The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The Kansas City Journal this morn.
ing is the authority for the following
account of the arrest of ]. T. Larkin,
formerly Of this city. at Kansas City
Wednesday night:
You've got me, but you must admit
that | have given you a good time, :"
said ]. T. Larkin OF Milan, Mo, as he
sat in Inspector Edward Boyle's room
at police headquarters Wednesday
night
Larkin was arrested on the instruc-
tions OF the Texas and Oklahoma state
authorities The Kansas City detectives
had been trying to locate Larkin for a
couple of months J. F Lyngar and c.
II. Lewis. city detectives, had been
working on Larkin's case for couple
oil months. They would get on the
mans trail, and then he would disap-
pear, and this was accounted for by
reason of the fact that Larkin came
to Kansas City and then left for some
other part OF the country.
Larkin had get-rich-quick schemes
that would be credit to a frenzied
financier. He is only "a years old, but
between the time that he quit teach.
ing school a couple Of years ago and
when the Kansas City detectives cap
tured him, he is said to have succeeded
in swindling individuals, banks and
even the government out Of thousands
OF dollars.
AS in frequently the case, woman
was the cause Of Larkin's capture. Lar
kin was out in Utah boosting his big
land deals when he received a letter
from woman by the name of Mrs.
Josephine Diehl asking him TO come to
Kansas City. From Utah he went to
Minneapolis, Mimi, to transact some
business. and then came to Kansas
City, only to be betrayed into the
hands of the police indirectly by the
woman that he had loved Larkin and
Josephine Diehl had been friends for
a long time.
Larkin says he was a member of the
firm OF Larkin. Bankus g. Co. The
firm, he says, was composed Of X. II.
Bankus. PRESIDENT }. J. Hoffman.
yice-president; J. 7. Larkln, secre-
tary The company's letterhead shows
that it's place of business was Vinita,
Okla, but the Officials Of the com.
pany lived at Milan. Mo- The busi-
ness of the firm was that OF real estate
brokers. ostensibly From what the
detectives have been able 20 learn,
that was what the members of the
firm other than Larkin regarded It.
Even Larkin admits that all other
members Of the firm are honest men
and that he Is the only dishonest one.
Larkn said that be had learned Of
the practice in Oklahoma to buy In.
dian lands for a mere song, and said
that he thought that he might Just as
well reap a fortune through that source
as others He tried the scheme aad It
proved profitable Then he developed
into manipulation Of titles to lands
other than that belonging 70 Indians.
lie carried his schemes into Texas,
Kansas Colorado, Missouri, Mlnneso.
IA and even Michigan. He had gi.
lgantie project IN view 4 100000 cor.
lporalon was his objective. aud ae
claimed that this was promoted with
no intention Of dishonesty, But if was
the other deals that Larkin was con.
lnected with that got him into trouble
Alleged forged patents to lndain lands
in Oklahoma was the principal cause
Of his arrest
Wednesday night Boyle received n
message from a woman 70 the effect
that the capture Of Larkln could be
made IN Kansas City II some one we're
sent to Eleventh street and the Paseo
Detective Alex. Johnson, one Of the
smallest men on the force was called
into service. 4 woman's skirt, shirt.
waist and hat were borrowed from
Mrs. Maud Moran, police matron.
a woman was to meet Larkln at
Eleventh street and the Paseo and
Detective johnson dressed as a woman
went 10 that place and waited IN 4 tax.
icab Larkin came according 70 ap.
polntment, aud when he entered the
taxicab he was driven off to police
headquarters.
Among some OF the crooked deals
that LarkIn has managed IN this part
of the country was the swindlng Of
the Westport bank out OF $3.50 This
was settled by Larkins father paying
the bank the fiIi amount that they had
lost through his sons fraudulent fen1a.