Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-21
MABRAY TELLS FURTHER OF OP.
ERATIokS OF SWlNpLE
SYNDICATE.
MAKES SHARP ANSWERS
IN CROSS EXAMINATION
Gets Best Of Attorney for Marks, Who
Was Once Mabray Lawyer-Star
Witness in Case Severely drilled for
Many acknowledgements of Win
nines as Evidence.

Council Bluffs, Dec. 2t.-Additional
details OF the mixing" operations in
Council Bluffs in the summers Of 1907
and 1908, some OF them facts that never
had been known before, were brought
! out Wednesday in the cross examina-
ton OF John c. Mabray, the head of
| the swindling syndicate. Attorney
John P. Organ OF the defense dug re-
| ientlessly into the financial and per-
sonal details Of the life Of Mabray.
seeking to bring out facts that would
tend TO clear Marks from the charge
Of completely in the offsnses OF the
famous gang.
I. There We're several sharp passages
between the attorney and the witness.
! but it was very seldom that the at
! torney general interfered on behalf OF
i the man on whose story the state must
/ chiefly depend. Detailed questioning
by Mr.. Organ brought out the fact
! that Mabray claims the account book
| from which he had refreshed his mem
DRY on Tuesday Is incorrect, in at
| least one respect-as TO the omunt OF
money that Mabray himself realized
from the swindles.
| The significance Of this Is pointed
! out by the defense as lying in the
| fact that under the plan OF dividing
/ the money Nabray's share Of the pro-
ceeds during 1905. up to October 10.
| to have been s32o.s92, while he claims
| the expenses were SO heavy that he
actually cleared only about $4,000.
/ AS to Lindenbaum.
J Mr.. Organ took up on the converting
| Of court In the morning the question
of the course pursued by Mabray upon
the occasion OF the arrest in Omaha
later in the summer Of 1907 OF Thiel-
man. one Of the athletes, in connection
with the fleeing OF Max Lindenbaum
| of Louisville, Ky. He was arrested,
! it was stated. on a telegram from
| Louisville.
! Mabray hired an attorney, Tom Lee
| Of Omaha, to get Th!el.nan out. he
stated. He himself came to Council
| Bluffs at once to avoid the danger Of
| being arrested himself. and stayed here
| till Thielman was released.
/ In the questioning with regard to
{! this matter. Mr.. organ referred to the
refusal OF Mabray to call his oper-
| atoms Stealing" and secured an ad-
mission from the witness like this:
| You knew that you were commit
! ting a crime, didn't you?"
! II thought we were violating the
state law-yes,' replied Mabray.
Mabray in some testimony referred
to Moore as being one Of the comb
nation" Of the big store
Witness After Attorneys.
"Now I don't know Just what you
mean by your talk Of the combination
of the big store" remarked Mr. Organ.
You ought TO. You've had expert
| ence enough"
| "Oh. no experience to compare with
yours" replied the attorney.
| ooh. you've been on both Sides as
serted the witness
t It was moment later the witness
again paid his compliments 20 the at
torney. when Mr.. Organ said:
"A big store is entirely too nice a
name for such game as yours
81 know some other games that are
just as bad" asserted Nabuy.
81 suppose replied Mr.. Organ. you
are referring TO the law business ?"
Yes, SIR
You've had lots Of experience with
the Law business Of late, haven't you ~
Lots of it"
Mabray declared. in response to
questions, that he did not give the true
purpose to Frank Blake. when he
rented from him the budding at Six
teenth and Broadway. where for time
the contests We're pulled off.
An entirely new name was brought
into the mixing" game when Mabray
declared that Conk Jones, Of Kansas
City had loaned him the money for the
bank rolf when he started in as q
partner in the "oig store" He was.
MAJ bray said, in the same business. He
died in the spring Of 1908. aIabray de-
clared he had paid Jones his share OF
the proceeds which was 70 be a half
of Mabray's share, in the spring OF
1908 IN a hotel at Excelsior Springs
No. There were no witnesses TO the
payment. The amount was between
$1,000 and $500.
Big Business Here.
The Uenora ndum book from which
Ma bray had refreshed his memory or
direct examination was brought into
play again. II showed that from TWEEN
ty-nine tricks turned during 1908, up tc
Oct 10. when Frank o. Scott retired
as q partner the big store" had re-
allied 1852. 595. During the balance OF
that year the proceeds were abou
$40 During 1907 the gang took il
about $4,000.
Nabrays share Of the s1s2.595 drop
ped by the mikes during 1903 up q
oct. IL was given in the memorandum
book as s23s92, but Mabray declared
the book was incorrect in that particu
lar He really got about $4,000. h
said His share in 1907 was perhaps
$1,000 or $1,000.
After going to New Orleans in TIN
fall Of 1907, only one trick was turned
when man named George-T. L
George Of San Antonio, Tex.-wa
. mixed" for $4,000 Or $4,000.
Another Big Store.
!. He became acquainted with Frank
!. Sect at Denver, where he was workin
/. for another "big storeS conducted b
!. Ira Warner. Monti MCCALL and Con
J. Jones. Scott, he said. had his home a
Clinton, Iowa.
Mr.. Organ went into detail into tn
!. residence Of various members Of tn