Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1902 — EX-JASPERITE GOES WRONG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EX-JASPERITE GOES WRONG.

A. J. Yeoman of Oklahoma. Said to Have Disappeared and Left Many Creditors. A d ispatch to Wednesday's Chicago Chronicle says that “Jack" Yeoman, a former well I known and prominent resident of I Jasper conntv. who has resided in ! Oklahoma for some years, has gone wrong again and left many creditors to hold the sack. The dispatch follows: Guthrie, Ok., Sept. 23.—A. J. Yeoman, living near Kremlin, Ok., one of the best known and wealthiest cattie- 1 men of northern Oklahoma, has disap- i peared. It has come to light that he had mortgaged*, everything he possessed ! and in addition, it is reported, much that i h,e did not. possess, leaving his creditors | badly in arrears. Two weeks ago Veomiii is reported to have driven a carload of ca.de from near Ames to Isabella, where they were shipped to Kansas City. Since that time jiothing has been beard of him except that be left Kansas City for Colorado after disposing of the cattle. Some of his creditors recently became suspicious and began an investigation. 1 He bad been given permission to feed near Ames and Watonga, although his home was in Garfield county, and to Ames the creditors went to look for the cattle. The first on the ground were representatives of the First National bank of Enid, and H. H. Watkins, cashier of the Enid State They were able to find a lew cattle to make good their losses in part. The other creditors so far as known wi i get nothing. The records show the following chattel mortgages against Yeoman in Garfield county: Bank of Kremlin ....♦ 490 GO Frank Jett ... .... :(67 75 J. C. Paddock 172C0 First National bank of Enid. . . 7,000 00 K. Brenton . .. 492 00 C. I. Riggs 1.149 00 H. M. Watkins .. 6,000X0 L. E. Martin. . 60 00

It is reported thst tbe same property bas been mortgaged in Blaine county and possibly in woods. Mr. Yeoman served two terms as sheriff of this county, being elected on the republican ticket, and was also trustee of Jordan township for two terms. He resided on the McCoy farm in Jordan tp.. for several years. When he left here, some 10 or 12 years ago, he was in bad shape financially, and left in about the same manner he is reported to have left Oklahoma, going to Chicago with a load of stock and never returning. Among the number caught by hkn here for several thousand dollars were, Sam Yeoman, James Yeoman, J. F. Warren, Henry I. Adams, Abe Pruett and perhaps the McCoys and a few others He was reported to be doing well in Oklahoma.

ARTHUR K. WHITELAW. Democratic Candidate for Joint-Representative. Jasper and Lake Counties.