Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-12

would carry on his schemes; aud for that pul-
pose he had already put in Sherwood and Drake.
The reason was that he wanted to sraye
of this meeting, and he threatened TO turn the
road into bankruntcy and made other threats;
for rule OF RUM was his determination.
Delay after delay took place, in this deSpotic
fashion, until at last a meeting was called by
nine members of his board. On Saturday last
they called the meeting, and finding he could
not any longer oppose them, he summoned the
meeting for twelve O'Clock to-day. Tue major
~ of the board who were disposed 10 do the
proper thing met, and the minority (Gould's
mem stayed away under his directions. They
were here in the building, such as Sherwood and
Eldridge; but they did not dare to face the
music, and Gould himself was in the cOun-
ell room; and Henry NJ. Smith was
running backwards and forwards giving
orders. We knew what the enemy was
doing, and at about half past eleven O'Clock the
new members of the board-McClellan and
the others-were rendezvoused at Barlow's
house. on Madison square, accompanied by
Porter and Counsellor Mcfarland. They were
all the time acting under legal advice-actnTi in
kind OF uhlan duty; and before Gould rot
his sentrics posted, my men took up their
places next the directors room where GOuld'S
directors We're in session. The meeting had
scarcely commenced when in rushed parcel OF
men under command of a sheriff, and attempt
ed TO clear us all out. There were about twenty
or thirty of them. We ldnked them by sending
Il HOiluCdtOu 10 llC directors tllit an Ortief nau
arrived from Gould to clear us out, aud they
then invited us to remain, and we told the men
IN charge, and they did not know how TO act.
Gould then sent word to clear out the whole lot
OF us, and the force made a rush for the dircc-
tors room. Archer behaved nohly. He had
contested Fisk orders before thar, and was firm
and collected, and when the sheriff and his men
found such gentlemen as Mcclellan and Others
sitting around the board-meu of character and
standlng-they dare not move. Gould sent or
dor sl,o 4 tt,
was, the sheriff would not obey the orders.
Iney were afraid. When once the new
members were in, they elected the men
have named, and they went in and took
their seats one by one and the Others resigned
one by one. They only wanted to have their ac-
counts examined by Mr. Stebbns and Others,
and the proceedings regulated. When Gould
sent in the order to clear the room, Shearman,
his counsel, who represented him, said:
That is false show, and can't SIT here to
| countenaDce him
Then the board went ON until they removed
| Gould from the office of president and closed the
! doors, ard went into session.
| cry is raised that all this is done in the in
| terest of the Atlantic and Great Western lot We
| have already put in sufficient answer to this.
| The fact is Gould threatened a few DAYS ago to
| throw the rood into bankruptcy. | will tell you
| what we did: While making arrangements
| to have him ousted by his own board, we stood
| ready, if he sprung mine and said the board
couldn't meet its liabilities, with $4,000 900 ster
| ling, which was all we wanted, and NOW we are
able to crush out all the evils that were preying
| upon us.
As the speaker concluded, several of the Off
| GERS of the company came up and shook hands
with him, congratulating him in the victory he
had achieved
Gould locked himself in his room, and would
not open to admit the bearer Of the notification
TO turn over the papers of the office 10 his sue
cessor General DIX. The door was broken in,