Show SURE THING I Wl MAN M MED LANDED ED IN JAIL Federal Officials and Sheriff Arrest Ed McCoy on Swindling Charge NOW MOW WANTED IN NEBRASKA What Is looked upon by the local authorities as one of ot the most important Important important tant captures which has been made In Salt Lake for some time was the ar arrest arrest arrest rest of Ed McCoy McCo said to have been beeh a prize fighter some years ago and who is said to be wanted at Council Bluffs Iowa and Omaha Neb to answer to an indictment charging him with being concerned in the famous Mabray swindle In connection with fake sporting events The arrest was made yesterday afternoon by Lucien H Smyth deputy In the office of at James JamesH H Anderson United States marshal and C D Lowe postoffice inspector in inthis Inthis Inthis this district The members of the marshals force and Inspector Lowe had been looking for McCoy for the last ten days hay hav having ho hoIng haying ing been informed that he was wanted at the places mentioned Inspector Lowe telegraphed to several eve I points and secured information confirming the re report report report port that McCoy Was in Salt Lake Neither Inspector Lowe Lone nor Deputy Marshal Smyth knew McCoy but they had been furnished a description from front the east On Wednesday tIt postoffice Inspector happened on McCoy in com corn company company pany with another man and a woman He traced them to a place in Third I South street and then got into com corn communication comI I with the marshals office in informing Informing inI I forming Mr Smyth that he had found a man whom hom he thought to be McCoy That officer at once took toole his hat and anel gun and started out meeting the In Inspector Inspector inspector and making plans for cover covering coverIng ing In the man supposed to be wanted Two men came out of the place short shortly ly afterwards one of whom looked to Mr Smyth like McCoy although he had bad no mustache while the description re received received from Nebraska said he had one The men Inen walked east e st in Third South street and were ere watched by Mr Smyth He was Joined Cy Inspector Lowe who thought the man was McCoy and Mr Smyth started in pursuit Joined by Sheriff Out Third South street the two men walked followed by Mr Smyth w wIn who In turn was followed at a short dis die distance distance tance by the postoffice inspector The Themen Themen Themen men who were being followed turned down Seventh East street and went south When they had gone a few blocks Sheriff Joseph C Sharp who had noticed McCoy and his companion walking out the thoroughfare followed by Smyth and Lowe LoV and who nho made inquiries of Mr Lowe Loe as to what was In the wind drove up and overtook Mr lIr Smyth and informed him that the theman theman theman man in front was McCoy The sheriff sherif then went ahead and overtook the two men and when Mr Smyth came up introduced him to McCoy The deputy marshal showed the warrant he held to McCoy and requested Sheriff Sherif Sharp to take him to the Jail in his buggy I McCoy will be arraigned before Charles Baldwin United States com commissioner com commissioner commissioner missioner and identified after which he will be taken east by b one of the local officers It Is on the charge of using the United States mails malls in connection with the alleged swindling scheme In Coun Council cil dl Bluffs Omaha and other places that thaL the postoffice officials here got gotto gotto gotto to on the case Bail Ball in McCoys case ease was fixed at at Omaha The warrant on which McCoy was ar arrested arrested arrested rested yesterday and which was Issued from tram the office of Commissioner Bald Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin win on complaint of at Inspector Lowe Lone charges that about April 5 1907 at Omaha McCoy in violation of or section of or the revised statutes conspired with John C Mabray otherwise called R Barrett and others and with Er Ernest Ernest Ernest nest Fenby In devising a scheme to de defraud defraud defraud fraud various adous persons among these H HJ HJ HJ J Hallister A A Joseph JosephW W Leisen F R H Marts Dr E E Ven yen derbeck Ed Jones James Webber and George A Quimby out of ot their money and property It also was alleged that he fled from the district of Nebraska to Utah about October O tober 10 Descriptions Sent Out The description sent to the officers here said that McCoy was of dark com corn complexion complexion dark hair weighs about pounds being about 5 I feet 10 inches In height and being about 36 years of age He has dressed well and It was said that he made a considerable dis display display display play of Jewelry It was said that he had been known under the names of ot H W Stockton Ed Turner and Ed Jackson The local officials say he has used the name of Ferguson here He is said to have hav been living recently r near Eighth East and Seventh South streets and is married his wires relatives living here her McCoy has h a police record in Salt Lake extending over several years Two years I Iago Iago ago he was a saloonkeeper The police pollee record show him to have been arrested no less than three times during the thu past eighteen months once for battery once In connection with a foot race swindling game and once for vagrancy Last May Mayhe Ma Mahe Mayhe he was arrested by Chief of Police S M Barlow under suspicion of participating In a swindling game at the race track during the spring meet Being unable to fo prove anything against him the police pollee preferred vagrancy charges against him and ran him out of town on a floater He was generally known as a fence keeper during his career as a a saloon saloonkeeper saloonkeeper saloonkeeper keeper and the police have many things against him McCoy was also arrested in Pocatello some time ago for pulling off the old foot race game came ame on the unsuspecting sports of that town According to the Information which has come here the indictment against McCoy Includes several other persons The so called Mabray swindle is said to have been operated all over the country the headquarters according to the information tion which has come out being at I Bluffs la Ia The plan used was that of going to a certain city and picking out men of means who are approached by byone byone i ione I one of the persons Interested and asked I Ito i ito to post a certain amount of money for forthe i ithe i the tho man making the proposition on a certain fight horse race wrestling match or other event the man making the prop proposition proposition saying that he cannot have bave his name brought into the matter Many persons desiring to make a little money themselves have placed bets on the same proposition and have induced Indu d others to do so finally losing all when the tho th result of the event came out directly opposite to that on which they had been figuring The officials who have been looking into the case care say some of the men concerned in the deals were known under certain certain tain tam numbers the country and andI I that McCoy was known as No 4 Sheriff Sharp said he knew that McCoy has been following the race track and antI other forms of gambling here and had I seen him at various times believing that he had been here much of the time fir firing ur ir iring ing the last few months The sheriff has had McCoy brought to his office on one or two occasions to question him about certain transactions in which he had figured figU fig figured U red McCoy is said to have been makl lg plans to leave for South America as soon S on onas as he had learned the result of some of the trials now pending In Iowa and Ne No Nebraska e braska |