, 1873-08-06

howevor, who had meanwhile left tho noighbor-
hood,
DID NOT ADVANCE ANT FUND.-,
Efvo any aBsistanco, or Bond any tenants; tho
land turnoa out to bo tho property Of tho rail-
road oompany or tho Government, and tho work
ponsob l,o lad ncurrot1 III tilo work.
: In .Doconbor, fs7l, wl,ilo at st.. ran1. Cor
don bacnno acquainted with Mrs. Patton,
q @ po4Ehi1kocpne; Esi1t hor son, and hor tnnghsor,
htrB. Beldont With whom ho wnB staying In
tho Bamo hotol. IIo WA introduced to tfom
by Mrs. Col. Loomfs, md rrofonsod to En-
como very mitch attnchod to yonng Mr.. Patton.
on leaving st. Paul. Gordon attached hin1soltt to
With @e @ {ar sss so2o sa 'i'GSa L. loit
tlo1n. Tho day aftor thor arrvnl in Now York,
Mr: Patton rocoivcd telegram signol Gordon"
stating TINT 10 was ut tho Wcgtminator Hotel in
aud afterwards cultivated the acquaintance Of
tho family worry nssiduouBly. 1fo waa invited to
ro,nain Oh g11cat at tho lo1se, mil did 70 for
aoyoral woclis. During his visit llo HpoAo Of him
aelf asR
NonLEMAN OF GREAT WEALTH
and Influence IN Scotland, gaid ho owned q
largo traot OF land on tho Northern Pacino
Railway. and produced a. map Of
81 o%9 9%od nod moq witch 10 sad @ was stnst
ltko poor Martin Ohu2zfowit'B Edon," laid out
and markod with olnrchoH Hohool-honaos, and
uWoiling-houeoa, which ho said wcro already
butt: aien wore still he stated. at work on tho
construction OF this town, and 600 families uaro
On tllcr way from Scotland, and would arrive by
tho middle Of April, 1a72 This waB III March OF
THAT year. Ife alleged that ho Lad taken his
scat IN tue House Of Lords, when only "a or 29
yeasa Of age, aud was tho youngest mombor Of
TINT dfgniiied hody. Ho ropoatcd portion OF a
bpoech ho had matlo III tho House OF f:LordB, when
tho roors wero 10 quiet mud attontivo that pin
coaA have been hoard to drop. Ho often uaod
tho expression
1--WE PEERS OF THE nEALs,"
nor did ho contont himself with tho reputation
Of m insignificant member Of tho patriciau
order. He Has he had conducted nogo-
thcre wore any very dlAloult 11nattera Of
Slate to bo scttlel, he was usually Holoctod by
tho British Government to conduct them, OH ao-
coMnt OF hia slrowdnosa and ability.
In the meantime le lad become ncquaintoJ
with sovoral Prominent ctizona OF Now York.
THE LATE Mh. HORACE GREELEY
among the number, aud hiH nrotensions Ind tho
nhnal effect on tho republican, mind, which
aot upon hin,aelt. 11o represented that llo Ind
Eric nnilrond. and could carry tho
election a. ho wished. Tho proofa yoro; ho !anid,
and ho often specified the day on which they
would arriyo. On tho I'll Of NIarch he oxprcescd.
to h1r. Greeley and Mr.. Scott bis desire to SEQ
Iii: Joy Gould. uo Ind previously suggested It
" MEs NlGuk6yY WGHE tO IutluDlH1ln. anu E0f
Mr.. Scott to como to Now York to make Gordon ion
acquainted with Gould. Prior to this ho had ro-
ceycd q complimentary pass oyer tho Eric Road,
and Ind acknowledged 1t as ''Lora Gordon" mud
gu o. 2 Z, sheet Of paper bearing tho monogram go.
Fl. g. aur1nounted by MI Earl's coronot. Ho
saw GOULD by scotes menus, and Ind an intor-
Wow with him III which ]le promised to
COOPERATE WITH I11a1 -"
In bringing about t. a o!,ense II. Tho management
orally. Ho represented TINT ho had control Of
"puts aud 10000 calls" uo accepted them
at 35 and promised to lot Gould have them Ut
tho Hanlo prIce. in, six months. Gould. snlso-
9nontly gavo Gordon shares and money in OK
amount Of moncy WAS 92o0,00 iu greonbncks,
and III return for this amount, Gordon promised
to cooperate With Gould and support him OH
tion to re-olcct Gould, who was first to paco his
resignation III Gordon'g hnnls. In addition to
tho cash payment Gordon got sovoraf hundred
thousand dollars' worth of stock from Gould,
| representing that lo was able to control mill
ions.
The history Of tho Erie coup l'etat which fol-
lowed is familiar to all. Gould and Gordon
49, QuAuNELED JUST AFTERWARDS
Allegations Of nhasp practice or 9orso wora
made against Gordon III obtaining tho stock
Which no really held, and Gordon charged Gould
VII with ssealing a quantity OF sharcs from him.
Then commenced the cross st,its Of Gould
aEniDst Gordon mud Gordon against Could il
tho Supreme Court Of Now York. Thoro WAS
great deal Of hard Bwoariug, and it was conceded
thht Gordon waH not MI English Poor. IIo
sworo that ho had obtained his English
Rsock from his brothor-in-lnw, tho Baron
Or Count Charles Henry Thurl, or do Crano,
tor ho gGve the nR1nes variol1alY with DIFF
feront addresses. Tho fame Of this
case reached tho cars Of Mr.. Smith, OF tho arm
Of tho Afarshalla OF Edinburgh, who wont to
Now York to provo that this 'tLord Gordon "
wna no other that tho former I" Lord Gloncairu.' -
Affidavits were also made by Britiah uoblotnon
bearing tho nn,no ot Gordon,
| and by EngliBl, poico officers mud numerous
others, showing that no 1}aroa do C,ano or
Thnrl could bo found in or near the plsceB at
which !" Gordon had given his Address. Awar-
! rant for forgery waB also iaBncd against him in
London, nt tho instance of AIr. bird, his former
frond. III tho meantime. however, tho impoYtor
| had disappeared from Now York.
Ho turned up in Toronto, whore ho bocame
acquainted with somo gentlemen to whom he
| mRde variouA preHottH, Including Bome of tho
! jewelry ho had obtained from tho Marshalls,
! do also gave directions for the building Of a
steanler, but did not wait to SEQ It built as,
! hearing that Mr.. Smith, Of Edinburgh, was OF,
his track, 10 loft for Manitoba. Probably the
ahortnosa of hia stay in Toronto mny -nccount
] for the fact that Ao' did not awinlle any onc
horo. The latost thing in connection with. hin,
ia the attompt to take him back to tho State il,
connection with his Eric transactions, for wlliel,
| Hom0 Doop10 nrn now bnfnr tria,1 hv thu caurtp