Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — SWINDLE IS CHARGED AGAIN [ARTICLE]
SWINDLE IS CHARGED AGAIN
New Complaint Made by Joseph Leisen, an Indiana Man. Council Bluffs, July 30.—Three additional suits in which men seek to recover the amounts of their losses by means of fake foot races, prize fights, horse races, and wrestling matches, were filed in the district court. The plaintiffs and the amounts they claim to have lost are as follows: Joseph W. Leisen of Indiana, SIO,OOO on a fake boxing matth on June 8, 1907; Joseph P. Walker of Denver, $6,105 on a fake horse race; J. J. Hat* rington of Hartsell, Colo., $4,000 tn fl fake horse race on Aug. 20, 1908.
