Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-01-11
GELlETT WORKING FOR
COMPROMISE
Special to the Kansas City Times

Special to the Kansas City Times.
Ell PAso, Tex, Jan. 2.-Grant G..
dijlett, the missing cattle hing OF
Abilene, Kan has at last been loca
led in such manner as to no longer
leave any doubt as TO his present
wherea bouts or future Intentions
He has been at or near Chihuahua
for more than month AID although
many persons were anxious TO find
him and newspaper correspondents
especially were on the lookout for
the most magnificent plunger Kansas
has ever known, his whereabouts
were known to only such persons as
fed with him or whose interests were
identical with Gillett's.
Only a week or two ago, after Gil
lett had been reported as being in
the City of Mexico, accompanied by
his lawyer, G.. r. Troxel, he turned
up at Chihuahua, where it leaked
out that he had purchased an inter
est in the Palacio hotel, which is
owned and operated by Charley Hunt.
Tro xel had established himself as as
sisfant manager of the Palacio, which
is the leading resort Of Americans in
Chihuahua. The presence of Troxel
at the hotel gave rise to the suspi-
cion that the man whom he had ac-
companied in his flight from the
States was not far away. This sus-
picion proved correct.
Soon after G.llett's flight became a
matter Of common talk and authen-
Tic newspaper correspondents had
trac, d him to Chihuahua, he was
-een to start from chihuahua toward
the Sierra Madre mountains, armed
with rifle and clad in hunting cos
tune. After that he was seen no
more in chihuahua until Christmas
eve. That day he arrived in the
Palac;o hotel, clad in the same hunt
ing costume, but his face was cover
ed with a three weeks growth of
beard and his best friend would have
tailed to recognize him. Troxel was
IN watch at the hotel and hastily
showed Gillett to room on the sec
olid floor. There he was supplied
With change of clothing and long
black beard. He kept to his room
during the daytime and at night only
was 10 be sesn in the Office or bar
room of the hotel. At such times he
wore his heavy beard and long
overcoat buttoned to the neck, so
hat it was impossible to recognize
in the bearded stranger the debonair
Giliett.
WANDERINGS OF THE PLUNGER.
Gillett's wanderings since he fed
from the United States have not
been extensive. He was at Fort
Worth, Tex November 81, and reg
istered at one of the hotels. He
went from there to Eagle Pass and
took the Mexican National railway
to Torreon, where it forms q junction
with the Mexican Central. He re-
mained at Torreon about twenty four
| hours and attracted attention by the
lavish expenditure of money and the
princely tips which he showered upon
| the servants He took the north
bound Mexican Central train to Chi
huahua, arriving there November %
with G. r. Troxel, his lawyer. They
registered at the Robinson house as
c. r. TroxeI, Denver, Col, and sc.
u. Gillett, Chicago, H." The men
were taken for ordinary tourists from
the United States and in their con-
versations they asked numerous
questions concerning the climate,
chances for investment and incident
ally talked about the cattle industry
in Mexico. They got On the south
bound train the following night with
their hand dbaggase but were not
together. The next morning Troxel
was seen in town and as no train ar.
rived from the south during the
night ,'he must have jumped off the
train after it left the station. Gil.
lett was not seen again until Tues.
day, November 20, when he returned
from the south and joined Troxel al
the hotel.
| By this time the news that Gillett
was at Chihuahua had reached Kan.
sas City, and at least one of his
heaviest creditors, Schaeffer, started
foc Mexico to pay the missing cattle
king visit. He and q Pinkertor
detective reached chihuahua Decem
Ger A. but nothing transpired from
their visit. In the meantime Giilett
had removed the house of Mex
can woman, and persons who knew
him by sight saw him leave early ON,
morning in hunting costume in tn,
direction of the mountains.