, 1870-11-02
TRAPPING A WALL STREET POX.

A Climbing 1counAreH In E:s>1ucr-
HepsnK n1d sSog Tyny-The Es4>u-~s
Rrnkes's observation-disclosures W.
AAAcss'* Career Brought to .. Close
F. ons tA< .Se.e YoFk $..n, Ovs ~
About year mud 3 half ago coasidecab'a
excitement wss produced til Wall street at ,ho
dteosety OF orc OF these peat swipt}1ipc
operations, By which bankers and brokers ia
.nat iocaf1y are 70 fN N4uent1y mulcted III
heavy SUMS. The sfelful operator gas Mr.
RehArd II. Aike,. 7aenher OF the Arm ~
nsf1s q Aiken, brokezs. IS Broad street. tbs
sNtnttle Tas an aarpit pieca at roeuery. snd
rerulted in heavy 1ot4 to many t3rms dninr-
put,ness IN The Gold and Stock Boa.,ls.
vious to the affair Aiken VA. introane d
to Nr- Dayi-, highly respectable member
OF the Gold Eoa1t. but Mla bad been mn
fo1trnste in speculation. Aiken was :errs-
scented ~ u gentleman who bad zone a3O.GM
cash c.Tit7l. Which he desired to invest in
business. He dcs1reta to tin,1 some sen:leu,,n
uho Was wtu known in tho COMMUNITY. ar,l
who Was also mfmber OF the Gold Noaru. to
jctn him. He said be had been recoznmra.is.l
to culsivafe the acquaintance of Mr. Davis.
Nr paEis jumped At the oppor:u uniry thus Of
ferca. and After few Inquiries which hs
Thought ~eze Of satisfactory nature. tia
hr1n OF Davis L Aik-n wA+ established.
!, ali wert swlurnins1r for few moatLs. and
the new htu did : heavy business on the
capital furnished br Aiken. O:ders poured in
.4o4 ~ quarters, &nQ aha innocent Nr. DAVIS
Imagined hlussif On the high road to fattuue
Aiken was 4 plausible gentltm u with a t;ua
business sddsers, and an apparent familiarity
with the details Of the business Of the street.
!1h Nnteh hsd the eject Of Inspiring every one
soon, however. cr,sh came Dno sst1r-
GAY att rnoon III. Aiken. during Temporary
atst nce Ct his partner; quietly gubDlel IN al
bonnr. securiiies, tc.. that wors in the safe.
oseIdsrw the lank account Of thu firm rome
s2aCo0. signed the hrm'a nane to ,cleckn
"hirf' he save to Nessrs. Henry Asigs L Soaa
IN payment for S7s. 600 worth OF bon1s, aud
hnai!v borrowed upon the credit OF the isra
u ah:ch. bF reason Of the veil known character
% M naFis. was u every Collar ha could
~ h's aan<1s or, and yaucsed- Asksl At
afies long chase os the detective Of Cap ain
1o1na 5. Young. IN whose hanJs tho ahoia
matter was placed BY the suffering. arma.
lhe @ Captain found hiEa LIVING in sumptuous
e'sae ~ INC 0,taaa Hotel III Montreal. He
had mSSt iacent suite Ct apartments. kept \
par Of iotese and Carnage, and cnt 4 ~ eli
EeEcfa!ty. he Was at ones a1reAtet, hut his
ouence not coming under the t1ayi-,ona Of ,ha
eausd't,on tEesty. nothing could he s.oae. a.
though Judge cous.a1. OF Montreal. held h,ua
tostibis to restore the scamp 10 the euetsiV
of shr Cnite.a States authorities. Wheu i
Wa+s found that hrs efforts wtes fr,,itIrss.
CaetAln Young directed his attention to fts-
IetnS out ho" the s"indle hsl neeu perpe-
trated. The result al LIS inquiries was tts
revelation thst stc whole thing was ru.-up
D en poor Davis Aiken, a1:housh 4 Il. Il
sc.nndre1 him-xff, vas, in this tx-.tmt ~,
mere agent of trace OF wozthica x,.peI
hoeinsou. ho have been for > nu,utrr Of
sesfs tctror to Wall street The Ro,in-
~ had made rt'lke in some lucky
tPeeul+sion#, and resolved to insrease
ftcE gains ts bit al ah,ru
rrue,ice. Wirhius to keep Behind tho 'dstE door
themselves, they lonked fer 1 rogue 10 pill
tht u chestnn.s f1oEl the Gre, aui fa1,I lin
to provide tho cl,estnuts, aud rou.,I sio, II
tte bankrupt Da,l-. They eu2tl.sd Dayi.
with the money to start the firm kasni: "a
strong G1ip upnn the latter's sorl ~ s.cur1 :,
and they Eerc tho ones to tell hin when tna
tlalt vas ripe enough to pluck \ precious
pair Of worth gu were the Hobiuso.s. M,x.r,.
;Ae'sr soDs. who were the heavirs, losers.
nave lett no store unturred tn tn. ir search
for Aiken. and 1t last their efforts haze hreu
Ie~aEded- aiken il = aoE-ic-iaw of tie l..e
r na,ahs hLo5ne, ~ho was 70 foully murdered ne
eREzeasl5 beliesed in PuuShkeepeie th1, he
eeanP and oshert, Perhaps, xess Tho
1stuai inst:gators Of tho horrible decd. SIr.
lhorne was yeEy weslthy, and it was a,.oau
thAt he had made no will Atl tLcsa
", ae;a many to suppose that In was instr.,-
menss y in The old mans murder in o.Ier that
hls wife might be enriched Having lutkad
long enongt', ~ he thought, III cauaiia, Aiken,
u ~oald seem, resolved to come to ruush.
keepsie. and enter into Mr. Thorne.a estate.
re cid 20, AID tho reeun has i,etn that
MeesrS. Ateigs Il Sons had him arrested yc..
terdas morning in that CITY. He Was cuu,u,it-
ted III default OF nc, ,0GO bail to answer the
chsrEes Of his New York dupes.-
mr. Aiken, his wife. il representeI as q
highly educated and accomplished i1dy. rut
bird in her devo,ion to her 4capeErsee OF
husband Once before, through her intlu-
euce, M Tlorno wae induced 10 pay S7n.0ol
to get him cut Of similar scrape to that iu
which he finds him~elf now
It IL moro than likely that the career OF this
gentleman viii now be brought to sa:l1urry
CONCLUSION