The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-11
BETWEEN $3.50 AND $500 OF
HOTEL MONEY IS MISSING
SIOwnsss Of Oklahoma City
Police Enables Fugitive TO
Got a Good Start

Leaving IN an automobile fol Okla
bona city ~ $50 thls morning. J NJ.
Olipbant night clerk at the Hotel
leHe is said To have taken about
se00 of the hotel fusds State vide
search was commenced for him al
10 a. m4 when The disappearance
lot the man and the money were dis-
covered
OliDhant yesterday arranged for an
automobile this morning, without In
I 9icaling exactly VINO would use il
shout 2 o'clock This morning he pick
cd uD his grip and oyercoat and told
the night porter he would be awaS
I fer a while but would be back waen
the day man came on. Going %
Gates restaurant be telepn0ned tho
uoye livery for the machine already
! ifed, aud ignatius D0ye took tha ma.
chine 10 the restaurant Immediate
START was made for Oklahoma City
start was made for Oklahoma City.
About 400 D0ye left 0iiphant at the
| Lee-HnckiBs hotel
(; Maurice O'R0nrk, took charge at
8 30 AIS usual, and be Immediately
Hound that all the money outside the
safe had been taken. The business
oi the hotel had been larger than
usual on account Of number oF yig-
liors checking out last nigai. follow.
Ing the breaking np pi the grand
chapter Of the Eastern star An ex-
act statement 0l the loss has not
been made up. but SIR 0fROurk says
4 it cannot be far from 500 The afsI
4 checking showed $3.50 shortage. j.
/ 0'Rourk. & senior proprietor, vas
liiot III the elY
The police department Was notified
lGnd messages were gotten out 10 ail
/ towns reached by early morning
ltfains from Guthrie Theu IL war
I discovered thar the automobile bad
been used and fraatfc efforts Nefe
iasde ID put the Oklahoma EitY DO
h lice iii possession Of thai fact a de
Has Of over an hour was experienced
land il #as s.f0 before Chief Habat
lka Has reached several trains
.liesYe Oklahoma City between : and
.I7 O'Clock and ii is feared 04ipaani
! sot out Oh some u them 4 spgear'
likely that be calculated hts afFlFs
liN Oklahoma City with that end IL
lgiew
CMphant came here about thFei
p eeks ago lrgm kansas Cits ae a
labout tweafv-seyen years Old, hy'
leet ten inches tail and is slender
q sth lean face He Aas q prominent
nose. RED. with veins plainly showing
Il Several clues were developed eaFll
lia the day and II Is believed that Oh
pbant will 8e caught ia saort order
Look For The inevitable Woman
Gnief Mitchell this afternoon fe
ceiyed from t8O sources lpioTma
4 tion leading 10 the conclusion tna
A 'lO1phant was headed T0f Little RoeE
I Ark. Tie Little ROCK police teie
lgraphed tor tae cilarge against Oli
/. phant. indicating tsat something 4
I known ~ him there "A TELEGRAM
lcame 10 the lone today 10 Oiiphant
iiIt was evidently from pal "A
\ Mississippi and gay@ q tip indieaI
/ ing Little Rock AZ meeting place
The 6rsf ellie followed today VA
: las belief thaE tge Inevitable @9h
: ak was al Kansas city and for tina
reason every train going that "a.
WAS posted
OiiDBsnt dd rot tackie the safe a
tie hotel There Was . Large s0m y
rtOneY Ia tne safe q is saie he ~
not been given the combination n
MS room was f0gn1 4 large iot of 81
sneering parapnernaila sad books q
engineering