The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-03-14
ERIE RING BROKEx.

At last the corrupt ring that has so
long controlled the Erie Railroad, has
been broken. Gould and his kan of
thieves have been removed from Of
fee, theroad has got into honest hands,
and the relief Of seemingly helpless
stock holders is sure. It Is evident /
that Gould in the loss Of Fisk, was
deprived Of his ablest coadjutOr, and |
one who was superior to him in STRAIT
egy and villainy-solely because Of
having none Of the kind of ability
required in this shameful business
On the 9th inst, number Of the
Directors Of the Road addressed
note to Gould, the President Of the
Road, asking him to call s meeting Of
the Board, for the transaction of inn
portant business. Gould paid no St
tention to It, and then the Vice-Pres-
ident was requested to cake some ae-
ton. He did so and a meeting was
held.
On the day of the meeting Gould
had a posse Of police in the Office Of the
company for protection. The Direct
ors took possession Of the Board room
and proceeded to elect new Directors.
A little disturbance was created by
the tools Of Gould; but a new Board
was elected, and Gen. Dix was made
President. The affair was engineered
by Gems. Dix Sickles and Nc Clellan.
We give an account Of the manner
in which possession Ofthe offices was
secured, otter the following letter had
been delivered:
Jay Gould, Esq, Dear Sir: At a
regular meeting Of the board of direc-
tors Of the Erie Railway Company,
held this day, full quorum Of the
board being present, you were unani-
mousiy removed from Office as presi-
l dent Of the road, and as a member of
the executive committee, and was
unanimously elected as president in
your place. now notify you OF these
facts, by order of the board Of direct
ors, and demand that you shall sur
render to me all papers and docu-
ments in your possession heretofore,
as such President, and that you forth
with cease to interfere with the due
performance OF any duties as such
/ President Of the Erie Railway Com
pany, which I have already assumed.
JOHN A. DIX.
President, Erie Railway Company
March IL, 1872,
The task Of delivering this letter
was intrusted to United States Mar.
shal Crowley, who at once proceeded
to execute the business. General Sick
les accompanied the Marshal on his
mission. Jay Gould was at the mo-
ment in the Presidents room, sur
rounded by a strong guard Of police.
men. General Sickles approached
the door and in stentorian tones de.
manded admittance. No notice waI
taken Of the demand and the door re-
manned absolutely closed. But the
applicants for admission were not tC
be denied. Force was employed, the
door was broken in, and despite the
opposition Of the police, the anti
Gould men succeeded in effecting an
entrance. Then ensued q scene a:
ludierOus as 1t was unprecedented d
Gould, with every appearance o.
alarm and surprise, rushed from the
presidents chair hotly pursued by
Crowley. II is said that Gould sought
to intercept pursuit by upsetting chairs
and desks in the path of Crowley,
Finally, the hunted ex-president
found refuge in one Of the rooms, the
door of which was barred in the face
Of Crowley. But even here he was
not safe, as Crowley succeeded in get
ting in and serving him with the let
ter. The moment he read it Gould
became calm, apparently feeling that
the game was up. He soon after re-
tired to the legal Office Of the Erie
Company, where heremaiDed eloseted
with Sherman the rest Of the evening.