The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-06


which h had originally narrowed wa>
nnl IN the market. l. wa> safety
slowed AWAY Ia Russia Sag safe
wiio hai lakcl il in n from l. t" 20.
;,nl who ~ g;;;t" wiling la ;"li
Gould all ,h,nr il wa.m ;hll nriivit-
Gai dropr,-.l d,wa l"wn. G)ulf. Tg
VA ap. Hi rr-:ry JUDI game WAS
b,on-raurc,i an.i SAG wa> holding
him on IA" hip;o ilc tame of $1,000,
thhl or So Gear.
.Girri-pn warri"d nightly over
hi~ ii:-luch. Al. hnw sorry the com
m..lore wa- that hr hal not held Oh {"
hi> >toca 4 little ionyer. instead of
letting Russell sage sc; hi> grip on it.
II IN the ri mans .pHrare had ooz Il
,ui iu>, ~ iil" wrong minute. and the
prna, when could have been hi-
went into thc Sage till. l.,
wasn't long ic5nie he was
taken tu Saratoga stricken by
paralysis. keenc MAS in -,a,i.,,
ever hi- OWN good fortune. f;r lac
i'ia't unload Il single s,larr. though
scared about a. badly a. Garrison
lSit he recognized the fact that Ii,
y>rape had been Il wonderfully narrow
one. ana that Gould hal come ,.ii".itr
near heating him. His longing for
revenge lu>t none of lis vignr. L;
wls not lpny ere he seeiIieI about Ia
accomplish that revenge. Gould Was
down -ke.ne WAS ON top-and Gould
had
LOST HIS PLUCK --iiST Ir ENTIRELY
in the spring of ISIS Gould went
s..ast (" look after the Interests of his
l,ct Union Pacific railroad. just at
That time he wasn't touching ANY
":sier s:o:h I'M the market. Union
p.ci'ir wa> all ha could be induced Ia
think about. The sermons he heard
Al church he DOS o. TO church Snme-
zines. You know all meant Union Pa
riiic and the funny stories told him
,"r. g,oi or had, IL he co:,id tvs;
in,o Union P:lviir warns. After
talking tri"'I ''ac.iic all .lav. he car
it 10 bel ~.tn hill, and. nv box.
49,. snored Union Pac.ti.. He Wa
g irving some So 900 00D nt stock.
n"sTlr every share Of il an borrowed
money H. VI i" tnr,nna at that
rIni- wasn't n'r, tnln 81 600 .OD or
$1,000 900 The risks We're terrible.
aii,i noho'ir appreciated th,.,. risks
IA ~. than did keene. hi- sworn enc
My. who had cins.lv canva>.ca the
situation anh wa> ready t. spring u
mine a. SOON a. G,n!.l wiirle,i out of
town. kecn.-'s scheme was biz one
there never WAS Il bigger one in the
history of street and jay Gould
hal lone manv miles on his Jour
ncy before keeneiS operations began.
4 pleasant little party WAS held at
the office of Work. S,rong IL ca
where Mr.. keene WAS met by ID. Z.
Morgan, w T.. Scott, Charley o.
hrn Frank Work and a half dozen
other operators of the anti-Gould
stripe. 1t was plea .ant little ban
quet, ana everybody was of one mind
kcene showed his cronies
Just HOW GOULD COULD b. LAID our.
The known fact that Gould was
overwhelmingly in debt, and Vas, to
all appearances. without any means Of
Election should his creditors close or
him. Was taken as a basis for tine plan
of attack. 1t was taken for granted
that the creditors would enter the
scheme Aav who wanted to hold on.
were to b. coerced A bold dash was
to he made on the market and prices
sent down PeII NELL. thus insiiluting a
scare. Rene and his friends were Ia
SET! heavily and openly, taking care.
h5ssy,- ,4at every share sold should
b. >oE"..t again under cover by the
very men who sold, 50 that 30 matter
how much prices fell no real losses
would hc entailcd. With the banks
AMI other creditors frightened by the
tumble in the market, it WAS argued
that there would come from all sides
calling in Of loans, and before Gould
could recover himself he Was to b
laid out cod and bare. Russell Sage
was at that time supposed TO BE-
creditor of Gould to the amount of a
million Of a more. Nobody in the
street remembered any occasion on
which Russell had declined TO turn an
honest penny. and keene counted con.
tidentiaIly on his cooperation. Sage
had previously given Keene more
than one lift-a lift, however. my
boy. i'm which there had been also
shekals for Mr.. Sage. On one occa-
sion when Gould was harl pressed he
allowed Sage to catch on to
30, 900 shares of Union Pacific.
Sage admitted keene into the