The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-09
PATTEN bound
TO WINDY CITY
Vainly Attempted to Evade the
Reporters and Refused to
Be Interviewed.
MAY SETTLE IN COLORADO
HEALTH SAID TO BE IMPAIRED
BY BIG WHEAT DEAL.

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Denver May S.-The Post today ..
!: says that James A. Patten. the q.
&: Chicago wheat dealer. has decided q.
:. to make Denver his home. He has .
made this statement in recent let .
:: ters to friends at Golden. Mr.. Pat 9.
. ten, it is asserted. will bring his 4,
: family TO Denver as soon as the e
: press of his grain dealings will q.
2 permit the move The long strain
I. Of the operations incident to the
. recent tremendous wheat deal has.
. II IS asserted, so impaired his
. health that he has decided upon
. this step, and this is taken also to &.
:. mean that Mr.. Patten viii cease to .
. be prominent i'm the operations of q:
. the Chicago grain pits. Mrs. Pat q:
. ten is former resident of Colo (:
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Trinidad. Colo. May S.-Refreshed
from two weeks hunting and fishing il
the northern New Mexico hills, sun
burner. and apparently much improved
physically. James a. Patten. the Chi
cagO wheat operator. is today speeding
toward Chicago over the Santa Fe
railroad. He is due to arrive there to-
morrow morning at I:30.
Mr.. Patten reached Trinidad at 5:45
last night from the Bartlett ranch near
Vermejo Springs, and went to a hotel
where he rested quietly until train
time. He registered as Ed Jones, Chi
cago,' and took every preca utiOn to
keep his identity from the press
Denied His Identity.
The efforts of Mr.. Patten to conceal
his identity brought about one or two
rather amusing situations and Incl
dentally some acrid remarks by the
big wheat dealer on the pestferous-
ness of reporters.
When Mr.. Patten reached Tercio. thS
branch terminus OF the railroad.
whence two weeks ago he took stage
coach for a drive across the snow
blocked mountain passes twenty-five
miles to the Bartlett ranch. he asked
for a through ticket to Chicago. The
railroad agent however, only wished
to sell him a local ticket to Trinidad.
4 want a through ticket" insisted
Mr.. Patten. I want to get away from
the reporters.
7 came to New Mexico to get rid Of
en-" he continued to the agent. and
il didn't do me bit Of good. I've been
bothered by them every day in the
mountains, after / thought I had lost
them"
Tried to Dodge Reporters.
Mr.. Patten importuned the aid of the
agent. the trainmen and the bell boys
al the hotel in Trinidad to keep report
ers off the train, and when reporter
accOsted him and asked him If he We're
not Mr.. Patten. he looked the reporter
calmly in the eye and assured him he
was not.
The reporter looked at Mir. Patten-
Mr.. Patten continued TO look at the re-
porter and smiled genially-
You are going back to Chicago are
Won nOt?' ventured the reporter
I am. young man. that is my home
Rut I am not Mr.. Patten. You are mis-
taken in that
When Mr. Patten went into the dIn-
ing room for dinner, the reporter eau
tiouslv made his way to the nat rack.
picked up the hat left by Mr. Jones.
and found the name James A J. at
ten on the band
Hutchinson. Kan, May S.-James A
Patten Dassed through Hutchinson TINS
morning on his way to Chicago tic
declined to be interviewed
Finally Owned Up.
Kansas City. No. May S.-James A
parten passed through here today on
his vav from Trinidad, Colo, to Chi
cago. where he will arrive tomorrow
morning.
when questioned by reporters, MT.
Patten did not deny his identity, ana
talked freely. Questioned about the
wheat market. Mr.. Patten declared ne
had never tried to manipulate H. ana
that he had bought it because ne hau
seen since last October that the supply
yvould not equal the demand
AT no time have I held more than
IN Gao 600 bushels" said he 1t just
bappened that for once in my life l was
able to predict accurately Anyone else
following the market reports IN the
daily UaUers could have done the same
tEinr and there is no doubt in my mind
tba+ if I had not followed up my ad-
T-a1taee someone else would have done
tbe same thing and the same cOndl-
tons would prevail today IN any case
Il did not leave Chicago because I
was afraid. but simply and solely to get
away from the newspapers SAID MI
patteu. when asked why he left there
several weeks ago. There is not the
least truth I'm the statement that my
life was in danger
NO CHANGE CONSIDERED.
Washington. May S-RegardinE pub
Eshed reports that Representative
J oDrv-orth OF Ohio viii soon be APP
nointpd ambassador to Germany to sue
/ coed Dr.. David J. Hill. IL is officially
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