The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-11-24

Game But Loses HIS Entire Cash
In the Very First Pot.
Rudolph Swint, Guthrie money
lender, is in Horton, Kan, and thereby
hangs a tale. Rudolph has money,
great gobs OF II, but not as much as he
had last summer By something over
30. 600 good hard plunks. And, more
than that the indications are that Mr.
Swint will be led such a lively chase in
the near future that several more
sinners will be sent on the same road
as those already gone glimmeriDg.
Previous to his location in this city
Swint was resident OF Brown county,
Kan, and, following the usual custom
OF Kansas and Oklahama residents,
woke up one morning and found him.
self worth in the neigh borhood Of
100000 most OF which was invested
in we'll secured farm property. Mr.
Swint also had a wife, likewise an is
year old daughter, who kept herself
posted on the shortcomings of her
parents. Being rosy-cheeked, at
tractive and coy she had succeeded IN
ensnaring the heart of prosperous
young farmer in the neigh borhood
named MArtenson, and it was not long
until the marriage rites were duly
celebrated and Mrs. Martenson duly in.
etu11aA f,,h haran Hu har
and happy husband.
But somehow or other nothing
seemed TO go right in domestic way
after the daughters departure. Things
went from bad TO worse until finally
Mrs. Swint filed her petition in the
district court asking for divorce
The ground for separation need not be
stated except that IL would come under
the head of general principle" as
the neigh bors put il. Then IL was that
Mr.. Swint located in Guthrie, having
his Office with q. Z. Hargis, the real
estate man, aud went into the money
lending business. From the start MIR
Swint did we'll In business way, and
yet he was not satisfied Visions OF
his pending divorce suit at Horton
with his daughter an unwilling witt
ness giving damaging testimony
against him, haunted his dream.
But where there is a will with the
potent power Of gold back OF 1t most
things can be accomplished, and IL
was not long until the figure OF Jim
Bowers loomed up on the horizon.
By profession Jim was a pedagogue,
but all at onte he conceived a fond
ness for pastoral pursuits and pre-
sented himself at the home OF Mr.
Martenson, in Kansas, and was en-
gagged TO husk corn at so much per
husk. In order TO be strictly au fait
Mr., Bowers changed his name at the
time Of change of business, and was
known at the Martenson home as Tom
Howard He did not conine his atten
tion exclusively to corn husking, evi
IDENTIFY, for after brief but tumultous
stay he took the south bound train one
fine evening-Bnd he was rot alone
When Mhrtenson discovered that
another gone with handsomeT
man" version had taken place at hls
home, all kind OF things po ped
around the Martenson homestead. But
he was a man OF action aud in brief
space Of time two Pinkerton detectives
were conducting his operations on
systematic basis. Some four or five
days later Chief OF Police Baxter re-
ceived a telegram asking IL Tom How
ard and Mrs. Martenson were in the
city. A description OF the fugitives
was given and Chief Baxter soon
located them as Jim Bowers and wife,
who were stopping at the Banner
Motel. Martenson was notified and he
Immediately telegrsphed TO arrest aud
hold the fugitives until he arrived
BY mistake the dispatch was delivered
TO Sheriff Rineharh who up to this
time knew nothing Of the facts in the
case. The sheriff Immediately took
the trail, however, and was not long
in fcding fresh scent. At this june
ture Steve Bowers, a brother OF Jim,
suggested TO the minion Of the law
that IL he would inform the Horton
people that they were on a cold trail
IL would be worth $40 TO the Bowers
family, The proposition did not meet
with the sher.ff's approval and Mr..
Steve was promptly placed in durance
vile on the charge OF attempting TO
bribe An officer. He was placed under
$500, w. r. StApleton going his
security.
In the meantime MArtenson was on
his road TO Guthrie with a suitable
escort, breathing vengence loud and
deep.
~ ~ AePPthNht nbWGNtit hhhk MS
loving fatber-in-law was at the sta
tion when he alighted from the train,
but the sOn-in law never knew II, as
dark form could have been perceived
scratching gravel toward where the
much sought for couple were stopping
Immediately afterward at tense ,ond
gait. Before the tAngle could be
straightened out and the officers reach
the house the birds had flown. IL was
good judieious fly, too, because they
have disappeared as completely as II