The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-20
GUMBERTS STILL
LANGU|SRES
IN JAIL
Opera House Builder Not Yet
Able to RAISE the Wind -
kilograms Unanswered.

Reno paper OF last week contained
an item about one John Gumberts ard
Judge A. f.. Cheney canvass ng The
town for a subscription to stock to build
an opera house. The article read about
like this a.
John Gumberts. repre- sent'ng The
Klax- Eriang ar-Frohman theatrical syn
dicate has left Reno after max ng sat
isfactory arrangements for the erect on
of s75 900 playhouse here.
Wednesday afternoon. in company
with Judge a. r. Cheney, he visited
several capitalists Of Reno. and tn
hardly an exception he received assur-
ances of hearty moral and financial sup
port. In short time he had SIS 900
pledged from Reno peope. He SAYS
that the syndicate viii invest SIS 0jl
more and that bonds to the amount Of
SIS 900 can then be issued by the corpo
ration, giving 1t ample means to con-
sTuAL the new - hSuouS1.
The fact that what is termed thu
syndicate is willing to invest in the
theater is assurance that IL will route it's
attractions through Reno and do all IN
its power to make the playhouse sue
cess and a good investment.
Several sites have been examined. hut
l none has been selected. II Is desired
THAT the playhouse shall be centrally
located In order that part Of IL may be
used as "A business block"
John took the chances and came TO
Winnemucca. He evld sntly did not
know that Winnemucca needed an op-
era house and would resort TO any
means. fair or foul. TO get one. and as
Gumbert represented the "Kiax Er an
ger Frohman syndicate and was buiid
ing opera houses, they conc uded it
would be fine thing to make sure of
John first and talk opera house with h m
after mailing him. So the other nigat
he was locked up and is in the ron
bound box" in front of the sh IT, s
office. The charge entered opposite mis-
name was for obtaining money under
fa.se pretenses. Wnncmucca was
bound 20 freeze to Gumbert and squeeze
an opera house out OF him If there was
one in him.
A Silver State reporter called on Mr..
Gumbert at the county Jail the day of
his arrest. II found him busy aging
cards with the other prisoners. IL W $
Interrupted in his game and called TO
the lattice-worked big front door and
asked II he was the same John Gumb rt
who was contemplating the building OF
an opera house in Reno. Mr.. Gumbert
replied that he hoped to b. re eased on
bonds that afternoon and he would rath-
er not make a statement until after he
got out. He promised to give the re-
|. porter an interview and relate his story
W. how he came to be in the Humbo dt
county jail. His Rene opera build ng
associates were wired TO. but they did
not respond. In the meantime Gum
bert is being made as comfortable as
possible. 1t is not often that Winnie
mucca gets a good solid whack at su h
distinguished representative or the
trusts as is Mr.. Gumbert, and the peo-
pie of the town propose to no d him for
ransom If he don't build us an opera
house.
Gumberts Is high roller. The trans
actions that caused his arrest were the
passing of checks drawn on the Union
Exchange Bank of New York He tod
= l.. Wilson, after banking hours Sat
DIiay. that he was l.ttle short and
igned check on the above named
bank for $40 Mr.. Wilson cashed the
check, and with a part of the money
Gumberts bought couple of bottles of
Munns extra dry, and in that way