The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-29


run away as fast as he could There
was nome If that manly warmth about
him which would have made even
DpDinie Sampson Or William Penn
himself turn md sraPple With such
an assailant. Gouids metn.sis of opera.
ting w- just rs cowariiy and sub,er-
rsnean a. YOU would expect them to
he. judging from 4 g,od look "a, his
face. IL Is sail that his OWN partners
are obliged To watch linn as carefully
as 1t he were one Of their opponents
IN the street, AMI no. one of them
selves. He Is quite rs likeiy To under
mime them ~ any one else. No ore
will doubt this who has read Charles
Francis Adams. jr.>. accoun, Of the
gold conspiracy 81 1868. and ren,sm .
bers that won,Ierir. scene he describe,
where. after the bubble hal burst on
Black Friday. ami gold. having gone
up like the rocket. had come down
like the stick. and Fisk was pacing I'D
and Down in hi, "ttica, crazy with
excitement, and seeking in III. frenzy
to send up the price of gold again w
buy;ng all that WAS offered him. He
bought milli"n>. for which he was TO
more able Ia pay than he MAS able To
buy tbSS,ate Of Cali:or:.ia. MilliSns
kept pouring liz f,um some source Or
other. and Fisk kept on hu,ing,
buying. And in the nack office WAS
Guuhi-qniet. dark. sardnnic. pacing.
too. ~ he thought of the failure of
this tremendous scheme-and sendin Q
out steaithily every few moments
"rd' RS ." sell his g.l.i To FIX! l, WIS
in this way tina, ne poured out all his
millions an hi- partner. and hrnke the
back even of that c:l>,ic person or
would have dome it ii his back had
been honest enough To- break.
HIS FEAR OF HOTOIIErY.
An amusing story was ted ne not
long since nv man WHO had at one
time intimate business relations with
Gould. II WAS when tha, strange
partnership was IN full swing. and
when Frise appeared every day at the
gangpiank %: the B">lon steamers
dressed im re- Admira,s uniform. aud
surrounded nv a eli,tcrins array If
steamboat captains and promoted deck
han'i, in blue and gold. II was when
Fisk used 10 can,rive 10 get himself
interviewed at l,as, once a dav. aud AL
wav. hal ii ir;,,, band as ci,,.- la his
august person rs possible. One dav
tie s,"war:eSa n; ane Of these great
h'ais rec, '&niz-d Mr. Gould moving
quietly sDout in the upper salnon.
which VS. a'm,>s empty She ;,,ou-ht
she would ut l-s,s, please the grea, man
by rrc"rn!zins him. ana. Stepping up.
sail, How d" ven III. Mr.. Could ?"
The hand, vi tie little black figure
wen, np in horror. "husa :" he said
and then booking around. as' ed. ,on
whisper. "npn', ever do
tina; a.ain. don't want To lie known
here nj ali. or to nave my name men,
toned. Done ever recognize me in
thu, way again." Here wns "a contrast
to the Admiral. the Colonel. the mana
ger of the Grand Opera House. the
bead Of he Twenty third street harem,
and. inci.i-n,a.ly. the lsading spirit Of
the Erie Railway.
AMAN WHO TRUSTS NOBODY.
Gould IS sail to curry the same
manners everywhere. Let some one
wait upon him on business. Ii ne does
not know or recognize the caller
mask seems to grow, in an instant,
aver his lace. ami he draws his head in
almost asa turtle dnes. Then ii he
sees 'ha: it is a familiar t:,ee, he
emerges with all Oh - ans! the turtles
head Comes up. He is secre,ive in
everything. II is SAIL on Wall street,
that when Gould is visible there, they
Know the weather will be good. tor
ne has habit. when he il about To
rxpi1le s'me big mine, Of Withdraw
ing to his Fifth avenue house aud bur-
rowing there until it Is NIL over. SD
that when Gould il missing fur a day
"r two. Wall street pricks up its ears
and I"ks ah'ut for squalls. lie is 50
not To c"oiid- in any member
1t the human species bc>ides himself,
that when he has "a great operation on
hand il is said he has rs MANY rs three
Dr four telegraph operators in ditl.reus
rooms licked up. and among whom
he divides NJ the i-i,aici,es, so that no
'ne operator shall by any possibility
,ee the whole If one. II .iues mot
'eem to he an unnatural precaution
shen it is remembered that If me If
'hese operators. it he hal obtained
my knowledge Of G"uld's pl.rs. could
make thousands Of dollars BY selling
/ MILLIONAIRE WITH No VISIBLE
PROPERTY.
He ia equally secreiive Of his wealth.
Sot one dollar ut tangible property, /
10 toll. can be found in his name,
hough he Is generally supposed Ia be
forth somewhere from $40. OOO, 600 To
~. 600. 900. Even the brown stone
'"nt in which he lives belongs to his
ife. He said some time ago he diln't
Re property on which YOU couldn't
'al'ze he had put nil his money into
tangible property" meaning stocks,
suaI!y considerable be about as in
lngible property as could be desired.
AKING MILLIONS BY PROVING ONES
sELE THIEF.
But the most characteristic thing
all ] have reserved for the finishing
uch. IL il circumstance, which,
far a. remember. has never been
rinicd before ii it has been it has
,ub.less faded out Of the memory If
hers rs ous Of mine, Some time
ter Gould was driven out Of the Erie
the public WAS asloni.hed by