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Show I fUT t kTC'L ' Lachc Snlud!i a, Nuakber or I'eo- pln anl la tUnlrd, E Yoitif Det.21 CiuirlcslX Locke, trt.oli.ft f-an I'iant-o Miue years ago, after getting the best of several jieypleiu financial trnnrac-t!on, trnnrac-t!on, Utthalulii ve-y liot water, and probably will be called to account ac-count when he leaches California with tbeKmnn Juri Opera Company, Com-pany, if not before. Oue or more warrants have beci tworn out for hljarrettforliavirgoLulned money utiUcr fake prtteures. It is alao unders ootl that ttute warrants had been accompjmeltiy 1 wnt of ic quiitlon, as Loiku is out of the oiac, audit I believed that war rtnt-flssu-u are Iiut piecuisors of others hlth will follow in rapid succeviou. One of thto u-.-trruuti for Lo'Le's arrest hai bcu&ecureti ly lartiw In Pittsburg, with whom Locke had a contract to produce one or more ot hts piece. Another warrant Unupiiosea to be held bj a theatrical man m this air. 1 One or 1otAiK s vl tijw is ycurc J.K. KmHt, Jr., kji nf Um Tell , known actor, who his lieen taken ' lrby Locke to the tuiie of 5I6 WO. I Ulikuowniitit Mr. Lmmett, Jr., ' 'was In cormiltatltiii with the District Dis-trict Attorney j esterday in regard talherneth0Jsiidb3 Locke iuob-taiuiiig iuob-taiuiiig tuscey from liim, and Mr. Kmmetttjmits Utathewas advited to swear out a warrant against Lotke aiid to secure retiulutinj pipers In order to brin,' liiji bt.tto the state Mr Lmmett. however, savs lie ureal the publicity of thoaOidrf K.G.Ctllmme,tLutheatrira tij.u agtr, uasreeu athis rooms iu tbe Hotel Uruusaick iunibt. Willi eOQ.e rtluctauce ho told this blory. Two monUis ao no inatra-rfeemetf' to have a brighter future before him than this iu 111 Locke. Hen as lessee tnj manager of Utrrman's theatre. He bail Do Wolf Hopper ou tbe road in 'Catlts in the Ait" and M. 1J. Curtis In "Sehatchen," andattbo samt, time "Xero" hsJ Just ojiened at Nlblo'Mo a buf!ne that was unejtp'ctedly iaive, amounting right along to home $9 -000 a week- The mot of his attention, atten-tion, howevrr, was devoted to the Emma Juoli Opera Company, with which he Is. favelliig on his way to California. Ho became hard pressed for money and gave as ecuniy mort-giBejonprori-rtytint riil 110 belong be-long to hinv JtuT "instance, two i ears or mogo, when Mrs. Thurbee broke up her American Opera Cora--pany, It was unUentcod tht Locke had bought in the scenery of 'Xero' nfud all the other 01 era. He always led the people to understand under-stand the transact on, anyway, and even Ills teirtner, Mr. Davt, be-llevetl be-llevetl thnt tuch was the cfe. bo far from this being the truth, the fact was that Mrs. Tburbce, as the American Opera Company held a mortgage on tboproptrtyiiT 533,000. j In ? ite of this fact Locke made Etnraett believe that iir owned the property and borrowed SlOOO from him, giviug whst purported to be a first mortgage ai f ecunrj .- He afco borrowed mont from iir. Trt3i-Jbar, Trt3i-Jbar, treaturcr for William bteiri. way & Co cfvlug the same property prop-erty ns&eairH. "From rce." ccnlinued Mr. Gil-aBijr,'"he Gil-aBijr,'"he gdtSUOO on toma wenrjy iof '2 era.' which Is row at," ray tlie-atre, tlie-atre, and which I frorwo u hoij. To ihow vou what a Koundrel Ijtcke It, lei me call your attention. to these fl v notes ben for ) each, signed by Duncan B. Harrln and endorsed by Locke IndniuuaJJy, and by Locke for Locks, DavU. Well, sir, when 'those notes came due Harrison cent the taoney to Locke to pay them with, but the money did not get to me, and one day Lsald to Locke. 'I am. going to have Harrison arrested,' whereupon where-upon the smooth rascal turned to me and said pleadingly: 'IXm't do that; Harrison sent the money to me and I spent 1L' "One of Locke's troubles was that 'he always wanted to do business on other people's capital, while he put in tbe brains. Many years ago be had a theatre in California and swindled alnt of people before be got through with iL lie succeeded 4 n borrowing $35,000 from a. bank out there, bought a ranch and Immediately Imme-diately put In It the name of bis wife ot- mother In-law,, so Jbe holds it today.'' After leaving Mr. GUmore I saw Mr. Dickson of Itandall AJDIcksou's theatrlral agency. Mr. Dickson corroborated In substance what Mr Giimoro bad said, and absolved Mr. Davis from any dishonest Intent. Locke, be said, was "smart, but tin-tcrupulour." |