Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-23
TRoVOlgo or SAMUEL suToR
ONE or FIRST .M,kEs" 70
PEACH ON GANG.
INDICTED ron DRIDERv
AFTER LOSING 5000 CASH
Aftsr Being Done UP BY Maybrayitss
Sued Bank and Others at Bluffs TO
RsoovOr Iosses-outer's indiscrstion
Prevented His Attorney From ssix.
ing 100000 "Dundls."
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| Council Bluffs, Jan. ga new and
interesting angle Is given the Mabray
swindle story thru the recent troubles
Of Samuel Sutor, Of Cass Lake. Mimi,
one OF the first Mikes" to show up
against Mabray ana his gang. who has
been indicted by the grand Jury at Cass
Lake on a charge Of bribery, and
Charles Arge, resident Of the Minne-
sofa mans town, has secured judg-
ment against Sutor for $500 in a libel
suit.
sutor Twice Shocked.
Sutor became a prominent figure dur
ing the progress of the Mabray actions
in federal court here and, also. he was
one Of the hardest losers OF the hum
dreds of whom there IL any knowledge,
for in his own words he was two weeks
Coming to" after the operation which
separated him from his $1,000. Then
he began an action against the First
National Bank. E. e. Hart and others,
in Council Bluffs, to recover his losses,
and in this way gained further notori-
ETY.. Sutor was certain that he had a
case against the defendants and the
shock resulting from q verdict against
hfms in his suit against the bank, was
nearly equal to that sustained when he
was swindled by the Mabrayites. Fol-
lowing this defeat Sutor became very
vindictive against Iowa courts and
everybody in any way related to them,
and he narrowly escaped punishment
for remarks made here at the close OF
the bank case.
Discussing Sutor's volubility and ,ap-
parent lack of caution, Attorney George
H. Mayne, who represented Sutor In
the beginning. now tells an interesting
incident disclosing how near Mayne
came to getting his hands upon the big
bundle of money which Mabray and his
associates always had on hand In
safety deposit box in this city.
Mayne relates that on the night OF
Sutor's arrival here, which was before
Ia whisper Of the Mabray operations had
reached the public, he held a conference
with Sutor In his room at the Grand
hotel, where he had taken up quarters
but without having registered. Being
Sunday nothing could be done, and af-
ter cautioning Sutor about not leaving
his room for moment, Mabray and
his chief pals, at that very moment be-
ing guests Of the Grand hotel also.
Attorney Mayne prepared the papers in
an attachment action. having mean.
while located the hiding place Of the
bundle" which the Maybrayites all
ways had for flashing upon their vic.
Tins and for use in the betting.
Ten Minutes Too Late.
Early the following morning Mayne
had the papers issued and was in the
act Of attaching the money. there being
at that time. it was later ascertained,
800 600 in the safety deposit box. At
torney Mayne met the sheriff at the
court house and. with the authority to
attach the money, started toward the
bank building whore the safety deposit
boxes are located. The very first per-
son they encountered was Sutor. who
smilingly and blandly informed Mayne
that he had met Mabray just a few
minutes before.
were served upon the bank officers and
opened and found empty. The man in
charge Of the salty dpartmnt stated
that Mabray and his man Clarke had
been there not ten minutes before
Mayne and the sheriff and carried away
with them the two grips containing the
money: also taking with them every
paper in the box. The big red a,ltomo-
bile, which figured in the history OF the
case so often, had carried Mabray and
his man away. "And. that, by the
way" concluded Attorney Mayne. twas
the last that was seen Of Mabray In
Council Bluffs until he was brought
here for trial after being arrested in
Little Rock, Ark.
"Dons" by His Client.
Attorney Mayne was almost sick
when he realized how he had been
done by. his client and today dislikes
to talk about It. Had Sutor kept in
hiding there are several OF the "Mikes."
who, no doubt would have. with Sutor.
realized something upon their claims
against the Mabray gang.
Sutor is hotel man and in the evil
dence given by him upon cross examin-
alton in the hearings here he made
numerous interesting admissions.