The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-19
oKLAHoMA BOON.
An Inside View by one of the Boone n.
This paper has frequently advised Of O.
pie To have nothing to do with what is

An Inside View by one of the Boone n.
This paper has frequently advised ut O.
pie To have nothing to do with what is
termed The Oklahoma BOOM In d.
ing so it has not been guided by any
desire to injure Dave Payne or any of
his follower. but because it believed tie
whole scheme to settle Oklahoma before
1t was thrown oren to settlement by the
proper authority was wrong, and that
Payne's efforts IN. that direction were
simply humbugs, So far We have been
correct. The trips to that colutry have
been more or less expensive. have Gait
sumed good deal of time. caused mole
or less suffering. and the anticipated
far of, apparently, as ever.
Il. "a. Nugent, who is vouched for
by the Wichita Eagle as good citizen
and truthful uan, publishes letter in
that paper which throws some new
light~on Payne's operations which may
be of interest to some of our readers Il
is mystery to US how Payne has kept
himself in the front SO long on such
small capital:
To the Editor OF the Eagle:
WICHITA, March %, 1898.
DEAR SIR: / desire TO give The rea-
son why Capt Payne does not open
Oklahoma, and help many parties ia
come 10 full conclusions, who think
they were sold out on the last trip
will state that last May, while at
Hcnnewell, Cap came up TO me aud
said: "Nugent, there are parties here
who want to buy me out, and there are
but two men l can trust, you and Berry
Eastas, and as Berry is not here, ! will
fetch them TO you and introduce them
and tell them to talk to you about il.
And you tell them that Capt. Payne
will not trouble them providing they
will pay two hundred thousand dollars.
If they won't give that come down to
one hundred and sixty thousand, but nD
less Now l want you 10 do this for
me, for won't dare to sell to them my
self"
said, mo, Cap, for if the colony was
to find 1t out, they would hang you
sure"
well" said Cap. "you catch my
meaning"
then said, "Cap, what are you 20
ing to do with the parties that have suf
fered, worked, spent their time and
money rs much as you have?"
''Oh," said Payne, a. can easily salts
fly them, but shan't be seen for a few
days.
1 took from that, that he would not be
seen at all
He said. would you be afraid ia do
its"
Now this told in one OF the colony
meetings. and Cap acknowledged it,,
This being the case, We would natural
ly suppose that he sold out this
last time, as many have concluded
who was with him. On this account
have never gone with him any more,
and blame myself for not telling 1t Ia
have saved lots of Others; but l thought
he surely would prove true when he had
such a large crowd as he had this last
trip | am told he was the first man TO
surrender. Add as the old adage is that
it is never too late tt do good, / tell This
that people may not b: fooled by him
any more. Although he says now, as of
old, that he is going to stay this time
sure (this he does from raid to raid to
get all the money he CAM, know
be will come back as usual. There are
many more things about the man that
citizens of Wichita know, and that every
man, ought TO know, such as his borrow
ing money from all he can, and never
paying il back. The money he gets for
| a certificate, he mostly spends in the
saloons. he has lived with an unmar
rIed woman here for years, who has Il
hoy nine or ten years old. And Cap
took these parties with him to Oklaho
ma this last trip. And as il has been
SAID to me, he certainly is the best edu-
Gated dead beat in the state
E FL. NCGENT.