The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-17
Another Cfank.

Nrv York. Nov. l4.-On October
18th, al anonymous letter was sent 10 the
eli,or of the lIuN street NeWs, asking
that the enclosure be forwarded 10 Jay
Gould, the well known lnancier. The
letter addressed to Gould was also anony'
nous, and read Is follows;
WlHDsoR HOTEL, October l4:-JAi
GouID Sir 1t is my painful duty to
inform YOU that within six days from the
date of this letter, your body will have
returned to the dus, from whence ii came.
I therefore entrea. YOU to make your
peacc with God aud prepare for the fate
which awaits YOU. This is in no wise an
act of mine TO take your life, but am
.pircd and requested by the All Living
God to do 50 ~ u public necessity, and
for the benefit Of The community at large.
You must undoubtedly be aware that
Won have been q rogue Of III. frs. water
all your life; that through your artiul
cunning and deceit you have robbed
thousands of people Of their birthrilsht
You have had no mercy. You have
robbed rich and poor, father and father
less. widow and orphan. indlscriminately
of the last dollar and through your VII
lany have brought ruin and destruction
on thousands OF families. All this you
have done under the cloak Of circulating
i.i..e reports, h,ibing newspapers. making
fal.e statements, committing PERJURY, and
by artful cunning and deception. In
fact. YOU have robbed both great and
small. anal nos the Lord says you must
pay for all that your death is public
necessity, in order to save thousands OF
others from pain and destruction. Your
death will be IN easy one, for | propose
shooting YOU through the heart il posi-
Bile, and if my first shot is not instant
death, will give you a coup de grace
with second shot, so that your death
shall be quick and easy. Don't hold out
any hope that this is threatening letter,
or for stock jobbing purposes, for do
not own Il single share of stock Of any
kind Neither am / interested in any.
This is simply the will of God, and He
has chosen me to carry this out. He has
applied to me in Il dream and requested
me to slay you as public necessity, and
in doing so God has assured ME that it is
by Divine Providence | am chosen to do
this act, and that by doing SO shall be-
come public beneiactor, and | have
| sworn and taken n solemn oath before
the All Living God that will put you
to death. intended to have n shot gun
last Friday when saw you with Dillon
and Sage | had my pistol ready and
cooked, but voice from the Lord sound
ed in my ear, saying: Hold on, give
him time to repent" Now make your
peace with God, and prepare for the fate
that awaits You, aud may the Lord have
mercy on your soul. am only an agent
of the Lord. The Lord appeared to ME
again last night, and said /: clay Gould
must surely die and when l reasoned
with the Lord in my dream, told Him
my life would also be required, and l
would be hanged. The Lord assured
me that no harm would become of me
that the rope was not made, neither was
the hemp grown to make the rope to
| hang me with. and that He would deliver
me out Of the hands of my enemies.
This is by express will and command of
God that am chosen to put you to death,
and | have sworn before the All Living
God, the Great Jehovah and Redeemer
of the world, and taken solemn oath
and kissed the Holy Bible that l will
carry it out within six days from this
date if opportunity occurs. Therefore,
be prepared to meet your fate at any mo
ment, and may God have mercy on your
soul. I remain, sir,
AN OLD VICTIM.
N. B-Should 1 not have an opportu-
nifty within six days, will surely do sc
the first opportunity that occurs.