Fake Wrestling Promoter Held At South Bend.

Published in The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Sunday Morning, April 19, 1908, Page 20.

South Bend, Ind., April 18 -- As a result of the preliminary hearing of William Fleming of Cleveland, Oh. and C. E. Foster, residence unknown, on a charge of swindling W. J. Springhorn, president of the board of public service of Cleveland Oh. out of $10,000 by a fake wrestling match, Fleming was held to the grand jury today on a grand charge of grand larceny under a bond of $7,500. Foster was found not guilty.

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Politician Taken to Indiana. The Evening Telegram, Thursday, April 9, 1908, Page 3.

BIG SWINDLE TO BE AIRED. Wrestling Bunko Case Is to Be Called Monday, The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Thursday, December 24, 1908, Page 5.

Alleged Bunco Steerer Disappears. Coshocton Daily Times, (Coshocton, Ohio), December 29, 1908, Page 3.

BUNKO CHARGE TO BE AIRED. Trial of William Fleming for Swindling Cleveland Man Set For Today. The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Monday, April 12, 1909, Page 5.

SWINDLER IS SENTENCED Prison Doors Swing for Wm. Fleming, Bunko Man. The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Thursday, June 17, 1909, Page 5.

Fleming Case Affirmed. The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Tuesday, May 24, 1910, Page 1.

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