Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-08
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MAN ACCUSED or FLEEciNo
IowANs ARREsrED IN
MINNEAPOLIS
MEMBER OF TRIO WHO
WORKED WiRE-TAPPINo GAME

timixsd 20 Extent Of 5000 Each in
Fake Horse Race swindls- officers
on Trail Of Ia Bar Since Indictment
WAS Ready 70 Surrender.
Minneapolis, March s.-Dan La Bar,
indicted in connection with the wire
tapping" swindles OF 1913, declared that
he was coming, not going, when he was
arrested at the union station here by
Sheriff Otto S. Langum and Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Schutta. He said he
was on the way to surrender to the au-
thorities.
La Bar handed cut another puzzle.
He declared fatty that he had not
taken away from police headquarters
two gum slot machines which were
confiscated two years ago at 244 Hem
nepin avenue, where he conducted a
penny arcade. The whereabouts Of the
slot machines has been as much Of a
mystery as the whereabouts Of La Bar
since last July, and there is a court
order still standing ordering them de-
stroyed.
Dressed in stylish spring suit and
vigorously welding q broom on the
floor Of his cell, La Bar whose last
public appearance in Minneapolis was
in July when he pleaded guilty in
district court to conducting a gambling
device and was fined $S5, also declared
he was innocent Of completely In the
wire tapping swindles in which he is
Jointly indicted with Edward Dixon.
Dixon Jumps Bail.
Dixon, under four Indictments, for
feited $1,000 cash bail and is missing.
La Bar was indicted on two counts
for swindling j. L. Green, of Algona,
Iowa, out Of $4,000 in a fake horse rae
ing conspiracy.
On the day Dixon was arraigned in
municipal court La Bar appeared In
district court and paid his fine. A few
days later, when he was indicted, La
Bar was missing. So we're the ma
chimes which, according to Police Chief
Oscar Martinson, had been taken from
police headquarters py La Bar.
II didn't take the machines and l
don't know where they are" declared
with the swindle and can prove 1t"
leaving the city when he was arrested
was corroborated by A. H. Hall, attor-
ney for La Bar, who declared that La
Bar had Informed him he was coming
to Minneapolis to give himself up.
La Bar has at all times been ready
to surrender If the ball were fixed at
$1,000, an amount he could raise" said
Mr.. Hail. Last fall we took the mat
the authorities were unwilling to agree
suffered from tuberculosis and he did
not want to surrender II he could not
obtain bail and freedom pending his
trial. Again last month the matter
was taken up with the county attorney
and Judge, but 40 agreement could
be reached"
Says He Was Coming.
La Bar was arriving in Mime
apolis, not leaving it when he was ar
rested. He was seen in the station
by the sheriff and picked up before he
had time to surrender"
La Bars contention that he was on
his way to surrender was to be out
lined to the court late today in an eff
fort to get as low bail as possible.
sheriff and his deputy went to the
station to board train for Tacoma
to bring back an alleged wife deserter
Dan Rushowsiki. Schutta recognized
La Bar, hurried him to the city lookup
in motor cab and caught the train
for the west. At the police headquar-
tiers he had little time to tell the de-
tails Of the capture, altho he said La
ho1 Na1 IN
La Bar refused to discuss his ar
leaving the city. No railroad ticket
rested.
County Attorney John M. Rees had
not decided late today what bail he
would ask the court to fix in the La
Bar case or what case he would ask set
grand larceny. another swindling.
Story Of Swindles.
The overlapping swindles in Mime
swindlers an immense sum. The
Turf Exchange" was conducted at 40
Palace court, in an alley back Of the
Metropolitan theater.
E. w. Coyle, of Mason City, Iowa,
cOI1pldlHSQ 10 Tue pOllCc 1nSI SPA lib
Of being robbed of $1,000 It then be-
came known that D. A. Teeter. Of La
Porte. Iowa, had lost $4,000 in Decem-
Der, 1912, that Greene had lost $4,000
and John Koehn, of Dorchester. Wis,
had been swindled out Of $500. War
rants were issued for Edward Dixon
and Charles "Red" Carlson, but the
men were not arrested for several
weeks. Carlson was dismissed and
Dixon held. Greene came to Mime
apolis and said that La Bars picture
was that Of one. Of the men who had
swindled him. La Bar was then in
dicted
. Since his Indictment La Bar has
been reported to be in Denver. Chi
cago, French Lick, Ind, and other
places. He IL also said to have visited
Minneapolis Once the sheriff arrived
in Hudson. Wis, on the day after La
Bar left.
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