Fleming Case Affirmed.

Published in The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Tuesday, May 24, 1910, Page 1.

Indianapolis, Ind., May 24 -- The judgement of a lower court convicting William Fleming of grand larceny in aiding to swindle William J. Springhorn of Cleveland out of $10,000 in a fake wrestling match at South Bend, today was affirmed by the supreme court of Indiana.

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BUNKOED IN FAKE BOUT. Cleveland Official Has Two Men Arrested After Losing $10,000, The Washington Post, April 8, 1908, page 8.

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

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

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