Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 12, 1910, Page 6

MOVE T0 OUST RICHMOND| Jowa Attorney General Files Charges Against Council Bluffs Chief. KNOWLEDGE OF MABRAY DEAILS Accusation He Permitted Saloons to Violate Law, Counten: A petition, asking the removal of Major George H. Richmond from the office of chief of police of Councll Bluffs was filed yesterday morning In the distriot court of Pottawattamie county, Ia., by Attorney General H.. W. Byers. The proceeding ls entitled “The state of Towa, ex rel, H. W Byers, attorney general, against George H. Richmond." The petition was filed by Mr. Byers as attorney general and was filed by him in person in the office of Harry M. Brown, clerk of the district court a few minutes before noon. Mr. Byers had previously presented the petition to Judge. O. D. Wheeler, who set Wednesday, March 23, at 10 o'clock as the date for the hearing. Although the petition includes the formal demand that Major Richmond be suspended from office during the pendency of the action, Judge Wheeler sald Mr. Byers did not ask for such an order in presenting the matter to the court and that he asked merely an order setting the case down for hearing, which was don The petition makes specific charges against Major Richmond of wilful and habitual neglect and refusal to perform the duties of his office, of wiltul misconduct and maladministration in office, of cor- ruption in office and of extortion. The chief is also accused of permitting gambling, the illegal operation of saloons and with knowingly permitting the oper- ations of the Mabray gang of “big store” swindlers in Council Blufts during 1907 and 4 1908. He is further charged with attempting to bribe certain persons with intent to influence their conduct as public officials. Text of Petition. After reciting that Major Richmond was appointed chief of police in 188 and has continuously held that office since. The petition is as follows: That the defendant, George H. Ricl mond, has wilfully and habitually n lected and refused to perform the duti of his offlce. That the defendant, George H. Rich- mond, has been and is guilty of wilful misconduct and maladministration in office. That the defendant, George H. Rich- has been gullty of corruption in mond, ottice. Thet the defondant, George H. Rich- tiond, 1s guilly of extortion. The plaintiff further states that the de- fendant, George H. Richmond, permitted saloons’ to operate in the city’ of Council Blurfs 1n viglation of law by permitting the same to keep open after 10 o'clock at night, to sell Intoxicating liquors on elec- tion day and also to sell intoxicating lig- uors to minors, drunkerds and other pro- hibited persons. That the = defendant, George H. Richmond. had full knowledge of sald violations and failed and neglected and refused to file information against the sald persons violating the law. That there was gambling in the incor- rated limits -of the city of Counell uffs in_violation of liw. That the de- fendant. George . Richmond had knowl- edge that such gambling houses were be- ing run and operated in violation of. law, and that he failed, neglected and refuse to prosecute the persons operating the same. and fafled neglected and retused to file informatfon against the persons operating sald gambling houses. Bribery Charg only ation, the sald George H. Richmond not refused and neglected to interfere ith sajd Mabray and his “‘gang,’ but forbade the membe of his force to dls- turb them In their fraudulent And unlaw- ful operations and refused and neglected to prosecute any of sald persons. That all of the violations hereinbetore referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9, inclusty occurred in the city of Council Bluffs, Ia. and during the time the sald George H. Richmond. was acting as chief of pollce of aid clty, and while it was the duty of d Richmond, both under the laws of the state und the ordinances of the city of Councll Bluffs to prosecuts the persons gullty of such violations. ‘Wherefore, this ntiff asks that the maid detendant be suspended from office and from acting as chief of police of the incerporated city of Council Blutfs, Ia. during the pendency of this action, and that upon the final hearing judgment and decree be entered removing the said de- fendant, George H. Richmond from the office of chief of police of Council Bluffs, fa.. and declaring sald office vacant, and for the costs of this action, and for such other and. further relief as may to the court seem just and equitable in the prem- isen TWO MIRES TELL SAD TALES (Continued from First Page.) opening of the session. His tale was nearly identical with that of friend, who went from Alma to Council Bluffs, except that he woke up to the game in time. “I met Sell Adams and James E. Coons in & drug store at Alma,” sald Vorhees, telling his story on direct examination. “Adams asked me If I didn’t want to make some easy money. “He sald he had a cousin down in Pltts- burg who was furnishing brains for a bunch of milllonaires who hired him as sec- retary. He said they were a lot of fools. “I saw Nelson and asked him to come to Council Bluffs with me. He and I met Coons and Adams at the depot and Coons told Nelson the proposition. Nelson Handled the Money. “When we did the betting it was Nelson who handled the money, while I looked on. I had an eye open all the time looking for the hole “When we met the ‘millionaires’ they dldn’t look like fools to me. We took rooms in the Grand hotel that Coons paid for. He took us to the theater, too, and paid all bills. “We had rooms next to the ‘millionaires.’ There was where we did the betting. The millionaires had a roll of bills wrapped up in & newspaper, all ready to do business. They bet about $15,00 and stopped for any. “Gordon, the ‘millionaire,’ who was M bray, remarked: ‘It beats—what big bilis Nelson has got.' Then Coons took us off and sald Nelson had better get his own ‘millionaires’ wouldn’t get suspicious. I told Nelson I would not bet a cent of my money on it if I was in his place.” Emmet Tinley, taking tion in regard to the use of the malls in his case. “Did they show you any letters or Tinley. “Never,” replied Vorhees. millionaires of?" asked Tinley. “I dldn't expect to rob anybody. I Just to do the betting.” The ~witness sure thing. That the defendant, George H. Rich- mond, did in ti city of Council Bluffs, 1 le he was acting as chlef of id city attempt to bribe cer- in sald city by giving to ank bills, ‘gold and other & medium without receiving any conaideration therefor, the money tendered to such persons being for the purpose of wrongfully influencink their conduct as pl!rb'{lc of! h:l!ll . at sometime during the year 1507 one John C. Mabray and nllmarm{l other per- #ons commenced to operate in this city what {8 known as a ‘“bunc or ‘“brace’ #amo. Mabray and his confederates having consp'red and . confederated together for the purpose of carrying on said “bunco’ and “brace’” game with a view of swindling and robbing such vietims as might be brought to them by their field operators, which was called In the game ‘“steerers; that such game was operated almost con- tinuously in the city of Councll Bluffs from the latter furt of the year 1907 to the lat- ter part of the year 1908; that during sald period more than fifty victima or "lflkfi." a8 they are sometimes termed, were swin- dled out of sums of money ranging in amount from $200 to $7,00, the total amount of ‘money sald to have been in- volved {n these swindling rations amounted to between $300,000 and $300,000; that said “bunco” and “brace” game was carried on In the public hotels of this city; that the defendant, George H. Rich- $10,000 Trick a “Robbery.” race that they had no chance to win, as you supposed, and you had no chance to lose?" asked Tinley. s, en't that robbery,” continued the lamw- yer. “Well, maybe it was,” admitted Vorhees. Tinley proceeded to make Vorhees throw more mud on himself. “When your jockey fell off and was hurt,” began the lawyer, referring to Vorhees' account of the famous Red Leo race, “didn’t you walk away and say you hoped he'd aie?” “Ye#, thought he ought to dle,” replied Vorhees, with spirit. “According to your code, he ought to have died because he didn’t ‘deliver the £00ds' and therefore was dishonest?” asked Tinley. The witness squirmed, but assented that he felt that Barrett, the jockey, was not hones Alexander De Laine of Green Bay, Wis., Swedish In accent and gulleless of manner, “Miked" for $2,600 in a wrestling game at mond, during ail the time Mabray and his confederates were 8o operating their ‘bunco” game was chief of police of the city of Council Bluffs, and, as such chief, was fully informed by members of his force as ‘to the character and the extent of the operations of the so-called ‘‘Mabray gang;” that, notwithstanding such infor- Council Bluffs through the agency of James Coons and Ernest Felby, state's wit- nesses of the day before, furnished the comedy of the morning sesslon. This Victim a Section Hai “What is your occupation now? 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Nelson and 1 sald we didn't care money out of the bank to use so that the the witness on cross-examination, gained first a declara- aia you see any letters at any time?’ asked “How much did you expect to rob those was had just testified that he and Coons, acocrding to the double-cross plan, were to get one-half of the $30,000 or ! $40,000, which the ‘millionaire’ victims were expected to bet on the wrong side of the ‘Then you expectea to get §$10,000 on a THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, Choice of the House Your unlimited choice of the entire Goodyear stock, which sold all season for $20 to $35, of Men’s and Women’s Raincoats Ladie like snow in June. Sale Ends March and our spring opening commences Monday, March 21. close out and you buy $20 to $35 Raincoats and Overcoats at $10. Beveral hundreds of the coats in this sale are light and medium weights, suitable for wear the year round. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS IT. OODYEAR RAINCOAT CO. 19th Sontheast Comer Sixteenth and Davenport Sts., Hotel Loyal Building. 19th G 1910. and Over- Silk Rubberized Coats, now .......... The hundreds who have been here are spreading the news and the stock is melting away It is & “Goodyear” Policy to commence each season with a brand new stock This leaves but 7 days more for us to Sale Ends March Lamb Chops. Mint Jelly. Mashed Potatoes. Creamed Beets, Banana Ice Cream. Bunshine Cake. Small Coffee. Lamb Chops (cheap)—Instead of buying chops at 28 cents a pound buy two pounds of lamb off the forequarter at 14 cents. Have it cut in one and one-half-inch slices, beat with potato masher and lay on a plat- ter early in the morning. Cover with the following mixture: Three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one teaspoonful chopped parsley, one chopped onion, one teaspoonful salt. Let stand all day and fry in butter for din- ner. It will taste like delicious lamb chops. Banana Ict Cream—Mash two bananas, add one pint of cream, one yolk of an egg, two tablespoontuls of sugar, vanilla. Beat and then add the beaton egg snow or fcloles for freezing. Ice Cre such an inexpensive and easy de make in winter that it should be made oftener. Bweet corn’ on the cob is the newest offering cf the local market, but it is neither cheap enough nor plentiful enough to be avallable except to the few; still, it 18 to