The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-04
JAY GoULD's THRAsHING,
What il was All About.

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Wall street brokers and bankers were
startled at about noon Yesterday by the re-
port that Jay Gould had been assaulted and
severely beaten by Major A. A. Selover, a
well known epeculator on the street. For
time the widest rumors were in circula-
ton. 1t was said that Jay Gould was
killed, was severely wounded, was dying,
had shot his assailant and was not hurt at
all. The bulk of the stories were, how
ever, to the effect thnt he had been pretty
severely handled. Major Selover is
portly man, weighing over two hundred
pounds, tall, good looking, with light hair
and whskers, blue eyes. Bonhommie,
candor and good fellowship beam forth not
only in the expression of his countenance
but in his actions. Gould, on the contrary,
Is small in statute, dark complexioned,
with black hair and beard. Two men with
more dissimilarity physically aud mentally
to all appearances it would be hard to bring
together. About noon yesterday they met
in Exchange place, near the corner Of New
street. One was going toward New street,
the other toward Broad street. Brokers
and brokers' clerks hurrying through Ex-
change place after witnessing what ap-
peared to be an exchange of few words,
saw Mr.. Selover seize Mr.. Gould by the
collar, force him back on to a railing, then
over it, holding him with his left hand and
after striking him two or three times, drop
him down the area and quietly walk away.
In less than five minutes afterward a
crowd of two or three thousand brokers,
brokers' clerks, spectators and loungers
were on the spot, nearly all of whom had
not the slightest idea, except in general
way, of what Lad occurred. Rumors of
Jay Gould's having been wounded, flew
thick and fast, and it required finally the
aid of several police officers to dispense the
crowd.
The scene Of the assault was directly in
front Of Go Exchange place, two doors
from New street. Exchange place is a mar
row street, the sidewalk beng scarcely wide
enough to admit of two persons passing
abreast Opening into the street at 65 is
door leading to a brokers' office toward
New street, and under its window, toward
Exchange place, is a stairway leading to
BARRIERS shop much frequented by stock
brokers' An area two feet wide and the
width of the saloon and eight feet deep
gives light through the window, and this
area is protected from the street by a rail-
ing about three feet high. 1t was over this
railing that Jay Gould was thrown by
Major Selover, and down into the area
about eight feet that he was dropped after
having been struck. He escaped into the
BARRIERS shop through one of the windows,
and, after waiting three or four minutes,
came out through the door and ran up to
the Union Pacific railroad offices, 90 Nassau
street, just as the crowd commenced to
gather. Persons who saw him run off say
that he looked pale and very scared; but,
outside of his clothes being conside; ably
unused and one or two red spots on his
face, he did not show signs of having been
hurt.
So far as the personal conflict is con-
cerned, the following reports are relisble
Fred Wagner, who keeps the BARRIERS shop
said: 81 was just cleaning out this marble
stand under the looking-glass between the
two windows. 1t was about noon. saw
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the coat collar. In moment all the email
mans body was over the railing, and his
legs struck against the window screen and
dangled In the air. He clutched with legs
and hands for support The big man call
ed the small man a liar, and other names,
and the small man said, ~ am not liar.
Then the big man, who had hold Of the
small man with his left hand, tried to raise
him up, but could not, and after striking
him three or four times on the head, he
dropped him into the area, just az two
gentlemen came up to interfere. There
were other hard words used, but | won't
say anything more it unless brought up on
the witness stand. The small man drop
ped on his feet and opened the second
window and brought him in, and kept him
until the large man left, in company with
some friends. When the small man came
IN my window, / found out it was MIR.
Gould. He was pale as a ghost, and very
much excited. After two or three minutes
he said, sis that man gomez A lot of
people crowded down stairs, and he went
away in about five minutes with three or
four of them"
Mr.. Wagner's boy, who was washing
windows, saw still more OF the fracas. He
said: "Major Selover rushed up TO Mr..
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ing him liar and other names, took him
by one arm and one leg and tossed him over
the railing. His other leg followed, and
Mr.. Gould was held over the ares. Major
Selover hit Mr.. Gould two or three times
and dropped him. Gould said, For Gods
sake take this man away. He's going to
kill me- Mr.. Gould dropped lead pencil
and part Of his watch chain, both of which
were picked up and handed to him. He
left the place few minutes later, appa-
rently badly scared, but not much hurt"
A stock broker in an office across the
street said that he saw the fracas, but did
not know who were the participants until
1t was all over. He oorroborated the above
stories by saying pithily. "rhat's about
the size of it, -
A prominent operator, who declined to
have his name mentioned, was called upon
by the reporter to solve the riddle of how
Gould now stood on the market. The
Wall street magnate leaned back IN his
armchair, and between the puffs of his
choice Reina made the following highly in
teresting statement: SNOW look here,
just saw Gould 60 in a stock brokers' not
far from here, and there'll be music in
minute. Gould has Just left Frank Work
and II. N. Smith. He has been showing
them where Selover started his bear move
ment on him." The reporter watched the
indicator closely, and soon saw Western
Union quotations coming out thick and
fast and higher and higher, till at the
cloee 74s was bid. "That's the
way Gould's getting square," the
prominent operator continued. "He's got
the boys short and 10 making them suffer.
How does 1t happen he Is long now 30
heavily when he was short of the same
stock to an equally heavy extent last
spring. Well, ait down, and I'll tell you