Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
COUNCIL BLUFFS RESIDENTS SUE
TO RECOVER MONEY AND
REAL ESTATE.
SAY THEY PARTED WITH
PROPERTY UNDER THREATS
AIieaed Omaha Detectives and Their
Wives Accused Of Blackmaiiins Coun-
ell Bluffs Man and His Wife Out Of
Large Sums - Perpetrators Claimed
to Be Members Of Mabray Gang.

! Council Bluffs, Aug. 22.-Charles e
Jeffries aud lis wife, Nina l.. Jeffries
filed a sensational suit in district court
here, charging Lloyd w. Longnecker
! and his wife, Blanche E. Longnecker
and George w. Longnecker and MS
VIE, Emily j. Longnecker, we'll known
Omaha people, with conspiracy and
successful eXtortion of a large amour
Of money from them in addition to
the tltlo to their homestead in this city
Na.ued at $500.
The plaintiffs aliege than on Dec. II,
1915. a certain Omaha man and wife
went TO the Jeffries home in this city,
While Mr.. effries was out of the city
aid told Mrs. Jeffries that her husband
had become implicated with an Omaha
wcnnan and that this woman was going
10 make trouble. The stories toIu
greatly distressed Mrs. Jeffries and
when her husband returned she was in
a state of excitement. She told him ali
that had been said TO her Later, II is
alleged, the Longneckers got into the
case and further increased the fears or
the Council Bluffs people by telling
them they had been marked as victims
OF a powerful band of blackma.lers
who would stop at nothing not even
murder. to accomplish their ends.
Suggests Employment Of Son.
The petition alleges that the elder
Longnecked advised them TO protect
themselves by employing the most
skiilful detectives, and recommended
his son, Lloyd W. Longnecker. He said.
according 10 the petition. that his son
was 4 detective OF national repute, was
worth $4,000 in his own name and
maintained offices in the Karbacn
blcca. Omaha, and that the son could
prevent the conspirators accomplishing
their work.
In statement. sworn to in the suit, he
says he believed il, and on March 8 OF
this year employed Detective Long
neclier and fully credited the stories
that he says were subsequently told
him to the effect that the conspirators
were high class criminals with
branch headquarters in all of the big
cities
Jeffries' Charge.
Jefries said he was told that two II
then, belonged to the famous Mabray
gang and that it would cost much 10
run them down and break up their
plan, that at least $4,000 would be re-
quired TO -'upearth the conspiracy, and
! save the intended victims; that he gave
Detective Longnecker 800 at once ana
later gave him $1,000 in cash and a
deed to their property. lot in Ben
jamin F'ehr West End addition, worth
$500; that he afterwards gave note
for $4,000 drawing per cent interest,
and even furnished an abstract to the
home prop erty and obligingiy assigned
the $1,000 insurance policy upon 1t;
that al the urgent request Of Long
neckec the $4,000 note was paid on
April S; the deed of property was made
to Emily Longnecker. mother OF the
detective; that il was fraudulentiy OBJ
tanned and that there was no consid-
Grafton.
Jehries asks that the deed be Sc;
aside, the defendants be restrained
from numbering or disposing of the
property and that the $500 in cash be
returned. He says that there was no
t-u1h il the story Of the Mabray gang
Of hiackmailers.