Show TAKEN AS AS' AS 1 MA MAYBRAY'S VS V'S J fJ COLLEAGUE Ed McCoy Alias Ferguson Is 15 Arrested by Federal Officers I SAID TO BE MEMBER I OF SWINDLING GANG Many any Vi Victims tims Mulcted of Thousands Throughout out W West cst and South After a t chase of over o t two o miles y r. r afternoon Deputy United St States States' Marshal Lucina H. H Smyth and nd Postoffice inspector C. C D lh Lowe P arrested Ed Me- Me Coy Co oy alias ler Ferguson as one as-one on one of tb the thc Ja- Ja largo Jao o gang cang nC of Maybray Ia bra swindlers st H who T have have- operated in many man cities of tb the United States The Thc charge h r upon which T J be was WH arrested rr teri is th that t of using the th mails to promote a fraudulent tt McCoy is is thou thought bt to be one of th the expert wrestling match foot race rac an and hor horse r rice race ce promoters who i have 0 got Cot Cota a away wa nith ith t thousands hOI 3 of dollars in vari various van van- a ri OilS ous parts part S 0 of f tit the e country t r Tat Several of the gang are arc under r arrest in Omaha Ornah and na Council Bluffs and o other points where government indictments have been brought against them The manner o of arrest est wa was peculiar Po t office Inspector Lowe wu wag 1 walking nakin south Muth on Main Iain street when he ran across a it man maui man who ho answered tim Iho tho de de- of McCo as furnished the in in in- Fp dor a week ek ato ago bv hv the Council Council- Bluffs o officials id lie He foll followed wel him to a ahouse house houe on nii Third South street and aDd then called for epu Marshal Smyth who n J hurried over o to to the Soon McCoy anti and a woman and another an an- other man came came out ont to the sidewalk and started started east east on Third Thir South Marshal followed follOT a short behind bellind anti and Mr r Lowe followed th Th The Thc cha chac c c wa wa kept no liP until inti Eo East East- Eist- Eist was T rac reached e and McCoy l oy and the othel t turned south h. h Sheriff Knows Kno the Man Mall s s 4 The Thc turned also and were ere met v by Sheriff Sharp who Tho was proceeding to the county ounh jail jaB in his bis hu buggy r The The- sheriff seeing t the he f federal officials official cum u i m. stopper stopped and lI d. d dJs asked Js J's c l what l' l was vas lip up J j Il He lie was as 3 S asked if he be knew Ed McCoy t and amiul he lie answered that ho lie did tiki and that th at as 3 in n front front of of them Tho The red federal 1 officers rs- rs then l nud and overtook overtook over over- took Mcfoy between Sixth South and aint S Seventh South on Seventh S r East ESSt aH Shrift Sheriff Sharp Sharn knot kner oy p personally r and anil introduced cd him to o Mr r Smyth th Fm glad id to know kuo you joul said id Mc Mccoy Ic- Ic Ico Coy o I 1 L am not not- so o our sure ur about said Sn th H for I ha hac c a warrant arrant for your our f arrest d What do you vou want ant to arrest rue me me t for for asked McCoy Coy r if Corrects the thc Officers V VOn On an indictment br brought you in Omaha I I Iii Tn Tn Omaha or Council Bluffs ask asked ell J McCoy or i H He was then hurr hurried cd to the thc county jail Tomorrow morning he will n be he ti taken k n before United States Stat Commissioner Charles B and if bis his can can be bee established e as us Ed Eti McCoy cCo- cCo he be will b be taken before Judge Pa Page c Morris in the tho United St States district court If it is the thc man mau wanted Judge Morris is s expected ex ex- i to order the thc case an and the tho prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner taken to Omaha t. t Mr Mi 1 Smyth went ent to the McCoy cCO home homR tJ little cast allt of Seventh Sev Se- ou on Seventh South a 1 Eat East t but failed to find anything L that mi lit b be of importance in thc case against him Ho how Game Gamo Was Worked The rhe gang which has been operating over O the has secured many man thousands of dollars with tIme thc various arious games gaines Members Members' of of the th gang look lookaround o k around in iii a Cit city until thc they get et what thc they judge will be an easy mark lined d dup up Then they the telegraph raph the tho o rest rest- of the crowd row aunt and tb they swarm into the thc city in Jar large lange e numbers and arrange the f skin kin game ganie nm One member gets particularly i. i familiar with thc the intended victim and aud PersistentlY shows him hini his is skill in iii wrestling wres thing or or- foot cot racing or 01 in handling horses as the thc case may nay be another e- e of the thc gang cane comes in in I n ind apul tl is also aho J o some some pumpkins ns ill iii tho rae rae- in ng business A match is framed up md mind thc the sucker iucker is persuaded through all ill manner maDDer of f shrewd tricks to put up some ome money monc The TIme outcome is disastrous for or him a and d ho he usually ends up m minus a few thi tho thousand dand dollars and all riB his fo former ncr fr friends cud the thc swindlers Victims Are te M May Y In Iu Seattle Denver cr Omaha Council I. I Bluffs Kansas C City fity t New Nev Orleans and ninny other cities ellies the rooks have e 1 The Thc arrest of McCoy is thought bought to bo ho highly important as is he ha heis hes is s supposed to lo have hs been one ODe of the tin ringleaders gi en dent With the local police McCoy has haR made considerable of a rc record ord alto aleo He lie has jas been in iu the city and county jails for or various arious offenses from time to time but jut until o tl description of of him wa was received a w week ck ago ajo bv by Marshal Smyth he ic was not suspected s of being one of Ia bra ho Maybray gang |