Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17
ABDICATION OF A CATTLE KING.
,r oiet the Most Spectacular Ranchnan Of the West.
ern Prairies, fiees from creditors-Farrners and
Finaneiors Alike Ouped by Him

ride with the engineer Tor miles where
ne wanici 20 60 and make deal Last
spflhg he invited the governor OF she
,,,aie % be his guest and took him %
Wvpihine on special train. There
thf party was entertained aud driven Boz
Carriages until late In the afternoon,
me ifa'n waited and then went WIKI
M nome The days pleasure coot him
e-'o 90 more but u gave him an ad-
Nirilslhg that was worth probably moro
thhh thui 90 him liz seemed 10 have
method In an his APPARENTLY Will
plaha. ana fhIi was 90 build up a repu-
both
A. his business doubled up and he
shipped if1inlOsds OF cattle hn became
ambiiluns 90 nave sutnr thing that
would he an inveatmeu. llo settled on
lie Insurance. and. calling In agents.
gave liberal orders Cor policies WRIT
ton nm the touilnc p'an-tweutv pay
meni Tor th0 most para H. splendid
physlquc made him an easy subject. and
the companies We're rind % get him.
Last year b. took 0ui several policies.
amounting tn about $50 no. but that was
tosiow Tor him. and h. las year took
out one Tor $1,000 To- lump. In the
summer C.sIH another fnr 10000.
Few weeks ago. ono for S2i.oun and on
the dny H. lrft for plrtr unknown be-
NNNh "a'iN'N ll hNHINfNt IhNMf ANNfs liNh
one man lu the slate carries more In
suranrr. Some NJ X ~ paid. a iHtls IL
plid three years ahead. the remainder
VIII De- Forfeited.
PERSONAL MAGNETISM OF THE
MAN.
HIS mlrrsilfm was something wonder
fui. - teil you" said commission
mnn Who ~ heavily suck. in twenty
}'nff' experience | never Jaw a man
Who c1ud accomplish % much a. be.
tie hli such y fascinating WY and
put ha propositions 20 clearly shat We
gave No.. one day h. came lev ~ and
war $4,000. I fald We hid enough
~ bis paper. 4 lm Offering 10 90 you
nr friend; I though y0u wanted 50
do hufIuoss.' replied GilifiG with %
snrcr IL went oui ind ln ngffn min.
uira returned wi,h a certified check,
which hc flHhtd DO my face with a
7milc." Tn commissl1a man u SMILE
Ing Row. Aboue the nrli of November
h. varied 10 borrow $40 ooo M she arm
or bak9 q Kr1er Of Denver They
know ho was having trouble. and Keel
90 wcus o. the ranch 90 zee how things
] looked. ll0 spent four Gays, and Wlt
driven around ihe herds ana wired his
] partner ihlt everything WIH al Right.
I Gillci; the money, bui they nui out
now th1t the cattle were muriFaEnd
! tNl'f ~ lhiN IN y NIAlT ANN man lNNN
sold HIN kG1 head - oregon NeafllnHa.
ana filvo never been abb io ind the
flei 40 ALL Yc they have been In
ihf business for twenty years ~ was
scarcely 90 be wondered ~ ihai q man
with such powers % persuaeiun rhuuld
b. able to SEA large cr az.
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ~
NOLVED.
Ills methods We're simple. almost not.
ably ~. iic began well. nu1 for swh
yc1rs met all his paper with exemplary
| prumptnoas. Then began tn CONSUME
irai0n ~ his scheme 90 make woakh
rapidly. ~ b. s,1ry this bears d.
rhc;ly on the dangers ~ cattle paper
Investments when made without care
ful and fuli examination. Afsoclatsl
with him were 'iia hfushrrs.in-lnw. those
~ his wife's side and thu-e ~ his
SISTERS marriage. Then he cook ~
one or Two young men who Ind M
/ visible means or support and made
| Them apparently rich IN few months
| ono young man WIS a poor 10y JUST out
Of a struggle O. complete q Jaw course
In the state university We sold him
'nrile and thor bought them back nE ilu
I uHill h. had made him worth $40 600
/ liut he alfd his the young mans name
on paper ~ the amour ~ $4,000 liis
I relatives had the same blind fash In
i
/ him In win. They signed papers whrr.
ever h. sold IN m. ana thcy often had
I the papers IN blank when hey signed
/ them. and thfn Glliett filled them In
| ana fold ihr paper a. the commission
| mru. ono Gay tNp weeks ari h. went
/ Co. - FIRM w Kansas Cty AMI told them
he had buyer for $4,000 worth Of
/ nock The nrm Wrre out In the yard,
/ and bought the cattle. loaded them
. Ali la 4 "a q 81 4 q
| from GlliOy Tor iAe ueiple amount. ~,
took the cntile 20 Alma, Kan, and sold
them To the customer and Put the
| money In his pocket Instead o. sending
/ q 80 thee omm.Hfinn men. The Urn
VIII take the Stock and leave the feeder
without dollar
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM
Glilcti used 10 buy big drovcs u cat
Tie. several thousand head nt a time. ~
Invariably gave a mortgage f0r thi
purchase price. and the took the hcrt
H. Woodblnc TO split chem up Into SINAI
dr0vca for the little feeders who hns
small lots Of corn ana rouRhnoss, TIL
farmers Hooked around him ms IN III
were god. and hung on hls words. ~
would Ftop up 90 one and say. well
what do you wan. herew' why, Mr.
Clllctt. l thought ! would look 10 Hei
II you have anything chat I want.
| Look, then; ] have no time To talk q
YOU" and he would leave 90 see anothc
customer In that way he sold the ven
cattle he wanted 20 ANA az his owl
price. usually more chan the fnrmc
would have paid anywhere else. The,
mid g. 10 81 head more than Gran
did Tor the stock. and the theory wa
that he would feed them ana sell then
at good profit In the spring. ~
would give his note 10 Gillette. and
was supposed that Gillett would SEN
the note o. take the place of the on
that he had given on the whole lot a
| cagtle. often he Overlooked" this. an
~ late seems 10 have done no intention
! ally, FOR there are cattle mortgage
flvc deep One bunch ~ COWS In the In
dian Territory n mortgaEcd for fll5
head In this way
SAMPLE CASE OF DuPED FARMEl
\ farmer came rushing Into the oour
house a few days after tho failure an
called for the sheriff. II want help" h
, cried. "a lot 0f men are cut at my plac
! taking of my cattlc-s0O head that
have given my notes for, and which
, can nay when they are due. 1 have 10
, them an the fail. and Il win ruin m
N they take them from me-" a scare
was made for tho mortgage that N
, mon claimed was on record and IL wa
, there. The farmer WINS holding the has
, and had been fcdelng some one else
| cattle all the fail Hut that was no
"Dld you give note for the cattl
when you got ihem2'
( "Of course I did"
q 'Nhore IL that note now7'
, The farmer did not know, and he