The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-11
LUCKY KANSAN
Strikes Millions After Many Ups
and Downs in Life.

Kansas city. March ia man Of small
wirv hgure perhaps 50 years old stood
before the desk OF the Savoy yesterday
holding sman paper parcel His seam
ed and tanned features, adorned with
gray chin whiskers his careless dress
and the unmistakable drawl OF the west
erner evoked no special interest. But IN
hia voice there was trenor that caught
the attention of Clerk Van Gunter In
the words:
ewoulS you take care Of this for me2'
''Yeu can check 1t at the stand, was
the reply with a gesture.
"I'd rather have II put in the safe Tvs
worth considerable"
The old mans eyes danced as the Clerk
took the bundle and hefted It.
TT must be gold." he exclaimed, draw
| ing from the loose wrapper a br.cN Of
! shining metal
'TIal. har' chuckled the old man. at
the evident surprise OF the clerks face
That's different eh7 Say, do you kno~
how 1t feels to get rich, sudden like and
know you have got It for good after
having lost a fortune or two IN your life
| time?'
a few weeks ago." he continued, II
was pushed 70 pay the little bills Of SO
or SIS that were presented 20 me. 1 lived
at Newton. Kans. and everybody knew
about Dan Ainsw0rth down there, and
| company out in Arizona. You see, ] or
ganized Harvey county and they know al
about Don Aainsworth down there, ana
when a bill was presented and I pulled
/ out a s. gold piece that ] might have in
my pocket now and then they would say
Just 10 make fun, Dan. Is that gold YOU
got out Of you- Arizona mine2"
HE HANDLED GOLD BRICKS.
"rhis sounds funny to you fellows
said the old man settling himself com
| fortably, "and I must own I can't quite
get used to It myself The fact Is. am
worth now all 1 ever hoped to be worth
although j am now one OF these pluto
Gratis. That brick Is worth $1,000 There
is another on the way to me now; IT must
be at Newton by this time and they will
keep coming right along two a month.
So you see, 1 am fixed
I'm here to visit some OF my old
friends in Kansas city. There are lot
Of them that have known me ever since
was in the banking business in theboom
| days A good many of them are big bank
i
| that Dan Ainsworth has struck 1t at last.
There's L. c. Beal received Of the Topeka
Savings bank who is in It with me on the
| gold mine and Hon. J. w Doye OF We'll
lington. We are going to Chicago next
week to elect new officers for the com
| pany This is not a stock selling scheme.
| The ground floor space IS all taken.
| Dan Ainsworth Is well known to the
| n -,
ion with l. d. Sanford. the banker OF the
early days who began his career as a
bank breaker I'm Kansas and through
whose Vaccinations Ainsworth lost all
his property Sanford is known az the
greatest bank breaker that ever operated
| IN the United States. Concerning this
part Of his life Answorth seldom REFERS
His later life Is n pleasanter topic, w.'h
all its hardships and he proudly claims
| to be the only delegate in the last con-
vention instructed for Governor Staniey.
| He pulled his delegates together after
the first scattered ballot and held them
to the end.
lie was offered commissioner Of insur-
ance for his influence. he says by one
of the candidates. but refused.
HAS A TINGE OF FICTION
The story Of his betrayal by Sanford
which he says cost him his fortune and
once brought him face to face with more
than 100 Winchesters and rovolvers in
a frontier town in the mountains Of
| Washington, years ago, was related by
him last night without bitterness.
Il am worth more today" he said. than
j. d. Sanford ever dreamed OF.
81 was cashier Of the Usage county
/ Savings bank and Sanford was president
back in 1879. Sanford had string Of
] banks at Carbondale, Lynden, Hunnlwen
and Caldwell and the Usage City bank
was the head office.
"In those days Sanford was buying
and selling out companies every week
remember one day a Catholic priest troIn
Mexico came IN and told about having
the secret Of the location Of an old Mex
lean mine For a couple OF days, he and
Sanford talked It over in the prlva,e Of
fee and at last Sanford came 10 me.
Says he' What do you think Of it any
how?"
4 don't know replied what do
you sayT'
I'm put up the money. 5000 and OIL
ganize company with you as secretary,
said he.
." Go ahead sala /.
About a week afterward the priest
got hold of a man from Leavenworth. ne
is well known too. and the man wanted
90 buy ms out right away. lie threaten
ed 20 bring suit against our titles lnC
finally made an offer which we accspie 3
It gave each OF us $500 TO the good and al
! did was 10 sign my name as secretary
WHEN THE COLLAPSE CAME.
can the old timers know how the col
lapse came The merchants aud droveri
at Caldwell, carrying $4,000 of co1ntl
funds broke first, creditors came up th'
line tying up everything. sanfora wai
down there facing a moD and Governor
ST John teIegraphed that he woull holl
every citizen responsible for the dfe o.
Sanford. When he got back he was ac
tually black and blue an over from th
bruises received from the pokes OF thei
guns.
every thing / had, including the farm
adjoining Newton was lost In the crash
80 when Sanford telegraphed me 70 com
Ito Washington and help him run G. hk'h
1 thought 4 would Investigate. When
got TO Cheney few miles from sp0kan
Sanford said; You can see from IN
books that the bank made $4,000 has
I year. Now here's what ] propose: ] VI.
\ make you cashier. give you a half 81
terest In the profits and in the end
viii pay you an / owe you.
who's going to have the c0mblnatic
on the safer Iasked.
"'You may he said TN show you tho
am on the square on this deal fs
viii have the combination on the sal