The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-08
Deal Wherein Beaumont Oil Stock
and Whisky Certificates Fig
ured Is Called OF.
REVOLVER AS A PERSUADER.
Sudden Appearance Of Weapon
Convinced Kansas City Man
That He Would Better
Trade Back.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Beaumont, Tex. June THE famous Kel-
iy well Of,-Whisky deal. In which neither
OIL nor whisky appears to have figured
vfsibly. has been nullified. and indirectly
through a serio-comic incident which oc-
CURED last night in the ONCE Of Colonel
s. E. Moss. president Of the Texas and
New Orleans OIL Company. The Texas and
New Orleans Company bored the Kelly
well An unintentional gun play By Colonel
Moss furnished the basis for tho serio-comio
feature. and this with the prior details CT
the transaction makes a story. which. owing
to tho prominence Of the persons involved
on one side Of the deal. all Of them Texas
business men and bankers Of high stand
ing, will be widely circulated throughout
the State
No well in tho outside field has been 90
much discussed as the Kelly. It IL To-
Gated mile northwest Of the gushers and
hrst gained notoriety when a pocket q
gas was struck in It and the original own
ers. Kelly & Kiser. sold It on the strength
Of this indication to the Texas and New
Orleans Company for $4,000 cash.
This proved q lucky stroke for Kelly and
Kiser. but as the drill went deeper the signs
OF oil were lacking. and when q Kansas
City man came along with what he repre-
sented to be certificates for 1.Ioo barrels Of
whisky in bond in Chicago. and offered to
swap It for Texas and New Orleans stock.
he found willing traders in Colonel Moss,
F. d. Glover. J. C. Smyth. Colonel Thomas
F. West. general counsel for the company
ana three others. who are not willing to
nave their names known in connection with
the deal
Wanted Their Stock Returned.
Both Colonel Moss and Colonel West say
that they ascertained that they had traded
Tor eighty-proof. colored spirits which. they
declare. IL not the sort Of stuff they thought
they were getting. At any rate the upshot
OF the matter was determination on the
part Of all the gentlemen who had traded
stock to demand its return. give the Kan
sas City man his whisky certificates and
thus nullify the trade.
Things were at this stage last night vhen
Colonel Moss went to his cffice shortly
after O'Clock to get q Colts army revolver
which he had left in his desk
Colonel Moss spends his nights in Port
Arthur. twenty miles from Beaumont. and
he desired to return the weapon to Colonel
Vests brother. George West. from whom
he had borrowed It,
He went into the ONCE. turned on the in
candescent light. opened his desk, drew
forth the six-shooter and started to shove
It down into his trou- rs. As he tells II.
just at this moment he heard q sound be-
hind him and. turning. he beheid the Kan
sas City man standing in the door. Colonel
Moss forgot all about the revolver. but
from all accounts the Kansas City man had
It on his mind good and strong. evidently
misinterpreting the situation.
you're the very fellow I want to see"
began Mr.. Moss.
Don't shoot. Colonel" broke in the Kan
sas City man. at the same time backing up
against the door. I'm n years old and
want to do what's right. I'll settle this
thing any way you say. Let's not have
any trouble"
BY this time Colonel Moss had disposed
OF the revolver. much to the relief Of the
other actor in the little comedy drama. and
the two arrived at an understanding at
once. the Kansas City man agreeing to
have the stock at the Texas and New Or
leans once this morning. At the appointed
hour. his agent appeared with the big bun
die Of stock certificates and received in re-
turn the whisky certificates
The Kansas City man, 30 Colonel Moss
says, left Beaumont last night