Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16

warmth about him which Wouiu nave
made even Dominic Sampson or Will
lam Penn himself turn and grapple
with such an assailant.
Gould's Methods Of Operati-g
a,e lust as cowardly and subterranean
as You would expect them TO be, Judging
from a good look at his face" he contln-
ued. ':It is said that his own partners
are obliged to watch him as carefully as
il he were one OF their opponents on
the street, and not one OF themselves.
He is quite as likely to undermine them
as any one else.
No one will doubt this who has read
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.'s, account
OF the gold conspiracy Of 1868, and re-
member that wonderful scene he de-
scribes, where, after the bubble had
burst ON Black Friday, and gold, having
gone up like the rocket, had come down
like the stick, and Fisk was pacing up
down in his Office, crazy with excIte-
ment, and seeking in bis frenzy to send
up the price OF gold again by buying
all that was offered him. He bougat
millions and millions, for which he was
no more able to pay than he was to buy
the State of California. Millions kept
pouring in from some source or other,
and Fisk kept buying, buying; and IN
the back office was Gould-quiet, dark,
sardonic, pacing too, as he thought oil
the failure of this tremendous scheme
and sending out stealthily every few mo-
ments orders 10 sell his gold to Fisk! 1t
was in this way that he poured out Oil
his millions on his partner and broke
the back of even that elastic person-or
would have done il if his back had been
honest enough to break
His Fear of Notoriety.
"An amusing story was told me not
long since" said Gath" "by man
who had at one time intimate business
relations with Gould. 1t was when that
strange partnership was in full swing,
and when Fisk appeared every day at
the gang plank OF the Boston steamers,
dressed in an admiraps uniform and
surrounded by a glttering array OF
steamboat captains and prompted deck
hands in blue and gold. 1t was when
Fisk used to contrive to get
himself interviewed at hast
once day, and always had a brass
band as close to his august person as
possible. One cay the stewardess OF
one of those great boats recognized Mr..
Gould moving quietly about in the
upper saloon, which was almost empty.
She thought she would at least please
the great man by recognizing him, and
stepping up, said: "How do you do,
Mr.. Gould? The hands of the little
black figure went up in horror. Hush"
he said, and then, looking around, he
added in sepulchral whisper, Don't
ever do that again. / don't want TO be
known here at all or to have my
name mentioned. Don't ever recognize
me in that way again." Here was
contrast to the Admiral, the Colonel the
manager OF the Grand Opera House, the
head OF the Twenty-third street harem,
and, incidentally, the leading spirit Of the
Erie Railway.
Gould is said to carry the same man
ners everywhere. Let some one wait
upon him on business Ii he does not
know or recognize the caller mask
seems 10 grow in an instant over his
face, and he draws in his head almost as
a turtle does. Then, il he sees 1t is ia.
miliar face, he emerges with an "Oh"
and the turtle head comes up
again. He is secretive In
everything. ID is said on Wall street
that when Gould is visible they know
the weather will be good, for he has a
habit when he is about to explode some
big mine OF Withdrawing to his Filth
avenue house and burrowing there un-
Ill 1t is all over, so that when Gould Is
missing for day or two Wall street
pricks up its ears and looks about for
SQUALLS. He is so careful not to con-
tide in
ANY Member of the Human Species
besides himself, that when he has
great speculation OH hand it is said
he has as many as three or four
telegraph operators in different rooms
in his house. whom he locked
up, and among whom he divides up the
dispatches, so that no one operator
shall by any pess; bilty see the whole OF
one. 1t does not seem to be an un-
Ifatural precaution, when it is remem-
bered that one OF these operators, II he
had obtained any knowledge OF Gould's
plans, could make thousands OF dollars
by selling it. .,
He is equally secretive Of his wealth,
not one dollar Of tangible property, | am
told, can be found in his name,
though he is generally supposed TO
be worth anywhere from $l0,OO0,OOO
TO $4,000, 600. Even the brown sto2e
front in which he lives belongs to his
wife. He said sometime ago he did not
like property which you couldn't put
your hands on when you wanted to
property on which you couldn't realize.
lie had put all his money into tangible
property meaning stocks, usually con-
siGered to be about as intangible prop
erty as could be desired"
Making Millions by Proving Ones Self o
Thief
But the most characteristic thing OF
all / have reserved for the finishing
touch. "Gath" continued: "Some time
after Gould was driven ont of the Erie
rlilroad, the public was astonished by the
announcement that he had been COM
pelled to make restitution to the Erie
railroad OF So ,O00, 900 worth Of property,
and we all wondered how so cunning a
man had allowed himself 10 be caught
in such position that it was possible
to make him disgorge. Perhaps he had
made such a mistake, for the shrewest
men will guard against all the chances
OF detection, some times, save the
yery one that ought to be
guarded most; perhaps the property
was OF such nature that he could not
make advantageous use OF it. and l
think this was so. Anyhow, it paid him
a magnificent profit TO give it up, for the
transaction was necessarily kept secret
until it had been concluded. Mean
while Gould, knowing that the news OF
the roads enrichment to the extent OF
$1,000, 900 would send the stock up,
bought all there was in the market.
This announcement was made and up
went the stock two points, at least, |
think, and this extraordinary being had
actually made mo e than 5000, 900 out
of his own reputation" j. +. B.
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