The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-15
E. A. Mccormick Quits Railroad
Place for Oil Field.
Leaves Sick Wife to Go to Okla
hOma Position.
CAN'T FIND EMPLOYER
Locates Man to Whom He Has
Letter in lola.
DR.. Hirsch, Former 'High"
Finance and Oil Man.

| Ya Tune Displaying pitcn
| oI1-.5 az table in a hotel loppy III
| Chevenne Wyo., about ten Uoys 20
E. A. Mccormick, statlpn or
gineer. met DR.. F. H Hlrsch, :. y {
1irsch of the Hirsch Oil company, as
~ ~ Snr,,oar Iolan expressed it. McCor-
nicl- was said to be as good an Ell,
ginaer as he was a pitch player anu
tha TIirsch OIL company immeoialei,y
became possessed of an entnuslas TIC
admiration for it's newly found 1rlenu,
'Vot did you do mem S
friendt?" the oil company - 1rrton
"I'rn running a pump for the OIIio-
pacific railway" Mccormick answered;
eT'm only getting two dollars per Gay ~,
That looked like a shame to the OIL
company. A bright young man IN I'M
Mccormick working for ~ per U ny
WHY. the ideal. can you seSuie Iii
reconnr andation of any of the Wen
iyno1nn business men of this town! II
Won can will give you a gooo JOY.
In connany with DR.. Hirsch, McCor-
,,,ict travelled the length and breadth
of CHEYENNE. He piled the Oil Company
skv high with Recommendations
s'F,nough.'' cried the Oil Company.
.cvo,I shall haf the job. I am Doctor
Hirsch of the Hirsch Oil company
PartIesville. Okla / will write letter
of instruction to c. H. Batten, my lleld
superintendent at BartlesviFe. can on
him when you get these undt take your
job" ,,,+a
a letter, the substance of which Is the
FOL owing:
20 II. Batten, Bartlesville, Okla:
"This will introduce my friend. E. A:
Mccormick Discharge ScImtdt anu
ei'e mn INV .F. H. HIRSCH."
"There" said DIR. Hirsch, take this
will eriUa UOtI charge or NO.
5 pumping station at $50 per day,
straight time. If you wish, I viii pay
yLur t2re.
No indeed, Mccormick couldn't think
of allowing the oil company to do that.
His wife was i'll in q hospital at Dem
yer and he needed all the money he
could earn to pay for her care. but lie
wouldn't allow such favor as the doc
tor thrust upon him 10 be imposed
upon
Mccormick babe the oil company
goodbye and left for Bartlesville. He
spent 81 week there looking for Some
body who knew or had ever heard Ct
the Hirsch Oil company or c. H. Bat
ten
In the postoffice one day. he over
heard a man speaking o. Mr.. Ratten
He learned that Mr.. Batten lived IN
lola. SC Mccormick came here
'I have never had any dealings with
DR.. Hirsch,' Batten told Mccormick
land I don't know anything about him
or why he should send you to me-"
The police were called. They told
| Mccormick what they knew about DR.
Hirsch and Mccormick began hustlins
to get money to get back to Cheyenne
The police department helped the bum
coed man with a ticket to Wichita
where he hopes to be able to raise the
remainder of the price of the ticket tt
Cheyenne. In Wyoming, 1t is a mis-
demeanor to employ a man and then
fail to furnish labor. Mccormick says
he will prosecute DIR. Hirscn II he car
| be located and will make the state
ments embraced in this account and
which he asserts are true. the basis OF
the prosecution.
DR.. Hirsch left lola several yeas
ago. He dabbled in oil and elevated
finance" while here. His object in the
present case is unknown.