The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-02
AMONG THE OIL GUSHERS.
Several Stories Of Big Money Making
in The Oil Fields.
A FORTUNE FOR A TEAM OF PONIES
Took Advantage OF Widow, but Isn't
Sorry--Chicaoo Newspaper Mans
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Stories.

~ must certainly have been horn under
one Of those lucky orbits that phrenolo
/ gists talk SO much about said Charles
Freeman, n portly penvcrlte, as he puffed
/ away on an elegant two-bt cigar In the
! lobby of the Hutchins hotel yesterday ar
! ternoon. Mr.. Freeman Ind Just returned
| from Beaumont, whore he had closed a
big land deal aud for more reasons than
one was feeling quite good. "The history
of my transactions In Jefferson county
property reads more Hike fiction than the
real thing" continued Mr.. Freeman. about
! five years ago | was the possessor Of a
swell little shetland team and basket sur.
rcy. The turnout was the admiration OF
the city and the coveted prize OF the chill
dren. especially the pretty little daughter
of well known and wealthy gambler.
This little girl wanted my pony rig and
her father was In the habit of satisfying
her wishes II money would obtain the de,
sired object. He approached me ,ac day
with lair Offer but | wasn't anxious TO
sell and turned lin down Ills return
visits were frequent and every Il ne there
was 4 slight advance In the arlce offered
One day he dropped ivto my office and
pulling from his pockets n roll of bills
, about the size Of YOUR leg offered me q
thousand dollars cash for the rig. hest.
tated. Better stll.' said the gambler.
IN give YOU $1,000 in cash and the deed
"a lao acres OF land In jefferson county,
Texas. about fomr miles from a little town
called Beaumont, I'm told there Is Zine
timber on tue land, hut know nothing
ent and generous In his offers and | closed
the deal, though reluctantly. | kept the
tnxcs paid up on the lamd, but aside from
this gave 1t very little attention. Several
months ago | was wired an onfer of $50
per acre for the tract smelled a mouse.
I'm oil .ai i.aNNaa.
almost deluged In telegraphlc offers. The
price was daily going skywarl, and on
Monday | closed 9 denl whereby I have
realized eynctly SSS,500 by the sale of my
shetland team of ponies and the basket
surrey"
ITS pretty mean man that viii {, Ike
advantage Of a lone widow" said Grand
Rapids furniture drummer at the Logan
last night, but IL ! hadn't some other
fellow would, and there you arc About
three years ago my health was poor aud
Wis ted Excelsior Springs, Mo. hopeful
of getting relief by the use of mineral
waters Among the guests at the Ems
hotel where | was stopping was a rather
good looking widow who took quite fancy
10 me and getting confidential, impaired
much of her private business to me. She
had land in Jefferson county. Texas and
knowing that ! was familiar with property
valuations III uuls, SUI ny. ~ ~ NY n ..u
IA AZ svI' ga nh' Nc nrIca was oli iesf 10 me
She wrote me a letter few months ago
Stating that she as pHdly IN heen ~ a..
inoh nm INV nricn The papers were full
OF beaumont oil talk Ut the lime and there
was no excuse Tor her lgnorance;, ! lnpusId.
u good thlng 70 thke ~ mNsei NJ. hhu , 'na"bS
her an oler OF @io IL a 49, "a Nv - iii,a
or seventy ncresa; sns ~, IN, y ~ Iosnh
trout wouin ny nnu , ~. WI Sn,,"dny on n
ie' go Oh ,n" 'uu mn, tins me- tnst aboui
Hon. l.. $. schlutcr OF JEFFERSON s,"ppou
or In Houston WIN iflenus laS' nien.' Gu
route 10 the oil helds al heuulhon'. oo""
tor Schluter IN the oWher VI r"e.
very promising oil land near Caddo lake
f., uorion coun.v and has with him sam
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