Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-27
,.v GOuId's Broker.

-, wall street man a MILLION and
49, begins to fly at once, writes the.
ise =, vork correspondent OF the Utica
NeS was struck particularly by
pgfa" ,.eriav morning when returning
ihs YORK. after spending eight at
. ~, near Long Branch. l1catne to
self' ,Lo REGULAR business tram. On
~ @lafform Of the station waiting Tor
2. s,sin we're q dozen OF the wealthy
lae 20 To- If seabright men prominent
and finance in New York. iMost
. - a., valkcd 70 the station and
l "a with the other passengers: into
.disafy cars. Some were Obliged TO
ias sceount Of the crowdS Just
~ the train started an elegant, VIC
~. drawn by team OF dashlng bays,
', IA nm 10 the station, and slight. Gle
NJ .,Is dressed ana languid ns'n rose
w The cushions, and attended :by
,.,s,,an boarded Pullman car The
''o lager lid not trouble himself with
80 but oazed idly out of Che win
IN The train sped on to Sandy Book.
,ss,Ias il came in sight a 800, 900 steam
s.rgt which Law a short distance Dft shore
IN a salute. and dropped beat with
~ uniformed sailors to the water The
W. rovcd 10 the dock, arriving just
i lime 10 meet the traiH. The lahguid
s,8,gnper. accompanied by the obsequi-
ri portef. stepped into the boat the
in thr sternsheets touchedshis cap,
al the sal .ors pulled away with kheregu.
gt.6p man.o war stroke. The steam
s,3kt picked MP the boat without stop
aI-e and sped like an arrow uF tbs bay.
4 !, beautiful salon on board tlse owner
- ais breakfast, while the yltcht ran
aofhe has. He stepped into Glb at the
NV York pier and was in his office five
m,h1tes later. Then the languid air dis
snreared and the brisk. energetic and
nssninp manner Of the shrewdeat broker
= sew York took its place. II was Mr..
Wellington +. Common, the pct broker
of Jay Gould. lie is as sharp asa nee
dI5 aud worth anywhere froA one to
6gf millions. While he was ae work in
ii. office she clumsy steamer which his
ks5w passengers had boarded was
olaking her way up the bay. There was
On board a dozen men worth as much as
Ny Conner. but they travelled with the
er5Ed. Wash Connor's money came
through positive stroke of genius on
ha part. He was a curbstoee broker
viii no position, influence or money when
lay Gould got caught in the memorable
oBlack Friday" slump. Gould had
bcaght orally about six times as much
gaIl as he could pay for. He Eepudiated
ihapurchases when the brokers went tc
bni after the panic, and refused to settle
the claims His action nearly ruined
ftc Of the larger brokerage firms of the
city. The brokers threatened suits
stbmed, raved and prayed to no avail.
Mr. Gould would not see them. Then
the unknown Wash. Conner went around
tt the different firms, and ky various
means got them to assign theif Claims to
hn. They did so, and with all the
cgiims Iii his possession Mr. CdnnOr went
10 Jay Gould and told the Wall street
khg that he was ready to briag suit OF
egnpromise-he would leave >rhe choice
inMr Gould The great tinan5icf looked
q Mr. Common. talked to him fora while,
aai then made up his mina shat he
needed the services of the unknown but
sacwd young broker. A liberAl eompro-
rise Of she claims was made Mr.. Con.
tF became an associate of Mr. tsould's,
aad was millionaire within five mon lbs.
A9w he is head of the firm. If w. +.
tFanor " Co. One of his partners is Jay
ttsuld' son George, who wesit into the
Hn With 5000, 900, and the other two
prtners are MIR. Jay Gould aad his stall
gar' secretary and body guard, Moro.