $4,000 and
lie evidence enough to secure conviction
lin all OF the others Is produced the
costs will equal or exceed $1,000 IN
eyery,case. It has cost the government
nearly $4,000 in direct expenses to
lconv1ct about two dosen members o,
the gang, and the government has thu
advantage Of tho state In many re-
spects. It can compel the attendance
of witnesses from all parts Of the coun-
try and It can try the criminals in an,
sized punches. The state can DC
neither.
Wishes to Purge City.
TT Is not a question OF what II viii
cost. but II L. the necessity for making
use Of every means to remove the stig'
} ma that the acts OF these men have put
upon Council Bluffs" said Mr.. Lougee
former president Of tho Law Enforce
ment league. 1.-THE town can not pros
per unless It makes a heroic eTor'
to remove the stain" Attorney Kill
pack now president Of the league, ex'
pressed tho same views months ago ant
has not modified them.
There are now In the Leavenwortf
prison a dozen or moro OF the mer
whose terms are soon to expire an
these will be the first victims Of the
wrath, OF the new attorney general
Colonel Mabray. with twenty-six in
dictments attached to him. will be thu
first and there is no doubt but there
will be evidence sufficient TO convict
Mabray Is the arch scoundrel OF thu
lot. with able lieutenants in Monte
Mccall and Isadore J. Warner. The,
undoubtedly secured several millior
dollars from their large assortment o
victims all over the country and At
torney General Cosson thinks Mabra3
and his principal officers should re-
ceive good long terms in tho state:
prisons.
With practically all OF the indict
ments reinstated. warrants will be sen
to Leavenworth and other places where
the mixers are about to complete theft
sentences.