The Dawson journal., 1884-02-07
in it thirty openings for the de-.

i only examined two OF these
one OF which contained Western
Union and the others Missouri
Pacific. Ionly counted the secur-
tiles in one of them, and | did
this out OF curiosity, because ii
contained Western Union. The
syndicate Of liars, as they have
been aptly called, had Industrious
ly circulated the rulnor that MIR.
Gould Fad parted with oil his
Western Union stock, and SO had
q little curiosity to see how much
OF il he had
And how much did you fndY'
Il found S2,l87,500 worth, with
one half share over. In the other
opening, which contained Mis-
souri Pacific, I only examined one
package Of the securities, but there
were several other packages in
ia" e
"How much was tfieres-irr the
package which you examined?"
I don't know exactly, but there
was over &f0,000,G00 worth, and
there @sre securities in all the
oth6i<openings in the vault, SIS I
have said. Talk about breaking
Jay Gould! They might as well
try to break the universe"
Is there no way OF punishing
these men that spread these lying
reports2'
"There ought to be, and I think
some Of them will be punished.
A Chicago paper the other day
had {. headliae, Jay Gould burst
ed Ii ! Bas Mr. Gould Pd sue
that paper fer S1,009,000; and
there are some Of the New York
papers that have had articles
about Nr Gould clearly libelous
if be chose to prosecute them"
A broker last evening said tbs
the following was q fair approx
nation Of 1ir. GoulPs present
holding Of stocks: Western IN
ion, A2,990 shares; Missouri Pacif-
ic, 10000 shares; Manhattan,
G5,0)0 shores; Wabash, 100000
shares; miscellaneous. 1876, 900
shares. Total, 100000 shares.
Another rumor was circulated yes
terday by the syndicate which has
been industriously eudeavoring Of
late to iniure his credit. This re-
port was 10 effect that the Merean-
tile Trust company had been 90
ljgel by the bank examiner t. call
iii certain loans made to lr.
Gould, as he was borrowing too
much money on Western Union.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, presiaent OF the
Trust company, denied this, and
said the last loan made to Mr..
Gould or to ". Il. Conner & Co,
was paid OF on October 26th last,
and that no money had been loan
ed to hiIa since for the simple reG-
son Mr.. Gould could obtain all the
money he needed elsewhere at
lower rates than the Trust compa-
ny was il habit Of extending. The
announcement in yesterday S
World that Mr.. Gould intended
70 prosecute under the law those
who are circulating false rumors
concerning him was the talk GA
the street. The chief officially in
executing the law passed tao
years ago to punish those spread
Ing false reports for the purpose
OF edacti0g the price Of stocks has
been that only those who had been
proven to have knowingly circu-
lated rumors could be convicted;
Yesterday a bin was introduced in
the state legislature to strike out
the word knowingly in the law
This viii make tie statute capable
Of enforcement. A prominent
baar operator said: "}Ir. Gould,
it seems to ne, is exhibiting a
san5itiveness just now suggestive
Of weakness, Nobody circulated
reports that Mr.. Gould was fail
ing, yet every day BIr. Gould
comes ont with a denial thai he
has failed. Then this exhibit Of
securities and his frequent utter
anoas in newspapers all indicate
tba1 Mr. Gould snotpleased with
tha Hituoti0n' and that he is hard
pressed by the falling prices.
An exhibit Of securities that he
holds does not amount to much. -
An exhibit Of the amount OF Sc
curities he has been abls to get
rid Of to the investors would have
been more satisfactory, but that is
not forthcoming"