Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-21
THEvANDERBILTs And GARRIsoNs
How tho Old Commodore Allowed
Himself to be Bullaezed at the Muz-
zle Of a Pistol. ue..


zle OF Pistol.
Washington Herald. - 49,
learn that the long standing difference
betwe6a the Vanderbilts and Garrisons have
at last bsen se tiled The story Of this feud
and it's origin has never been told before In
print. Il commenced in 1S49. That year
captain, now called Commodore Garrison,
went from the Mississippi river to New York
having had difficulty IN 1S4S which resulted
In his killing his antagonist The dead man
had many friends, and William G. Rauston,
his clark, persuaded Garrison that his life
would be constantly in danger If he stayed
there, and therefore he had better quit the
Mississippi river for good Having quite q
fortune Garrison took the advice, and went to
New York to begin anew. At that time
Commodrs Vanderbilt owned q
line Of sailing vessels from New
York to San Francisco Garrison
proposed 10 bay out Ills line, and afteD,eome
negotiation price and terms were aereed
upon. Before the first payment was made
t6sA vas discovered in California, and the
~ 81 unee became enormously valuahla and
Commodore Vanderbilt, though he had made
aAankaot, 6a*ly aEUd to conclude the sale
anA %nn 0vC thsprop9U. Ga<gism did ali
heeOalkao ct poasesioa. ba1Ao noe9e0k
One morning hsweat 10 Vandettfilt's Office,
and, laying DIVA che sum agreed upon 6s the
first paymsAtand the cantsast, asked Van
derbik TO take the money and sign the CON
tract He'refnsed 10 do 80 in rather harsh
woe<k Garrison deliberately went TO the
door Of tho room, locked It, and put
the hey in his pocket He then drew a SIX
inch DearIngr pistol, cooked It, and said:
Commodore Vanderbilt it is now. five min
utes 70 Ill By the clock on your mantel. /
win give you five minutes in which TO Sign
that omksaet. II it is not .seAed' when that
clock sexdkes II, at Us last stSoke, by the God
that made me, / will 4atter your brains all
ever this fDors' Tick, tick, went the clock
6arrasonS pistol, with its huge, yawning
black m0ae was within eigAteen inches Of
Yandesbflts brain. He could not nneve, for
Of Ats0poa, the pi6lees Fate. A motion
vonh hq clDAatn death within tAe Instant,
wiki no o0e neax 10 hsep tiana@ b ves tour
uSes befose he had 10 dr. WA IL was
thirty sasenas.ao II Wand ssa,slt piidaed up bis
pan, took - Sapas, ssig,ed ha11Aed 4 and
I1e2AAod - - 41kOua rs - E$>vR VO0kA8
ths eaook sa,ask aAe Aalt.sstt,,shss q II. Car
rlpn naAsoahsdtllh s dosr, and weit sway.
ThatafDEnson tie news Of Nandakd1t,s
ogktuhtin aaaaaed much wemAac. Gaz1is
son waeaaaae& how It hAppaasd. -Oh, Isup-
pose thsoA men saw he had been H1sng,s
was an the reply be ever mad.
The e4isods Of Ne pistol and the
dramatic insk6eEA attending Ahe agna-
'trs Garrison neper spsasenf Twenty yeaas
after II eec1sod, CouR,o1oss Va1aRbilt
hinlseh told sheanxy. Nr yeaas everything
VandrhH could do was dO0e 10 thwast tbs
stout old ceuxneAoss Who bad saaQBe13ed him
10 % What b had yDssaissd. But GaEstsan
tAEe~e waadesi.aly IA ea11aasuia. 40 made
The houe II 6arriaD, Extk h 1Allto6 a
DswGr the Pacific siepa Hk>Apar1pass are
aeaA end he sighting aaass With an hdm-
bhRke $Uuaaga Ga<rison hasKvsd yaaEs and
yesS longer than his family ooald have
AepaA for. HE lns of his e2deGt ~ lew
nnnths ago greatly shocked him, Al In his
hst days he has fcagivenaA hissnazsiss, and,
% hear, there Is peace between hina-aad his
E1aa3 rivals family at last.