Indictment Sees 65 Tied to Sporting Swindle
United States grand jury accuses James Mabray and 64 associates of an interstate betting fraud tied to fixed races and prize fights. Losses reach about 500000 with victims across 18 states Alaska and Canada. Names include Ed Jones Shamokin Penn and J W Springborn Cleveland among others.
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Council Bluffs
James Wit
United ‘Btates Grand ‘Jury
Don
Mabray
Gums
Science
Missouri
Alaska
Dominion of Canada
Bray
Bescelates
Ed Jones
Shamokin
James Webber
J. W. Springborn
Cleveland
C. Nelson Pratt
Toledo
C. A. Nelson
Alma
Mich
Former Dispensary Board Member Testifies in Bribery Trial
Joséph B. Welle, ex dispensary board member, testifies in James S. Farnam bribery case. Welle says he received commissions totaling nearly 30 000 dollars for ordering whisky and beer from Farnam’s representatives. He alleges drafts were paid to Henry Samuels mayor of Cherter South Carolina who cashed them and passed proceeds to Welle.
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Dispensary Board
Telly
Columbia
8. C
Joséph B. Welle
Utate, Dispensary Board
James 8. Farham
Hquor
Wylie
Warham
Napelle
Armed citizens trap suspects after family murder in Virginia
A mob in Bluefield West Virginia pursues Simon Blanken and his two sons after a farmhouse blaze kills Aunt Betty Justin and three children. Bloodhounds track from the burned home to the Blankenship residence as locals detain the suspects awaiting the sheriff. The group demands alibis before transfer.
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Mandering
Bluefield
W. Va
Simon Blanken
Ship
Buchanan
County
Betty
Justin
Daug’ Eer
Hutley
Blankenship
Tomates
Judge Sentences James Alexander in Horse Theft Case
Horee Thiet Géte Thirty Years, Carlisia, Pa., Sept. 24. Judge Sadler sentenced James Alexander, convicted of horse stealing, to thirty years in the penitentiary. Alexander, having already served two terms of over a year, receives the term under the new legislative act.
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Carlisia
Sadler
James Alexander
Alexander
Police official found guilty of taking protection money in Chicago
The jury convicts Edward McCann, a police official, of taking protection money from disorderly houses. A Russian immigrant testified he collected protection sums from Tenderloin denizens and passed money to McCann, detailing a scheme worth thousands to several hundred thousand dollars.
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Chicago
McCann
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