Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-21


Meyers was determined to 60. He
went to the Western Urion building,
stood as near the steps as he could get
but no one on that orcasion declared
he was Jay Gould, and so he did not
make speech.
I'm all that crowd" he said after.
wards, probably not one had seen lay
Gould"
He was seen at his residence, %
Laidlaw avenue, Jersey City Heights
yesterday and to the reporter he related
his experience since he grew TO. re
semble Jay Gould. His name is Her
man M. Meyers. He is a retired
commission merchant who formerly
did business ut ra5 Chambers street.
1t is when Mr.. Meyers is seen at home,
his hat off and in animated converse.
ton, that he most resembles Mr.. Gould
In any place, however, at home or
abroad the likeness is startling.
AFTER wandering over the world a
good while" said Mr. Meyers, 81
came to New York to 60 into business
about nine years ago and had my
home in Ninth street in Jersey City
near Hamilton park. hadn't the
faintest idea that l resembled Mr..
Gould until one day after my return
home from business. My wife met
me at the door and asked me why l
hadn't come into the house when l
passed by in the park in the afternoon
She would scarcely believe me
when | assured her had been IN New
York all day. BY making inquiries l
learned that lay Gould had been visit
ing neighbor. and my friend COM
mented on the resemblance. 1t was
not long before my friends and &C
quaintances began to call me Jay
and people who did not know me
slyly pointed me out to their compan-
ions as the great financier.
As grow older they tell me the
likeness between US increases. l am
little older than Mr.. Gould and you
see, my beard at the side IS slightly
sheakec with gray ana am not Mr.
Gould's other self so much as | have
been.
SAT first l thought it was fun to be
taken for Mr.. Gould. People woule
tackle me for points on the cars and
ferryboats and l would look surprised
and indignant at being SO tamiliarly
/ addressed, or if l felt like 1t woule
look wise and say that d L & w. or
t Erie might be expected to 60 up o
down and afterwards recover, but
wasn't prepared 20 say which.
f sit is no uncommon thing wher
riding IN buggy on Fifth avenue witt
, my son, to see both pedestrians ant
! people in carriages nudge each othe'
and say loud enough for US to hear
i There goes Jay Gould and hi
, son."
1 ION one occasion / thought l wa
going to be kldnapp ed because l wa
i, Jay Gould, 1t was foolish though
D l know, but there had been goo
many savage and senseless newspape
articles printed about him in conse
4 quence of some flop in the stock..mal
y ket, and was a little nervous over tn
\ situation found myself in. 1t was il
). the Continental hotel at Philadelphia
The colored waiter spoke with tw
e men in another part of the cafe Will
f he was waiting for me to finlsl. m
O dinner and presently he sauntere
i. over my way and asked whether m
:. name was Mr.. Wilson. The though
$ flashed into my head that the me
$ wanted to know my real name, an
o expected as in the bunco game tina
d l was to tell who l was. To Sc
II what would come of it l said:
;. "My name is Jay Gould"
1t THE waiter thanked me and ca
e ried the news back to the two mel
y They put something into his hand
IS and went out of the cafe. / was o
): my way to New York and the tral
N was due, so I seized my valise, hurrie
1t to the depot, and was soon whlrliu
IS homeward, remembering nothing
the incident in the cafe. At Taylor
D. hotel, IN Jersey City, l stopped for
a. luncheon, and there near me were II
two Philadelphia men. On near
e. acquaintance l didn't like their look
Us They were discussing me, as l coul
: I; see out of the corner ofmy eye. The
N appeared to be disputing. One shoe
i'll his head, and the other insisted in II
affirmative. Finally the affirmatl'
70 man, after long look at me, got U
10 sullenly and went out, and the oth'
lie followed. l saw no more Of them.
rs "Onc day, owing to a peculiar inc
lg dent, the fun of the resemblance di
Is appeared. l was in a well know
W German club house up town in Ne
York A German with turn for tall
ing socialism was introduced 10 m
and instead of laughing at the resen
blance as others had uniformly hs
Is done he looked grave.
ri wouldn't look as much like j
Gould as YOU do for $4,000 he SAL