Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-23
TRouDlgo or SAMUEL SUToR,
ONE or FIRST .MlkGs" TO
PEACH ON oANo.
INDICTED ron BRIBERY
AFTER LOSING 5000 CASH
After Being Done W BY Maybrayitss
Sued Bank and Others at Bluffs to
Recover lossss-eutor's lndiseretien
Prsvsrtsd His Attorney From, ssiz.
ing 100000 Bundle"
specitl to Times-Republican.

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interesting angle Ii 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 and his gang, who has
been indicted by the grand Jury at Cass
Lake on charge Of bribery. and
Charles Arge. a resident Of the Minne-
sofa mans town, has secured a judg-
ment against Sutor for $500 in libel
suit.
Sutor Twice Shocked.
Sutor became q 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 Is any knowledge.
for in his own words he was two weeks
coming to" after the operation which
separated him from his $4,000. Then
he began an action against the First
National Bank, E. r.. 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 a verdict against
hims 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 q
safety deposit box In this city.
Mayne relates that on the night OF
Sutor's arrival here, which was before
a 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
while located the hiding place Of the
bundle which the Maybrayites ale
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, 1t was later aScertained,
800 900 in tho 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 where 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 few
minutes before.
Hurrying on to the bank the papers
were served upon the bank officers and
the safety deposit box Of Mabray was
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 automo-
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. was
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
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done by his client and today dislikes
to talk about 1t. 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 examine
alton In tho hearings here he made
numerous interesting admissions.