Show I i Fr L T I IMAN MAN WHO SQUEALS Remnant of Mabray Jabray Gang Shoot Willard Powell I I CHICAGO May 28 How How a a. remnant of the old Mabray gang the tho greatest syndicate of swindlers this c country countr 1 ever has known waited for the day to come when it it could strike down a squealer Is told by the po police here That day came last week and Willard Villard Powell the Waco Vaco Kid lies dead Ina in ina ina a morgue at St. St Augustine Fla He lie was shot down as he sat a table in inthe inthe inthe the dining dining room of the Ponce Pence de do Leon one of the great Florida resort hotels The killing hilling of the tho Waco Kid was wasa a s sequel quel to the operations of the fa famous famous famous fa- fa Mabray gang who victims out of more more than one million dollars more than ten years ago They I used various methods to swindle swindle- wrestling matches foot races horse races almost any kind of a sporting event vent that could be bo fixed fied In these fake contests they used men who had high standing in the the various branches of sport Other members of the gang gangwere gangwere gangwere were wire tappers A remnant or of the Mabray 1 gang headed heade l by Fred K established established es established es- es themselves in Daytona Fla opening a wIres wire tapping tappin office luxuriously luxuriously luxuriously lux lux- fitt fitted d which they called the International Turf exchange Powell the Waco Vaco Kid was in on the game although he had been a stool pigeon pigeon pig- pig eon con for the Chicago police department and had sent other swindlers to prison pris- pris on b by turning states state's evidence and ob obtaining obtaining ob- ob taming Immunity Then Charles Worden a banker of Fort Wayne Vayne Ind End went to Daytona to spend the winter He was a careful careful care care- ful ful cautious business man back in his home city but he Invested Invest d his money at the International Turf ex exchange exchange ox- ox change it is said and naturally didn't have a chance His loss it put at Daytona citizens got wind of what was going on and a mob attacked and wrecked the wire tappers' tappers head head- quarters Powell became panicky again and fled to St. St Augustine and from there tipped off the Chicago police policeto to the whereabouts of Buckminster who was arrested Detectives from Chicago hurried to Florida to bring back Buckminster The night they arrived in St. St Augustine Augustine Augustine Augus Augus- tine the Waco Vaco Kid was dining at the Ponce de Leon About him were fashionably fashionably fash fash- gowned women well dressed men while 1 the lobbies of the hotel were crowded with lounging guests But the tho presence of a throng did not save the Waco Kid Shots rang out women screamed Willard Pow Powell ll fellI fell from his chair with four bullets in I his back and a fifth through his heart The rhe shots were fired in such a way that they must have come from more than one pistol However many gunmen there were All escaped under cover of the confusion confusion sion slon in the hotel |