El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-03
TO COMPROMISE
WITH CREDITORS
Cattle King GiIIett Has Made
Them An Offer.
PROPOSED TO PAY $50, 1000

Charles F. Hunt, Of Chihuahua. Con-
Quoted the Negotiations And Every
thing Is Believed To Be Satisfac-
tOriIy Arranged Between the Par
ties.-Hunt Was In Kansas City
Last Week And Consulted With
Those Who Hold Gillett's Paper
He Returned Friday Aud Left For
Kansas City Again TOday.-Gillett
Has Been In the Vicinity OF Chi :
huahua For Weeks But Has Liv ed
In SeclusiOn And Part Of the Time
| Wore A Disguise.
Charles F. Hunt and wife reached
here last night from chihuahua and
this morning Mr.. Hunt left via the
Santa Fe for Kansas City for the pur-
pose of winding up the affairs of the
fugitive cattle king Grant G. Gillett
and closing the deal with his heaviest
creditors, which has been under way
for two or three weeks.
Gillett has been at, or near, Chihus-
hua for more than q month aud sl
though many persons were anxious to
find him and newspaper correspon-
dents especially we're on the lookou {
for the ''most magnificent plunger
Kansas has ever known. his where
sbouts we're known only to such per-
SONS as fed with him or to friends and
relatives who could be trusted.
Only q week or two ago, after Gillett
had been reported as being in the City
of Mexico accompanied by his lawyer
G. r. Troxel, Troxel turned up at Chi
hushua where it leaked vut that he
had purchased q half interest for $1,000
In the Palscio hotel, which has for Q
long time been owned and opersted by
Charley Hunt. Troxel establish ed
himself as assistant manager at the
Palacio, which is the leading resort Of
Americans in Chihushus. His pre-
sence gave rise to the suspicion that
the man whom he had accompanied in
his flight from the States was not far
away. This suspicion proved correct.
RETURNED CHRISTMAS EVE.
Soon after Gillett's flight became Q
matter of common talk and authentic
had traced him to Chihua-
hua he was seen to start from that
place toward the Sierra Madre noun
tains armed with q rifle and clad in
hunting costume.
After that he was seen no more in
until Christmas eve. That
day he arrived at the Palscio hotel
clad in the same huoting costume ut
his face was covered with q three
weeks growth of beard and his best
friend would have failed to recognize
him. Troxel was on watch at TIA
hotel and hastily showed Gillett to q
room on the second floor. There he
was supplied with change of cloth ing
and long black beard.
He closely kept to his room during
day time and at night only was to be
seen in the Office or bar room of the
hotel. At such times he wore a heavy
beard and long overcoat buttoned to
the chin, so that it was impossible to
in the stranger the debonair
cattle king Of few weeks before.
GILLETT'S wANDERINGS.
Gillett's wanderings since ohe fled
rom the United States have not been
He was In Fort Worth Nov
amber twenty-first and registered at
,ne of the hotels. From there he went
lirect to Mexico passing through FL
Paso and arriving at Chihuahua Nov
amber. %, with G. r. Troxel, his al
eyed attorney.
They registered at the Robinson
,ouse as 20. r. Troxel, Denver, Colo
ado" and "g. g. gillett, Chicago, H."
sicl. The men were taken for ordi-
lary tourists from the States. and dur
ng conversations with those they mes,
hey asked numerous questions con.