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CAREY IS ACCUSED | Bf UMEB OSBORNSchofFner’s Attorney Returns from Springfield After Investigating Foot Race Swindle.A GAME TO GET EVENNobleavillg Politician Had Been Caught, and Joined the Swindler* to Recover, K ia Charged.(Special to The Indianapolis NeMBjQREESBBI RO. Ind.. July ».-John E. Osborn, on* of the Oreenetmr* attorneys who Is representing Robert C Behoffner. the man who era* swindled In the fake foot race at Springfield. 111., returned home to-day and gars out the first authentic statement concerning the swindleHe says that H. W. Carey, of Nobles-Ttlle. county clerk of Hamilton county, was a member of the gang which did the swindling, both In the Stout and Schoff-ner caaea. Ha adds that Carey, a short time ago, was caught In the game and loot S3.500. In order to get even he joined the gang. Osborn says, and Axed up the race between Carutbera and Kent In order to ewlndle farmer Lucius Stout out of turn. This he did, Osborn alleges and got back SI.000 of his money. Caruthers. one of the sprinters now In Jail at Noblee-vllle. admits that It was planned by Carey ' solely for the purpose of getting back his i own money.Osborn say* that the attorneys of I Stout and the SprlngAeld attorneys have Joined, and that If Stout gets his money back, an effort will be made to force Carey to pay all of It.Othar Victims Haard From.Osborn said that yesterday Joseph Owens. a farmer living Afteen miles from Springfield, appeared In that city and ' said that ha bad been swindled by the same gang. He telephoned to Deputy Sheriff Ryan to get Behoffner and meet him at the office of a Springfield attorney, who. It la alleged, la also a member of | the gang. Ryan met Owens, but took him to Sohoffner's attorney Instead. It Is believed that It was a scheme of the gang to get Schoffner to make statements in i their presence.Osborn says that a man, whose name he does not know, will come from Minnesota. This man charges that he was swindled out of no.DOO since the Schoffner affair in a fake prise fight.Found a Prlxe-Flght Ring.On Sunday. Oebom, Ryan and Schoffner went out to the park where the race was pulled off and tried to ascertain from the keeper of the park the character of the men to whom he had rented the plsce on the day of the foot raoe and prise fight. The keeper said the men made ths request for the place, aa It was larze, and that they would be drisking considerable beer.The three men—Osbom. Ryan and Schoffner—than want over the park andfound a building containing a prlse-Aght ring, which Schoffner says had been put there since he was swindled at the place.It is supposed that this ring was put up for the purpose of swindling the Minnesota man.Who Is Colonel Roberta!In the hall they found a piece of wrapping paper bearing an advertisement and the name Colonel Roberts, a supposed fictitious millionaire thought to be implicated In the affair. They also found the cards of Johnny Connors, the Springfield saloon keeper. A picture of the building was taken.The preliminary trial Is to be held on Thursday. A man whose name Is not known, but who says ho is from Milwaukee. and was caught for $10,000, says he will bs present at the hearing.Gang’s 8ig 8coop for a Year.Osborn asserts that the total amount obtained by the swindlers will reach near-| ly $200,000 In less than a year. When Os-j born was asked by The News whether I Dennis Dannacher would turn State's ev-I ldence, he said he was not lb a position to say.I There Is a feeling In Springfield that i the prosecuting attorney Is not anxious to I ! press the cases, but his deputy, who does moet of the work, has pledged himself to J do all he can to prosecute the gang. Attorney Csborn will return to Springfield to-night.
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Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 29, 1902
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