Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-12-01
SETTLING MATTERS UP.
Commission Men Are Searching fol
Cattle.

10 a grand nustle lot cattle. Inc
commission mems representatives are
here in force locating herds and check
ing up brands. Several are registered
under assumed names and all have
instructions at the hotel to tell no one
where they have gone. 1t will be
several days before all the stock OBJ
tainable will be located.
A commission man told the Re-
FLEcroR last Monday that this would
be the mode Of procedure: "As soon
as we find herd in which we have
any doubt as to the paper we will
take it under the mortgage and ship
it to the stockyards. Where we have
a clear title undisputed and the cattle
are being well cared for there will be
no change, the farmer may feed them
as usual. We do not expect to find
more than half OF those called for by
all the paper that is out" Some hot
legal contests may be expected before
the matter is ended
Monday with Register VanVoorst
the REFLECTOR went through the rec
ords Of the office for one year back
and listed up the amount of mort
cages yet on the books unreleased and
signed by Gillett and those whom he
misled in his deals. His friends and
relatives were made his tools through
his confident assertions and apparent
success. The total amount Is $2,-
159,927 supposed to be secured by
81, 900 cattle.
Probably half a million Of this is
blanket paper. Many mortgages
have probably been paid but not re-
leased. About third Of the paper is
past due and another third is due In
the next 80 days. While Dickinson
county mems names are on a great
deal Of it they signed it in good faith,
thinking the cattle clear. 1t is to be
hoped that the complications will be
cleared up to let them out with a
minimum Of loss.
Two big repleyin suits resulting
from the failure OF Grant G. Gillett,
the Woodbine cattle king, have been
filed in the federal court at Topeka,
and Deputy United States Marshals
Austin Prescott and Fred Trigg are
at the Gilett ranch today sorting out
the cattle specified in the two peti.
tions.
One Of the suits is brought by the
Continental National bank Of st..
Louis against Dake 4 Keller, Thomas
Kinnehan and Thomas Kenney and
the other is brought by Elmore 4
Cooper against Thomas Kinnehan,
John Doe and Richard Roe, the two
involving stock to the value of SAG, 900.
GILLETT IN LYON COUNTY.
The Emporia Gazette says Gillett
has left some people in Lyon county.
1t says; His agent was VIM. F. Dun
lop, Of Strong City. Through him
Mr.. Gillett had been supplied with
much grain and other feed from here.
| As far as can be learned the ones who
are holding the paper for feed from
Gilett are George Plumb and Joe
Brogan Of Hartford. 10 Mr.. Plumb
he owes about 5000. Mr.. Brogans
amount is somewhere near this. 1t
cannot be told exactly how many
head Of cattle he had here in Lyon
county at present, as he had shipped
in lately, a train load being at
Strong City when he broke up, but
according to the books in the register
OF deeds Office had 1000 head Of two
and three year olds from the Panhan.
die which were mortgaged to the A.
J. Gillespie Commission company, Of
Kansas City, for $62, 400.
Most OF these cattle are on the
western line Of the county, down near
0lpe and over by Hartford. 1t is
said by local stockmen that he prob
ably had 10000 head in the county,
The last were shipped from Texas.
There ,were 1000 Of the j A brand
and 5000 head Of other cattle,
Among these was the trainload which
was shipped from Texas by Vale &
Gates, who had sold to Mr.. Gilleti
after buying from the Goodnight
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