The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-26
Pl.E'. CoId.CambIlRE Te'.inony.


under oath boEEe The CommIIIse Or In
VestlEAtLOn into the gold speculation d
last September, when The bulls run the
raia up from l:3O 70 100, ard made for.
.nnes for some snd ruined iOnunes Tot
uthen.
lie says that be did not star in until
aAcr Gould hSd got the hStchrE into him
seIl up " the handle. lie found that
Gould llAd m understanding with Corbin
and the President by which no gold was
70 come ont or The Treasury 70 GIOIl tho
game Gold was 1881, and be found that
all the power Of the bulls would be need
cd to push il higher
lie accordingly went In, and without
any agreement with Gould to share in
either the proR6 or lGaseS purchased all
hc could carry. Gould had gold enough
| TO half sink ship, lie had held $780,.
OOD inr MFS. Grant, which wAs already
-old out and a check for $26'0OO profits
forwarded To Washington. This made u
nice wad or pin money for the Presidents
wife. lie got thcsc GacA from COFbin, the
Presidents brOthcr.in.lAW, but the force
Of them u seriously modified by the FOL.
lowing estimate Fisk placed OH COFbin's
vGnCiIy;
lie really Impressed mG that be hId y. own .,H
hidden IhUuRhls, and With his eye edfked up
0vSr hIs rose, you eGnld not tell what he vas
| Ii1lklRg Gt o. W6leh WBy hO GhS EEiRllnG, ~ ".
| Il once suggested 10 ne whether ID" old IhleI
wvuId not TalheT llO than tell the Truth
Flax concluded that the old men hal
the whole Thing fixed up, and he started of
10 use The wires " Bst u good JAZZ Nf gold
II il should hO going un This was on
Monday nr Tuesday, before the black Fin.
iIay of September 2illl, when the grand
"hIow up" occurred and gold fell In an
hour from sixty 10 thirty. Nh wholly
assured h. had d second talk with Corhln,
who said, II am right behind the throne,
anil YOU need not give yourself any un'
easlneSs." Several times Fisk gOI the as.
surunce tlIat the thing was oil liked, and
the government would not put any gold
OIL the market.
Gould got Flax To designate one "f his
most confidential agents Tor the purpose
Of taking 4 letter to Gen. Grant, who was
at Washington, Pa Mr.. Chapin was the
nmn. He look from Mr.. C0rbIn's office AT
six o'clock iu the morning letter to
(trnnl. and started In the greatest haste.
He arrived very early in the morning,
nng M the folks and sent In his card
"Wm. b. Chaplin from Mr. COrbin," Som
the General came down llOpartIy read
the letter, then retired MS II 10 show il Ia
Mrs. Grant, and Ailer iiilrcn minutes re,
turned with the answer, "All right, and
hid dim goDd morning. ChRpin hurried
| % thc telegraph office and dispatched Cor.
bin: "DClivGreh--Rll right"
On Thursday night Fisk called upon
Corhln, who told him that everything WAS
working right; that the letter To Grant
hal clinchCd the matter
In the meantime another SCenC OcCUr.
rcd, which Fisk describes rs follows:
During this time, boutwell, had come ou. This
bears In Wall street and the tni0n LrHGur irl'
! lows got up dinner OF the rRlOn ISAgur. a self.
| admiration dinner r--WhrTe they HAl AFnnnd, With
| narrow Enrrhrntla aud bald.htadEd way hack to
their shirt collars. 1'hOy had Que Of thr"" eel!'
admiration dinners In which they PAINTED NJ,
| IInulWCl ~ nuV Of the Aneat anhneirr on the
| face 1T the rArih, and ne told them what he was
doing tO Dish q hIE thing out nt lhe '!A, bout
! veil kent 4 pretty clOAS mouth; evidently not
knowing WhCTU he did not stand lie Thought
better than " show on the tare What hlH position
mlrhl b.. liz thought no had hettrr keep HtIll,
and in not think they EIl Ut that dinner any
\ information At all 0utot Mr. Boutwell, don't
hcllrVr they got enough to pay for the dinner.
On Thursday afternoon "thcSc frllcrS''
had gold up to l4i, A relative or Fisk
wns member VI the firm Of Bclden 4 CO.,
and said II him, III you have all the gold
you want, and you want any assistance,
you had bctlcr let me come In and assist
lyou." Fisk told him 10 "gO it. ir hC
wanted to- Bcldcn 4 Co. went IT,
through Mr.. SpGyerS, who was instructed
10 cSeutO any orders Fisk might give
him. GOll was l4S and Fisk told him to
hurry up his purchases
SpeyCya brlnV one Of those Roman SAEnnLAnI
belonging to the herman order, felt that As aoou
a. bu Gould AT Brldcu'H order he would all biz
own gut With the AAine kind OF STUD.
This was on the "hlack Friday" At 1Oi
O'Clock, aud by tho time Speyers got tC
the gold room, gold had reached 100
SpcvCrs could not see why II might not "
10 boo As well as to l6O-and hence the
comiro.tragic scene that Soon followed in
which SpNyers was carried out II maniac
An article appeared In the New York
Times, charging the Administration with
being in the conspiracy TO put up gold
This was lelcGmphrd to Washington, and
vrry avn the thunder clap WAS hcAnl
gold WAS ordered out Nr the treasury, and
| the speculation collapsed. Fisk and Gould
escaped out Of the scene when they found
II had become tOO hot Flax gOtvcry mad
and went to Corhin and charged him with
violating his pledges
COrbtn SaId there must hc some mistake
about II. II was all understood with
Grant, and Boutwell, must have been sell
ing gold without consulting the President
FISK called for COrhin'S wife, and She MS
Surcd him that I0rbin was not To blame
Az she had a letter from MrS. Grant tC
clcar Corhin from = breach Of faith Cor.
bin and his wife promised To pNrk and &C
to Washington On Saturday night, and
have things 70 fixed that something could
hc still saved. The next day Fisk called
and saw Corhin packing up; and this wa
the last he heArl Or them, and the cOnclu
sion OF all he knew about the gold panic
: Of September.
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