be had if one will pay the price. Strawberries are In again this week, but they are still disappointing, and, according What the Market Affords for the Sunday Dinner to local dealers, not as generally good nor as cheap ms they were last year at this time. An abundance of grapefruit came in Thursday, but much of it is pithy and almost devold of juice. It is the fruit that teels soggy and heavy that is likely to be best and frequently this is the least at- tractive in appearance. The fruit sells from § and 8 to 20 cents each. Butter has advanced 2 cents and eggs have dropped a little in price. The best brands of package creamery butter sell for 37 cents today and other butters from 25 cents up. Several of the standard pack- age creamery butters sell for 30 cents a pound. Guaranteed oggs are 20 and 22 cents a dozen and other eggs sell from 18 to 20 centa, Poultry has changed little since last week in wholesale prices, which is the only thing the housewife can be guided by. Friday morning the following prices were quoted wholesale: Brollers, 17 and 25 cents a pound, according to size; hens, 12 cents; spring chickens, 13 cents; roosters, 8 and 94 cents; ducks, 13 cents; geese, 11 cents, and turkeys, 18 cents a pound. George B. Stewart, assistant district at- torney, taking up the direct examination. “I ban section handt, vorking on track now,” answered De Laine ruefully. “You haf to ochsuse me, I ban never get no education,” apologized De Lalne, turning to the jury. His tale was the same tale of other mikes. He dropped his money like a stolc. “Did you see Mr. Mabray?' asked At- torney Btewart. “Well, yes, at the end, ven they got the money,” replied De Laine smiling at Mabray, who sits near to the witness chalr, The court room roared with laughte even Mabray jolned. The defense made strenuous protest when De Laine declared a letter responsible for his expensive trip to Councll Bluffs. “If it hadn't been for that letter they I'd a never ban here,” sald De and record, had its importance to the prosecu- tion. De Laine testified that they induced him to write to his bank at Luxemburg, Wis., for the money. “Floyd Kelly (“Monte” McCall) wrote the letter and I copled it," sald De Laine. Willlam Scott of Pawnee, Okl, brother of Frank: Scott, and confessedly a mem- ber of the gang working from the Council Blutfs “store” as a steerer, took tho stand for the prosecution. He unraveled a story of the operations of the gang In Council Bluffs and admitted directly and positively that they used the malls. More Testimony of Use of Mails. “Were the United States mails used in connection with this business?’ asked Col- onel Temple. “They were," answered Scott. “I aid business with the Council Bluffs store in 1907; I met Mabray there,” he testitied. Bcott - included a large array of mikes in his operations, naming Day, & banker, and Manafleld, & merchant, resident of Winnebago, Neb.; Henry Stoggsdale, Ca- bool, Mo.; Zack Plerpont and others, for sums ranging from $00 to $3,000. “1 got letters from Mabray about some diamonds,” answered Scott to & Qquestion from Colonel Temple. “Did you get letters from the stores?” Y “Where are they?" “My wife burned them up,” sald Scott. “How do you know she did?’ asked Temple. “Because she told me she did,” answered Scott with evident conviction. “The letters were signed sometimes by Mr. Mabray in ink and sometimes ‘Your dear friend | William Seott was No. 31 in the Mabray | system. He says the numbers were given | out by Ed Ellls, who did the writing at the Council Bluffs “store.” Bcott admitted on cross-examination that | he had been pledged the help of J. 8. Swen- | statement that Connors received letters containing blank letter heads from other cities. Mrs. Scott took the stand and confirmed her husband's statment that she had burned the letters in the case. Zack Plerpont, a Maryville, Mo., Mike, was called to the stand just before noon. He was miked in Council Bluffs on a horse race in February, 1908. Plerpont made’the hit of the session by pointing to the men about the press table as defendants mentioned In his testimony. DRY ZONE ON_E‘XICAFBORDER loons and Gambling May Be Pro- hibited on Strip Twenty-Five Miles Wide. BAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11.—An anti- saloon and anti-gambling zone twenty-tive miles in width and extending the length of the international border on the Mexican side, is planned by the business men of the Mexican-Texas border. A petition to this effect will be presented to President Diaz. It is alleged that undesirable persons during the Juarez race met at their head- quarters at Juarez and have since scattered through northern Mexico and the border towns. Governor Creel, it is stated, will insist that certain reformations be brought about before the next season of racing at Juarez. Not .o, Milk Trust The Original and @Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. More healthful than Tea or Coffee. Agrees with the weakest digestion. Delicious, invigorating and nutritious, Rich milk, malted grain, powder form. A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take nosubstitute. Ask for HORLICK'S, | Others are imitations. We Prove Our Claims ' that no one does, no one can sell as good a quality of groceries as we do. 'Phone for our free malling list of special prices, son, postoffice inspector. Tinley elicited from Scott the statement that he had exchanged letters with his partner in the steering process, his life- long friend, Bill A. Connor, in their work. Writes Letters to Himuelf. “Connor wrote his ‘show letters’ for him and me," sald Bcott in answer to Tinl questioning. i W “No he dldn't send them through the | mall. 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