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Show buslnesa and Identified "a show letter" let-ter" which ho received from Bert Shores, a defendant, through tho iqrIIs This letter Is the first of U kind tho preeuUon has 4een abl to get Into the record. MAN OF MYSTERY OFFERS SENSATION Council Bluffs, la., March 15. Howard How-ard Simpson, a Spokane real esta'e dealer, furnished the sensation in the trial of John C. Maybray and associates asso-ciates In the United States district court, charged with fradulent use of the malls. No witness called thus far has received re-ceived the attention accorded Simpson. Simp-son. Considerable mystery surrounded surround-ed the manner Iu which he secured information ho vouchsafed In the case and neither side attempted to show how he came into possession of It. He Indicated clearly, however, that he had been In touch with the leading defendants for many years, was perfectly per-fectly familiar with their handwriting, their methods of operations and In most cases with fiet" personality, i Mr. Simpson said he was a man of j mo-lltk Orwt elonln- n Kila V.... nil.. The government Introduced a directory direc-tory of about 200 names of men who are alleged to have been Identified with Maybray In his operations. This directory was taken frum Maybray's etTecta when ho was arrested at Lit-1 tie Rock and was compiled, according i to tho chlrography by various per- ! none. Simpson unhesitatingly Identl- ' fled the handwriting of c-ah person and tho defense made no effort to combat his testimony. Col. Temple, prosecuting attorney, stated he considered Slmpson"s evidence evi-dence the Btronget had yt introduced. intro-duced. It Is said Simpson will fjvo furthor testimony in cases to coino before the court later. An Important witness was George AlberU of Sioux City, who teaUnVd to losing J2.000 on a wrestling match , at Denver. Alberts admitted he hod , n solicited to join tho men In their |