The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-01
DID GILLen GO TO sPAIN7

A Telegram From New York saying
That He Did.
ABILENE, Kan, Nov. 2e-Grant G.
Gillett, the defaulting cattle plunger,
may be on the Atlantic ocean to-day
on his way to Spain. The following
telegram was received yesterday in
Woodbine by the brother of Gillett:
New York, Nov. 81.
will leave to-day by steamer for
Spain. Cable me at Cadiz how are my
wife and baby. G. G. GLLETr.
Grants brother believes that the
telegram is genuine. Others here who
have seen the telegram believe it is
from Gillett and that he is bound for
Spain.
The telegram was shown to Mrs.
Gillett, the wife of Grant Gillett.
What she said or did cannot be learned,
because her brother-in-law showed her
the telegram, and he refuses to talk.
A reporter saw her yesterday after
noon and talked to her. She denied
having seen the telegram and said she
did not believe such a message had
come. There are great many cattle
men here who believe that the tele-
gram is fake" They say that Gil
lett was not fool enough to send tel
egram which would reveal his where
abouts A combination of commission
men have agreed to engage detectives
to trace Gillett. This is known, and
hence the telegram might be to throw
them off the track.
Opinions vary as to how much cash
Grant took with him. j. w. Gillett,
his eldest brother. the leading mer-
chant of the town, said to-day: 81 do
not think Grant took over s.. 900 or
S., 600. He borrowed some of me and
drew out all of his balance in Abilene,
but paid some debts and had not SO
much left as many think"
j. H. Hollinger. president of the
Gillespie Commission Company, said:
'He took not less than SEQ, 900 in cash,
and was preparing for it for SONS days
think the estimates of the amount
of paper he had out are too high. 1
believe $1,000, 900 will cover it, and
half will be loss to the commission
houses and to Eastern investors
Few agree with these figures, for,
in addition to the $3.50, 900 on record in
his name in this county, there will be
found a considerable quantity in Mar
ion, Morris, Wabaunsee and other
counties, in Oklahoma, Nebraska and
Colorado Fully half million of pa
per signed by his relatives is really his
own, and the total will not be far
from a million and a half. The loss
will be half of this, ard the commits
sion men are clearly worried.
A story was current also that. in
connection with c. r Troxel, young
attorney of Abilene, who has been
signing good deal of paper for him.
and who has been in Utah and Nevada
much of the summer, he has been send
ing cattle across the Rocky mountains
to hide them until the storm blows
over. As matter of fact, Troxel fol-
lowed him to Fort Worth, and was
with him Thursday last there, trying
to get from Gillett some return for the
work he had done as an employee. He
failed. and it is not known where he is.
The creditors spent the whole of the
Lords day struggling over the wreck.
1t has been case OF every man for
himself, and the result is worse snarl
than ever. Each commission firm in
| volvei seems to devote most of the
time to checkmating the moves the
others make. Everything is at stand
still. in spite of all the work. And
meantime losses are piling on losses.
wind, with sleet ending in heavy
snow, made it severe on the cattle at
the ranch. A couple Of hundred have
died since the storm began a week
ago, AID others are dying daily. The
little army of cowboys has quit work
because no one would pay them. and
the farmers who contracted to bring
feed have refused to do so, because
they have not received money for that
already furnished
All day, in the cold wind, q trai n
load of 500 cattle stood on the tracks,
while the Gillespie company and the
Bogart company contested their rights
to them. They were finally sent out
to Kansas City.
The Gillespie company has tied up,
by legal proceedings, the cattle at if
teen or twenty points to prevent
others from shipping them to market