The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-19
JOHN w GATES
History Of The Nan who ie Pro
scouting Old Nan Jester

NNNfA o. 10 NNnANHN NA" MNNtN AltA HAA A'NN
wire production ot America The third
the strongest OF al. is 20 convict Alex
ander Jester, OF the murder OF Gilbert w
Gates To accomplish this last amb-
ton John W Gates Is willing to rc-
linquish FOR the present his efforts
other lines
For tweuty-eight years a vengeance oH
the murder Of his brother has been on.
OF the aims Of his life. and he Is the m-
plac1blc prosecutor of Jester. who, ha
charges is his brothers slayer AIR
Gates Is man who seldom relents. III
| Alexander Jester escapes from John vs.
Gates when Gates is ared by the desire
1 OF venEeaucc-wel he'll do moro than
anyone who knows Gates believes
/ when the news of testers arrest was
published a month ago John W. Gates
| dropped his political ambitions. his onor-
! nous business interests. evcrythtur and
went Co the oklahoma jal where Jester
was connned-aud Jester knew lhat he
| did. And it les generally believed that
TO the innoxlble determination ol John
| w. Gates is duo the virtual spirluug
away Of Jester by the Missouri onicers.
when Oklahoma courts seemed likely to
interfere
| This is the man whom Jester had as a
prosecutor-not IN law. but in fact Dur
| ing the twcnty-oight years since Gilbert
Gates disappeared John his brother.
has never failed TO keep tracksof every
detail connected with the case. Ito con-
fronted Jester In the Shawnee JAIN and
fronted Jester iu the shawnee % r.
JAIN and said.
Don't YOU remember me? took you
out Of iail az Paris Mo- ana read the
papers TO you"
And Tor the first time Jester broke down
and cried like a baby saying, between
his sobs
God forgive mel God forgive met
John W Gates was born in Illinois
and Is ATTY one years old His brother
Gilbert was th.rty-seven when he disap-
| fatal Western trip Jonn remained there
peared John was az the family home ion
West Chicago when Gilbert len ON the
when their father alarmed by his motcr's
dream, started out on Gilbcrrs trail.
he Joined his father when Jester was
caught. and saw hur u iau. ho was nu-
with wrath auJ the desire for pursuit
when Jester escaped.
Mr. Gates really began nls business
career in ST. Louis as the representative
OF the Cleveland Rolling Min COMPANY
and sold iron aud steel goods for tb,t
corporation. making a success OF IL from
the start
Just at the time the bnrbed wire indus
try was n Is infancy ana the patents were
| an controlled by the Mashbuyn a. Afoen
company or Worcester Mass All other
| manufacturers We're their ucenHepa
| Gates seeing the enormous profits en-
| ;oyed by this company, and believing tina
the patents would not hold in law. CON
ceiyed the idea OF doing a little manu-
featuring OF h.- own becoming I'm fact
the ST. Louis Post Dispatch says what
was termed ''moonshiner in am OBJ
scure factory So he hired a building ln
soulard street, bought or made n few
fence machines. ana started 60 turniue
out oarbed wire The high price upheld
by heavy royalty the Washburu a. Moer
company demanded. made the busines.
extremely profitable and m 90 Gates aiu
the foundation f1r his present great for
tune
But a da Of reckoning came. The rapid
creased product attracted the attention
OF the Washburu a. Noon people. who
naturally went ON the trail of the moon
sinners ana claiming 90 own overythIne
pertaining 90 barb wire aud lts making.
even to the macincs used. they began pro
ceedings ia the federal court against
Gates and his shop Gates was ENJOYING
hIf prosperity he refused 10 'lav down
ana fought viciously Ia the active fash
on characteristic Of him For years be
and his factory were the storm center Of
Of one of tho most vigorous and per
sistent lugations IN tho United States
Al one time he was nearly wiped ,,,
by the immense corporation. az it occur
ed an Injunction against him proveptIp,
him from either using the machines al
making barbed wire; but Gate ae,r
showed the characteristics Of tho buI
dog fighter he IS,
During the night he placed his entir,
factory on wagons moved out Of tho dis
q tdct irto Illinois. and deAed the iniunc
ton andn the company that obtained 1t
. There he continued TO make barbed gir
and worry his persecutors.
In the fan OF 1895 a decision was rem
dered by Judge Treat then sitting ,s cir
cult Judge in the federal court di.tricI
which declared the patents on barrie
wire invalid.
Gates az once organized "a strong com
pany, using his former factory ag "a u,io
r. 'eus. and another IA Pittsburr Pa AM
s 's the president OF both. operated then
3 MO- successfully that iu 1852. hc bee,p tb
o aoln ted States some twenty intolgIun,
o absorption of an the barbed wire pfi1t
] in the United states some iweut, iu mum,
G Der adding one at "a tmc t0 Il. r.,rer
. factory. ana by 1893 he was ths p0.if.1
Of the Consolidated Steel ana lvir. com
y pany and the Illinois Steel company ao
s in "a position 10 diclaafe to his old ar.
my This he did ana Cine Washburu
Mpen company became Dds also. a9 fb9
in 1888. Gates controlled absolutely tb
Dhrb wire Industry of the allt.
When Mr. Gates became a I4ptor .p f1
% business world he naturally moved ou
, OF st. Louis ana citIed iu Cbic.eo. ,yb.,
: Dc could he lat1uch with men of larr
capital ana ideas. This was about \.
years ago. Tie has been reslispc.
thH city ever since he .s on. az 3D.
best correspondents iu the country a.
.r irue aportmeu. ami was al one tme oo,
ceiei i1 be the best wing ana man st.
llmateup il the West lie ia IA la,..r
h"e horses and is familiar aglre
'ne race course He BE- OF indou,ir,l b.
energy be can work twenty-to, ham,
b. ana sleep two. and he never admit. !
Us oeatsn IN anything he underts kes.
Ihis being true n looks rad f,r la