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...Maude Ault and her son, Robert Eugene, who had been running a gas station near Decatur, Ill., visited Mrs. Ault's brother, Lorenson K. Bandy, in River Forest (Chicago suburb) and told him about a certain Max Orendorff, who: 1) had been one of their farmer acquaintances; 2) had turned bootlegger; 3) had made a fortune in the days when Capone flourished; 4) had been sent to Atlanta. If the Aults could help him get out of prison, said Mrs. Ault, Max Orendorff had promised to make it well worth their while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fabulous 'Legger | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

Lorenson Bandy, an electrical engineer, agreed to help. He financed several trips costing from $175 to $600, which Son Robert took to get their wealthy friend, Orendorff, freed. Then came the exciting word that he had been released. Then came word that he had died, leaving loyal Maude Ault and her son all his holdings in Illinois and Texas real estate, oil lands worth from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000. To help the Aults collect their vast inheritance, Mr. Bandy put up more money. A Chicago business man named Newton F. Grey, said the Government, invested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fabulous 'Legger | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...trial in U. S. District Court in Danville, Ill. last week were Maude Ault, now a plump matron of 48, and 29-year-old Robert Eugene, who had himself renamed Alt, charged with mail fraud. Indicted with them was James Cleary, who had signed letters soliciting funds, promising repayment when the estate was secured of $200 for $1. The letters claimed that Thomas Edmund Dewey, Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone and Chairman Winthrop Aldrich of Manhattan's great Chase National Bank were all interested in the case. Though indicted, James Cleary was not tried, for the good reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fabulous 'Legger | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

February 4, "History of Continental Europe 1815-1871," Professor Warren O. Ault, Boston University, Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7:30 to 9 o'clock at Seden Building, Boston University, 84 Exeter Street, Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HISTORY COURSES ARE OFFERED BY EXTENSION | 2/2/1938 | See Source »

...Abbeys of Mediaeval Europe", by Kenneth J. Conant '15, associate professor of Architecture. Two other courses to be presented will be "Recent Developments in Drama", by Professor Joseph R. Taylor, of Boston University; "The History of England and the British Empire, 1689 to the Present", by Professor Warren O. Ault, of Boston University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. U. Offers New Extension Courses For Residents Of Greater Boston | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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