El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-01
THE MISSING
CATTLE KING
Now Believed To Have Fled
To Spain.
$4,000 IN HIS SATCHEl
Gillett's Failure Shocked the Financial
World.-His Liabilities Will Reach
Two Million DOllars.-Tracked To
FL Paso.

W Oo III Ia ooO - ~-J
ago and newspaper correspondents a
this point were wired to look him VI
d.obtain sinterviews.
Doubtless the eastern press was lee
to believe that Gillett was In HI fase
by reason of the following olsPatcl
sent out by the Globe Democrats for'
Worth correspondent l.
On the 22d of the present month ne
registered early In the morning at the
Worth Hotel In this city, ate h1s
breakfast and was seen no more. He
met one or two cattlemen at the hotel
but nothing unusual seemed to De
noticeable in his actions.
II Gillett has been or Ia now In III
Paso no one here seems to be aware OF
the fact. He may have passed through
here, however, on his way to Mexico,
where he Is at present, according &c
another report.
GONE TO SPAIN.
The sensation of today, says the
Globe Democrat, in the case Of Grant
G. Gillett, the missing cattle king,
whose paper to the amount OF mil
lion and half Is held by investors In
the East and IL guaranteed by Western
commission firms, was the receipt OF
his telegram by q brother-1n-Iaw OF
the missing man:
New York, November 81 sail today by
steamer for Spain. Gable me at Cadiz. HOW
are my wife and baby? G. G. GILLETT
Only two or three persons know Of
the telegram. Gillett was at Fort
Worth Thursday. He telegraphed q
customer in Oklahoma that he would
meet him Friday Ct ranch in West
ern Texas. He never went there.
The story that he, has gone to Old
Mexico Is merely guesswork. 1t may
be that he has had the New York tele-
gram sent as blind; but those who
know him best do not think so.
Every hours investigation at Wood
bine OF the affairs of Gillett puts q
worse light on them. In the midst OF
q snow storm, which tonight was blind
ing, commission firms representatives
struggled over their claims. Five
hundred head Of cattle stood on the
train ell day, while attorneys fought
for their possession. Tonight they
were sent to Kansas City. All day
firms have been cutting out what they
could, and getting them to the station.
One bunch of 300, which no one pre-
sent had q claim on, will be shipped
and placed to the rsnch's credit.
About 5000 head remain, and there is
feed for three days only. They will
probably be shipped before that.
Keller 81 Drake, Of Denver, are look
INK lOT Tue OOO uodu VI OEOkOh JOof
lings sold him in September, to have
been taken to Woodbine for feeding.
The feed was used for other cattle, and
the yearlings never came shere, Gillett
had paid nothing on them.
Instances OF this sort multiply, and
IL Is safe to cay that the amount OF
paper out is not less than $1,000, 900,
with only the cattle required to be
found.
WHO WAS GILLETT?
The most magnificent plunger Kan
sas has ever known was Grant @. Gill
lett, the Abilene cattle king, says the
Globe Democrat, and his most startling
plunge was the ore he has just taken
into Insolvency. His failure Is merely
the snuffing out of q meteor, which
made q brilliant flare as 1t crossed the
speculative sky. That he is out seems
to be certain, for the creditors are
swarming over the assets like buzzards
at feast, and Gillett can not be found.
No one can yet tell what Gillett's
liabilities will foot. 1t Is probable he
could not even make q respectable
guess himself, for he kept no books, and
before dropping out of public view
Monday night he had all the 10, 600 or
IL 900 cattle on his Woodbine ranch,
switched about from pasture to pasture,
until the various brands are like shut
lied cards.
Stookmen who are In Abilene trying
to straighten out the chaos of the cat
tie kings affairs say the failure will
aggregate not less than 81, 900, 900 and
may reach 81, ZOO, 900. There are mort
cages of Gillett's on file at the court
house IN Abilene alone calling for 27,-
900 head of cattle. Only a little over
half that number has up to this time
been located or heard of.
In fifteen or twenty pens and corrals
at Woodbine Gillett left 1000 head.
Then some of his stock, about 5000
head, has been found at Harrington,
est In 6, 200 head in Woodward county,
Okla Then he had contracted for
{, 1000 head of the ~. A" brand, to be
delivered November Goth. How much
Gillett has paid on these is not known,
but $4,000 mortgage was filed
against them last night
$4,000 IN HIS GRIP.
One thing alone seems certain now,
Gillett expected the crash. He had
been busy for some time getting ready
for it. It is said that he has grip
with him now, wherever he Is, contain
ing nearly CSC, 600 in cash. This cash
he began to get together about a fort
night since.
de drew drafts through tne Aollene
National Bank on various commission
houses in Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Chicago. AS fast as these were honor
ed he drew the money. He asked for
and got "big bills"
The bank officials suspected all was
not right, and were doubly careful
with Gillett. They claim they have
not lost q cent Here are few of his
recent hauls: Monday he drew on the
Gillespie Commission compsuy,o of Kan
sas City, for $40, 900. and the draft was
honored. Next he drew on Tho
sas City, for $4,000, and
got 1t. Then he drew on ]. O. Bohart
Il Co Of ST Insanh for &ll 600 This